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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

TRIMET BOARD BRIEFING UPDATE


read from bottom up


  1. Reports of Eugene's BRT are positive
  2. 50% + of BRT would be in dedicated lanes
  3. board member Joe Esmonde asking about Chevron station on Barbur
  4. GM says state would have risk of project cost overruns
  5. GM: no other agency probably has more experience with Federal grant agreements
  6. Many milestones cleared in last weeks
  7. no impact to capital or operating funds, budget line item to be reimbused
  8. projecting 2019 opening for MAX to Vancouver
  9. Washington interchanges reduced to bare minimum
  10. board member Joe Esmonde notes debt ceiling is same day of board retreat
  11. GM is using a reusable Green Line mug this morning
  12. strategic plan needs to be a living document and not a binder on the shelf
  13. tries to seem younger but admits he remembers cheap gas
  14. questions are short in nature but long on deliberations
  15. need to have guidelines for financial decisions
  16. board member warns that Strategic Plan comments will be long
  17. board member Craig Prosser under the weather
  18. to speak at the board retreat, staff presentations to be "short and crisp"
  19. 63% in resignations from non represented employees
  20. Pay is below market for newest non represented employees
  21. A significant flight risk of talent
  22. non represented turnover up to 11.45% in 2012
  23. No retiree health care for newest non represented employees
  24. Tier 1 benefits value 6% more than newer tiers
  25. Total compensation varies due to heath care, pension benefit tiers
  26. 106 non represented employees make less than 15 year bus operator
  27. board member Joe Esmonde wants "non represented" instead of "non union", not antagonistic
  28. Discussing Non-union salaries and job reviews
  29. one item causing 35% of issues, being redesigned
  30. Identifying cause of MAX propulsion issues that cause breakdowns
  31. correlating with other things, like speeding history
  32. Modest uptick in bus collisions, Bob Nelson noting new operators
  33. Bob Nelson on service reliability, "reassessing indicators"
  34. operators and trainers can give feedback on pilot buses
  35. Reliability of new buses very high
  36. GM noted new bus on Line 43 last night "so there's hope"
  37. 52 out of 70 new buses here, rest to Merlo
  38. board members like what they hear about HOS
  39. <5 HOS violations out of 18k assignments in August
  40. "operators deserve to get paid for what they do" regarding submitting time slips
  41. Shelly giving Hours of Service update
  42. submitted review of to Feds; no one to review it

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