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LOCAL 005 AGM MEETING

April 30, 2004

AUPE Headquarters, Edmonton

Chairman: Mike Dempsey - Minutes: Rick Stewart

In attendance: Mike Dempsey, Randy Axani, Kimpton Bradford, Norm Hawkes, Gerry Matthews, Ken Podulski, Quentin Spila, Colin Williams, Doug Knight, Brian Randall, Rick Stewart

Regrets: Michelle Shesterniak, Rus Difore, Frank Kachuk

1. Call to order

09:10

2. Introduction of Officers and Guests

  

3. Minutes of Previous AGM

M/S/C
 

4. Adopt Agenda

M/S/C
   

5. Business Arising from May 2, 2003 AGM minutes

  

a. Action items under Committee Reports - dealt with

b. New Business action items - completed

c. Action item under Election - completed

6. Minutes of February 27 Council Mtg.

M/S/C
 

Action Items:

7. Business Arising from minutes

 

a. New Business Action Items

Quentin to take over Local 005 Website. – Nothing done yet.

Mike to contact Randy Axani for EMAC rep. – Agreed to be rep.

Mike to draft letter to inactive chapters – sent e-mails - set up meeting with Chapter 2 quorum not reached, next meeting May 21 – will attempt to set up a meeting with Chapter 14.

Kimpton to follow up on apparel query – contacted Greg – reply can be done and got price quotes. What does Local 005 membership want to do? Brochures passed out.

Mike to see if Rick will act as anti-priv contact – contacted and agreed

Action Item:

  • Quentin to follow up and get the Web site up dated.
  • Randy to contact P.R. office to be registered.
  • Mike to set up a chapter meeting with Chapter 14 within the next month or so. Mike to attend - ensure a quorum before going, if at all possible.
  • Kimpton to solicit orders for Local 005 apparel. Council reps. to get orders into Kimpton within the next couple of weeks. Review at next council meeting.
  • Council members to contact Rick with any privatization concerns.

 

 

8. Correspondence

M/S/C

Correspondence list attached. Discussed

  • increase to mileage rate.

reply to break period for overtime on fires. Discussed with council. New SOP is on the web.

Action Item:

9. Reports of Officers

  

a. Chair - verbal report involved with PREP, reactivation of in-active chapters, General Services Chairs meeting reviewed, worked on policy and procedures. M/S/C

b. Vice-Chair – verbal report – worked on policy and procedures. M/S/C

c. Secretary

- As Local 005 Secretary I have attended all but 1 of the Council meetings this past year. I have taken the minutes and submitted them to the Local Chair for approval and have distributed them to the Council Members when they were approved.
  • I attended the Local Chairs meeting on Friday March 5, 2004, and the Awards Ceremony at Lakeland College in Vermilion to present the "AUPE Natural Resources Conservation Services Award" to Sara Vinge.
  • I will soon be busy arranging for accommodations for Local 005 Delegates to Convention and the General Service Sectoral Conference to be held October 13th to 16th M/S/C

d. Treasurer – Discussed budget, variations in hotel charges – make sure you get the Union rate, donation of old Local 005 treasurer’s computer. M/S/C

- Proposed Budget handed out and discussed. M/S/C

e. P.E. Member - verbal report. Attended meeting April 3/04. Discussed monies in the Locals accounts – what to tighten controls on local and chapter dollars (chapter treasurers are not bonded). Changes on the strike policy. Leg. Committee report on restructuring. Submission of resolutions for Convention (Aug 30 deadline). New offices opened. M/S/C

Action Item:

- Mike to try to locate the power cord for the old Secretary computer.

10. Committee Reports

 

a. Negotiations – Mike attended the wage re-opener vote count and gave stats. PREP up-date. Quality Assurance Assessment Committee was discussed. Attendance monitoring program. Bargaining Conference 24th-25 th of June. Need to discuss how Local 005 is going to get input from members regarding the up coming contract negotiations. Discussion of surveys and their inherent problems. Council members to solicit bargaining concerns from their area. Minutes will be on the web and council members are to e-mail the members and refer to the web sit. Reviewed the constitution regarding (16.08)require in-put, communications, and feed back. M/S/C

b. EMAC – No committee report, but there is an issue that came up regarding the seasonal staff being charged for room and board. No official policy from the department at this time but we will be informed when it is made. Union position is that FPD management wait for a season then institute a formal policy.

