Annual General Membership Meeting
CALL TO ORDER: Wednesday, September 11, 2001 - President R.
Reinhart called The General Membership Meeting the meeting to order at
18:00 hours.
ROLL CALL: R. Reinhart, President; J.K. Muller, Vice-President;
J. Huss, Secretary; D. Hashin, Treasurer; A. Preece, Sergeant-at-Arms/
Director; C. Bales, Director; E.N. Evenson, Director (ABS); S. Ekstedt,
Director (ILL); J. Nelson, Director.
OTHER MEMBERS PRESENT: Attendance roster available.
GUESTS: M. Reid.
TREASURERS REPORT: D. Hashin provided an overview of the
membership and financial status of the POA. The highlights of his report
are as follows:
Membership: 210 General Members - 11 Associate Members
Dues Increase: A dues increase will be reflected on the 10-18-02
paycheck. The dues will increase .53 per pay period from $26.19 to
$26.72 or $1.06 per month.
Retirement Party: Reviewed the budgeted amounts and increased costs of
the party, which showed a deficit due to increased dinner and gift
costs.
Christmas Party: A request for assistance and the formation of a
committee was sought from the membership.
Political Action Committee: Interviews on City Council candidates will
be conducted on Friday. Twelve of the eighteen potential candidates will
be interviewed.
LTD Insurance: Non-Sworn members of the POA have new application cards,
which need to be signed and receive a copy of the policy.
Communications personnel- needs to contact JoAnn Arboreen.
Detention personnel- needs to contact Shirley Woodard.
Foundation: Reminder that the POA has a Foundation for donations to
other non-profit groups and police officer family assistance.
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: R. Reinhart introduced the new POA Board of
Directors who are: Corwin Bales, E. Norm Evenson, Dennis Hashin, J. Kreg
Muller, Jeff Nelson, Art Preece, Steve Ekstedt, Jeff Huss and himself.
He also identified the Executive Board of Directors.
LITIGATION UPDATE: R. Reinhart discussed the status of several
lawsuits still pending resolve with the City. They were:
- Per Diem: On appeal for POA legal fees.
- Health Care/ Workers Comp: Waiting a trail date by the Court, which
had attempted to ferry the case out to other jurisdictions. City
currently under investigation by the California State Workers Comp
Board.
- PERS: Court of Appeals rejected the case. Affect is on employees hired
before 1994. Specifics unknown.
- Range Lawsuit: POA insurance companies are funding the defense of the
case and depositions are currently being taken.
- Other: Reviewed the status of other current or former POA member's
individual lawsuits and their status.
BYLAW AMENDMENTS: R. Reinhart said that a Bylaw Committee has
been working on revisions of the bylaws and after a draft of amendments
is completed they will be forwarded onto legal counsel for review. After
legal review they will be mailed out to the POA membership for approval
and adoption.
POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE: Discussed the option of the formation of
a PAL Committee to draft guidelines for membership requests. Mike Lyons
volunteered to chair the committee and develop an annual budget and
dispersement guidelines. These would then be placed in the bylaws as a
Standing Rule.
ANNUAL STAFF SURVEY: Discussion held on if the POA wanted to
continue with the Staff Survey and to formalize the questions similar to
the way ALADS does theirs. Motion by from the floor and second to
continue the survey on an annual basis, motion carried.
CHRISTMAS/ RETIREMENT PARTY: R. Reinhart encouraged everyone to
attend the Retirement Party being held on Sunday, September 15, 2002 at
MeadowLark Country Club. He also requested members to assist with these
parties on Committees.
INGLEWOOD POA: Letter received from the Inglewood POA seeking
donation to their defense fund for their officers involved in a video
taped incident recently. Motion by Jim Allard and Brandon Reed to donate
$1,000.00 to the defense fund, motion carried. R. Reinhart said that he
would send a letter with the donation strongly encouraging their
association to join a legal defense fund similar to PORAC's LDF.
PORAC CONFERENCE: R. Reinhart said that as President of Orange
County Chapter of PORAC he would be attending the annual conference, as
would be D. Hashin and J. Huss as representatives of the POA. He
requested funding for their wives to attend at an estimated cost not
exceeding $300.00 each. Motion by Dennis Ford and Nick Ekovich to permit
the expenditure to cover the wives costs, motion carried.
CITY HEALTHCARE PLAN: R. Reinhart said that the POA's Negotiation
Committee is currently in active/ ongoing negotiations with the City on
their rates for 2003. This is due to a clause in the MOU were members
would pick up the difference exceeding 10%. The City had presented
several different rates in a short period of time. The City is supposed
to present a "correct" set of numbers to the POA in the near future.
OTHER BUSINESS
CHIEF'S RETIREMENT PARTY: A question from the floor asked if Chief
Lowenberg had invited members from the Board of Directors to his
retirement party. R. Reinhart said that his retirement party is by
invitation only and that some members of the POA had been invited.
DEPARTMENT PHOTOGRAPH: A question from the floor asked if the POA
was participating in the Department photograph this week. R. Reinhart
said that the POA was not boycotting the photograph.
ADJOURNMENT: This meeting was adjourned at 19:15 hours.
ATTEST:
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Jeff Huss
Secretary
