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Home My WebLink About1978 TransitL - 1 Electrical Work - Downtown Bus Shelters By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Allan RESOLVED, That Requisition #20 from Richardson Bros. for electrical work in connection with the construction of the downtown bus shelters-, be approved in the amount of $1,552. Carried Unanimously Bill - Electrical Work on Downtown Bus Shelters By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Allan RESOLVED, That a bill from Richardson Bros. for electrical work on the downtown bus shelters be approved in the amount of $759.57. Mki tea, i°0 Carried Unanimously Requisition No. 4 (final payment) from Richardson Brothers By Comm. Cleveland: Seconded by Comm. Ewanicki RESOLVED, That Requisition No. 4 (final payment) from Richardson Brothers for electrical work performed in the construction of the bus shelters, be approved in the amount of $200. -� r �'�w/7t Carried Unanimously Bill - Richardson Brothers By Comm. Allan: Seconded by Comm. Ewanicki Ota RESOLVED, That a bill from Richardson Brothers for the relocation of a meter at the Aurora Street bus shelter, be approved in the amount of $280. Carried Unanimously Bus Shelters - Change Order E2 By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Shaw ,_,&/j�' RESOLVED, That Change Order E2 in the contractof Richardson Bros. for electrical work in connection with the bus shelters which provides for one'additional contactor in each shelter and an increase in the size of the heating circuit, be approved in the additional amount of $254.57. Carried Unanimously • -Change Order #E3 - Richardson Bros. By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Allan Mord a -a, 1Vi1 RESOLVED. That Change Order #E3 in the .contract of Richardson" Bros-.. for electrical -work on".the dnwntawn="m-us..- sheaters..which provides for removal of light circuits from time clock controls at an additional cost of $35.00 be approve.. - Carried Unanimously Construction Administration - Downtown Bus Shelters By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Ewanicki RESOLVED, That a bill of O'Brien Taube for construction administrationin connection with the construction of the downtown bus shelters Be approved in the amount of $86.24. 2/2 77 Carried U mously' • lb Construction of Downtown Bus Shelters Allan an By OLVE SThitkee: Seconded ion# by on of the downto�u bus sheltersomp D That Requisition #2 from V. Giordano Construction Supply Comp RESOLVE z ��7�/ for services in thenamountnofl$14t580constructi be approved in CarriedUnanimously Re•uest for Pa ment--V. Giordano Construction Com any RESOLVED, That application for pay 4V76/�/�� By Comm. Schickel: Secon•ed by Comm. Cl3velan Giordano Construction Company, for construction services in connection with the downtown bus shelters, be approved in the amount of $9,795•Carried Unanimously Change Order #1 and Requisi ion 4 Tfinal) from V. Giordano Construction Co. By Comm. Allan: Seconded by Comm. Shaw /i//7� RESOLVED, That change order #1 in the contract of V. Giordano Construction Company for the construction of downtown bus shelters which provides for the installation of a transformer and additional excavation and backfill and the elimination of a splash block, be approved in the net amount of $274.36. • BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That requisition #4 (final) from V. Giordano Construction Company for the construction of the three downtown bus shelters, be approved in the amount of $2,374.36. rv/,rpZ Carried Unanimously 2 Ithaca Transit System Report of Operations - By Comm. Allan: Seconded by Comm. Schickel RESOLVED, That the Ithaca Transit System Report of Operations for the 411 period of January to March 1978 be accepted. Carried Unanimously 1 Ithaca Transit System Report of Operations By Comm. Allan: Seconded by Comm. Banfield RESOLVED, That the Ithaca Transit System Report of Operations. July - September 1978 be accepted by the Board. ,011117Y Discussion followed on the floor. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Carried Unanimously Transit Department y /a7a/7 Comm. Allan reported that all o rd members and members of the Common Council have received a copy of a history of the Ithaca Transit System. • • 3 .Request for Bus Service to Hangar Theatre for Senior Citizens Comm. Allan reported that at the June 14 meeting the Parking; Traffic and Transit Committee was authorized to act on behalf of the Board in the matter of the request of Mr. Thomas Niederkorn for bus service for Senior Citizens to select performances at the Hangar Theater. The Committee agreed, on behalf of the Board, to supply bus service on June 28, July 12, July 26 and August 9, between Titus Towers, McGraw House and the Hangar Theat r in order to accommodate Senior Citizens attending the theater, provided. that management of the Hangar Theater notifies the Transit Division prior to Noon of that day's performance that there are at least 20 passengers wishing to use' the bus service. Free Bus Service In the absence of Howard Cogan, who was to appear on behalf of Downtown Ithaca Businessmen's Association in support of free bus service for the same time period