Board of Director's -- OCTOBER -- Regular Meeting

CALL TO ORDER: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 - President R. Reinhart convened the meeting to order at 15:55 hours.
ROLL CALL: R. Reinhart, President; J.K. Muller, Vice-President; J. Huss, Secretary; D. Hashin, Treasurer; A. Preece, Sergeant-at-Arms/ Director; B. Reed, Director; R. Frahm, Director; S. Ekstedt, Director; G. Coerper, Director.
OTHER MEMBERS PRESENT: J. McMillan.
GUESTS: M. Reid.

MINUTES: Motion by J.K. Muller and S. Ekstedt to accept the minutes as written for September 12, 2001 meeting, with all concurring.
TREASURER REPORT: D. Hashin distributed the October Treasurer's Report and gave an overview of the POA's accounts and balance(s). Motion by J.K. Muller and J. Huss to authorize the new contract and accept the Treasurer's Report as presented.

He has established records for all the accounts with budgeting money for the various ongoing events as well. He mentioned that he has all checks, but is missing a pad of checks numbered 1126 - 1150. The only check used out of this pad was 1127. R. Frahm will check his files in an attempt to locate the missing pad of checks.

Discussion held on dues structure for Regular and Associate Memberships. D. Hashin said that with the last raise effective October 1, 2001 dues for the Regular Members will be increased from $25.39 to $26.17 per/ pay period.

D. Hashin also said that dues for Associate Members who have LDF coverage with the POA need to pay the required PORAC dues and we have not been collecting for them, which is an additional $5.00 per month. R. Reinhart said that the POA should not be paying these costs, but merely passing them on to those respective members and we need to adjust the dues deductions appropriately.

Motion by D. Hashin and J. Huss to increase dues of Associate Members to that of Regular Members which is 1% of E-step officer. Notices will be given to the affected members and the dues change will be effective December 1, 2001 (first pay period), with all concurring.

New hires need to be enrolled while in orientation to have them receive their LDF coverage promptly. LDF coverage will not be backdated.

EXECUTIVE SESSION: POA lawsuit statuses given, as well as the latest correspondence received from the City regarding the range cleanup. City will be suing the POA on this issue. Discussion held.

OLD BUSINESS
PARKING CONTROL OFFICERS: R. Reinhart gave the information to M. Reid to draft a petition for them to join the POA, from the MEA with the required verbiage.
DRUG TESTING: Peace Officers Counsel of California had sent a clarification letter to remove "OHS Health and Safety Services, Inc. " from the list of considered vendors.

Discussion held on the remaining vendors for consideration, but concern on the costs projected would violate the requirement for a City "request for proposal" (RFP) because the costs annually would exceed $10,000.00 and be closer to $20,000.00. The concern was for selecting a vendor then learning it would require an RFP by the City. M. Reid will address this concern to the City for clarification.
UNIFORM OVERTIME: R. Reinhart said that Lt. Linker clarified the SIB memo that was addressed in the POA/ Senior Staff Meeting. Lt. Linker said that the Vice Unit still handles ABC Enforcement, which is done by an officer and sergeant, who occasionally do this duty in uniform. This enforcement duty had been handled by other uniformed officers under a grant program, which no longer exists.


NEW BUSINESS
CALIFORNIA PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: R. Reinhart said that the Foundation honored The Register's columnist, Gordon Dillow who his contributions to law enforcement or the years.
MILITARY RESERVE DUTY: R. Reinhart said that he has had some discussion with the City regarding continuing compensation for any employees who are called up to active duty. M. Reid said that the issued is covered in the "Soldiers & Sailors Act" but is usually limited in duration for compensation, but their job position isn't.
CHRISTMAS PARTY: R. Frahm asked if the POA Christmas Party would be costing the same as last year. It was agreed that members with a guest would be $20.00 per ticket (including Associate Members), and non-members tickets would be $50.00. Hosted hospitality suite, plus special gifts that members would be able to place raffle tickets in for selection and purchase addition tickets.
POA SCHOLARSHIP: R. Frahm said that he would put together information packets that would be available from any member of the Board of Directors, with the applications due back to the POA by October 31, 2001. Interviewing members of the Board of Directors will be: A. Preece, S. Ekstedt, and D. Hashin. Interviewing date for scholarship candidates to be announced.
BRADY OFFICER: R. Reinhart shared the contents of a letter received by the Department toward a member regarding the "Brady Officer Issue" which the District Attorney's Office sent. He said that this issue was discussed at recent SCALE and PORAC Chapter meetings as well. LDF will be providing legal defense for the officer and a request was sent to the City to indemnify the officer, which they then would cover the legal costs. This issue has been opposed by the Department to the District Attorney's Office as well unsuccessfully.


ACTIVITIES:
October 28, - OCPCA Benefit Show/ Eddie West Field - Santa Ana
November 7, - City Health Fair/ Police Department Training Room A
December 9, - HBPOA Christmas Party/ Hilton Waterfront Resort


ADJOURNMENT: This meeting was adjourned at 20:10 hours to reconvene at 15:30 hours on Wednesday, November 14, 2001

ATTEST:


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Jeff Huss
Secretary