Arenac Public Transportation Authority
Regular Meeting Minutes 
August 21, 5:00 pm
APTA Conference Room
Pledge: Ray 5:00 pm 

Roll Call:
Ray Koroleski, excused absent Diedra Mosciski, excused absent Sally Mrozinski, Ashley Sweet, Nancy Selle, Mike Bowers, Angie Masson   

Guest: Bill Francis, Ray Schramm 

Approval of Agenda: Nancy, second Ashley, all in favor. 

Approval of Minutes (07.17.2024) Nancy, second Ashley, all in favor. 

Treasurer’s Report Mike, Angie, all in favor. 
Approval of Bills
Financial Report
Investment Report: made around $128.00 so far. 

Public Comment: Ray came to talk about the uniforms and the bus repairs. 

Old Business:
A.	Strategic Plan
a.	Millage passed ($742,642) Milage passed.  
b.	Facility Construction in NEPA phase Update next week. 
B.	#11 transmission repair in progress ($2,900) Taking a little longer to diagnosed. 
C.	Received new transit van from Hoekstra 08.12.2024 (title transfer to APTA in work) New van comes with cameras. When the check is cashed, the title will be released. 
D.	#128 awaiting repair quote from Fick & Sons Working on repair and looking at a fab piece of metal. 
E.	Uniform Pricing Shirts with Logo will be $2200 (4 per employee) light blue.  Jackets are more expensive, $ 2200 (1 per employee).  No logo. The employee provides kaki pants and there is a 2 week turn around.  We could work out an agreement with the jackets and shirts.  So they’re not wearing them out in public. Jackets should have a DOT reflective. We would offer an employee reimbursement of 100.00 per year per employee for pants/shorts. Nancy approved, second Ashley, all in favor. 

New Business:
A.	RTF meeting with Arenac County Road Commission 08.28.2024 Make a payment of 35,000 for the land. 
a.	FY26-FY29 planning 
B.	FY25 Budget revised, new public notice and letter of intent not required (under 15% change)
a.	Adjusted budget with actual millage funding; revised state operating assistance (reduced 5%); adjusted additional coding buckets with more exact data. Bill will send the budget to the board members to see where the adjusted could be made. 
C.	Office Coordinator position open as of 08.23.2024 / Open dispatch position: Geraldine left due to moving, Facebook is a little light this week, Bill will work on it next week. Cindy is going to help with dispatch. Williams resigned, will need to hire for dispatch. Maybe we should retitle the Office Coordinator position and add responsibilities to someone that is willing to learn and do more. 

Director’s Report We’re still getting new riders, no driver staffing change, oil changes complete.  RTF meeting 8/28/24 to talk about the FY26-FY29 Plan.  Employee wage increase. 

Adjourn Nancy, second Mike, all in favor
6:01 pm 

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