BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 @ 8:00 A.M.
Meeting Location – Metro Centre or Remote
Zoom 312-626-6799, Meeting ID: 465 778 3908, Passcode: 111375
Agenda
1.0 Roll Call
2.0 Pledge of Allegiance
3.0 Public with Business to Come Before the Board
(Comments should be limited to three minutes)
4.0 Consent Agenda
4.01 Minutes January 27, 2026
4.02 Financials
5.0 Communications
5.01 Chairman Report
5.02 Managing Director’s Report
5.03 Operations Report
5.04 Complaints/Comments Report
5.05 Board Member Comments
6.0 New Business
6.01 FY27 State Allocation
6.02 Facilities Equipment
7.0 Old Business
7.01 Server Upgrade
8.0 Questions from the News Media
9.0 Other Business to come Before the Board (includes Executive Session, if necessary
Closed session in accordance with the Illinois Open Meeting Act 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).
(1) The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body.”
10.0 Potential Action from Executive Session
11.0 Adjournment
Future Meetings and Events (Tentative Schedule)
Board Meetings are the fourth Tuesday of every month at 8:00 am.
(excluding July and December)
River Valley Metro Mass Transit District
Metro Centre, 1137 E 5000 North Road, Bourbonnais IL 60914
Board of Director Meeting Minutes
February 24, 2026
Chairman Argyelan called the regular monthly River Valley Metro Board of Directors meeting to order at 8:01 AM.
Attending Board Members: Chairman Mark Argyelan, Vice-Chairman Jerry Pearce, Secretary Nick Allen, Treasurer Ron Jackson, Board Members David Hinderliter, Kenny Blake, and Ryan Nugent.
Members Absent: None
Staff Members Present: Managing Director Siron Sims, Project Manager Cortney Koning, COO Ken Munjoy, MPO Tobe Fulford, Director of Administration Mandy Taylor, Assistant Director of Administration Bri Whybrew
Others Present: None
Pledge of Allegiance led by: Mark Argyelan
Public with Business to Come Before the Board:
None
Consent Agenda: Nick Allen made a motion to approve the consent agenda. David Hinderliter seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken of those in attendance, with all in favor. Consent agenda approved.
Communications:
Chairman’s Report: Mark Argyelan
The annual Statement of Economic Interests is due by May 1.
Managing Director’s Report: Siron Sims
We received the first draft of our audit this morning. It will be on the March meeting agenda.
We have VIN’s for all of the support vehicles that have been ordered. We do not yet have delivery dates.
We have a furnace issue in the admin suite. Glade was here yesterday, but it is still not fixed. If it needs to be replaced, we will use CARES Act money.
Operations Report:
Siron Sims reported that we currently have 47 full time and 9 part-time operators.
In January, we had 1 preventable accident and none so far in February.
Ken Munjoy reported that January ridership this year was 44,793, compared to 46,669 last year. FY year-to-date rides are down 3.6 % from last year. In January, we had 9 consecutive days of free rides due to below-zero windchills.
CCS and Transit Officers transported 31 people in January.
Complaints/Comments: Ken Munjoy
In the previous 4 weeks, we had a total of 10 complaints, 6 of which were valid. We received one compliment from a former resident/customer.
Board Report:
None
New Business
FY 27 State Allotment
Preliminary amount is $11.3 million. Final should be around $10 million. Laura Calderon is planning to use Joe Cainkar to help with the process.
Facilities Equipment
We have received final bids for the tractor with attachments and a mower. The bidding process generated lower prices than the listed government prices. Manteno Hogan Walker is the low bidder at $29,660.16. Kenny Blake made a motion to approve the purchase. Motion was seconded by Ryan Nugent and approved unanimously in a roll call vote.
Old Business
Server Update
The board previously approved $17,000 for this necessary upgrade. The price is escalating rapidly and was already at $23,311 by the time we made the purchase.
It would have gone higher if we waited any longer. It will be installed this week with data migration to follow later.
Questions from the news media:
None
Other Business to come Before the Board:
None
Executive Session:
None
Adjournment
Jerry Pearce made a motion to adjourn at 8:27 AM. Motion was seconded by Nick Allen and passed unanimously in a voice vote.
