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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-25-14 Galavan / Streamline Advisory Board MinutesStreamline/Galavan Advisory Board Minutes March 25, 2014; HRDC Board Room 8:30 to 10:00 Board Members Present: David Kack, Seth Ward, Bill Hoch, Chris Budeski, I-Ho Pomeroy, Kasey Welles, Diann Harding, Merle Phipps Board Members with excused absence: Colleen Lindner, Suzanne Winchester Board Members not present: Patty Gunderson Others Present: Lee Hazelbaker, Sunshine Ross, Dan Martin, and Heather Grenier Public Comment: Call to order 0830. No public comment Approval of Previous Minutes: Motion to approve the 2/25/14 minutes with the correction of Patty G not present by David K, second by Diann H. Motion passes, approved with corrections. Presentation(s): Discussion Items: Reports: Directors/Coordinators report- Lee Hazelbaker 607 and 615 in shop Presentation to United Way will be on evening of 4/3 at 6:25pm, members will to join would be helpful. This presentation is to ask for funds for Galavan at United Way office in Tech Park. Having Galavan riders present would be helpful. MTA spring conference is in Bozeman 4/21 to 4/24 come and see bus seats 21 new Galavan riders for February with 2000 rides Change in staff, Dane Peoples has chosen to run for public office and cannot run as an HRDC employee. Kasey W. asked if any progress has been made on the no-call, no-show issue we talked about last meeting? We have a list of repeat offenders; one person was taken off the list as eligible for rides. Treasurer’s report- David Kack We had greater than 30,000 rides in the month of February. This is the 3rd month in this fiscal year where we have passed 30,000 rides. Only 5 such months in our history!!!! Galavan: 2/3 through the fiscal year and on track with expense at 64%, Repairs and Maintenance at 82% that is somewhat high but everything else looks good for full year, with anticipated 1600.00 operating surplus. Buying the new bus will use about 10,000 of reserve Streamline: 2/3 through the fiscal year about 55% of expense. Repair and maintenance costs are down. We currently expect about $60,000 operating surplus for the full year. Again ridership numbers are up and Chris mentioned he would like to contact Amanda Reicher with the Chronical to plug new buses and increased ridership on Streamline/Galavan. Secretary’s report-Merle Phipps Diann Harding was sworn in. Welcome Diann! Late Night report – Kasey Welles Things are going well. Interviews are being conducted for Kasey’s replacement as he will graduate. (Thank you Kasey!!!!). Two candidates one of which is currently a bus attendant. The second is currently a program director with ASMSU. Ridership was up 15% last month. Kasey mentioned that although ridership is up we now have an additional bus and room for further growth. Subcomitte Reports: Operations- Schedule a meeting Marketing – Colleen Lindner David Kack mentioned that there has been discussion about having a contest with film students to make 3 videos: How you ride streamline, instructional video. Focus on accessibility features for individuals with mobility devices. How to use the bike racks. We are talking about prize amounts for first, second and third place. We would have to schedule bus access for contestants to make this work. This would be open to not just film students but anyone including high school students. Kasey asked if we could also do something for late night. Paratransit – Suzanne Winchester Change in staff. Things are going well with new dispatcher. Budget – Nothing else. Bylaws – Merle Phipps Nothing to report. Nominations – Colleen Lindner We need to address one Board position. Public Stakeholders – Jeff Rupp Nothing to report. For the Good of the Bus David K. : Last week we had a presentation at the airport with Belgrade Leadership group, we had an opportunity to talk about the Streamline service and future options. Heather talked about Three Forks survey results. Tentative follow up for April 8th to discuss results with community in Three Forks. Dan Martin mentioned that the video system has not been working consistently across all of the buses. Skyline went out to bid as they had been with Karst for 7 years. Karst was the only bidder so they are working on that contract. Next Meeting – Date may change due to MDT meeting in Bozeman, currently set for 4/22/14.