Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency (HIRTA) May 28, 2026

Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency (HIRTA) May 28, 2026 HIRTA Brd. Mtg called to order at 9:01AM by Chair Heddens. Present: Heddens, Fitch, Longhorn, Chapman, McCombs, Castillo, Ramsey, Collings, Schaeffer. Fitch moved to approve agenda, 2nd Longhorn; motion carried. Fitch moved to approve April 23 & May 14, 2026 minutes, 2nd Longhorn; motion carried. Longhorn moved to receive & file April 2026 Financial Report, 2nd Chapman; motion carried. Fitch moved to approve FY2027 Iowa DOT Contract 00010109 for HIRTA Awareness Campaign Funding Agreement, 2nd McCombs; motion carried. Longhorn moved to approve FY2027 Story County Provider Participation Agreement, 2nd McCombs; Heddens abstained; motion carried. Chapman moved to approve FY2027 Funding Agreement with City of Newton; 2nd Longhorn; motion carried. Longhorn moved to approve Updated Accounting Policy, 2nd Fitch; motion carried. McCombs moved to approve Updated Expense Reimbursement Policy for Employee Handbook; 2nd Longhorn; motion carried. Longhorn moved to approve acknowledgement that some bank reconciliations were delayed due to unforeseen circumstances during FY2026, 2nd McCombs; motion carried. Fitch moved to approve executive committee to serve as signatories on HIRTA & Heart of Transit bank accounts, 2nd Longhorn; motion carried. Fitch moved to approve Board Chair to sign Temporary Authorized Signatory for HIRTA request letter to DOT, 2nd Longhorn; motion carried. Chapman moved to engage Ahlers & Cooney Law Firm to review & provide guidance to Board on how to proceed with Kia minivans order from ICAM Grant, 2nd Longhorn; motion carried. Adjourned at 9:48AM APRIL 2026 Expenditures: 1 It Source 9,826.00 A&B Salvage -3,400.00 Accident Fund Ins. Co. 3,299.40 Ahlers & Cooney 1,891.00 Aspen Waste Syst. 134.47 Barney's Srvcs 305.93 Big Brand Tire 88.57 Bluefin 151.98 Braintree Funding 751.13 Cardmember Srvcs 144.00 Casey's Business Advantage 26,782.65 CenturyLink 1,376.98 Cintas 54.36 Boone Airport 4,863.39 Enterprise -66.67 Crystal Clear Water 75.25 Debbie Comito 900.00 Delta Dental 1,973.34 Donna Adams 13.00 Dutch Clean Auto Wash 7.75 Flexlynqs 35,881.87 Freedom Financial 3,421.26 Freedom Tire 540.20 Indianola Municipal Utilities 88.00 ISU Parking 1,810.17 ISU Science & Tech 9,563.74 Jasper Co Treas. 500.00 Jim Bever 5.28 Kia Of Des Moines 44,685.00 Krisi Kranz 49.60 Language Link 33.60 Linda Akwa 213.12 LISCO 153.00 Manpower 2,096.88 Mediacom 393.44 Merchant Service -4,406.41 MidAmerican Energy 208.96 Midland Title & Escrow 10,000.00 Midwest OFC Tech. 157.65 Moffitt's 25,066.08 Multi Specialty Hold Co 4,022.41 Napa Auto Parts 24.47 NEORide 6,617.50 Pella Floral & Greenhouse 150.00 QuickBooks 540.69 RAMP 8,003.68 Schneider Graphics 3,267.07 Shred-It 81.62 Stanley's Service 20.00 The Standard 1,794.03 Thomas Venner 87.00 Time Management Systems 194.32 U.S. Cellular 1,290.10 Unplugged Wireless 14,775.97 Verlin Goodyk 156.56 Wellmark 22,813.42 Wild Water Car Wash 233.75 Windstream IA Comm. 150.41 TOTAL 243,856.97 June 16 2026 LIOW0537675