Present: Betty Gaff, Peggy Gorton, Bev Auel, Sherry Saarinen, Peter Larson, Bob Trevethan, John Hackmeier, Arlene Johnson, Tim Gerdeen, Eric Smith, Becky Christianson, Glenn Ekdahl, Bruce Wagner
Absent: Rita Smith, Roger Johnson, Chris Crouch
Guests: none
Meeting called to order at 1:33 pm by Chair Gaff.
Approval of Minutes from February 8th meeting
Trevethan moved and Gerdeen seconded motion to approve minutes. Unanimously approved.
Treasurer’s Report
Updates on financial statements will be given at the first meeting of the month.
Committee Reports
Finance Committee – no report
Benefits – currently working on MPSERS proposal
Web page – seeking input on the comments page. Christianson will contact Marcia Goodrich (Tech Topics) to check on what additional publicity might be available for Staff Council web page.
Family Fun Day – Date for the event is Saturday, February 27th. Ekdahl said that additional volunteers are needed to work the registration desk. Currently have 344 registrations for the event.
Supervisor Evaluation Committee – has not met.
New Business
- Presidential Safety Committee – Proposed academic building lockdown policy. Is under the control of Public Safety. If the plan is approved, all academic buildings will have two card readers to allow access after buildings are locked (most likely at 11 pm). Need to educate students about the dangers of blocking or taping doors open to allow others in.
- Council Membership categories – discussion about how categories are different than those for Employee Excellence award. Causes confusion among staff.
- Employee Excellence nomination forms wording – Gaff received email from someone who is concerned about whether or not ‘community involvement’ should be included in the selection of the award winner. Staff Council members who have been on the committee indicated that this criterion has only been used in case of a tie in the scores. Discussion about whether or not it should read ‘campus involvement.’ Since the process has already been started for this year, it was decided to keep the wording the same.
- Speakers and issues to address – Al Niemi will come to March 8th meeting.
Old Business
- Changes to Annual Report – Gaff has been contacted by Janet Hayden about being on the March Board of Control agenda. Gaff will report to the Board at their March 19th meeting.
- Bylaws committee will try to meet before March 8th meeting to determine if any changes are necessary.
Move to adjourn by Saarinen at 2:31 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Becky Christianson
Secretary