Staff Council Meeting

Wednesday, January 16, 2001, 2:00-4:30 p.m.

W401 PBB

 

Present:   Pat Arkema, Ella Born, Vicki Brown, Cathy Colony Bunnell, Cheryl Carter, Jan Christensen,

   Milind Deshpande, Charlie Eastham, Judy Elleson, Susan Felker, David Fitzgerald, Mary Freitag, Donna Hirst, Pamela Kacena, Pat Kenner, Hazel Kerr, Kathy Klein, Tina Knutson, Feather Lacy,

   Dongwang Liu, Mark Long, David Martin, Bonnie McIntosh, Donna Muller, Juan Parales,

   Cheryl Reardon, Janice Simmons-Welburn, Rebecca Stamy, Jun Tang, Anne Tanner, Amy Welter, Michael Wichman, Xian Wu, Heather Weber

 

Absent:    Diane Anderson, Jenniffer Carpe, Karon Kolek, Joy Kross, Wanda Magruder, Sherry Pech,

   Sandra Reed, Christine Remmert, Jeanette Wigim

 

Administrative Liaison:  Sue Buckley, Interim Associate Vice President of Human Resources

1.        The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m.

2.        Review/approval of minutes.

  1. 12/12/01 Staff Council meeting minutes were reviewed and approved.
  2. Reviewed minutes from 12/14/01 and 12/17/01 Executive Committee meetings.  Councilors did not raise any questions.

3.        Comments – Interim AVP Sue Buckley.  Sue had no comments at this time. 

4.        Issues/Reports/On-going Concerns.

  1. Bylaws motion/proposals.  Cathy Colony Bunnell again read Bylaws proposal 2001-02:9, which would clarify the duties of the past president.  The acronym PCSI had not been spelled out as requested at the last meeting.  However, Cathy asked for a motion to accept the proposal with a friendly amendment that PCSI would be spelled out.  A motion was made to approve and seconded.  The proposal was approved.
  2. Pat Arkema discussed the adoption leave recommendation that was presented to Staff Council at the December meeting by Jane Holland, Nancy Williams, and Jennifer Modestou.  Pat asked the Council to vote on whether to support this recommendation.  A motion was made and seconded to support the recommendation.  The motion carried.
  3. Jan Waterhouse and Maile Sagen were available to accept any comments from Councilors regarding the updated sexual harassment policy that was included in the meeting packets.  Jan specifically mentioned that a definition of academic or administrative officer and language to clarify third party complaints were added to the update.  Maile discussed the section on page three of the document that states the five offices that are exempt from mandatory reporting comments.  There was a brief discussion.  Pat Arkema then asked if there was anything that they needed from Staff Council.  Jan asked that any additional comments be sent to her.
  4. Dave Ricketts and Linda Noble from Parking and Transportation, and Ray Haas, chair of the Parking and Transportation Charter Committee, were present to discuss a new parking proposal.  Dave distributed a "Current (FY 02) and Proposed Parking Rates for FY 03, 04, & 05" handout.  Dave briefly explained the handout and the need for parking rate increases.  There were a few questions raised by Councilors and some brief discussion.  This was to serve as a first presentation.  The group will return to a future Staff Council meeting for further discussion of the proposal.
  5. Pat Arkema mentioned that the Elections Committee would soon be sending out the nomination form for Staff Council elections.  She also reminded each Councilor to try to submit two nominations. 

5.        Pat Arkema introduced Vice President David Skorton.  Vice President Skorton then introduced the speakers, Salomé Raheim and Adrien Wing, for Staff Council's Martin Luther King Celebration.  A few closing comments were made by Diane Finnerty, non-staff member of the Staff Council Diversity Committee.  Refreshments were served.

6.        Meeting adjourned:  4:20 p.m.

7.        Next Meeting:  February 13, 2002, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m., S401 PBB.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

Ella Born, Staff Council Secretary