High hazard being considered when tower person is told that they are acting as if it were high hazard even if it is not officially high hazard.

c. PREP – No PREP validation meeting since we met. Next meeting will be May 3-5 for validating more positions and the beginning of "sore thumbing" (review the contentious positions). Will e-mail if there are any significant changes coming from the meeting. M/S/C

Action Item: . Council members to solicit bargaining concerns from their area.

11. Elections

 
  1. Negotiations Committee Members – have 3 vacant positions to fill.

Nominated:

Ken Podulski decline

Rick Stewart stand

Quentin Spila stand

Doug Knight stand

Rick Stewart, Quentin Spila, and Doug Knight elected by acclamation.

Action Items:

12. New Business

 

a. Legislative committee survey Re: Sectoral Conferences - completed

b. Local 005 Policy Manual – draft handed out. Request that draft be shared with Chapter Exec. and bring to next meeting.

c. Edmonton Chapter 2 – meeting held April 26(27 Tuesday) to re-activate the chapter and failed to reach quorum (3 members showed up). Next meeting scheduled for May 21/04 at the AUPE downtown office.

d. Local 12 Tech 4’s move over to Local 005 – Discussed. Move was effective April 1.

e. Financial assistance requests: Local 52, Diakanos Retreat Society, Alberta Game Wardens Association – Mike reviewed the supporting correspondence.

  • Local 52 – request for sponsors for various venues (coffee etc.) Moved by Doug Knight that Local 5 donate $10,000.00 to AALC conference. M/S/D
  • Diakanos Retreat Society – Moved by Ken Podulski that Local 5 donate $500.00 to the Diakanos Retreat Society M/S/C 7 fore 1 against 1 abstention
  • Alberta Game Wardens Association – Moved by Randy that Local 5 donate $300.00 to the Alberta Game Wardens Association to attend the NAWEOA conference on condition that it be distributed to AUPE members who are attending with out any expenses paid. M/S/D 4 fore 5 against.
  • Alberta Labor History Institute – Moved by Kimpton that Local 5 send $500.00 to ALHI M/S/ Moved to table M/S/C

f. Women’s Committee questionnaire – handed out and completed

g. Contact person for OHS Committee – Gerry Matthews is the Local 5 contact person.

h. Convention call business, (hotel bookings, delegate confirmation for credentials, etc. – being looked after.

i. OHS Conference: Rick wants to go - Approved.

j. Pension Seminar: September 21st or 22nd: HQ will pay for two to attend confirm by

July 10th -

k. Nominate Doug Gamble for AUPE Life Membership Moved by Rick that local 5 put Doug Gambles name forward for Life Membership. M/S/C

Action Item:

  • Rick to e-mail latest draft of Policy Manual to Council Members.
  • Gerry to find out how many Life Members we have.
  • Mike to give the down town office address to Randy.
  • Mike to invite Winston to the next council meeting to make a presentation regarding the ALHI.
  • Rick to take care of the hotel bookings.
  • Council to let Mike know if any members are interested in the pension seminar

 

 

 

 

13. General Discussion

 
  1. Conference and Course Co-ordination

Local 5 supported CAW strike to $300.00 that was to be taken off rebate. Not done yet.

Vice-President Kathy Milne dropped in.

Vic-President Garnett – Health and safety issue. Need to get move involvement. Need a higher Union presence in the health and safety movement. Concern with the lack of a radio coverage. Gerry to leave information as contact at front desk.

President Dan – passed out the Legislative Committee Survey on AUPE Function and Structure. PREP discussion. Changes to the health regions. Up coming cabinet and department structure changes. Bargaining is the next big issue

Action Item:

 

14. Date of Next Meeting - September 24/04

  

 

15. Adjournment

15:15