as last year, Jack Dougherty., Asst. to the Supt. of Public Works, reported that DIBA had requested that the free bus service be provided for the three day period just prior to Labor Day and also all of the following week. Dougherty said that the staff feels that the length of time requested is too long and that the purpose for which the free bus service is intended can be accomplished by having just the three day period prior to Labor Day. gl�(7r Discussion followed on the floor. Resolution By Cowin. Allan: Seconded by Conan. Schickel RESOLVED, That the free bus service requested by the Downtown Ithaca Businessmen's Association be limited to the Thursday, Friday and Saturday before Labor Day. Carried Unanimously Free Bus Service V/3/,1 Asst. Supt. Dougherty reported that free bus service was offered for three days which resulted in a little over 9,000 passengers which is approxi- mately 20o increase over 1977. • 5 to us o ospi a :us un 9/3/7Y Asst. Supt. Dougherty reported that the hospital bus run is still in negotiation: Ithaca College has agreed to participate; Town of Ithaca Board has turned it down, but he understands they will reconsider; Tompkins County will bring it up at a Board of Representatives meeting this month. Funding of Bus Route Comm. Allan reported that the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, Ithaca College and the City of Ithaca have all agreed to partici- pate in the funding of a bus route to serve the Ithaca College campus and Tompkins County Hospital. j/'/3/7 Resolution By Comm. Allan: Seconded by Comm. Ewanicki RESOLVED, that effective January 2, 1979, Ithaca Transit initiate a new bus route to serve Ithaca College campus and Tompkins County Hospital, and IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED„ that the Common Council be requested to amend the personnel roster of the Transit Division of the Depart- ment of Public Works to include two additional bus drivers to provide for the new service. Carried Unanimously • -6- Comm. Allan reported that the coin separator used by the Transit Division has broken down and is not replaceable. The need for a coin separator is great because this work is done by a single person and requires many extra hours of work if it must be done manually. Resolution By Comm. Allan: Seconded by Comm. Banfield RESOLVED, That the Common Council be requested to provide $1,300 on Line 250. of Account A5630 in the 1978 budget for the purchase of a coin separator for the Transit Division. Carried Unanimously r • • -7- Final Payment Request of I.J. Construction Company n/i7Y By Comm. Allan: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland RESOLVED, That the first and final payment request of I.J. Construction Company for construction servicesamnuconntfcti6n3ith the erection of 14 bus shelters, be approved Discussion followed on the floor. Amended Resolution By Comm. Allan: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland RESOLVED, That the first and final payment request of I.J. Construction Company for construction services in connection with the erection of 14 bus shelters be withheld in the amount of $16,350, and the Finance Committee be given power to investigate and act to pay this bill after the result of whatever investigation the department is going to make as far as establishing what the problems are. 11 Bill of I.J. Construction Company Comm. Banfield reported that at its meeting on November 8 the Board referred to the Finance Committee action on a bill of I.J. Construction Company for payment of $16,350.00 for construction of 14 small bus shelters. The department has now reviewed the situation and determined that the problems that remain with the bus shelters are not covered by their contract with the City. Some small items remain to be completed by I.J. Construction Company, and the department has recommended with- holding $400 to cover these items. ///./7� Resolution / By Comm. Banfield: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland RESOLVED, That the bill of I.J. Construction Company for construction services in connection with the erection of 14 small bus shelters be approved in the revised amount of $15,950.00. Discussion followed on the floor. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Carried Unanimously Change in Route --Ithaca Transit By Comm. Allan: Seconded by Comm. Ewanicki • RESOLVED, that effective January 2, 1979, Ithaca Transit delete that portion of Route 4 that serves Cass Park -and extend Route 4 to the Elmira Road/Spencer Road area. oq7e Discussion followed on the floor. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Carried Unanimously Request for payment - Bus Shelters - Richardson Bros. Request for payment - Bus Shelters - O'Brien & Taube *Request for payment - Bus Shelters - V. Giordano "Sun Day" - Free bus service -(See page 5 Parking & Traffic) Report of Operations *Copy of History of Transit System Request of Mr. Thomas Niederkorn for bus service to Hangar Theatre for Senior Citizens 1 la lb 2 3 DIBA - Free bus service request 4 Negotiations - Hospital Bus Run 5 Request for funds for purchase of coin separator 6 Request for payment - Small bus shelters - I.J. Construction 7 Route changes 8