IMPERIAL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

MINUTES FOR July 25, 2018

6:00 p.m.

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VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT:      

                                                            City of Calexico                       Bill Hodge

                                                            City of Calipatria                      Maria Nava-Froelich

                                                            City of El Centro                      Cheryl Viegas-Walker

                                                            City of Imperial                        Robert Amparano – Vice-Chair

                                                            City of Westmorland                Larry Ritchie

                                                            County of Imperial                    Ryan Kelley

NON-VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT:        Caltrans District 11                   Ann Fox

STAFF PRESENT:     Mark Baza, Kathi Williams, Cristi Lerma, Michelle Bastidas, Virginia Mendoza, David Aguirre

OTHERS PRESENT:  Eric Havens: ICTC Counsel; David Salgado: SCAG; Eric Estell: First Transit; Marcelo Peinado, Jesus “Chi” Vargas: Caltrans

The following action minutes are listed as they were acted upon by the Imperial County Transportation Commission and as listed on the agenda for the meeting held Wednesday, July 25, 2018 together with staff reports and related documents attached thereto and incorporated therein by reference.

I.                    CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 

Vice-Chair Amparano called the Commission meeting to order at 7:52 p.m.  Roll call was taken and a quorum was not present.

II.                 EMERGENCY ITEMS

            There were none.  

III.              PUBLIC COMMENTS

There were none.  

IV.              CONSENT CALENDAR

A motion was made by Nava-Froelich and seconded by Hodge to approve the consent calendar as presented. Motion Carried unanimously.

A.                 Approved the ICTC Commission Draft Minutes:                        June 27, 2018  

B.                  Received and File:

1.                   ICTC Management Committee Draft Minutes:               June 13, 2018

V.                 REPORTS

A.                 ICTC Executive Director

-          The Executive Director report can be found on page 9 of the agenda.

B.                  Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)

-          A SCAG report can be found on page 17 of the agenda.

C.                  California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

-          A Caltrans report can be found on page 20 of the agenda.

D.                 Commission Member Reports 

-          There were several Committee Member reports from various agencies.

VI.               ACTION CALENDAR

A.                 Agreement with Token Transit for Electronic Ticketing and Purchasing

The ICTC Management Committee met on July 11, 2018 and forwarded this item to the Commission for review and approval after public comment, if any.

1.                   Authorized the Chairman to sign the Agreement with Token Transit to provide electronic ticketing and purchasing services effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019

A motion was made by Viegas-Walker and seconded by Nava-Froelich, Motion Carried unanimously.

VII.           INFORMATION CALENDER

A.                 Senate Bill 1 and Proposition 6

Mr. Baza informed the Commission that the bill to appeal SB 1, named as Proposition 6 will be on the November ballot. Mr. Baza requested that agencies provide a list of projects using SB 1 funds to list and post on the ICTC website.

VIII.         CLOSED SESSION

A.                 Motion to Adjourn to Closed Session (Nava-Froelich/Hodge)

B.                  PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Government Code §54957)

Title: ICTC Executive Director

C.                  CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Government Code § 54957.6)

            Agency Designated Representative: Eric Havens, ICTC Counsel

            Unrepresented Employee:  Executive Director

D.                 Announcement of Closed Session Action(s)

The Commission met in closed session, no final action was taken and direction was given.

IX.               ACTION CALENDAR

A.                 Discussion / Action regarding Compensation Adjustment per Employment Agreement for the Position of Executive Director

A motion was made by Nava-Froelich to increase the Executive Director’s salary by a little over 3% to $150,000 annual salary, seconded by Hodge, Motion Carried unanimously.

X.                 NEXT MEETING DATE AND PLACE

A.                 The next meeting of the Imperial County Transportation Commission will be held on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 6:00 p.m., at the County of Imperial Board Chambers, at 940 W. Main Street, El Centro, CA.

XI.              ADJOURNMENT

A.                 Meeting adjourned at 9:23 p.m.