MGEC Board Minutes 6.22.26

Attendees:

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

Others in attendance:

• Erin Bosman, MPCA
• Ben Adams, MPCA

Call to Order (Benton C.)

1. Meeting called to order at 3:33pm.
2. Motion to approve agenda (Luke S. / Erik B.)
   • Motion carried.

Past President’s Report (Forrest H.)

1. Forrest addressed the Board to report he has accepted a management position at MnDOT that falls outside of MGEC and will no longer be able to serve on the Board as Past President.

Secretary’s Report (Mike R.)

1. Motion to approve May Board meeting minutes (Brian G. / Brandon N.)
   • Motion carried.

President’s Report (Benton C.)

1. Tony’s contract has been signed.

Executive Director’s Report (Tony K.)

1. Provided an update current grievances activity
   1. Rochester grievance is signed.
   2. A MnDOT employee has been on paid administrative leave for several months pending an investigation.
   3. Overpayment Overtime Additional compensation grievance still awaiting arbitrator selection.
2. Discussed non-contract year messaging to membership.
3. MGEC has been asked to participate in a brief related to a data practices lawsuit.
   1. After discussion, a motion was made to approve participation (Mike R. / Corey M.)
      • Motion carried.
   2. 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 May.

Membership Committee (Mike R.)

1. Encouraged Board members to make Distinguished Citizenship Award and Golden Slide Rule Award nominations and encourage others to do so.
2. Scholarship applications and award nominations are due by June 30^th. Those receiving scholarships and awards will be presented at July Board meeting.

Membership Director’s Report (Donna B.)

1. Presented and discussed latest membership data.
2. Presented recent additions to membership.
3. Presented breakdown of membership by class.
4. Discussed recent departures from membership and messaging to new employees.
5. Reported that almost 400 people utilized the ethics training; either live or recorded webinars.

Vice President’s Report (Corey M.)

1. Made a presentation at the Minnesota Transportation Alliance today and networked with attendees.

Other

1. Mitch K. asked for input on the criteria for supervisors. Board members provided examples from their work areas.

Adjournment

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