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January 24th, 2012; HRDC Board Room
8:40-10:00 am
Board members present: Carol Shannon, Suzanne Winchester, Colleen Lindner, David
Dunbar, Chris Mehl (in for Carson), Patty Gunderson, Mike Waldron, Chris Budeski,
Rosie Barndt, Cody Floerchinger, and Shaheen Karimian.
Board members absent: David Kack (excused), Janet Kennedy.
Others present: Jeff Rupp, Sunshine Ross, Lee Hazelbaker, and Dan Martin.
Public Comment: Cody and are Shaheen senators with ASMSU, filling in for Kasey. The
board went around and introduced themselves to the senators.
Approval of Minutes: motion made by Colleen seconded by Rosie, motion carried.
Discussion Items:
The board was updated as to a ballpark cost of the Route match software that would be
used for coordinating Galavan rides. The number given by Lee was to the mid to upper
$20,000 range. This purchase is taking place under the State of Good repair grant. We
are hoping to be able to piggyback off a state purchased license for another transit
service in the state. Galavan is still working to make progress in bringing down its
overall costs. The number of riders for Galavan is down from last year. This is will be a
discussion item for next meeting when more details are brought forth.
The Coordination Plan was brought up. Feedback to Lee included having a special
meeting to go over changes and final draft before the March 1 st deadline. Under the
Late night section, add language to the affect that LateNight service bridges the gap
between daytime service and Late night. The paragraph describing the GPS system
needs to be reworded. The section covering our expansion plans needs more
explanation. The goals section needs to be revised, the current list of items was
discussed last year and the board at that time expressed its wishes that those goals not
be part of the coordination plan. Operations committee needs to inform Lee what our
goals are for the coming year. Any suggestions should be routed for the coordination
plan to the operations committee. The committee will help with formatting issues as
well. Operations will hear from Lee and make recommendations for the plan. Approval
of goals will be communicated to the entire board at our next meeting.
Director's Report: Lee reported on the status of the new buses that have been promised
but not been forth coming until recently. 2 buses were purchased though Harlow Bus
shop. At the time, it was said that they had a few minor issues (tires, lights, etc.) that
needed to be fixed before handing them over to us. As of yesterday, the transmission
light on the 35-passenger bus came on and the bus was taken back to the shop. The
23-passenger bus was received however; the color is a bit off. We have a painter
coming to see what it would cost to repaint the buses to match our current colors.
Question raised by the board why are these buses different from previous purchases?
Dan explained that as the state is able to buy large quantities at a discount price, all
agency go through them to get the discount. As the single purchaser, it is cost prohibit
to have frills or add-ons to the buses. For a comparison, look at karst buses. The final
review of the buses that we purchase is MDT, for our district it is Adam Kraft. The board
asked to invite Adam to our next meeting to discuss the issues we have been having
with the buses. Lee updated the board as to the status of the Peak Plaza stop. He is in
talks with the owners of the Plaza who are based out of Idaho. The board recommends
that Streamline maintain better contact with the private business in which we have
advertised stops at for better communication and public knowledge.
Treasurer's Report: Rosie reported that Galavans operating costs that continue to give
us issues are driver salaries and benefits. These costs are coming down and we do
show that we are not too far off the budgeted figures that have been made. Streamline
operating issues steam from repairs and maintenance, which goes above what was
budgeted and predicted from last year's expenses.
LateNight Report: The distribution of coasters, posters to local area establishments has
been done. The city informed us that 20 new poster/route signs will be going up shortly.
Subcommittee
Operations: Carol has committed to be chairperson of the operations committee until
December 2012. Dan and David K. are working on putting together the information from
both the driver and rider surveys to incorporate into the Coordination plan. Lee is
continuing to work on schedules. The temporary fix to the transfer issue is not wait for
them if they are late, as this has been holding up our route schedule. Other suggestions
given by the board where to have no more than 1 transfer per route circuit. We have
heard mention that Sims Fishing Industry is interested in being a partner with
Streamline. The ridership reports are still being hand entered by Dana as the software
we have does not transfer all of the data as actually as we expect.
Action Items: Nothing at this time.
For the Good of the Bus
Next meeting February 28th, 2012