June 24, 2015 (Public Works Committee)
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING June 24, 2015 The Public Works Committee meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mr. Fred Spears, Chair. The following members were present, constituting a quorum: Mr. Richard Collins, Vice Chair; Mr. John Skubal; Mr. Paul Lyons; Mr. Jim Kite; and Mrs. Terry Happer Scheier. Also present were: Mr. David White, Councilmember; Mr. Bill Ebel, City Manager; Mrs. Kate Gunja, Assistant City Manager; Mrs. Tammy Owens, Deputy City Attorney; Mr. Dave Scott, Chief Financial Officer; Ms. Gena McDonald, Assistant Chief Financial Officer; Mr. Anthony Hofmann, Director of Public Works; Mr. Brian Shields, City Traffic Engineer; Mr. Mike Miller, Assistant to the Director; Mr. Richard Profaizer, Maintenance Operations Manager; Mr. Sean Ruis, Public Works Maintenance Supervisor; Mr. Scott McClure, PC Technician; and Ms. Kathleen Behrens, Recording Secretary. Approximately five people from the public were in the audience. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Chair Fred Spears took the Chair’s prerogative of addressing the agenda items out of order. JOHNSON COUNTY TRANSIT UPDATE Mr. Chip Corcoran, president, Renaissance Infrastructure Consulting, 13006 Walmer, spoke on behalf of Johnson County Transit, Transportation Council. He introduced his colleagues, Ms. Alice Amrein, transit administrator, Johnson County, Kansas Government and Mr. Dick Jarrold, vice president regional planning and development, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA). Over the last six to seven years, there have been many financial challenges across the country and in Johnson County. A lot of work has been done in the area of trans- portation services in Johnson County during that time. The County assembled the Strategic Transit Action Recommendation Taskforce (START) in 2009 to study transportation services.
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