Board of Director's -- November, 10 2004 -- Regular Meeting

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

CALL TO ORDER: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 – 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; C. Bales, Treasurer; A. Preece, Sergeant-at-Arms/ Director; E.N. Evenson, Director; J. Nelson, Director, J. Allard, Director (POL); C. Nesmith, Director.

OTHER MEMBERS PRESENT: D. Hashin, Chief Financial Officer.

GUESTS: Tony Rackauckas, Don Blankenship, Helen Moreno.

MINUTES: Minutes for Regular Meeting October 6, 2004 were accepted on motion by A. Preece and E.N. Evenson motion carried.

TREASURER REPORT: Treasurer’s Report prepared and presented by D. Hashin and authorized by C. Bales. Report accepted on a motion by J.K. Muller and A. Preece, with all concurring.

OLD BUSINESS

POA OFFICE: Phase III of the POA Office project is in progress – the office furniture is in and bit for the air conditioning/ heating unit was too high. J. Allard is continuing to work on this. R. Reinhart and the other Directors thanked D. Hashin for his efforts and results.

NEW BUSINESS

DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas attended the meeting to update the Board of Directors and ask for any suggestions on how his office could better serve our members. It was a very important presentation, and a lengthy discussion followed on law enforcement interaction with the District Attorney’s office.

HONORARY MEMBERS GROUP: J. Huss offered discussion on hosting the Honorary Members Group “get-Together” for 2005, which is usually the dues collection campaign. Site location is a concern due to increased costs at the Elk’s Lodge where it has been previously held. Matter tabled.

COMMITTEES

LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE: (November 10, 2004)

	Domestic Partner Issue: Discussion held on medical/benefit coverage of members domestic partners. City addressing issue in memo that states all domestic partners to be eligible must be registered with the State of California.
	Tax Exemptions/ Payroll: Discussion held on possibly making this less restrictive as to being quarterly with only allowing twice in the calendar year.
	Health Fair: City apologized for the late notice issued to the POA, but thought it had been mentioned with payroll information/ flyers.
	Open Enrollment: City stated that the dental/ vision open enrollment is planned to follow the employee group’s negotiations. Dates are to be announced.
	Insurance & Benefits Advisory Committee: City stated that this committee is on an “inactive status” as of now. It will be reconvened when necessary.

INSURANCE & BENEFITS COMMITTEE: Inactive Status

NEGOTIATIONS TEAM COMMITTEE: Three day meeting scheduled for the end of the month on November 29, 30 & December 1, 2004. POA is still waiting on response from the City on our last contract proposal.

RETIREMENT COMMITTEE: No meeting scheduled as of yet for the 2005 Retirement Party budget.

ACTIVITIES:

Ø November 15 – 5^th Annual Guns & Hoses Charity Golf Classic, SeaCliff Country Club

Ø December 5 – HBPOA Christmas Party, Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa Hotel

Ø December 9 – Chaplain’s Holiday Dinner, First Christian Church of Huntington Beach

ADJOURNMENT: This meeting was adjourned at 20:00 hours to reconvene at 15:30 hours on Wednesday, December 8, 2004.

ATTEST:

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Jeff Huss

Secretary