Transit Agency Status FY 2011-12

Transit Agency StatusFY 2011-12

Current Financial PositionCurrent OperationsService Statistics/TrendsFunding Statistics/TrendsOther Information/AssumptionsCapital Status Review

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Current Financial Position:Reserves

SourceBalancePTAF4,651

ASG

86,777

BSG

0Section 1513497,761Local153,860Other187,025

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Current Financial Position:Level of Short-Term Debt/Loans—Identify each line of credit (excludes long-term bond financing)

Name of Financial InstitutionAmount of Available CreditInterest Rate

Current

Credit in Use

Not Applicable

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Current Financial Position:Accounts Payable – Past due 90 days and over

Accounts Receivable – Past due 90 days and overVendorAmount Past Due

Estimated Pay Date

None – payment

made according to terms.

Program/AgencyAmount Past Due

Date Requisitioned

Estimated Pay Date

See Attached

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Current Operations:Staffing LevelContract ProvisionsHealthcarePension

FuelFaresOther major factors producing cost increases above inflationCost Savings Initiatives5

Staffing Level/Org Chart

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Contract ProvisionsTerm of current union contract 7/1/2009 to 6/30/2012

DriversCurrent2012-13Starting wage

Bus – 11.30 / Van – 10.10

To be determined during contract negotiations.

Top

wageBus – 15.50 / Van – 15.00Average wageBus – 13.60 / Van 11.16Contract wage increase

See attached

sheet

Job Classification

Number-

Full Time

Number-Part Time

Drivers

Bus – 14

/ Van - 8

Bus – 0 / Van - 12

Mechanics

8

0

Dispatchers – Non Union

2

1

Admin

– Non-Union

10

2

Hostlers30

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Important Contract Provisions8

Part time employees can work up to 35 hours per week. No provision determining split shift work exists but past practice does not include this practice.Overtime is inclusive of holiday’s, personal days, and guarantee time.

4 outsourcing subcontractors are used to the fullest extent of their current capacity for shared ride and limited fixed route service. Currently 54% of shared ride service is completed by sub-contractors.

Through past practice; light duty, fixed route split shifts and Saturday assignments are not conducive to reducing overtime.

Healthcare

Union

Non-Union

Basic Coverage

Current

$ 604 per month Single Family Medical 509.32 1158.14Dental 24.66 79.34Vision 4.58 11.92

Total 538.56 1249.40

FY 2012-13

TBD 7-1-12

TBD 1-1-12

Employee Contributions

Current

Zero

contribution

$ 25

– Single

$ 50 - Family

FY 2012-13

TBD 7-1-12

TBD 1-1-12

Co-Payment

Current

$15 – Office Visit

$ 50 – ER Visit

$ 0 deductible

$ 15 – Office Visit$ 50 – ER Visit$ 1,000 deductible

FY 2012-13

TBD 7-1-12

TBD 1-1-12

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Pension

Union

Non-Union

Employee Contributions

Current

Up to $16,500Up to $16,500FY 2012-13

Same

Same

Minimum Age

to Qualify for Retirement

Current

62

62

FY 2012-13

Same

Same

Minimum Number of Years to Qualify for Retirement

Current

1 year of service

1 year of service

FY 2012-13

Same

Same

Minimum Number of Years to be

Vested

Current

6 years6 yearsFY 2012-13

Same

Same

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Pension:Describe any proposed changes and the estimated financial impacts.No changes at this time

Provide a status of the degree to which the pension funding is funded. If not fully funded please provide your strategy to fully fund pension.Fully funded by SCTA.11

Fuel:Current Cost per Gallon – Gas - $ 3.19 / Diesel $ 3.93Contract rate or market rate? Gas – under state contract

Diesel – As needed – no contractTerms of contract (if applicable) – State Costars ProgramProjected Cost per Gallon and Basis for ProjectionContract rate or market rate? DGSTerms of contract (if applicable) - State Costars Program

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Fixed Route Fares:

Average Fare: $1.31No Current Plans to Increase FaresFare policy is multi-zone based with several types of tickets. Future plans include simplifying zones, reducing the amount of types of passes, and adjusting fares / pass costs as appropriate to encourage greater use.

Fare

Type

Date

of Last IncreaseCurrent AmountBase Fare July

1, 1995

$1.25

Transfers

July

1, 1995

$0.25

Zone Fares

July

1, 1995

$0.25

Other multi-ride

tickets/passes

July

1, 1995

Public Multi-Ride

Level's 1 - 6

$1.25 - $2.50

College

Mult

-Ride

20 Ride

$20.00

Monthly Pass

Monthly, any route

$50.00

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Shared Ride Fares:Date of Last Fare Increase July 1, 2011

Current Average fare $15.88Sponsorship arrangements. STS participates in the State funded Lottery, PWD and Welfare to Work programs. Medical Assistance and other related social service agencies also participate. Third party lottery trips are sponsored through the Office of Senior Service and other local agencies.Planned ChangesDate of planned increase: July 1, 2012

Estimated average fare: $15.88

Sponsorship arrangements: No Change

Describe Fare Policy: Lottery trips use local sponsor agencies or client co-pay to cover their portion of fare. Non-lottery trips are billed at the same full-rate to the nursing home, medical facility or Medical Assistance once per month.

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Other Future Cost Factors:

FactorsExplanation

Attracting

and retaining employees

is made challenging due to low wages, high responsibility, and changing work hours.

