REGULAR MEETING
BY-LAWS COMMITTEE
GREATER HARTFORD TRANSIT DISTRICT
Hartford, Connecticut
May 12, 2011
Ricardo Quintero, Committee Chair
Presiding........................................
Mr. Quintero called the Meeting of the By-Laws Committee of the Greater Hartford Transit District (the “District”) to order at 6:15 p.m. in the Transit District’s Multipurpose Room, One Union Place, Hartford, CT. Committee members present included Christopher Bowen, Ferguson Jansen, Mary A. Oliver, Paul McNamara and Ricardo Quintero. Kimberly Dunham, Director of Fiscal and Administrative Services, and DJ Gonzalez, Operations Administrator, represented District Staff. Ms. Dunham performed the duties of Acting Recording Secretary.
Mr. Quintero had previously assigned various research tasks to individual committee members and requested presentation of each of those items. He also noted the expedient manner in which By-Laws from peer agencies had been provided by the Executive Director. Mr. Quintero indicated that issues to be reviewed include terms of officers, the nominating process timeline requirement and committee size.
Mr. Bowen discussed the nominating process and the specificity of the required timeline which is restrictive; although he also noted that some sort of deadline should remain. Mr. Jansen mentioned that term limits for officers should be considered for succession reasons and to allow for a more varied exchange of knowledge and experience. He noted that perhaps two (2) two-year terms for officers might be prudent. Mr. McNamara discussed attendance of Board members and the possible steps that might be taken to notify individual municipalities when a member rarely (or never) attends. Ms. Oliver commented on the role of board members with regard to their duties and responsibility to the agency as well as their own municipality. She also stated that it would be beneficial to have orientation for new board members. Mr. Bowen discussed the number of appointees to the Audit Committee and the possible ways that individuals might be appointed to that group (CEO, Chairman, or the Board during the nomination process).
Mr. Quintero thanked the group for their input and noted that the next committee meeting will be on June 16, 2011.
There being no further business brought before the Committee, Ms. Oliver moved that the meeting be adjourned. Upon second by Mr. Bowen, the meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Kimberly A. Dunham
Acting Recording Secretary
Posted: 5/16/11
