Present: Diane Anderson,
Pat
Arkema, Kristin Baum, Ella Born,
Cathy Colony
Bunnell, Jenniffer
Carpe, Cheryl Carter, Jan Christensen, Milind Deshpande, Charlie Eastham,
Judy Elleson,
Mary Freitag, Steve Fulwider, Pat Kenner, Hazel Kerr, Tina Knutson, Karon
Kolek, Joy
Kross, Feather Lacy, Mark Long, Wanda Magruder, David Martin,
Bonnie McIntosh,
Dan McMillan, Donna Muller, Sherry Pech, Sandra
Reed, Kathy Sayre, Janice
Simmons-Welburn, Barb Spence, Rebecca Stamy, Jun Tang, Billie Townsend,
Michael Wichman, Jan Warren, Xian Wu,Al Young
Absent: Darlene
Blake, Linda Crowley, Andrew Fuhrmeister, Pamela Lenz Nielsen, Juan Parales,
Carlos Serrato, Anne Tanner
Administrative Liaisons:
AVP Bob Foldesi, Sue Buckley
Guests: Dan Holub
(FRIC), Randall Ney (Mediation Service), and Nancy Noyer (WorkLife)
1. The meeting was called to order at 2:30 p.m.
2.
Review/approval of minutes.
a. 7/12/00 Staff Council meeting. Approved as written.
b. Reviewed minutes from 7/27/00 and 7/31/00 Executive Committee
meeting.
3. Comments/Regents’
Report – AVP Bob Foldesi.
a. AVP
Foldesi introduced Holub distributed a handout that outlines
the increases for the
respective insurance plans and explained the nature of these
increases. They also
explained that the UI would increase the health portion of
the Flex Credits by 10% in order
to partially cover the increase
b. The recommendation for the Domestic Partner Health
Care has been forwarded
to President Coleman, but is not yet approved.
c. The Early and Phase Retirement Programs expire 6/30/02.
A recommendation
regarding whether the programs should continue will be made to the
Board of Regents
in late winter/early spring of 2001. The BOR could act on it as early
as spring 2001. Staff
who will be affected by any change in the program will be informed of the
change 12
months in advance
d.. The cost of annual flu shots will be covered by the UI this year.
Individuals and
departments will not have to pay out of pocket for flu shots if they receive
the shot during
one of the on-site vaccinations scheduled by the Wellness Initiative Program.
e. Staff Council has been allocated $50,000 of Coke Fund monies
for another year.
4. Announcements.
5.
Items from or Previous Agendas. Parking
Update. Dave Ricketts has forwarded the parking
proposal to President Coleman. The new policy is likely to take effect
the 1st day of the month
following her approval.
6. Committee
Reports.
a. Peer Support Committee. Committee Chair Diane Anderson
reminds councilors that the
peer support program is up and running.
b. UIHC Ad Hoc. Because Diane Anderson has changed
positions and is no longer working at
the hospital, she has stepped down from her position as Chair of the UIHC
Ad Hoc
Committee. Judy Elleson is now the Chair for this committee.
c. Diversity Committee. Billie Townsend is seeking
a speaker for the MLK day event. Please
contact her with any suggestions you might have.
d. Bylaws Committee. Cathy Colony Bunnell presented
proposed changes and corrections to
the Staff Council Bylaws (see attached). The first proposed change was
amended and tabled
for final vote in October. The second and third proposed changes were tabled
until October
for final vote. The first correction was approved. The second correction
was tabled pending
advice from General Counsel. Corrections #3-17 were tabled until October
for final vote.
7. Action
Items from Committees.
a. Governmental Relations Committee Charge. See item
6d above.
b. Grievance Policy discussion and recommendation. The
HR Committee reviewed the UI’s
current Grievance Policy and made suggestions for changes, which were sent
to AVP Foldesi.
Council voted unanimously in favor of asking the Central Administration
to review this policy.
Staff Council asked to be involved in the review process.