FEBRUARY 10, 2005

The meeting came to order today 10:05 AM @ Barbagallo’s Restaurant with 30 members present. Everyone stood for the Pledge of Allegiance led by president Chuck Paquette. A big thanks to Leonard Bus Sales for Sponsoring our meeting today!

Secretary's Report: Motion was made by Carol Hawk , seconded by Cindy Hogan to accept the minutes from the January13, 2005 meeting. Motion carried.

Treasurer's Report: Motion was made by Rick Abend, seconded by Dave Fuller, to accept the treasure’s report with a balance carried forward of $2,595.94. Motion carried.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Correspondence Committee: No report at this time.
Mike Janisch’s heart surgery was a success. He is home and doing well. He is planning to return to work March 2nd.

Legislative Committee: No report at this time.

SBDI/MI Committee: No report at this time.
They will be meeting again in March.

Pupil Safety Committee: No Report at this time.

Operation Safe Stop: No report at this time.

Poster Committee: No report at this time.
Remember, this year posters will need to be in by May 15th. We will judge the posters this year at our May meeting

Rodeo Committee: No report at this time.
We are still looking for a site for this year. Deb Stevens is thinking about it but cannot host it at her district but will check on the possibility of using the Sandy Creek Fairgrounds and Chuck is still checking on the Syracuse fairgrounds and Burdick Mall as possible sites. Either way we need a committee to be responsible for running it. Chuck will serve on the committee and Dave Deuel will help as well.

Scholarship Committee: No report at this time.

Special Needs Committee: No report at this time.

Housing Committee: No report at this time.

Professional Development Committee: No report at this time.

Head Mechanics Committee: Cindy Hogan is now chairing this Committee.
Jim Oot reported that some of the Cummins engines having the wrong dipsticks installed. 17 quarts is full but 15 are needed. It was also reported that the 2005, 466 international conventional bus has a problem with the lower radiator hose being cut and leaking.

Nominating Committee: No report at this time.

“S” Endorsement Committee:
February 24th is the next meeting but there are new developments to announce.
Pat Bailey reported that there will now be a lot of exemptions. As it turns out, the Federal Government has reviewed the 19-A program that New York has in place. They have determined that our program meets the basic requirements of the new Federal Law in most cases. They have deemed that any 19-A Driver who has taken the Biennial Road test and written test between 2002 and now, to be exempt. That means only a limited number of drivers will need to be tested to qualify for their new “S” endorsement. What remains to be discussed is who, and how they will be tested. Pat will report back with more definite answers after the February meeting.

“Entertainment” Committee: No report at this time.

Old Business:
1. Reminder that the Safety & Maintenance Seminar will be held February 24-26 at the Desmond Inn
in Albany. There are still plenty of rooms available. The committee and contractors have worked
very hard to make it a very productive couple of days.
2. Lobby Day is April 12 in Albany. It is a great experience! Try to attend if you can!
3. Peter Manella has received only a few responses to his recently issued survey on Anti-Idling. He reminds us to please e-mail him with the responses about what our districts are doing on a local level regarding these issues. A copy of the survey is posted again at the end of these minutes.

New Business:
1. There will be changes in our July Conference this year. There will be classes on Sunday and the
conference will close on Wednesday.
2. Dave Fuller, at the request of the Superintendent of Dryden CSD, has come up with a “Bus
Advisory Procedure.” This will be implemented in extreme inclement weather and will be
transmitted to parents and students via TV and Radio along with closings and delays.
Basically what it means is that drivers of school buses will not expect students to be
“waiting” at pick up points upon arrival of bus in extreme weather and that students who in
a walk to school zone will be offered bus transportation from designated pick up points. It
is expected that students leave their residence in time to meet bus as it arrives at the stop.
The buses will not be expected to wait unreasonable amounts of time. He has written out the plan
if anyone would like a copy.

No 50-50 today.

Round Table:
Cindy Hogan: Next month (March 10) the meeting will be in Oswego. She promises no snow that day!
Just a little wind!
Rick Abend: He has 28 years in and there have been lots of changes. Things are going okay!
Carol Fudge: March 18th is her last day! She is retiring with 30 years! Congratulations Carol!
Darrell Haggerman: He is now the Dispatcher at Jordan - Elbridge. The new Supervisor is Bruce
Walters who also wants to develop some procedures for extreme weather. His audit
with DMV went well.
Jim Edick: Things are good in Central Square. He is looking forward to warm weather.
Terri Smith: Things are good. The weather has been pretty good this year.
Carol Hawk: Things are great!
Phil Randall: Just wants to say thanks to everyone!
Joyce McMaster: Things are good in Cazenovia.
Deb Stevens: She is enjoying the year so far!
Kathy Jamerson: She learns something new every time she comes here! Thanks to everybody!
Pat Bailey: She wants to welcome Kathryne Rivas to the Syracuse City School District. Kathryne
Is their new Safety Officer. Congratulations!
Jimmy James: Things are going along well this year!
Kathryne Rivas: She is very happy to be joining SCSD.
Terri Kuss: She also welcomes Kathryne to the District! Things are gfoing well.
Ted Finlayson-Schueler: He is busy. He is taking a program in Disability Studies.
Bob Briggs: He would like to introduce Jim Gorman - The new Director of Safety for A+E Transport.
He made a motion, seconded by Pat Bailey to accept Jim into our Chapter. Motion carried.
Welcome Jim!
Jim Gorman: Thanks to everyone and he looks forward to working with everybody!
Dave Fuller: They already had an accident today. A bus hit a utility pole going around a bend in the
road. No injuries.
Ken Holland: He had his 19_A audit this year. Again they are zeroing in on Physical forms.
James Dark: All’s well at J-D!
Dave Deuel: Judy says Hello! They also had DMV audits this year. They are having a MCI in
September. They will send out notices.
Diane Watkins: Things are going well. Nothing new.
Keith Gates: Things are good at West Genesee.
Nancy Wescott: They have been busy at Baldwinsville and are short drivers.
Heidi Bippus: Things are very busy.
Rich Dennison: They are busy expanding their warehouse.
Miike Leonard: Thanks to everyone for coming. He is enjoying the conversations with us today!
Karen Doucette: Things are going good at J-D - Their audit went well.
Peg Gilbert: We also had our audit and had one little problem and had to get an out-of-state abstract
faxed to us for one of the drivers. Everything worked out OK. Ted said we could get info
on any DMV office we needed at NASDPTS.org.
Chuck Paquette: All is well. He is healthy again. He has had to terminate drivers every week and he
has been very busy dispatching. Good luck to Carol Fudge, one of our past presidents.
Don’t be a stranger Carol! Chuck made a motion, seconded by Karen to welcome
Darrell Haggerman back into the Chapter. Motion carried. Welcome back Darrell!

The next meeting is March 10th at the Oswego Education Center. Directions will be sent.
The meeting adjourned at 11:00 for some words from our Sponsor.
Respectfully submitted,
Peg Gilbert