CALL TO ORDER: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 – President R. Reinhart convened the meeting to order at 15:50 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; S. Ekstedt, Director; J. Nelson, Director.

OTHER MEMBERS PRESENT: None.

GUESTS: M. Reid.

MINUTES: Minutes for Regular Meeting October 9, 2002 accepted on motion by J.K. Muller and J. Nelson, with all concurring.

TREASURER REPORT: Treasurer’s report presented and explained by D. Hashin.

PORAC TRAINING: Internal Affairs Class offered by PORAC on November 15-16, 2002 in San Diego, was cancelled.

CHRISTMAS PARTY: D. Hashin gave an overview of the party plans and said invitations have been sent out to the members encouraging ticket purchase via the mail. He felt that this would be a great party to attend with many raffle gifts to be given away.

Motion by C. Bales and A. Preece to invite every elected city official as well as the City Administrator, Assistant City Administrator and the Chief of Police, with all concurring. These tickets will be complementary.

PERS: City has received the annual accrual report for PERS percentages. Employee rate 9% fixed and employer rate is a variable amount. Target rate 12.5% - 3%@50 17%. The projected rates for the future for safety employees are:

07-01-2003 8.997% (9%)

07-01-2004 25.1% (25%)

R. Reinhart said that even with these projected increases the City has had a 0% rate for the past three years and have failed to set aside any funds to anticipate and rate increases.

ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS TEAM: The next OST meeting is scheduled for November 20, 2002 and will be attended by Chief Small. It is believed that the OST will be dissolved and his Transition Team will replace the OST.

SENIOR STAFF MEETING: The next Senior Staff/ POA meeting is scheduled for November 21, 2002. Several of the Board of Directors will be unable to attend due to the PORAC Conference in Monterey. R. Reinhart will contact Captain Arnold to reschedule the meeting, possible for early December.

EQUIPMENT PURCHASE: D. Hashin requested that the POA purchase a replacement laptop computer to replace the old one, which is unrepairable. Motion by D. Hashin and A. Preece to authorize the purchase of a new laptop, which will be the property of the POA and that will upgrade the system as needed. Cost not to exceed $1,500.00 (2/3 POA & 1/3 POF), with all concurring.

LOGO CONTEST: J. Huss said that he had distributed a flyer to all Huntington Beach high schools for students to participate in a new Association logo design contest. Any logo designs submitted will be reviewed and judged at the December Board of Directors meeting. Flyer attached.

PAST PRACTICE RULE: Discussion held on the recent process for getting time-off on the upcoming Holidays. D. Hashin said that he had always followed the "30 day rule" for scheduling time off, however, some lieutenants have stated that time-off could be put in for at anytime. There is no guideline on seniority and this only applies to patrol/ jail/ communications due to staffing minimums, which are somewhat, adhered to. R. Reinhart said that he would contact the Chief informally to discuss this.

SPEED SHIFT SCHEDULE: R. Reinhart said that this is the new online scheduling system that affects anyone who would be subject to subpoenas at the Department. Every agency in Orange County has it and when it goes on-line the courts (District Attorney’s Office and Public Defender’s Office) will have access to the system, and access to employees schedules to their convenience. R. Reinhart feels that they should not have access to it.

WEB SITE: J. Nelson asked what the possibility of having a membership only access to a portion of the POA web site for strictly Association business, as well as the public access information. R. Reinhart said that this should be very possible and could be like the Long Beach POA’s web site.

VOICE STRESS ANALYZER: J. Nelson said that he wanted members to be aware of a new trend in technology that uses a "voice stress analyzer" in lie detector application, which could potentially be used in internal affairs investigations. The "voice stress analyzer" use can be from direct communication, audio tape recordings or telephone recordings.

SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE: D. Hashin is seeking members from the POA to assist in revising the guidelines of the program and distribution of those funds. J.K. Muller agreed to assist.

R. Reinhart suggested the Committee contact Gil Coerper for possible information on the past guidelines. Discussion held on distributing funds at this late date might not allow enough individuals to participate. Motion by D. Hashin and S. Ekstedt to postpone the scholarship selection until next year when new guidelines could be established, with all concurring.

NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE: R. Reinhart said the last meet/confer meeting was held on October 15, 2002 and the POA provided a proposal to the City with what we believe was corrected numbers. The next scheduled meeting is for November 20, 2002. R. Reinhart agreed to keep the membership informed via email and bulletin board postings.

LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE: Scheduled Meeting for November 13, 2002 was cancelled.

BYLAWS COMMITTEE: No report.

November 21-24 – PORAC 50^th Annual Conference – Monterey, CA

November 24 - HBPD Chaplain’s Holiday Dinner – First Christian Church of HB

December 8 - POA Christmas Party – Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort

January 30, 2003 – POA Honorary Members – get-TOGETHER

ADJOURNMENT: This meeting was adjourned at 20:30 hours to reconvene at 15:30 hours on Wednesday, December 11, 2002.

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Jeff Huss

Secretary