MGEC Board Minutes 3.23.26

Attendees:

	Present		Present
President Benton Campbell	x	Director Bill Meinholz	x
Vice President Corey Mathisen	x	Director Blake Nelson	x
Past President Forrest Hasty	x	Director Brandon JB Nelson	x
Treasurer Wes Leksell	x	Director Luke Schuette
Secretary Mike Rude	x	Director Mark Trogstad-Isaacson	x
Director John Dalton		Director Hunter Vraa	x
Director Jared DeMaster	x	Executive Director Tony Kelly	x
Director Brian Giauque	x	Membership Director Donna Blackwell	x
Director Mitch Kiecker	x

Others in attendance:

• none

Call to Order (Benton C.)

1. Meeting called to order at 3:33pm.
2. Motion to approve agenda (Jared D. / Brandon N.)
   • Motion carried.

Secretary’s Report (Mike R.)

1. March 16^th Executive Committee meeting minutes provided for Board information.
2. Motion to approve February 24^th Board meeting minutes (Blake N. / Mike R.)
   • Motion carried.

President’s Report (Benton C.)

1. Reported the belief that there should be light activity for us at the legislature this year.
2. Beginning work on negotiating Tony’s contract and hopes to have something for the Board to approve sometime soon.
3. Planning to begin review of policies and procedures sometime soon.

Executive Director’s Report (Tony K.)

1. Provided an update on 3 current grievances.
2. Reported on building activities:
   • Upper Conference Room is almost ready for a new tenant.
   • Property taxes for next year are up 3% over the previous year.
   • Discussed the need for an elevator for accessibility to lower level.
3. Discussed NASHTU membership:
   • Annual membership dues are either $500 or $1,250 for a supporting membership.
   • After discussion a motion was made to join NASHTU at the $500 level (Blake N. / Mark T-I).
     • Motion carried.
   • After discussion, a motion was made to pay for up to 3 attendees to this year’s annual conference (Blake N. / Forrest H.).
     • Motion carried
   • Tony has been attending Public Employees Retirement Coalition (PERC) meetings.
   • Reported on leave balances for Tony and Donna.

Finance Committee (Tony K. & Wes L.)

1. Provide present account balances and building value.
2. Presented and discussed profit and loss statement for February.
3. After discussion a motion was made to purchase $40,000 in CD’s from the checking account was made (Jared D. / Hunter V.)
   • Motion carried.

Membership Committee (Mike R.)

1. The committee continues to work on contacting new employees and tracking this with the Represented Non-members List.
2. Provided an update on the Golden Slide Rule and Distinguished Citizenship awards and encouraged Board member to search for nominees and promote nominations from co-workers.

Building Committee (Tony K.)

1. See also – Executive Director’s Report.
2. Reported on lease increases that will be about 15%
   2013. Tenants have not seen increases recently; some not since 2013.
   2014. This will bring rates to slightly below market rates.

Membership Director’s Report (Donna B.)

1. Presented and discussed latest membership data.
2. Will be booking MGEC Golf Tournament and Annual Meeting on September 28^th; golf to begin at 2pm. Save the date.
3. Encouraged Board members to seek sponsors for the event. Corey has been very successful in this in past years; others not so much.

Vice President’s Report (Corey M.)

1. Nothing to add

Past President’s Report (Forrest H.)

1. Nothing to add.

Other

1. Discussed possible lobbying topics and representation at the Minnesota Legislature.
2. Benton C. and Hunter V. will investigate re-formation of a Lobbying Committee.

Adjournment

1. Motion to adjourn at 5:30pm (Forrest H. / Blake N.)
   • Motion carried.