Board of Director's -- APRIL
-- Regular Meeting
CALL TO ORDER:
Wednesday, April 6, 2005 – President J.K. Muller convened the meeting to
order at 15:50 hours.
ROLL CALL: J.K.
Muller, President; C. Bales, Vice-President; J. Huss, Secretary; J.
Allard, Treasurer; A. Preece, Sergeant-at-Arms/ Director (POL); E.N. Evenson, Director (VAC); J. Nelson, Director;
C. Nesmith, Director; VACANT, Director.
OTHER MEMBERS PRESENT:
D. Hashin, Chief Financial Officer.
GUESTS: Greg
Petersen.
MINUTES:
Minutes for the Regular Meeting of
March 9, 2005 were emailed to the Board of Directors. Motion by C. Bales
and J. Nelson to accept the Minutes as written, with all concurring.
Minutes posted on the POA’s web site at
www.hbpoa.org.
TREASURER REPORT:
The Treasurer’s Report was prepared and presented by D. Hashin and
authorized by J. Allard. The Treasurer’s Report, which included the
Membership Report and Monthly Financial Report was filed and is available
upon request. Motion to accept the report(s) as presented by J. Huss and
C. Bales, with all concurring.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Association attorney updated the Board of Directors on
the litigation matters involving the POA (Range lawsuit). Discussion held
regarding other matters of concern as well.
OLD
BUSINESS
DIRECTOR VACANCY:
The “Special Election” is
in progress and will conclude at the end of the month for the new Director
to fill the vacant position. The new Director is to take office at the
Regular May Meeting and complete the vacated term until September 2006.
STREET COPS AWARDS:
J. Huss said that invitations are in the mail for the 10th
Annual ‘Street Cops Awards’ Program hosted by the HB Elks Lodge 1959. The
program will be held on Saturday,
May 7, 2005
and seating is limited to a first-come first RSVP basis. He encouraged
members to attend the event.
HONORARY MEMBER GROUP:
C. Nesmith reported that the Honorary Membership has dropped somewhat in
the past years, stating that we now only have about 20 some members that
belong. He said that all Honorary Members current in their dues for 2005
have been invited to attend the ‘Street Cops Awards’ Program this year
replacing the old ‘get-Together’ Program, and we look forward to the
opportunity as a social event as well.
DISCIPLINE MEDIATION:
J.K. Muller said that he was asked about this with in-put from the POA.
He said it was to be discussed further at the POA/ Senior Staff Meeting
later this month.
NEW BUSINESS
MEMORIAL CEREMONIES:
Stipends for any POA members attending either the
California
or National Police Memorial Ceremonies will be distributed after the June
Regular Meeting and the names of the members attending either event must
be in writing to the POA Secretary by the June Regular Meeting on June 8,
2005.
OPEN HOUSE:
The police department will be holding an open house on Saturday,
May 21, 2005.
Members are encouraged to tell their neighbors or anyone else interested
of the event.
ADOPT-A-PLATOON:
J.K. Muller discussed
this program with the Board of Directors saying that Councilman Coerper
wanted the POA to help support this program. Some Directors had questions
on how the program was suppose to work, because there are similar programs
in place like this for service personnel. C. Nesmith was asked to contact
Councilman Coerper for more details.
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER: Discussion held on a problem developing in the
Communications Center
with individuals putting in for time off beyond what the schedule is at.
POA attorney said that most of the time-off is regulated by federal law,
but could possibly be resolved by a side-letter. J.K. Muller said that he
hoped it could be resolved more informally prior to a side-letter
agreement. This will be discussed further at the POA/ Senior Staff
Meeting.
COMMITTEES
NEGOTIATIONS TEAM COMMITTEE:
J.K. Muller said that the
payroll issues are still be worked out by the City and hope to be resolved
with a satisfactory solution by May.
LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE:
(Held on 03-09-05)
The
meeting was held with Assistant Administrative Services Director/ Captain
Thomas and J.K. Muller, C. Bales and J. Huss. The meeting was an informal
discussion on a variety of topics. It was said that the City had received
the PERS Actuarial for the detention officers for ‘safety retirement’ that
was showing as a minimal cost. More discussion will follow on this at a
later date.
RETIREMENT PARTY COMMITTEE:
D. Hashin said that all of the POA monies are in the reserve account to
pay for our portion of this event.
ACTIVITIES:
Ø
May 7 –
Annual Street Cops Awards, HB Elks Lodge 1959
Ø
May 11 –
OC Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony, Plaza of the Flags
Ø
May
15-21 – National Police Week, Washington, DC
Ø
May 21 –
HBPD Open House
Ø
June 17
– Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, Edison Field
ADJOURNMENT:
This meeting was adjourned at 19:45 hours to reconvene at 15:30 hours on
Wednesday, May 11, 2005.
ATTEST:
____________________________________
Jeff Huss
Secretary
POSTED PRIOR TO APPROVAL
