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 | X |
Treasurer Heather Gardner | X | Director Mike Rude | X |
Secretary Benton Campbell | X | Director Mark Trogstad-Isaacson | |
Director Carroll Aasen | X | Executive Director Dana Wheeler | X |
Director John Dalton | X | Administrative Assistant Donna Blackwell | X |
Director Mary Kloos | X | Labor Relations Specialist Tony Kelly | X |
Director Blake Nelson | X |
Others in Attendance: Paul Babin (MnDOT)
Agenda
Welcome participants & guests (Dan Sullivan)
Open Forum (from non-board members)
Call the Meeting to Order (Dan Sullivan)
Meeting called to order at 4:33 PM
Review & Approve Agenda (Dan Sullivan)
Blake Nelson moves to approve the agenda, Fernando Nacionales seconds. Motion Passes.
Secretary’s Report – Review & Approve Past Minutes (Benton Campbell)
- June 26, 2023 Minutes
- Fernando moves to approve the minutes, Blake seconds. Motion Passes.
President’s Report (Dan Sullivan)
- Committee reports
- Executive Committee (Dan Sullivan): Met briefly to discuss workload and position descriptions for MGEC Staff/Contractors. Dan Sullivan, Fernando Nacionales, and Corey Mathisen will present this information at the August meeting as it pertains to Dana Wheeler’s transition toward reducing hours.
- Membership (Mike Rude): Committee reviewed the article on bargaining that is now on the website. July member update is coming out sometime soon. Committee has proposed to reduce the Connie Minetor award to fund a third family member scholarship, as they felt the Connie Minetor winner was deserving of $1,000 but not the full “up to $2,000” as specified in the award, and had 3 candidates they felt were deserving of family member scholarships. Fernando Nacionales moves to approve this change the award disbursement to that proposed by the committee as a one-time change. Blake Nelson seconds this motion. Motion Passes.
Executive Director’s Report (Dana Wheeler)
- Bargaining: First round occurred on 7/18. State did not make an economic proposal. The next dates are August 17, August 25, September 25, and October 4. We have invited a mediator to join us for September and October dates. The new BMS Commissioner is a previous mediator we have worked with, and will select the mediator we will have. MMB Commissioner Schowalter is departing in August, Erin Campbell will be taking over.
- Staff Leave Balances: Reviewed by the board. Board members had questions about why Dana Wheeler could carry over the additional Juneteenth floating holiday for fy23 past 6/30/23. He intends to use them asap. No resolution reached.
- Proposed plan to replace the September board meeting with the Annual meeting. That is scheduled for 9/28, the September board meeting would be 9/25.
- New employee orientations: MGEC is now being invited to them at MnDOT CO and MDH.
- Election Notice: MGEC provided notice of the 2023 election included in July member update.
Treasurer’s Report (Heather Gardner)
- Monthly Financial Report: Finance Committee will be meeting within the next week to work on budget and try to limit expenses during the transition. Blake Nelson had a question on the lost time payments: Would we go back in time to correct lost time payments for pay changes based on COL increases? Previous Board practice was to. Past President Corey Mathisen said they had decided not to do it last year. The Board made no changes to the practice from the Mathisen presidency.
Membership Update (Donna Blackwell)
- Upcoming meetings (site, MGEC Quarterly, Welcome to MGEC): Board members attending Welcome to MGEC meetings is encouraged and makes a big difference. Reviewed upcoming meeting dates.
- New hires, retirees, outstanding list of recent potential members: No members dropped membership (10 total retirements, promotions out of MGEC, and resignations). Donna Blackwell and Tony Kelly will begin working on outreach material for different sets of RNMs.
Membership Update (Tony Kelly)
- Update on Grievances/Investigations: Reviewed ongoing grievances and other labor rep work.
- Changes to PELRA from Legislative Session were discussed.
Vice President’s Report (Fernando Nacionales)
No updates.
Past President’s Report (Corey Mathisen)
No updates.
Adjourn
Brandon Nelson moves to adjourn. Carroll Aasen seconds. Motion Passes. Meeting adjourned 5:22 PM.