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March 22, 2023 Board Meeting Agenda

Harbor Transit Multi-Modal Transportation System (HTMMTS)

Board Meeting Agenda March 22, 2023 AT 4:30 PM

Spring Lake Township
102 West Savidge Street
Spring Lake, MI 49456

1. Meeting Called to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval March 1, 2023 HTMMTS Special Board Meeting Minutes
4. Additions/Corrections to the Agenda
5. Approval of Regular Agenda
6. General Business/Call to Audience
7. New Business:
a. Discussion/Review of wage study (presented by Lisa Brown of HR Collaborative). No
Action Needed.
b. Discussion/Action of Harbor Transit 2022 Financial Audit (Presented by Peter Haefner of Vredeveld Haefner CPA’s LLC).
c. Discussion/Action of Payable Warrant.
d. Receive/File Financial Statements.
e. Discussion/Action of Requested FY2023 Budget Amendment.
f. Approval of LAC Advisory Members for an additional 1-year term.
I. Angie Davis will represent persons with a disability for the City of Grand Haven, MI, one-year Term.
II. Lisa Greenwood will represent persons with a disability for the City of Grand Haven, MI, one-year term.
III. Heather Phillips will represent persons with a disability for Grand Haven Township, one-year term.
g. Discussion/Action of HTMMTS Consent Agenda Policy.
h. Discussion/Action of HTMMTS Accessibility plan.
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8. Old Business:
a. Discussion/Action to Adopt the Annual Hard Caps Option. – 1) Section 3 – Limits a public
employer’s total annual health care costs for employees based on coverage levels, as defined in the Act.
9. Reports: Marketing Report – Annelise Walker Operations Report – Scott Borg
Transportation Directors Report – Scott Borg
10. Board Members Comments: Craig Bessinger
Bill Cargo
Ashley Latsch Kevin Mclaughlin Joel TePastte Christine Burns Gordon Gallagher Cathy Pavick
Don Reiss
Bill Cate
Deanna McIntyre
Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting will be held on May 24, 2023 at 4:30 PM at City of Ferrysburg Administrative Office, 17290 Roosevelt Road.

February 15, 2023 Local Advisory Council Meeting Minutes

HARBOR TRANSIT MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
LOCAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
February 15, 2023 at 1:15 P.M., Central Park Place

1. Meeting called to order. @ 1:15 PM By Carrie Uthe, Chairperson

2. Roll Call by the Board Chair
Chrysteen Moelter-Gray-present
Warren Roosen-present
Ray Harz-absent
Norman Cunningham-present
Christina Shannon-present
Carrie Uthe-present
Angie Devries-present
Lisa Greenwood-absent
Heather Phillips-absent
Sarah Wheeler-present

Harbor Transit Staff Present:
Scott Borg
Tom Burghardt
Dana Appel
Annelise Walker
Andrea Dumbrell

3. Call to Audience: -none

4. Regular Agenda:
a. Approval of the December 28, 2022 Meeting Minutes. Motion to
Approve by Norman Cunningham, 2nd by Sarah Wheeler. Motion
Approved.
b. Discussion/Action of 2024 Accessibility Plan. HARBOR TRANSIT Agency’s Local Advisory Council members made the following comments about this plan: Under Item 3. Number of Senior and Individuals with Disabilities in the Area, Carrie Uthe asked us to explain how we came to 15,072. HARBOR TRANSIT Agency made the following response to its Local Advisory Council regarding the above comments: Harbor Transit worked with Four Pointes (Council on Aging), and the Disability Network of Lakeshore for guidance to calculate the number of seniors and persons with disabilities. Both agencies provided a percent of population per service area and Harbor Transit used 2020 Census for total population. Chrysteen Moelter-Gray requested that we add exhibit numbers for line number 10 and 11 to the correlating info/map attached at the end of the document. Motion to approve with said changes by Chrysteen Moelter-Gray, 2nd by Angie Devries. Motion Approved.

