Staff Council Meeting

Wednesday, May 9, 2001, 3:00—4:30 p.m.

W401 PBB

 

Present:    Pat Arkema, Ella Born, Vicki Brown, Cathy Colony Bunnell, Jenniffer Carpe, Jan Christensen, Milind Deshpande, Charlie Eastham, Judy Elleson, Susan Felker, David Fitzgerald, Mary Freitag, Donna Hirst, Pamela Kacena, Pat Kenner, Hazel Kerr, Tina Knutson, Karon Kolek, Joy Kross, Feather Lacy, Dongwang Liu, Mark Long, David Martin, Bonnie McIntosh, Donna Muller, Juan Parales, Sherry Pech, Cheryl Reardon, Mona Shaw, Janice Simmons-Welburn, JeanetteWigim. Rebecca Stamy, Jun Tang, Amy Welter, Michael Wichman, Xian Wu.

 

Absent:    Diane Anderson, Cheryl Carter, Kathy Klein, Wanda Magruder, Pamela Lenz Nielsen, Sandra Reed, Christine Remmert, Anne Tanner

 

Administrative Liaisons:     Bob Foldesi, AVP

                                       Sue Buckley, Associate Director of Human Resources

Guest Speaker:                  Dan Holub, FRIC

1.      The meeting was called to order at 3:05 p.m.

2.      Review/approval of minutes.

  1. 4/11/01 Staff Council meeting minutes approved as amended.
  2. Reviewed minutes from 4/24/01 Executive Committee meeting.
  3. Reviewed minutes from 4/30/01 Executive Committee meeting with President Coleman.

3.      Dan Holub, from FRIC, spoke on the status of the Early Retirement Program and Health Care plans.

  1. FRIC is recommending that the Early Retirement program not be renewed in June 2002. There is agreement that a subcommittee will meet to put together a new kind of plan that could allow individual Regents institutions the option to build their own early retirement plans. The Phased Retirement Plan will continue to exist as an option.
  2. FRIC is reviewing the current health care plans to determine which should be modified (and/or possibly dropped). There is discussion of eliminating the CHIP I plan. All plans show an increase in deductibles and out of pocket limits. Also under discussion is a proposal to index the insurance rates with rate of inflation.

4.      Comments – AVP Foldesi.

  1. He announced that he has accepted the position of Associate Vice President for Human Resources at the University of Notre Dame. He will begin his new position on July 1, 2001.
  2. Pat Arkema will be speaking on behalf of Staff Council at the Board of Regents May meeting.
  3. The legislature will be considering the salary bill soon.

5.      Reports

a.       Budget Planning and Advisory Committee (BPAC).  The Committee is working to make the budget “more transparent.” They hope to have it together by the end of June.

b.      Administrative Review. Still in progress.

c.       P&S Grievance Procedure. The committee continues to meet and has developed 4 different aspects regarding the procedure. They will present to HR Unit Reps next week and hope to bring it to Staff Council in June.

d.      Constituent Lists. Kristin has updated constituency lists and will be forwarding them to Staff Councilors according to the ballot group that they represent.

e.       Bylaws. Due to wide councilor interest in the Governmental Relations Committee, Pat Arkema raises the issue of membership criteria for general discussion. Cathy Colony Bunnell reviews the committee description for the Governmental Relations Committee.  Council discusses possible options for revision. Cathy will draft these suggestions and present them at the June meeting.

6.      Announcements.

a.       Pat Arkema invited councilors to contact her with concerns and issues that she might include in her talk with the Board of Regents.

b.      The Board of Big Ten schools will be having a one-day conference in Chicago in June.

c.       Staff Celebration Day is May 30, from 3:00-6:30 in the Main Lounge, IMU. Councilors are encouraged to sign-up to give blood at the blood drive.

d.      Sue Buckley is chair of the search committee for a new Director of Affirmative Action to replace Susan Mask as of July 1.

e.       Pat Arkema thanks Tina Knutson and Bonnie McIntosh for their planning and execution of the new Staff Councilor orientation.

 

7.      The Council meeting is adjourned at 4:00 pm for internal committee meetings.

8.      FYI – Reminders

 

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Next Council Meeting

Wednesday, June 13, 2001, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Carroll B. Larson Room, 01090 JPP