Staff Council Meeting

Wednesday, April 11, 2001, 2:30—4:30 p.m.

Clasen Board Room

Present: Diane Anderson, Pat Arkema, Ella Born, Vicki Brown, Cathy Colony Bunnell, Cheryl Carter, Jan Christensen, Milind Deshpande, Judy Elleson, Susan Felker, Mary Freitag, Donna Hirst, Pamela Kacena, Pat Kenner, Hazel Kerr, Kathy Klein, Tina Knutson, Karon Kolek, Mark Long, Wanda Magruder, David Martin, Bonnie McIntosh, Donna Muller, Juan Parales, Cheryl Reardon, Sandra Reed, Mona Shaw, Janice Simmons-Welburn, Rebecca Stamy, Jun Tang, Anne Tanner, Amy Welter, Michael Wichman, Xian Wu.

Absent: Jenniffer Carpe, Charlie Eastham, David Fitzgerald, Joy Kross, Feather Lacy, Dongwang Liu, Pamela Lenz Nielsen, Sherry Pech, Christine Remmert, JeanetteWigim.

Administrative Liaison: Bob Foldesi, AVP

Sue Buckley, Associate Director of Human Resources

Guest Speaker: Nancy Noyer

1. The meeting was called to order at 2:30 p.m. and newly elected members for the 2001-02 Council year introduced.

2. President Pat Arkema announces that the annual Staff Council Retreat will take place on May 1, from 8:15-11:30 in the Iowa Room. A sign-up sheet was distributed.

3. Review/approval of minutes.

1. 3/14/01 Staff Council meeting minutes approved.
2. Reviewed minutes from 3/20/01 Executive Committee meeting.
3. Reviewed minutes from 3/27/01 Executive Committee meeting with President Coleman.

4. Comments – AVP Foldesi.

1. FRIC is recommending that the Early Retirement program not be renewed in June 2002. They will also recommend that each BOR institution be able to individually open up an Early Retirement program as needed. The BOR will vote on these recommendations in their May meeting. The Phased Retirement Plan and Full Retirement plans will continue.

5. Nancy Noyer presented information on the 5^th Annual Staff Celebration day. She encouraged people to volunteer to help at the event and distributed a sign-up sheet. The event is scheduled for May 30 at the IMU.

6. Reports

a. Budget Planning and Advisory Committee (BPAC). There will be at least a 6% reduction across the board for the UI in state appropriations. There has been a proposal that 121 million be used from the rainy day fund to cover the budget cuts. The proposal will go to the President’s Committee on Strategic Implementation (PCSI) soon.

b. Research Council. The Research Councilors met with the Research Council recently. They discussed issues such as reclassification/classification, on-call and flex time. Staff Council approved a motion that Emeritus Faculty be allowed to serve on Research Council.

c. P& S Grievance Policy. The committee is working to incorporate information on informal grievance procedure. The proposal is nearly completed and will be presented soon to a small select group to evaluate.

7. Election of Executive Committee members. The Elections Committee called for additional nominations for the Executive Committee. Staff Council elected Cathy Colony Bunnell, Bonnie McIntosh, Janice Simmons-Welburn, and Xian Wu to serve.

8. Staff Council approved the Charter Committee selections for 2001-2003 terms.

9. Council discussed the Administrative Review Policy revisions. Pat Kenner invited questions and input. Issues discussed included whether the review should include individuals (e.g. program directors) in addition to the programs themselves, and if so, at which level would an individual be subject to review.

10. Past President Pat Kenner presented the 2000-2001 Staff Council Annual Report.

11. FYI – Reminders.

• Board of Regents Meeting in Iowa City, Thursday, April 19,2001
• New Staff Councilor Orientation, April 23, 2001
• Executive Committee meeting with President Coleman, April 30, 2001, 8-9 am
• Staff Council Retreat, May 1, 2001, 8:30am-12:30 pm
• Conflict Management presentation and discussion, May 9,2001, 1:15-3:00 pm
• Staff Celebration Day, Wednesday, May 30, 2001

10. Meeting adjoined at 4:20 p.m.

Next Council Meeting

Wednesday, May 9, 2001, 3:00-5:00 p.m.

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