OSBUS GROUP

Minutes of the meeting held at Osmington Village Hall on Wednesday 21 April 2004 at 7.30 pm

PRESENT: Mike Hart, Carol Sutton, Peter Cobner, Richard Jones, Chris Russell, Malcolm and Wendy Shoyer
APOLOGIES were received from David Kaile
MINUTES of the meeting of 6^th February were approved.
MATTERS ARISING

- The service started on 19^th March as planned.

There were no takers from Owermoigne
The Age Concern car park was unsuitable

MEETING WITH HELEN REED

Passengers must wear seat belts
Drivers to lock the bus at Kingston Maurward and keep the keys
In the event of breakdown drivers should ring Nordcat (number displayed in bus)
No invoice has been received from Nordcat yet.

THE SERVICE

The take up was 6 for the first trip but there have been fewer since.
Drivers have been able to park in side street without cost but also possible to park for £1 all day at Market car park
Dropping passengers at Tesco’s is no problem if requested
The booking service has worked well
Drivers should re-fill with diesel if it is low (below half) and report any damage to bus seen when it is collected from Kingston Maurward
At present the bus is only available on Fridays in term time
Having a conductor aboard was very useful to help with passengers

BANK ACCOUNT

An account was opened as agreed and presently stands at £68

DRIVERS’ ROTA

Malcolm Shoyer 30 April 28 May 2 July

Mike Hart 7 May 18 June

Richard Jones 14 May 11 June

David Kaile 21 May 25 June

Tim Peto-Clark does not want to be on the Rota but has offered to fill in if we need a driver

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Mike was approached about possible interest in our service in Broadmayne. Osmington residents have priority but it might be possible to extend the service. Broadmayne passengers could be collected from the bus stop but returned to homes with shopping if needed. A fare of £3 return was agreed for this service.

Ways of providing a bus during school/college holidays were considered.

The service needed further advertising.

Passengers had not been canvassed for their impressions of the service.

ACTION MH to investigate the cost of hiring a bus from You Drive

during the holidays

A poster advertising the service could be displayed on the Osmington Society notice board and a photo sent to the Echo

The meeting closed at 8.15 pm