Area Transit District

MIDDLETOWN AREA TRANSIT Minutes for Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Meeting Thomas A. Cheeseman Transportation Center, Middletown Area Transit Maintenance Facility, 91 North Main Street, Middletown, CT 1. Call to Order - B. Lawrence called the meeting to order at 6:02pm. Board Members Present: Beverly Lawrence; Joe Somalis Board Members Absent: None Voting Members Excused: None Guests Present: Sam Gold, River COG, Rob Haramet River COG, Edgar Wyncoop, DOT Susan Bransfield Portland, Laura Francis Durham; Jonathan Shapiro (Arr. 7:25pm) Staff Present: Lisa Seymour, Administrator; Steven Bochinski, Supervisor, Whitney Klare, Clerk Public Present: Aleese Lawrence Motion to Add November 14, 2018 minutes to agenda item 4 made by B. Lawrence, Seconded by Joe Somalis. Unanimously approved. 2. Roll Call – 3. Public Comments, RiverCOG Metropolitan Transportation Plan –No public comments. Presentation by RiverCOG. 4. Approval of Minutes of November 14, 2018 and January 09, 2019 – Motion to accept made by J. Somalis. Seconded by B. Lawrence. Unanimously Approved. 5. Administrators Report- L. Seymour presents administrators report. An Audit RFP has been released to choose an auditing firm for the FY20 year. Credit line is paid down from $353,000 in October 2017 to $83,000 today. 6. Financial Report- L. Seymour presents budget to actual. Services are high due to Legal fees and plowing. Materials, Labor and Supplies for the buses are high due to not having a mechanic but now that one is on staff this should lower costs. 7. Operations Report- L. Seymour presents operations report. Ridership is up on the Westlake and C runs due to fed ex employees. Mlink is down but should improve once routes are changed. 8. Old Business – a) Bus Study Update – Sam Gold gave update on kick off meeting for study. b) Route Changes Update – L. Seymour reported that DOT has requested some clarification but are expected to approve the changes. 9. New Business – a) Legislative bill proposed about MAT – Discussion ensued about bill proposed by legislature about removal of a Board member and proposing to raise the Board to 4 Middletown members. The Board, Mayors office and DOT does not support that. J. Samolis suggested a letter to our representatives from the Board to express their concern with having four Board members. L. Seymour will work with Attorney Shapiro to construct the letter. 10. Executive Session – a) Discussion and possible action concerning attorney client privileged communication concerning personnel matters, in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes 1-200(6) (E). B. Lawrence voted to go into executive session at 7:25 pm. Board asked Laura Francis, Lisa Seymour, Attorney Shapiro and Susan Bransfield to stay. Board exited executive session at 7:40 pm. No action was taken. 9. Adjournment - B. Lawrence MOVED to adjourn. J Somalis SECONDED. MOTION PASSED unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 7:41pm.