The recommendations ranged from a request for a taxi voucher program, expanded routes in the Plymouth and Ione area and finally to the mostly hotly contested a Saturday bus service to Kirkwood. The Social Services Advisory Council recommended a Saturday bus service to Kirkwood to facilitate the high demand of teenage skiers and snowboarders. Riders would possibly pay an increased fare rate to obtain this service. An Amador High School Senior said she obtained 50 signatures in favor of the program from high school students in a matter of a half an hour. She also said that it would keep young inexperienced drivers off the icy roadways.

Opponent of the idea Robert Mees said the service would simply be to costly for Amador Regional Transportation Service, which would provide the service, and displace the interests of people in need such as the elderly, the disabled and infirmed. After discussion the Commission requested that Patrick Ireland, the General Manager of the Amador Regional Transit System, research if the program is feasible. Ireland was tasked with also calling Calaveras County who implements a similar service.

In late January Ireland reported that he was still waiting to hear back from Calaveras and had been having on going conversations with Kirkwood. Ireland will be reporting to the commission the conclusions of his research as well as suggest if the program is practical and fiscally feasible for the future ski seasons.  Well, also to appear on ACTC’s agenda is a discussion surrounding a letter from Senator Cox, Assemblyman Gaines, Assemblyman Nakanishi and Assemblyman Berryhill (dated February 5, 2007) requesting that the California Transportation Commission’s support of the Amador-Alpine-Calaveras Tri-County partnership project for funding in the Corridor Mobility Improvement Account of the Transportation Bond. The Amador County Transportation Commissions meeting will again be held at the American Legion Hall on Wednesday February 21st at 7pm.