CLEVELAND – Here are highlights of today’s Committee
meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit
Authority (RTA).
Finance Committee
Michael
J. Schipper, Deputy General Manager, Engineering and Project Management, updated
the Board on RTA’s progress in spending $46 million in federal stimulus
funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 for
major capital improvements.
Michael
J. Schipper, Deputy General Manager, Engineering and Project Management, presented
the Committee with a proposal for an interagency agreement with the City
of Cleveland to establish a $100,000 escrow account for 20 years to help
fund catch basin repair and replacement. This proposal will allow RTA to
finalize and close the three roadway contracts. The Committee approved the
proposal, and it will go to the full Board on June 16.
Operations Committee
The Committee heard an
update on safety initiatives from four staffers – Pamela McCombe, Director of
Safety; Robert Baggs, Director of Employee Training and Development; William
Eltrich, Director of the Triskett (bus) Garage; and Doug Seger, Director of the
Central Bus Maintenance Facility.
Steven
Sims, Director of the Office of Business Development, discussed the
proposed Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal of 20 percent for
Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2010, which begins Oct. 1, 2009. The goal will
be submitted to the full Board on July 21.
