Present | Present | ||
President Dan Sullivan | X | Director Brandon JB Nelson | X |
Vice President Fernando Nacionales | X | Director Sam Padelford | |
Past President Corey Mathisen | X | Director Luke Schuette | |
Treasurer Heather Gardner | Director Mike Rude | X | |
Secretary Benton Campbell | X | Director Mark Trogstad-Isaacson | X |
Director Carroll Aasen | X | Executive Director Dana Wheeler | X |
Director John Dalton | X | Administrative Assistant Donna Blackwell | |
Director Mary Loeffler | X | Labor Relations Specialist Tony Kelly | X |
Director Blake Nelson | X |
Call the Meeting to Order (Corey Mathisen)
Meeting called to order at 4:35 PM.
Review & Approve Agenda (Corey Mathisen)
Blake Nelson adds an insurance coalition update. Dana Wheeler adds an update on MnDOT meet and confer to the agenda.
Mark TI moves to approve agenda as edited, Blake Nelson seconds, Motion Passes.
Secretary’s Report – Review & Approve Past Minutes (Benton Campbell)
- August 28, 2023, Minutes
- Blake Nelson moves to approve, Mary Loeffler seconds. Motion Passes.
- September 28, 2023, Annual Meeting Minutes
- Will be completed by the 2024 annual meeting.
- Discussion of minute content
President’s Report (Dan)
- Committee reports
- Membership (Mike): Committee met and proposed changes to the scholarship rules to make scholarship awards more open-ended. Mike Rude presented the changes to the language, Mark TI moved to approve the new scholarship guidelines, Fernando Nacionales seconds. Motion Passes.
- Membership committee will provide their proposed bylaw/constitution changes for election cycle schedule to the board via email so the board can review prior to discussion.
Executive Director’s Report (Dana)
- Bargaining
- Building
- Staff Leave Balances
- Annual Meeting
- Golf
- Election Update
- MnDOT meet and confer
- Scheduled for November 1, Dana Wheeler requests any agenda items for this meeting be submitted to him by 10/24.
- MN Transportation Expo Booth
- Does MGEC want to host a booth? Board opinion was generally not interested.
Treasurer’s Report (Heather Gardner)
- Monthly Financial Report
- Report sent to board last week. No questions.
Membership Update (Dana Wheeler – Donna Blackwell out sick)
- Upcoming meetings (site, MGEC Quarterly, Welcome to MGEC)
- New hires, retirees, outstanding list of recent potential members.
Membership Update (Tony)
- Update on Grievances/Investigations
- Update on PEPC
Vice President’s Report (Fernando)
- Informed MGEC he’s leaving in less than two weeks for deployment outside of the country for six months, but available as needed.
Past President’s Report (Corey)
- Thank you to Fernando for his service.
Other updates, comments, questions, suggestions
Blake Nelson gave an update on Insurance Bargaining and the NASHTU conference held remotely.
Adjourn
Corey Mathisen moves to adjourn, Blake Nelson seconds. Motion Passes. Meeting adjourned 5:54 PM