September 2008

Call the Meeting to Order

Roll Call of Members

Suspend Normal Business for Guest – Sheriff Rocky Watson – Presentation on New Jail Levy

  • Voting on application for memberships
  • Initiation of candidates –

Reading of Minutes from Previous Meeting

  • minutes must be approved

Reports of Officers and Committees

  • President – Report from IAFF Convention
  • Vice President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer – Finance Report – Dodd
  • Committees
    • Safety – Pichette – need to get Safety committee going again, looking for volunteers, among pressing issues – 700 mhgz radios and Scott airparks, personal CO monitoring, Hydrogen cyanide monitoring
    • Wellness – Fletcher – report from 9/3 meeting
    • PAC – Anyone interested in interviewing candidates for upcoming election?
    • Grievance – none
    • Health Insurance – none
    • Negotiations – Bieker – contract approved by council on 8/19, is currently being signed
    • CLC – none
    • Apparel – none
    • Contract Review – none
    • Marketing – Jacques – looking to get support from the body to use canvas bags for grocery shopping (possibly with union logo) to be more environmentally friendly
    • Civil Service – Pichette – now that contract is done, need to look at overhauling Civil Service Rules, Holbrook and Pichette have done some work already

Old Business

  • KCPFMF Golf Tourney – Dodd?
  • Fill the Boot – Sutherland – how much money?
  • CDA Fallen Heroes Plaza – Tosi – ground breaking ceremony on 9/11
  • PFFI Fall Convention – Bieker – September 22,23 at Hampton Inn – free union training – we need a strong showing from the brothers from CDA
  • Food Fund – Dodd – We have a gap in food fund at the beginning of October do to food fund being incorporated into wages and not getting paid until Oct. 21st – We need to vote on how to bridge the gap
  • Light Duty – Bieker – A work comp SOP very similar to Chief Greif’s email is being created
  • State Fallen Firefighter Memorial
  • Any other old business

New Business

  • Senior Status
  • Washko situation
  • Any other new business

Questions/concerns from the body

Communications

  • Mrs. Copsted
  • Mitchell Copstead

Good and Welfare

Motion to Adjorn – Lotto