2009 Brought 2 Million More Miles Traveled and More than 100,000 Additional One-Way Trips
December 8, 2009
The 38th Annual Board of Directors meeting of OATS, Inc. took place on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 in Columbia, Missouri. A review of the annual statistical and operating reports showed that during Fiscal Year 2009, OATS drivers provided 1,628,076 one-way trips to nearly 32,000 Missourians. The OATS buses traveled 15,008,123 miles to provide service in the 87 counties that OATS, Inc. serves. In addition, OATS volunteers gave 61,045 hours of their time.
Other highlights of the year included:
Funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was used by 
the Missouri Department of Transportation to purchase 135 new vehicles for OATS, which replaced vehicles in the fleet with over 100,000 miles.
Four hundred and twenty-one drivers received Safe Driver Awards during the year for a cumulative total of 2,689 years of safe driving.
The Executive Director of OATS, Linda Yaeger, driver Gwen Jackson and Southwest Region Coordinator Diane Floyd all celebrated 30-year anniversaries with the organization.
At the regularly scheduled board meeting, held immediately prior to the annual meeting, Lynn Graves of Graves & Associates, CPAs, LLC, Jefferson City, presented the Audit Report for Fiscal Year 2009 (year ending June 30, 2009) and confirmed the organization is financially sound.
The following were elected to officer positions on the 2010 OATS Board of Directors:
President
Nolan McNeill of Cassville
Vice President
Mel Sundermeyer of Holts Summit
Treasurer
Betty Smith of Clark
Secretary
Don Reed of Salisbury
ll board meetings are held at OATS’ Home Office in Columbia and are open to the public. The 2010 board meeting schedule is: January 26, March 30, June 1, July 27, September 28 and November 30.
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The 38th Annual Board of Directors meeting of OATS, Inc. took place on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 in Columbia, Missouri. A review of the annual statistical and operating reports showed that during Fiscal Year 2009, OATS drivers provided 1,628,076 one-way trips to nearly 32,000 Missourians. The OATS buses traveled 15,008,123 miles to provide service in the 87 counties that OATS, Inc. serves. In addition, OATS volunteers gave 61,045 hours of their time.
Other highlights of the year included:
Funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was used by the Missouri Department of Transportation to purchase 135 new vehicles for OATS, which replaced vehicles in the fleet with over 100,000 miles.
Four hundred and twenty-one drivers received Safe Driver Awards during the year for a cumulative total of 2,689 years of safe driving.
The Executive Director of OATS, Linda Yaeger, driver Gwen Jackson and Southwest Region Coordinator Diane Floyd all celebrated 30-year anniversaries with the organization.
At the regularly scheduled board meeting, held immediately prior to the annual meeting, Lynn Graves of Graves & Associates, CPAs, LLC, Jefferson City, presented the Audit Report for Fiscal Year 2009 (year ending June 30, 2009) and confirmed the organization is financially sound.
The following were elected to officer positions on the 2010 OATS Board of Directors:
| President | Nolan McNeill of Cassville |
| Vice President | Mel Sundermeyer of Holts Summit |
| Treasurer | Betty Smith of Clark |
| Secretary | Don Reed of Salisbury |
ll board meetings are held at OATS’ Home Office in Columbia and are open to the public. The 2010 board meeting schedule is: January 26, March 30, June 1, July 27, September 28 and November 30.