We have been unable to attract new drivers and have lost several drivers recently. This will continue to increase overtime costs or labor costs thru increased wages.New technology and multiple office locations are increasing administrative duties. Higher administrative costs will affect future performance as new reporting standards and technology increase responsibilities

Sub-Contractors

struggling

to remain in business due to employee turnover, increased distance between stops, and reduced trips

Decreasing

trips and increasing distances between stops has caused Sub-Contractors to struggle. Future rates will certainly reflect these new realities.

Insurance Costs

Recent workers compensation injuries have driven up overtime costs and will certainly

drive up future insurance costs.

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Cost Savings Initiatives:

InitiativeCurrent CostPlanned Action and Implementation DateProjected Savings

- Increase Sub-Contracting

in the Shared Ride program

- Consolidate Shared Ride Schedules and Reduce Current Vehicle Fleet

- Discontinue contract with current marketing firm

Evaluate using

Maintenance personnel to replace cleaning firm at Union Station

- Instillation of MDT and AVL’s in Shared Ride vehicles

- Reduce parts

inventory

- Increase advertising revenue

- “Right Size” our fleet by better matching vehicle size with needs

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Fixed Route Funding

FY 2010-11FY 2011-12FY 2012-13

FY 2013-14

FY 2014-15

Total Operating Expenses

2,023,2061,974,5882,014,0802,054,361

2,095,449

Total Operating Revenue

166,739

168,739

172,114

175,556

179,067

Total Operating

Deficit

1,856,467

1,805,849

1,841,966

1,878,805

1,916,381

Subsidies:

Federal

468,721

532,998

543,658

554,531

565,622

State

1,341,778

1,224,625

1,249,118

1,274,100

1,299,582

Local

45,968

48,226

49,191

50,174

51,178

Total Funding

1,856,467

1,805,849

1,841,966

1,878,805

1,916,381

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Fixed Route Service Statistics/Trends:

Describe Any Proposed ChangesProposed Changes – Simplify the fare structure which may result in some fares being raised or lowered.

Fixed Route

FY 2010-11

FY 2011-12

FY 2012-13FY 2013-14FY 2014-15

Rev.

Veh

. Miles

354,175

354,175

354,175

354,175

354,175

Rev.

Veh

. Hours

21,603

21,603

21,603

21,603

21,603

Passenger

Trips

232,898229,405

225,963

222,574

219,235

ACT 44 PERF.

MEASURES

Pass. Trips/Hour

10.78

10.62

10.56

10.30

10.15

Op.

Cost/Hour

93.66

91.40

95.06

98.86

102.82

Op. Rev./

Hour

7.72

7.81

8.12

8.45

8.79

Op. Cost/Trip

8.69

8.61

9.09

9.60

10.13

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Shared Ride Funding

FY 2010-11FY 2011-12

FY 2012-13

FY 2013-14

FY 2014-15

Operating Expense1,645,7811,648,5531,686,8281,703,6961,737,770Passenger Revenue258,389

293,007

295,935

298,894

304,872

Lottery

759,052

807,120

815,193

823,345

839,812

MATP

211,638

219,132

221,323

223,536

228,007

Other Sponsor

205,558

216,498

219,177

221,369225,796Other139,348112,796135,000136,552139,283

Balance

(71,796)

0

0

0

0

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Shared Ride Statistics/Trends20

Shared-RideFY 2010-11FY 2011-12

FY 2012-13

FY

2013-14

FY 2014-15Total Veh. Miles804,284

808,305

812,346

816,408

820,490

Cost per Mile

2.00

2.04

2.08

2.09

2.12

Total

Veh

. Hours

41,196

41,607

42,023

42,443

42,867

Cost per Hour

39.02

39.62

40.06

40.14

40.53

Total

Pass. Trips

96,142

96,726

97,210

97,696

98,184

Cost per Trip

16.72

17.04

17.35

17.44

17.70

Rev

. per Trip

16.08

17.04

17.35

17.44

17.70

Trips per Hour

2.31

2.32

2.31

2.30

2.29

Other Information/Assumptions:Fixed-Route - STS continues to try and find ways to help create new ridership, and, to convince our current customers to ride more often. Over the past several years we have worked with both the Penn State Schuylkill Campus, and, the McCann School of Business to promote Fixed Route Service to students traveling to and from school. This has been quite successful, and, has increased our ridership. A Monthly pass was introduced in July 0f 2011, and it seems to be catching on for those who are frequent riders of the system. We continue to try and find ways to promote our service, and, one project that we are currently working on is in regards to our current fare structure and trying to make it a little easier to understand. There have been basically no changes in main line routes over the past several years, but, some stops and some smaller feeder routes have been put into a “request for service.” We have recently updated our schedules to reflect the opening of our Union Station Terminal on June 27, 2011.

Shared Ride - The current shared ride program has been suffering some setbacks, especially in the area of MATP and other programs. Projecting revenue for this program have become quite difficult, as changes in policies associated with those who utilize transportation services are subject to change and cutbacks. To try and help offset some of these reductions, STS is attempting to promote group trips to senior organizations. We will review the current FY at the end of December to review our financial status, and, if necessary, we may again have to apply for a fare increase.

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Capital Status ReviewFixed-Route – See AttachmentShared Ride – See Attachment

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