Agenda - November 9, 2005
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TAXICAB COMMISSION
FULL COMMISSION MEETING
2041 Martin Luther King Jr Ave Room 204
Washington DC 20020-7024
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2005 AT 10AM
I. Call to order
II. Moment of silence
III. Determination of a quorum
IV. Communications from the following:
- Chairperson and Members of the Commission
V. Reports from the following:
- The Chairperson
- Status of Hacker Examination
- Panel appointments
- First meeting
- Issues to be addressed
- Timeframe for test resumption
- Taxicab Fare Increase
- Panel appointments
- First meeting
- Issues to be addressed (Permanent local and interstate increase)
- Timeframe for completion
- Update on Request for Interstate Fare Increase
- Recommendation of Penalties for Repeat Offenders to the Panel on Consumer & Industry Concerns
- The Attorney Advisor
- The Office of Taxicabs
- Olympic Cab Association – Name Change
- National & Lunar Cab Associations – Name Change and Company Transfer
- Sky Cab Association - New Fleet: Black Pearl Cab Association
- Others
VI. Approve Consent Calendar
- Telephonic Work Sessions – Amendment of 31 DCMR § 102.2 (Allows Commissioners to Hold Telephonic Work Sessions with Proper Notification) (Proposed Rulemaking)
- Closed Executive Sessions - Amendment of 31 DCMR § 102.8 (Changes the Number of Commissioners Required to Vote to Hold Closed Executive Sessions from Six (6) to a Majority of Commissioners in Office) (Proposed Rulemaking)
- Quorum Requirement – Amendment of 31 DCMR § 104.1 (Changes the Requirement of the Number of Commissioners Required to Discuss Matters not Requiring a Vote from Six (6) to a Majority of Current Commissioners in Office) (Proposed Rulemaking)
VII. Non-Consent Calendar
- Emergency Action by Chairperson – Addition of 31 DCMR § 106.5 (Allows Chairperson to Take Emergency Action Following a Poll of Commissioners) (Proposed Rulemaking)
VIII. Adjournment
Next meeting date: Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Public Hearing
- Proposed Rulemaking Increasing the Penalty for a Taxicab Operator’s Failure to Report a Change in Information - 31 DCMR § 822.8
- Proposed Rulemaking Increasing the Civil Fine Amount from Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for Failure to Adhere to 31 DCMR § 822.8 – 31 DCMR § 825.1
- Emergency/Proposed Rulemaking Adding a Fuel Surcharge of One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) to all Taxicab Trips until January 8, 2006
- Proposed Rulemaking Changing the Age Requirement for Company and Association Taxicab Vehicles – 31 DCMR § 609.1
