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12-04-2024 Meeting Minutes TAB Person Area Transportation System 304 S. Morgan St (Mailing) 303 S. Morgan St (Physical/Delivery) Roxboro, NC 27573 Phone: (336) 597-1771 Fax: (336) 330-2311 Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) Minutes Dercember 4, 2024, 4 p.m., PATS Conference Room Members Present: Maynell Harper, Jeremy Buchanan, Annette Lawson, Thom Schwalenberg, Cindy Chandler, Lisa Jeffreys, Walter Montgomery. Members Absent: Diane Cox, Tim Chandler, Froncello Bumpass, Rosalba Cruz Vacancies: Economic Development/Chamber of Commerce Health Dept. Board of Commissioners (until newly elected board appoints member) Staff Present: PATS Director Mitch Fleig, Welcome, Call to Order: Meeting was convened at 4:03 PM by the TAB Chair, Maynell Harper. A quorum was established. I. Approval of the September 4, 2004 minutes Thom Schwalenberg made a motion for approval of the September 4, 2024 minutes. Motion was seconded my Jeremy Buchanan. With no further discussion the motion passed. II. Updates: Mitch Fleig provided updates for the board. a. Staffing Administrative Staff – Sr. Admin Michelle Van Ness resigned to become a stay at home mom. The position was advertised and is in the process of being filled. The candidate is scheduled to start on December 16th. All nine full time transit specialist positions are filled. All part time positions are filled. Ted Wright completed his training and is doing nicely b. Uptown Shuttle Continued steady support of ridership c. Advertising Kerr-Tar has signed up for advertising on multiple buses for a one year period. d. Budget Grant applications for FY2026 were submitted on time. Met with NCDOT regional grant specialist on 12/3/24 and she said everything was on track for approval. e. Vehicles Two of our 22’ buses (LTV’s) have arrived. One is in service and the other is awaiting a PepWave (internet router) to come back from repair. The other three vehicles are at least three months away. f. Vacant TAB seats Economic development/chamber of commerce. Health Department – Replacement has been nominated and awaiting approval from the BOC III. Old Business a. Update on 5311 grants and ROAP Fleig updated the board on the 5311 grant noting that the funding for the administrative grant was the same as the previous year. He also stated that the ROAP funding package had come in and the total package less than last year. IV. New Business: ITEM 1: Setting the meeting schedule for 2025. Our meetings are public meetings and are posted on the website. So that our meetings do not interfere with other Person County board meetings, we have always had our meeting on the first Wednesday of the third month of the quarter. For 2025 This would be March 5, 2025, June 4, 2025, September 3, 2025, and December 3, 2025. Thom Schwalenberg made a motion to adopt the meeting schedule for 2025. Cindy Chandler seconded the motion. Without further discussion the motion passed without dissent. ITEM 2 Allocation of EDTAP portion of ROAP funds. The funding for the ROAP program this year is $169,681 which is $12,278 less than last year. The EDTAP portion, which is divided between PATS, Person Industries and the Senior Center is $2,822 less than last year. If we keep the distribution percentages the same as last year then the effect will be $931.26 less for PI, $479.74 less for Senior Center and $1411.00 less for PATS this year. Recommendation is to retain the same split of the EDTAP portion of the ROAP funds for FY25 as FY24.They would be Person Industries 33%, Senior Center 17%, and PATS 50%. Thom Schwalenberg made the motion to retain the same spilt of the EDTAP portion of the ROAP funds at Person Industries 33% Senior Center 17% and PATS 50 % The motion was seconded by Lisa Jeffreys. There were not further questions. The motion passed without dissent Please see chart below V. Comments a. TAB Chair Maynell thanked everyone for attending the meeting and having a quorum present so we could go forward with the action items. b. Director Fleig stated he was very happy to have two new buses on the road. He thanked everyone for attending. VI. Adjournment The next TAB meeting is scheduled for March 5, 2025 at 4 p.m. A motion for adjournment was made by Annette Lawson and seconded by Walter Montgomery. Fleig mentioned that one of the new buses was outside for viewing and welcomed everyone to come explore it. With no further discussion the meeting was adjourned at 4:32 LAST YEAR PROPOSED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.