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1. Call to order

0915 hrs.

Action Item: None

2. Introduction of Officers and Guests:

Peggy Stewart, V.P. Earl Thompson, V.P. Susan Rosborough, AUPE Membership Servicing Officer, Dan MacLennan, President.

3. Minutes of Previous AGM Meeting April 26, 2002

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Minutes of Previous Council Mtg Feb 28, 2003 M/S/C

Action Items: Minor spelling corrections made to names of both sets of minutes. Note that Peggy is now Peggy Stewart.

4. Business Arising From Minutes

From last council meeting, a check for $1000 was cut to Diakonos.

Action Item: None

5. Correspondence

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Letter from Earl Thompson to all Local Chairs April 14, 2003 :Letter encourages participation in NAOSH (North American Occupational Safety and Health week, May 4-10, 2003.)

Letter from Dan MacLennan March 17, 2003: 2% Accrual Rate Defined Benefit Plan.

ATA Poster advertising a speaker they are bringing in (Benjamin Barber-Speakers Forum): May 8, Edmonton, May 9 Calgary.

List of PREP websites.

Action Item:

6. Report Of Officers

Chair – Verbal report. Attended the Rocky Mtn Chapter AGM with president. Mr. Glover was presented with his life membership. Attended Alberta Natural Resources Parks CO association and gave briefing on PREP. Attended Red Deer Chapter AGM. Was invited to attend the Game Warden's Association AGM. It was their 30th anniversary. Doug could not make it due to illness. President Dan MacLennan attended. Made a decision not to run for Chair again. M/S/C

Vice Chair - Not in attendance.

Secretary : Verbal report. M/S/C

Treasurer : refer to written report (financial Statement)Motion to accept: M/S/C

Discussion: Total amount on deposit is $90, 667.83. Sounds like a lot, but could easily be consumed in any kind of arbitration settlement, etc. Amount has been slowly increasing.

Budget for 2003-04: refer to written document. There is an allowance for a new laptop for the treasurer as old one is obsolete. M/S/C

P.E. - Rick Stewart attended the last meeting on behalf of Doug. Written report. Time was spent discussing Bill 27. AUPE could lose 7,000 members or gain 10,000 depending on outcome. M/S/C

Rick's Motion: to donate the sum of $1000 to help offset the cost of the Bill 27 campaign. M/SC

Bill 27, which has been passed, reduces the number of bargaining units that represent the health care workers at negotiations.(AUPE is launching a campaign to attract more members that will be forced to choose between CUPE and AUPE as a result of the bill. The legislation is forcing the vote.)

Action Item:

7. Committee Reports

Negotiating Committee: Brian - current settlements are around about 4%, which is the approximate inflationary rate. Difficult to say what attitude of government will be for the wage reopener. This is the last year of a 3 year agreement. Negotiations will begin later this spring.

Still under negotiations: Kimpton - special leave concern from High Level: can siblings be included under special leave provisions? Peggy - this will have to be included in next year's negotiations, in clause 38.02a, as this year's negotiations is just concerning the wage reopener. Currently 38.02a does not include brothers or sisters.

Motion to accept report: M/S/C

EMAC: Mtg on April 3rd. Doug has had trouble getting copy of minutes from SRD. Agenda discussed the following topics: mandatory days of rest, hours of rest between shifts, development criteria for new modifiers, PREP: we are scheduled for PREP in September or later., Northern recruitment strategy is being worked on by department., issue of Resource staff on fires was discussed - some areas allow it, some don't - no consistency, policy on indemnification (e.g.: if town burns down from forest fire - who pays for lawyer if FO is sued...the FO or the department?); Northern Allowance benefit location on T4 - should be changed to reduce tax on the benefit. Management said NO to this. Minutes will be posted on Local 5 website. M/S/C

PREP: department says it is committed to training employees on writing a job description before PREP comes to department in September.

Action Item: if you hear about another Local having some PREP training in your area, try and go.

Action Item: hours of work during day during fire flap - bring up as concern at next EMAC meeting. Some staff are working 24 + hours straight in emergent situations. This should be managed better.

8. NEW BUSINESS

Parks Reorganization Meeting (Susan Rosborough, 1-800-930-3305, AUPE Membership Servicing Officer): department says 6-8 positions will be abolished (or severance package offered) at end of the reorg process. (Doug: 7 severance packages have been granted already.) AUPE is looking at an individual grievance and looking at a policy grievance at how whole process has been handled. Next round of competitions is going out, probably be a 3rd round of negotiations. Brian: government contract does not recognize seniority. There are no "bumping" provisions. Doug: communications with staff has been poor. Example: Doug was informed by successful incumbent that he didn't get job, not by management. Susan: we can only work within provisions of the Master Agreement. Doug: if Dept. is trying to get rid of the older employees in favour of some new blood, they should at least make provision for a decent severance package to carry the older employee until he/she can draw a full pension. Susan: advice - we can help employees if they at least put in an application, we can't help you if they dont. If any employees have specific concerns, please feel free to contact Susan.

Earl Thompson: plug for NAOSH week. Focus is on youth.

Laptops: (Wayne) Gerry needs a computer for the position. Two needed. One for Gerry and one for Rick. Motion: Kim moves that we approve the purchase of 2 modern laptops and up to 2 printers. M/S/C

Tower rep (Michelle): tower people want representation at council. Doug: we could invite a rep the tower people would elect to have voice but no vote (since they aren't members over winter). They could select an individual from their bi-annual meeting that would be invited to our council meetings where they would have the right to get information. Doug - let's get invited to the towerperson's meeting and discuss with them what they want to do in regards to representation on council. (It is up to the towerpeople to decide who they want to represent them.

Modifier: modification discussions are ongoing. Brian: application should be through the EMAC committee.

Youth mobilization conference (Peggy): we are allowed 2 reps from Local 5. This is in September 19-21. Womens, Healthy and Safety, and Anti priv conferences will occur early next year. Local 5 can supply 2 people for each.

GP allowance (Michelle): cost of living in GP is very expensive, several people looking for a boom town allowance. Brian - need political support from local MLA otherwise it won't go through. Staff affected need to do the leg work up front.

Action Items: chairman (Mike) to draft letter to send to tower people to advise on how they can get better representation on Local Council.

9. Elections

Chair: Mike was nominated by Kimpton Bradford Mike in by acclimation

Vice-chair: Kim Bradford nominated by Doug, Rick Stewart nominated by Michelle, Rick doesn't let his name stand. Kim In by acclimation.

Secretary: Rick nominated by Doug. Rick In by acclimation.

Treasurer: Gerry nominated by Kim. Gerry In by acclimation.

P.E. Member: Mike nominates Doug Gamble Doug in by acclimation.

Alternate to P.E.: Rick nominated by Doug, Michelle nominated by Rick, Michelle lets her name stand, Rick declines Michelle in by acclimation.

Negotiations Committee: 5 positions, 1 vacant for now.

Russ nominated by Michelle, Doug nominated by Kimpton, Quentin nominates Kimpton, Mike nominated by Rick. Russ doesn't let his name stand. All are in by acclimation.

Convention delegates: list will be forwarded into HQ.

Finance Committee: Kimpton and Rick are on committee to assist Gerry.

Action Item: Mike, Rick, and Kim need to get signing authority for Local 5 account. Need to get signature card for the account from the Wild Rose Credit Union downtown.

10. DATE OF NEXT MEETING (AGM)

September 12, 2003

1. Action Item: None

11. ADJOURNMENT

1350 hrs. M/S/C

·  Action Item: None