Chico Public Safety Association
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday January 31, 2006

The meeting was called to order by CPSA President Cheryl Marden at 1720 hours.

Members in attendence were:
Cheryl Marden, Vickie Mootz, Renee Anderson, Chellie Finkbiner, Sheryl Bergstedt, Kathy Wintroath, Cheryl Howard, Pat Murphy, Sheri Marshall, January Slattery, Roxy Walters, Nancy Wilson, Anita Noriega, Jaclyn Kaps and Jim Quan.

Cheryl Marden led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Board members and their term length were discussed. Sue Bennett stepped down from the board this year but is still a negotiator and is on the health insurance committee. Cheryl Marden is starting her second year of her two year term and was elected President for 2006. Vickie Mootz was elected for a two year term and she will be the Treasurer. Renee Anderson is starting her second year of her two year term and is the Vice President. Julie Ceccato was elected for a two year term and is the Secretary. Cheryl Howard is also starting her second year of her two year term and is the Director of Special Projects.

Contract re-openers:
There was discussion on the City’s offer of paying employees time and a half for regular hours worked for three holidays of our choice. Sheri Marshall made a motion to accept the offer and designate the three holidays as Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Sheryl Bergstedt seconded the motion. There were no objections and the motion passed.

The City also proposed contributing 10% of employees deferred compensation contributions to their deferred comp accounts. They would contribute up the employee/employer maximum which is $15,000 for 2006. Cheryl Marden made a motion to accept the offer. Vickie Mootz seconded the motion. There were no objections and the motion passed.

New Business:
The City has changed carriers for our long term disability (LTD). This change has increased our benefit and our rates. This offer was accepted last year and is in effect now.

Elections:
There was discussion regarding our current by laws in relation to elections as they do not specify how officers are chosen from amongst the board members. Kathy Wintroath made a motion to hold elections for board members, then an additional election to select a president. Once president has been named, the president shall assign board members to the various posts. Renee Anderson seconded the motion. There were no objections and the motion passed.

Our current by laws have a treasurer/secretary position. Cheryl Marden made a motion to separate the position into two positions and to title the fifth board position as Director of Special Projects. Renee Anderson seconded the motion. There were no objections and the motion passed.

CPSA Time Bank:
Cheryl Marden advised our union contract states that at the beginning of each year, employees have to fill our union time bank up to 200 hours. This is accomplished by dividing the amount of hours needed by all members and it is taken from vacation leave. When CPSA was formed, we only carried over 58 hours from CPOA so this years individual deduction was higher than it normally will be.

There was discussion on CSO’s being jailors vs correctional officers and retirement benefits. In order for CSO’s to change their title, it would have to go through state legislation as legislators designate who is what. PORAC would probably not be a viable option. There was no interest from the group to look into this further.

Cheryl Marden also advised we need to look into various fund raisers. This topic will be carried to next meeting.

Meeting adjourned by President Cheryl Marden at 1800 hours.

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