MGEC Board Minutes 7.28.25

Attendees:

	Present		Present
President Corey Mathisen	x	Director Blake Nelson	x
Vice President Benton Campbell	x	Director Brandon JB Nelson	x
Past President Fernando Nacionales		Director Luke Schuette	x
Treasurer Wes Leksell	x	Director Mark Trogstad-Isaacson
Secretary Mike Rude	x	Director Hunter Vraa	x
Director Carroll Aasen	x	Acting Executive Director Tony Kelly	x
Director John Dalton	x	Administrative Assistant Donna Blackwell	x
Director Jared DeMaster	x
Director Bruce Henningsgaard	x

Others in attendance:

• Christian Tunheim (MnDOT)
• Ethan Ihlenfeld (MnDOT)

Call to Order (Corey M.)

1. Meeting called to order at 3:35pm by President Corey Mathisen.
2. Motion to approve agenda, as amended (Bruce H. / Jared D.)
   • Motion carried.

Secretary’s Report (Mike)

1. Motion to approve June 30^th Board meeting minutes (Benton C. / Luke S.)
   • Motion carried.

President’s Report (Corey M.)

1. Benton presented proposed Constitution and By-Law changes which were discussed.
2. Motion to present the proposed changes to the Constitution and By-Laws to membership on August 4^th for separate approval voting. Voting to end at 4:30pm on August 26^th (Benton C. / Luke S.)
   • Motion carried.
3. Motion to appoint a Tellers Committee for the Constitution and By-Law balloting consisting of Mike R., Bruce H., and Wes L. (Benton C. / Blake N.)
   • Motion carried.
4. Corey reported that he will set up a meeting with staff to facilitate Donna’s transition from contractor to employee status.

Executive Director’s Report (Tony)

1. The temporary 0.5% reduction in the MSRS employee contribution rate expired last pay period.
2. MSRS retirement benefit levels are increase from 1.7% to 1.9% for service after 7/1/25.
3. Provided an update on status of on-going grievance activities.

Treasurer’s Report (Tony & Wes)

1. Presented a financial report (profit & loss statement) for June.
2. There will be additional cleanup of accounts after the current financial audit.

Bargaining Committee (Benton)

1. MMB proposed an opening meeting on September 8^th, with additional meeting dates in October and November.
2. Discussed possible bargaining proposals for the committee to consider.

Membership Committee (Mike & Donna)

1. Proposed the award of 4 scholarships at $1,000 each to applicants for the Family Member Scholarship (2 each) and Connie Minetor Memorial Scholarship (2 each).
2. Motion to approve scholarship recommendations (Jared D. / Brandon N.)
   • Motion carried.
3. Proposed greens fees for the MGEC Golf Tournament at $50 and dinner cost of $56 for the annual meeting. Full and Life members no charge for dinner.  Motion to approve proposed green fees and dinner cost (Carroll A. / Bruce H.)
   • Motion carried.

Membership Report (Donna)

1. Reported on membership numbers and conversion rates.
2. Presented breakdown of membership rates by job class and agency.
3. Grad Engineer 1 and 2 are the lowest conversion rates. Working on some ideas for marketing to this group.

Vice President’s Report (Benton)

1. Nothing further to report. 

MnDOT Seniority Roster (Blake)

1. Reported on HR’s most recent seniority roster at MnDOT was broken down by District rather than statewide. This could be significant.  Others reported not seeing this in their agencies yet.

Adjournment (Corey)

1. Motion to adjourn at 6:10pm.
   • Motion carried.