ASSOCIATION OF CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES  MINUTES

Business Bldg., Rm. 117 - 10:00 a.m. - January 13, 2005 - FINAL

 

Present:  Guen Johnson, Brenda Ross, Ken Wiscombe, Cindy Bancroft-Stigall, Denise Ooley, Rex Hadley, Rita Nuxoll, Julie Clarkson, Valencia Garrett, Carol Carroll, Connie Charlton

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from October, November and December 2004 were reviewed and corrected. It was MSC by Wiscombe/Ross to approve the amended minutes from Oct., Nov. and Dec. 2004.

 

HOLIDAY SCHEDULES:  Clarkson reported that recent conversations indicate that the University may decide to be open on Fridays during the summer schedule but  there is no official report to that effect yet. Clarkson also said several different options are being formulated for the future winter holiday breaks (more information on this when the options are formulated).

           

TASK FORCE OPPORTUNITY:  Charlton stated that VP of Student Affairs Peg Blake needs an ACE member on a task force that is looking at ways to improve the campus climate for faculty, staff and students. Members of this task force will be helping administer a survey in Fall of 2005. Charlton to get a list of members of the task force to the ACE senate. Carol Carroll volunteered to represent ACE on the task force.

 

MEETINGS WITH LEGISLATORS:  Charlton stated the Governor recommended only a 1% pay increase and funding the employer’s portion of anticipated increased health insurance costs.  Legislators can accept the governor’s recommendation or do something different.  Individuals should contact their district legislators to voice their opinions regarding these issues.  In addition, there was discussion regarding the requirement that pay increases even as small as 1% must be based on pay for performance. (Note:  The 14.2% pay lag is an average of all state classified employee salaries against "labor market average rates."  It is not BSU specific). To see the full recommendations from DHR to the Governor go to:  http://www.dhr.idaho.gov/compensation.htm (look on page 6 for an easy table of the recommendations).

 

CLASSIFIED STAFF MEETING WITH DR. KUSTRA:  Discussion was held regarding holding a meeting or question and answer session with Dr. Kustra.  At this point it is undetermined whether a meeting would encompass all classified staff or be more focused with just the ACE Senate.  Charlton will investigate this issue further.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

-Goodwill Subcommittee:  Bancroft-Stigall and Garrett reported that $98 was made on the handmade ornaments for the fund (thanks to the following people for making ornaments to sell:  Bryan Chesbro, Denise Ooley and Valeri Tucker. Currently there is $5,463 in the fund, with 35-40 people applying monthly. Beth Collier won the pole Santa, Guen Johnson won the poinsettia, and Barbara Terry from FOAM won the necklace. Nuxoll suggested that people who send in contributions to the Goodwill program via campus mail should receive a confirmation of their gift. 

-Affirmative Action:  Bryan Chesbro is now professional staff, and he needs to be replaced on this committee. Denise Ooley volunteered.

-Executive Budget:  Wiscombe stated that this committee will meet in February.

-Recreation Committee:  Carroll stated that there will be another meeting of this committee the last Thursday in January. Finding students to serve on the committee is proving daunting. Biggest dilemma is the university community wanting to use Recreation Center rooms for meetings, which causes many problems. The babysitting service may close due to lack of use.

-HRAC:  Clarkson stated this committee did not meet in December. Information on pre-paid legal services was sent out to everyone. An employee mediation program will be offered at no charge to employees. The next meeting will be January 24, 2005. An electronic version of the EAF form is being worked on.

 

OTHER:

-Nuxoll noted that the payroll stubs online are different.  You now have to go to three different screens to get your current paycheck info, your leave balances, and your year-to-date balances.

 

ADJOURN:

It was MSC by Wiscombe/Ross to adjourn the meeting at 11:39.                Respectfully Submitted – Guen Johnson

 

NEXT MEETING:

Thursday, February 10, 2005

B117 – 10:30 a.m.

 

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