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RTA board progressing on goals: Kramer PAGE 7-PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY, APRIL 13. 1984 By Cliff Ward and Deborah Collura Plaindealer news service Hie interim Regional Tran­ sportation Authority board is making progress on all its goals and may be able to step down in favor of a permanent board ahead of schedule, interim RTA director John Kramer said Tuesday. Kramer, speaking at a lun­ cheon sponsored by McHenry County's chambers of com­ merce, outlined the five goals set by the interim board when it took over in mid-November 1983 after the General Assembly passed the RTA Reorganization Act. "I believe substantial progress has been made on all five fronts," he said, adding that the interim board may possibly turn over the reins to a per­ manent board in June. The interim board was originally appointed to serve until November of this year. "This turnaround was not easy to achieve," Kramer said. "It will not be easy to main­ tain." The goals Kramer outlined Tuesday included giving some financial stability to the troubled .transit agency, building ridership, reorganizing and restructuring the RTA board, building public con­ fidence in the system and establishing new lines of communcication between the RTA and the people it serves. Kramer noted that the system is virtually debt-free after being "plagued by one financial crisis after another" throughout its 10- year history. By the end of the fiscal year, the RTA should have $40 million as a cash reserve, he said. The chairman also said rail ridership decline has abated and ridership is improving, as are other facets of the system. Public acceptance of the "new" RTA has been slower in coming, Kramer said. "Building public confidence and trust... is proving the most challenging of our objectives," he told a crowd of 100 at Woodstock's Old Court House Inn. "Public attitudes, like commuter patterns, change slowly." However, he complimented McHenry County and said it is becoming "a place which the test of Illinois will seek to emulate." "I "The people of McHenry County don't take no for an answer, and they don't get it," said Kramer, who said there are "unbreakable ties" between good mass transit, a strong economy and a high standard of living. The chairman also noted the success of new paratransit programs in Woodstock and the older ones in other cities in the county and said ttiey were "something the community and the county should be proud of." During a later interview in Crystal Lake, Kramer and Jeff Ladd, a rural Woodstock resident and member of the RTA interim board, both noted it would be up to the state Legislature to make sure any permanent board continues the structure set up by the interim RTA board and not return to the problem-ridden situation produced by previous boards. "It will be up to the ap- WALLPAPER SALE!! 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During the warmer months, Peg enjoys watching boat races. f ' t t fttvtfMpr (I'OWI IJiw CM Cmd 0K lb . . McHenry pointment processes to select a board that will be responsive to the entire area rather than the parochial system of the past," Ladd said. „ . Kramer explained that an incentive for RTA employees to help gain ridership permanence would be a monthly monetary, award for outstanding em­ ployees. Kramer said he will be donating his $l,000-a-month salary as RTA chairman to the program. "We'll donate the salary to bus drivers and others who go beyond to be helpful, polite and make an unusual contribution with the system. It will depend on the number of nominees and who is eligible," Kramer said. "It's the human touch," he added. Ladd said, "We need much more active involvement, and if people are dissastified, they shoud let us know." Kramer noted the RTA was seeking more input from the public on future RTA projects, noting municipalities could take the incentive to survey its residents for transportation needs. Such input will make the RTA more aware of what people do and do not want from the system, which in turn better serves the needs of the riders, he said. general News DUI charge follows accident A Wonder Lake man faces two charges following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Barnard Mill Road and Sum- merville Road, in Wonder Lake. Donald C. Youngquist, 4803 E. Lake Shore Drive, Wonder Lake, was charged with driving under the influence and driving on the left side of the roadway in a no passing zone. The driver of the other car, Charles B. Caley, 8601 Burton, Wonder Lake, told county police he was attempting to make a left turn when his car was struck by the Youngquist auto. > Youngquist was taken to McHenry Hospital by the Wonder Lake Rescue Squad for examination and treatment. Judith A. 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