May General Membership meeting

05/03/01

Called to order at 5:59

Officers present: Frank Janaszak, Mark Grover, Larry Bartlett, Linda Hagen, Mel Cannon, Ed Alcock, Joe Marron, Jeff Strottmann, Bob Huber, Patsy Benhart, Carl Boudreau, Jim Walters, Mary Jo Daly

Officers absent: Nancy Pruess, Brian Frei, Barb Cannon, Gene Newmire

Motion Bartlett 2^nd M. Cannon minutes read and accepted Motion Carried

Treasurer’s Report: Huber reports that we are caught up on incentive checks for signing up new members. Bills are paid, taxes sent in, accounts balanced. Full report available at the office. Motion Janaszak 2^nd M. Cannon to accept treasurer’s report. MC

President’s Report & Executive Board Motions: President Alcock reported on correspondence with Foldessi and True regarding budget concerns. They are requesting a meeting with us. Motion Janaszak 2^nd Boudreau to send President Alcock to meet with management on budgetary issues. MC

Kenton Cole (district 5 vice president to council 61) was introduced as a guest.

Motions from the previous executive board meeting we brought up for approval:

Motion Huber be reimbursed $41.99 for office supplies. MC

Motion to extend Mary Larew’s employment at the office through December 2001. MC

Motion to send a letter to JCAHO , which is the hospital accreditation organization, requesting consultation with local 12 prior to and during the next inspection of UIHC. MC

Motion that a letter be sent to Jackson, Leventry, Maggie Van Ohls and David Grady instructing them that committee appointments affecting merit staff will go through the President of Local 12. MC

Motion that Tom Dewey be given an AFSCME watch to mark his retirement. MC

Old Business:

Report from Health and Safety Comm: Strottmann reviewed recent IOSH citation at UIHC

Building Comm: M. Cannon reported Carpenters had made an offer on Johnson Law Building. Much discussion ensued of pros and cons of joining this effort. Motion Hagen 2^nd M. Cannon that Linda produce a newsletter article announcing an informational meeting for general membership to discuss the possible purchase of Johnson Law Building with Carpenters and Laborers. MC Mel Cannon requests that questions be forwarded to him in writing so he can provide answers.

New Business:

The proposed constitutional amendment to change the date of local elections was read (text is attached).

Motion M. Cannon 2^nd Huber to accept change to Section 3 of the local constitution. MC

Motion Grover 2^nd M. Cannon to accept change to Section 4 of local constitution. MC

The proposed change to Article 3 of the local 12 constitution regarding dues was read (text is attached).

Motion Bartlett 2^nd to accept change to Article 3 of local constitution. MC

The upcoming Council 61 convention was discussed. It will be held July 27-29 in Des Moines. Local 12 may send up to 7 delegates. Council vice president Cole spoke against a proposal to Council constitution allowing small locals to assign their votes to delegates from other locals if they can’t send their own delegate. Motion Marron 2^nd Grover that we hold an election for our delegates at the June membership meeting. MC

A petition was circulated which encourages Blooming Prairie to come to the table and settle a collective bargaining agreement with their employees

New issue: Iowa House is reported to be contracting out custodial work. Huber has drafted a protest letter, which will go out under the signatures of President Alcock and resident services VP Daly.

Good and Welfare: It was noted that the Crisis Center would be having a benefit breakfast on May 6^th. Notice will be sent out on the local’s listserve.

Motion to adjourn, Motion Carried at 8:03 PM

AFSCME Local 12 Constitution

Section 3. Election and Installation. Officers shall be elected in November May. Members shall be given fifteen (15) days prior notice of the election by individual mailing to the last known address. This notice shall also specify the date for the runoff election should one be necessary. Officers will be elected by a secret ballot by a majority of the members voting. Separate ballots will be prepared so that, for the positions of bargaining unit vice-president, only the names of the candidates for one position will appear on any one ballot. The ballots will be distributed only to voters of the same constituency as the candidates for the bargaining unit vice-president listed on the ballot. Balloting shall take place on the day of the regular membership meeting in November May, with a polling place open from the hours of 7:OO A.M. until 8:00 7:00 P.M. Upon completion of the voting, the ballots shall be tabulated and the candidate receiving the majority of the votes cast for that office shall be declared elected. If no candidate receives a majority of the ballots cast, the office shall be filled through a runoff election in which there shall be a ballot bearing two (2) names for the office to be filled, such names being those nominees who received the highest number of votes in the first balloting. The candidate receiving the majority of the votes cast shall be declared elected. A runoff election, if required, shall be on the 14th day following the election, day of the regular membership meeting in June, and the polling place shall be open the same hours as the election at a place determined by the Election Committee. Those elected shall be installed in office immediately upon the local union S acceptance of the Election Committee's general report on the election, said report to be given no later than the regular meeting in December June. The names, addresses and terms of office of the newly-elected officers shall be submitted to the International Secretary-Treasurer so that credential cards may be issued in accordance with the provision of Article IX, Sections 4 and 11 of the International Constitution. The pre-election incumbents shall remain in office until new officers are installed.

Section 4. Vacancies. A vacancy on the executive board or in ~e office of the trustee must be filled by a special election no later than two months following the occurrence of the vacancy or by appointment of the Executive Board and approval of the general membership for the remainder of the term. Any special election or appointment shall be conducted in accordance with all relevant provisions of this constitution and the international Constitution.

VERSION 5/3/01

SECTION 3. The basic membership dues of Local 12 will be one and thirty-five hundredths (1.35%) of a members base salary exclusive of overtime and shift differential except that no member shall pay less than nineteen dollars and fifty cents ($19.50) per month and not more than thirty-one dollars and nineteen cents ($31.19) per month. Effective July 1, 2001, the maximum will be increased by one dollar ($1.00). Effective July 1, 2002, the maximum will be increased by an additional one dollar ($1.00). Half-time dues shall be seventy-five percent (75%) of the full-time rate. Effective January 1st of each year, the maximum and minimum dues will be increased by the amount that the per capita tax is increased every January by AFSCME International, AFSCME Council 61 and the Iowa Federation of Labor. AFL-CIO.