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Bill Mix, New Chair
I El Dorado filed today for bankruptcy
State -- fines owed over taxes $16,000/mo
IRS -- $46,000, employee withholding (His Money from
Lex is attached by IRS)
Newton bus off the• road for vehicle violations
Travel Time owns the buses and they get separate check,
$6,000/mo
Ken Hogard at Travel Time (no longer Peter Picknelly, he
left) is willing to pick up the contract and
service immediately if we have a problem. In our
contract.
Zimmerman he' s going to keep running and everything will
be fine as soon as he gets over a few legal
technical matters
We will do nothing If he breaches contract, we can give
2 days written notice
II Town Meeting Expecting trouble this year $237,000
might not be a breeze We' ll have to show support of
everything Talk abt reducing to 3 buses next time go out
to bid
Fred suggested new people (not him or Webb who prejudiced
with current routes) study routes and come up with
alternatives
$5,000 penalty/bus eliminated -- verbal agreement between Bob
Hutchinson and D Zimmerman
Perhaps we should write to parents to suggest their kids use
buses and remind them what it was like before LEXPRESS
Handouts? Fred' s graph, budget, what else? Ridership for
March? Hard because getting ready for TM. Oct and Mar most
typical months
For every hour cut, lose $5/veh hr
III In Parade this year? Yes Theme Our Town Contest?
No one has time Ask Norma Regillo if kids want to come up
with idea
IV Rte 6 could reverse rte arounnd Esta and pick up on other
side of Grove (crossing guard) and go to Hayden at end of
rte
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