Board of Director's -- AUGUST -- Regular Meeting
CALL TO ORDER:
Wednesday, August 10, 2005 – President J.K. Muller convened the meeting to
order at 15:55 hours.
ROLL CALL: J.K.
Muller, President; C. Bales, Vice-President; J. Huss, Secretary; J.
Allard, Treasurer; A. Preece, Sergeant-at-Arms/ Director; E.N. Evenson,
Director; J. Nelson, Director (VAC); C. Nesmith, Director; Cheryl Stover,
Director.
OTHER MEMBERS PRESENT:
D. Hashin, Chief Financial Officer.
GUESTS: Russ
Reinhart.
MINUTES:
Minutes for the Regular and General Membership Meetings of July 13, 2005
were accepted.
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.
OLD BUSINESS
POLICE PICNIC:
E.N. Evenson provided an update on ticket sales and requested all money
and unsold tickets be returned to J. Nelson by 08-19-05 for a “head count”
on those attending.
Besides children games there will also be horseshoe and volleyball games
for the adults. J.K. Muller asked to purchase ‘gift cards’ for the
children’s games. E.N. Evenson was also going to check on the feasibility
of a dunk tank for the event as well.
FLSA SETTLEMENT:
J.K. Muller said that the FLSA settlement checks should be distributed by
September
POA NOMINATIONS/ ELECTIONS:
J. Huss said that
elections for the Board of Directors are in progress now and will be
throughout August, with the newly elected Director(s) to take their
position on the Board of Directors at the September Regular Meeting.
COMMUNICATIONS:
J.K. Muller and C. Bales
will schedule a meeting with Chief to try an establish a schedule for
Communications.
NEW BUSINESS
POA OFFICE: D.
Hashin provided a proposal to be an ‘office manager’ for the POA/POF on a
part-time basis with duties to better serve the membership and use of the
POA office. Discussion held. Matter to be researched further by J.K.
Muller regarding
IRS 1099 and Workers Compensation issues.
BY-LAWS AMMENDMENT:
Motion by C. Bales and A. Preece on a proposed By-Laws amendment to limit
the number of sergeants who hold positions on the Board of Directors to
only two (2), motion carried.
J.K.
Muller said that any proposed changes need to be posted for 30-days prior
to the General Membership Meeting where a vote would then be taken on
approving the amended By-Laws by those members present. J.K. Muller will
post the proposed changes. Lengthy discussion was held.
CPOMF RETIREMENT PARTY:
A retirement party
honoring Al LeBas will be hosted by the California Peace Officers’
Memorial Foundation on
September 8, 2005. Motion by C. Nesmith and A. Preece to purchase a
Gold Sponsorship for $1,000.00 (seating for eight) was made and the motion
carried. Attending the event will be J.K. Muller, R. Reinhart, M.
Metoyer, and Gil Coerper.
PORAC TRAINING:
Discussion held on upcoming training courses, the Basic Collective
Bargaining class would be attended by J. Allard, C. Bales and E.N. Evenson
in Reno, NV in September. They are also enrolled in the Advanced
Collective Bargaining/ Enforcing MOUs class in San Diego, in October.
LRIS TRAINING:
J.K. Muller and R. Reinhart are attending the Labor Relations Information
System course on ‘Hot Topics In Public Safety Bargaining’ in November 2-4,
2005 in Florida. www.LRIS.com
PORAC CONFERENCE:
The PORAC’s 53rd Annual Conference is scheduled for November
11-13, 2005 in Sparks, NV. Those planning on attending are: J. Allard,
E.N. Evenson, D. Hashin, J.K. Muller and C. Nesmith.
www.porac.org
CLEA: This
meeting is scheduled for
09-09-05 in
San Diego.
D. Hashin and J. Huss will attend.
CORRESPONDENCE:
COMMITTEES
LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE:
(08-10-05)
o
FLSA: A
damage check will be issues to members on 08-19-05.
o
Holiday Pay: Any back
Holiday pay will be included in your regular payroll check and added
into your ‘Y-T-D’ (year to date) totals for court appearance and on-call
court time compensated in pay.
o
Family Sick Leave: City is still waiting on a “legal opinion” on the language in
California Labor Code 233.
C.
Bales said that he believes the POA should have a side-letter agreement on
the practice change of the ‘Family Sick Leave’ usage, not a mere memo
regarding it.
o
Workers Compensation Forms: After you have pre-designated whom your workers comp
physician is the City will send a form to them confirming that. The City
is using Blue Cross providers for Workers Compensation cases.
NEGOTIATIONS TEAM:
J.K. Muller
said he has a meeting scheduled with the City Administrator on Friday to
determine when talks might begin, which he thinks will be about October.
A
“wish list” of items to be considered for the contract will be drafted up
for the membership to complete by J. Allard and distributed.
ACTIVITIES:
Ø
August
28 – HB Police Family Picnic, Irvine Lake
Ø
September 18 – HBPD Retirement Party, Meadowlark Golf Course
Ø
December
4 – POA Christmas Party, Waterfront Hilton
ADJOURNMENT:
This meeting was adjourned at 21:15 hours to reconvene at 15:30 hours on
Wednesday, September 14, 2005.
ATTEST:
____________________________________
Jeff Huss
Secretary
