PERSONS PRESENT                                                                                       REGRETS

 

Kurt Munger- President

Kim Koch-1st Vice President

Floyd Knelsen-2nd Vice President

Karen Collins-Treasure

Amie O’Brien- Secretary

Tracy Arrowsmith- Executive Steward

 

 

PREPARED BY:  Amie O’Brien

 

 

 

REVIEW OF PREVIOUS MINUTES/OLD BUSINESS:

 

Tracy Motioned, Karen 2nd, accepting minutes with changes.

 

TREASURER REPORT:

 

·       See attached report

o   Kurt is the only one on the mailbox for parcel pick up, will set up Karen and Amie to be authorized as well. Amie will get information and set up an appointment.

o   Proposed to calculate wages based on daily calculation on the online deductions calculator. Kurt moved, Karen 2nd, motion carried.

o   Expense claims forms need to be filled out and signed by 2 members (not including yourself), please forward to Karen once filled out and signed.

o   Bank account signing authority: Karen, Kim, Kurt and Tracey. No changes needed.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

·       Kids Christmas party was a hit this year, thanks to UTE for their donation it was the first year that the Christmas party wasn’t in the red.

·       The New Agreement should be out in paper form soon, will pass out to all members as soon as it is received. Suppose to be received within 6 months.

·       Bill C-10 is moving forward.

·       Betty Bannon is requesting a listing of all deceased members – Tracy will e-mail names to Kurt to forward to Betty Bannon. Needs to be done on an ongoing basis.

·       UTE Convention timelines – Kurt – Delegate, Kim – Observer, Order of alternates: Floyd, Karen, Amie, Tracy. Regional Convention (April 29-May1) we put together what we want as a union prior to going to the national convention. Need to decide which committees we want to take part in – ongoing. Kurt will e-mail the different committees to executives and will continue the discussion as to which to take on (ie. Finance, Health & Safety, EO)

·       March 2011 Presidents Conference (March 16-20) Kurt and Karen to attend.

·       Amie to put do up a poster to have put up on boards for members to bring any issues to the executive to bring up at the conference. (deadline early March)

·       AGM made quorum at 29 (needed 23 to make quorum).

 

 

EXECUTIVE STEWARD REPORT:

 

  • Tracy has 1 ongoing grievance
  • Kim will be attending 3rd party review
  • Kim has 1 performance review grievance

 

STAFFING COMMITTEE:

 

  • Kim advised that the internal review will not be continued.

 

OHS COMMITTEE:

 

  • New FAQ’s on local website.
  • Quit smoking campaign has been going well
  • Heating issues meeting took place recently, information was well received and distributed and actions are being taken to deal with issues like this better in the future.

 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES:

 

·       GBLT Month is May – looking for more local committee members for this group

·       Diversity lunch is approximately March 18th

 

STEWARD COMMITTEE:

 

·       Next meeting March 1st, 2011

·       2 new stewards – Jason and Ramandeep

 

TRAINING:

 

·       Nothing on the agenda at the moment. Please look on the UTE website for upcoming training opportunities. Kurt to send out.

 

ROUND TABLE:

 

Kurt: NIL

Floyd: Employer is looking for person to take over the persons with disabilities chair position.

Kim: NIL

Karen: NIL

Tracy: EAP committee needs a union rep. Kurt moved for Tracy to put out an expression of interest poster, Floyd 2nd, motion carried.

Amie: NIL

 

MEETING ADJOURNED:

·       7:30 PM, Kurt Motioned, Tracy 2nd.

 

NEXT MEETING: 

·       To be held March 9, 2011