MGEC Board Minutes 5.18.26

Attendees:

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

Others in attendance:

• Jami Neiber, DLI

Call to Order (Benton C.)

1. Meeting called to order at 3:33pm.
2. Motion to approve agenda (Mark T-I. / Luke S.)
   • Motion carried.

Secretary’s Report (Mike R.)

1. April Board meeting minutes to be amended to include attendance by John D.
2. Motion to approve April Board meeting minutes as amended (Wes L. / Jared D.)
   • Motion carried.

President’s Report (Benton C.)

1. Provided an overview of changes to the Policies and Procedures document from the April meeting. After discussion a motion was made to approve the amended document (Forrest H. / Corey M.)
   • Motion carried.
2. Have not had a chance to get Tony’s contract signed yet, but will do that very soon.

Executive Director’s Report (Tony K.)

1. Provided an update current grievances activity
   • Rochester grievance is almost settled
   • “overpayment” grievance still awaiting arbitrator selection
2. Reported on activities at our office building
   • Replaced a faulty gas regulator on the furnace
   • Rented a carpet cleaner and cleaned carpets
3. Attended the MnDOT Metro All-Employee meeting
   • Very positive, met many members, and lots of discussions
4. Reported on leave balances for Tony and Donna.

Finance Committee (Tony K. & Wes L.)

1. Provided present account balances and building value.
2. Presented and discussed profit and loss statement for April.
3. Tax filings to resolve our non-profit issue have been completed.

Membership Committee (Mike R.)

1. Reported on golf tournament and annual meeting date and fees.
2. 4 scholarship applications have been received to date. Scholarship award recommendations will be made at a future meeting.
3. Encouraged Board members to make Distinguished Citizenship Award nominations and encourage others to do so.

Membership Director’s Report (Benton C.)

1. Presented and discussed latest membership data.
2. Presented recent additions to membership.
3. Presented breakdown of membership by class.

Vice President’s Report (Corey M.)

1. Nothing to add. 

Past President’s Report (Forrest H.)

1. Reported on incorrect and inconsistent use of overtime for MGEC employees at MnDOT
   • Work plan required, approved at Chief Engineer level, to justify overtime use
   • Discussion of various policy experience by Board members confirm inconsistency and incorrect application versus contract language
   • Expect this to be an issue during next bargaining cycle

Adjournment

1. Motion to adjourn at 4:45 pm (Luke S. / Blake N.)
   • Motion carried.