Support Staff Committee Meeting Minutes

CSB Support Staff Committee Meeting
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
1:15 pm, ASB

Present: Al Rassier (chair), Bev Overman, Joan Ellering, Terri Johnson, Jackie Gertken, Jeanne Terres, Mary Niedenfuer.

 The minutes from the May 18^th meeting taken by Terri Johnson were approved after changing “Joan” to “Joyce.”

Joint Benefits – no report

Professional Development – Terri reported that we’ve spent $2329. There is one outstanding request for July that the committee is working on. There is a policy update that will be ready by July 1 after the committee clarifies a couple points.

Open committee positions – for Joint Benefits, Al reported that there are two nominees: Barb Reis (Food Service) and Wayne Laudenbach (Power Plant). There are 3 to 4 nominees for Prof Dev.  There was a question about changing the policy with JB, to make the JB rep a member of the support staff committee, or to choose a member of the SS to go to JB meetings. It was clarified that currently, the JB rep reports to the SS committee, so there is no need for a change.

Al called for nominees for a new chair for the SS committee, but after some discussion, decided he would continue. There was discussion on replacements for members whose terms are up: Bev Overman (Main, Teresa 1-4), Mary Niedenfuer (HAB/Richarda), Tonya Carlson (Food Service, Main), and Joyce Honer (McGlynn’s). We need to use ballots for electing for these positions.

Anniversary prizes for next year – Al will meet with Tina at the bookstore to look over options. They will bring a selection to the next meeting in July.

Ice Cream Social – 198 people attended and it was considered very successful and appreciated. There was discussion about raising the amount of money spent on door prizes from $50 to $75 with a $5 limit on each.

Other – Mary read the draft of the compensation policy that was discussed at the April meeting. There was discussion on the possibilities and problems involving support staff mostly from Food Service attending events on campus. We may invite Sue Palmer and Gary Bradford (Director of FS) to a future meeting.

 The meeting was adjourned at 3:30 pm.

 Mary Niedenfuer