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Board of Director's -- NOVEMBER -- Regular
Meeting
CALL TO ORDER: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - President R.
Reinhart convened the meeting to order at 16:00 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; J. Allard,
Director; J. Nelson, Director.
OTHER MEMBERS PRESENT: J. McMillan
GUESTS: None.
MINUTES: Minutes for Regular Meeting October 8, 2003 accepted
on motion by C. Bales and E.N. Evenson, with all concurring.
TREASURER REPORT: D. Hashin presented the Treasurer's Report,
which was accepted.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Status reports on disciplinary matters and
current lawsuits involving POA members.
OLD BUSINESS
PORAC CONFERENCE: The 51st Annual Conference will be held in
Indian Wells, California, on November 20-23, 2003. POA Directors
planning to attend: C. Bales, J. Huss, J. Allard and E.N. Evenson and
as PORAC Director, R. Reinhart, D. Hashin, PORAC Orange County Chapter
President.
NEW BUSINESS
INDEPENDENT COUNSEL: (11-07-03) Motion by A. Preece and J.K.
Muller to authorize the use of independent legal counsel for Greg
Davis and Dale Shields for no more than five hours at an estimated
cost of $750.00, motion carried.
WEB SITE LINK: J. Huss requested that the New Equity Productions, Inc.
(NEP) link on the front page of the POA's web site be removed for the
lack of cooperative support for other POA events, namely the Charity
Golf Classic by this business. He said he believes it should be a
cooperative partnership between our vendors that we conduct business
with throughout the year to then support our charity programs. Motion
by J. Allard and J. Nelson to have the NEP link removed from our web
site, with all concurring. J. Huss will contact webmaster.
WEB SITE CONTRACT: Request from the webmaster to renew the web
site contract for another year. (11-01-03 thru 11-01-04) Motion by
E.N. Evenson and J. Nelson to renew the webmaster services for another
year at the cost of $2,400.00, with all concurring.
SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT: Discussion held under Committee reports
on this topic. Motion by C. Bales and A. Preece to support the
Negotiation Committee's recommendation, and reject this Side Letter
Agreement and take it to the membership at a Special General
Membership Meeting, with all concurring.
CHRISTMAS PARTY: J. Nelson said that several members inquired
from him about the possibility of a "hospitality suite" at this years
Christmas Party. D. Hashin said nothing had been set up due to
restrictions by the Hyatt Hotel, R. Reinhart said that he would check
into it.
SERGEANT PROMOTIONAL LIST: J. Nelson expressed his concerns and
others of those individuals on the sergeants promotional list and
their past affiliation with the POA. Discussion held.
COMMITTEES
BY-LAW COMMITTEE: Discussion held on obtaining a credit card with
cash-back rewards. Suggested that the By-Laws Committee should draft
up the guidelines for credit card usage by the POA President and/or
other authorized individuals, referencing reimbursement. Guidelines
should follow corporation laws. D. Hashin will draft guidelines.
NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE: R. Reinhart briefed the whole Board of
Directors as to the status of the recent meetings and presented the
"Side Letter Agreement - Health and Other Benefits" to the contract.
Discussion held.
The Negotiations Committee strongly recommended that the Board of
Directors reject this Side Letter Agreement.
INSURANCE & BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE: (Meeting held on
November 11, 2003) R. Reinhart said that the City's Health Fair is
scheduled for December 4, 2003. The City also presented their
actuarial for the City's Health Care Plan at 32% to break even with
costs or 54% to create a reserve. The HealthNet contract will be for
two years. Additional discussion of the Side Letter that was presented
to the POA.
ACTIVITIES:
November 20-23 - PORAC Annual Conference, Indian Wells
December 7 - HBPOA Christmas Party
December 11 - HBPD Chaplain's Holiday Dinner, First Christian Church
of HB
ADJOURNMENT: This meeting was adjourned at 19:25 hours to
reconvene at 15:30 hours on Wednesday, December 10, 2003.
ATTEST:
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Jeff Huss
Secretary
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