5. Reports
a. Operations Report: Tom Burghardt discussed ridership, no-shows,
safety, injuries, road calls, and ridership complaints.
b. Finance Report: Dana Appel discussed balance sheet activity and
Revenue & Expense activity for December, 2022.
c. Transportation Directors Report: Scott Borg introduced Harbor Transits
new HR director Andrea Dumbrell and discussed a recent training
workshop at Momentum Center. Scott explained that Harbor Transits
bus fleet now has CASPR air disinfecting units installed on them and the
benefits of such a unit.
d. Board Members’ Comments: None

6. Adjournment @ 2pm

Next regularly scheduled Harbor Transit Local Advisory Committee meeting will be held
on May 17, 2023, at 1:15 PM, at Central Park Place.
Attachments:
 (1) Local Advisory Council Meeting Minutes December 28, 2023
 (2) Accessibility Plan
 (3) Operations Report
 (4) Finance Report
 (5) Directors Report
 (6) Harbor Transit Local Advisory Council 2023 Meeting Schedule
 (7) HTMMTS Board Meeting Minutes January 25, 2023

March 1, 2023 Special Board Meeting Minutes

Harbor Transit Multi-Modal Transportation System (HTMMTS) Special Board Meeting Minutes

March 1, 2023

Ferrysburg City Hall

Meeting Called to Order by President Craig Bessinger at 4:33 p.m.

Roll Call:

Present: Craig Bessinger, Cathy Pavick, Bill Cargo, Gordon Gallagher, Ashley Latsch, Deanna McIntyre

Absent: Kevin McLaughlin, Joel TePastte, Chris Burns, Don Reiss, Bill Cate

Also Present: Dana Appel, Finance and Compliance Director, Trina Robinson, Consultant

Approval January 25, 2023 HTMMTS Board Meeting Minutes

Motion by Gordon Gallagher, second by Ashley Latsch, to approve the minutes of the January 25, 2023 meeting. Motion carries.

Approval of Regular Agenda

Motion by Cathy Pavick, second by Gordon Gallagher, to approve the March 1, 2023, agenda as presented. Motion carries.

General Business/Call to Audience

None

Discussion/Action of contract services for grant writing.

Motion by Bill Cargo, second by Ashley Latsch, to approve a contract with HDR Michigan, Inc., for grant writing services.  Motion carries.

Board Member Comments:  None.

Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting will be held on March 22, 2023 at 4:30 PM at Spring Lake Township Hall, 102 West Savidge Street, Spring Lake, MI 49456.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Craig Bessinger, Acting Secretary

Notice of Special Board Meeting March 1, 2023

HARBOR TRANSIT MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
440 NORTH FERRY STREET
GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN
616-842-3220

NOTICE OF SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Meeting will be held March 01, 2023 at 4:30 pm at the City of Ferrysburg, 17290 Roosevelt, Ferrysburg, MI 49409. The meeting will discuss a contract for professional services.

Scott Borg
Director, Harbor Transit

DATED: February 27, 2023
POSTED: February 27, 2023

March 1, 2023 Special Board Meeting Agenda

Harbor Transit Multi-Modal Transportation System (HTMMTS)
Special Board Meeting Agenda

Ferrysburg City Hall
March 1, 2023, 4:30 PM

1. Meeting Called to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval January 25, 2023 HTMMTS Board Meeting Minutes
4. Additions/Corrections to the Agenda
5. Approval of Regular Agenda
6. General Business / Call to Audience
7. New Business:
A. Discussion/Action on contract services for grant writing.
B. Board Members Comments:
• Craig Bessinger
• Bill Cargo
• Ashley Latsch
• Kevin Mclaughlin
• Joel TePastte
• Christine Burns
• Gordon Gallagher
• Cathy Pavick
• Don Reiss
• Bill Cate
• Deanna McIntyre

Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting will be held on March 22, 2023 at 4:30 PM
at Spring Lake Township Office, 102 West Savidge Street, Spring Lake, MI 49456.