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

CALL TO ORDER: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 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 (ILL); S. Ekstedt, Director (ABS); J. Nelson, Director.
OTHER MEMBERS PRESENT: J. McMillan.
GUESTS: None.

MINUTES: Minutes for Regular Meeting July 9, 2003 accepted on motion by D. Hashin and A. Preece, with all concurring.
TREASURER REPORT: No report.

Discussion held on using the CD to pay off the existing line-of-credit on the next maturity date. D. Hashin recommended it as fiscally sound move. Motion by J.K. Muller and J. Nelson to do so, with all concurring.

EXECUTIVE SESSION: R. Reinhart updated the status of the pending POA lawsuits, which provided lengthy discussion on them. Direction was given to R. Reinhart to return to legal counsel with the Board of Director's direction.

OLD BUSINESS
POA OFFICE: R. Reinhart said that he had received estimates to rehab the facility, and bring it up to code. The cost of the improvements will be $10,000.00 and up to $15,000.00. Discussion held. Board of Directors directed the POA Office Committee to establish a budget and work toward the lower amount over a three-year period.

Motion by J. Nelson and J.K. Muller to proceed with the POA Office plan and establish a committee. Roll call vote taken: YES - J. Nelson, J.K. Muller, C. Bales, J. Huss; NO - D. Hashin, A. Preece, motion carried.

R. Reinhart established a POA Office Committee as R. Reinhart, Chairman, and Members: C. Bales, J. Nelson.


NEW BUSINESS
ELECTIONS: J. Huss said that the elections are in-progress and voting will be concluded on August 29, 2003. There are four positions available, with three incumbents and one new candidate, who are vying for a two-year term, from 2003-2005.
PORAC CONFERENCE: R. Reinhart asked that members interested in attending decide soon as reservations need to be made soon. As a PORAC Director, R. Reinhart; and as PORAC Chapter President, D. Hashin have their expenses covered by PORAC. POA Directors attending will submit their name(s) to the president.
LABOR CLASS: "Power, Politics and Confrontation" will be held in Las Vegas, on September 18-19, 2003. Directors wishing to attend need to advise the president so arrangements can be made. www.policeandfirelabor.com
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: Will be held on September 10, 2003 at the Elks Lodge.

Agenda
Introduction of 2003-2004 Board of Directors
Insurance vendor short presentation(s) with side meeting tables available:

CLEA - LTD & LTC
Myers/ Stevens - PORAC (Basic AD&D coverage applications)
AFLAC - Update & Claims
A+ Plus Insurance - Auto & Home (Formerly California Casualty)

Christmas Party proposition from the PMA (E. Deuel, C. Thomas)
SRC - Membership & facility usage (J. Nelson)
Committee Reports

Negotiations Status
Political Action Committee (Districting - March 2004)
By-Laws (Conformance with corporate by-laws)

- Membership election eligibility
- Balloting (mailed/ envelopes)

Items from the Floor

Motion by C. Bales and J. Huss to set the agenda for the General Membership Meeting as listed above, with all concurring.
USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIONS: Discussion held on the lack of feed back to officers involved in "use of force" incidents. Response is usually silent or negative, rarely positive if at all. These preliminary investigations are all potential investigations of misconduct. Topic needs to be addressed more in POA/ Senior Staff Meeting.

COMMITTEES
INSURANCE & BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE: (Wednesday, August 19, 2003)
Inquiry was made regarding an email and mailing of information from the City as to two new employee insurance benefit programs being provided are a Universal Life Insurance and a Critical Illness Program. R. Reinhart said that this had not been previously discussed.
NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE: R. Reinhart said that talks have begun and POA Proposal distributed and discussion held. Also mentioned that at the City insistence at the table last time, if an agreement is not reached by October 1, 2003 that earning of CTO will end and all overtime will be paid in cash. Budget impact not known, but will definitely be significant.
RETIREMENT COMMITTEE: The Retirement Party will be held on Sunday, September 21, 2003 and all members are encouraged to attend. Free to members and guests cost $15.00.

ACTIVITIES:
î September 10 - General Membership Meeting, Elks Lodge
î September 21 - Police Department Retirement Party, Meadowlark Golf Course
î October 6 - Public Safety Awards Luncheon, Hilton Hotel

ADJOURNMENT: This meeting was adjourned at 18:15 hours to reconvene at 15:30 hours on Wednesday, September 10, 2003.

ATTEST:


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Jeff Huss
Secretary


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