 RETIRED EMPLOYEES OF KERN COUNTY
MINUTES OF BOARD
MEETING
April 13, 2004
President, Norman Briggs, called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m.
ROLL CALL: Mary
Lou Bennett, Jeanne Berkshire, Norman Briggs, John DeMario, Opal Hargis, Lois Maujer,
Ginger Mello, Walter Stewart and Elinor Wells
OTHERS PRESENT: Jerry
Dodd and Belva Jared
MOTION by Jeanne Berkshire to approve the March minutes,
seconded by Mary Lou Bennett and CARRIED.
Treasurer, John DeMario, asked for a motion to file our Form
199 and Form 990 income tax. MOTION by Elinor
Wells to file the tax forms, seconded by Lois Maujer and CARRIED. Treasurer, John DeMario, gave the Treasurer’s
Report. MOTION by Opal Hargis to approve the
Treasurer’s Report for the month of March and the quarter, seconded by Jeanne
Berkshire and CARRIED. MOTION by Walter
Stewart to pay the Claims Payable as reported, seconded by Elinor Wells and CARRIED.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
CRCEA –
Delegates Everett Julkowski and David Merritt were not in
attendance at the meeting today. Jeanne
Berkshire and Lois Maujer were in attendance and were
at the Conference. Lois made the comment that
for the price of the dinner they should not have run out of meat. She stated
that those who ordered steak were eventually given the steak but was asked if they would
like to change and have one of the other choices. The comment was made that they had some good
speakers and others who were not that knowledgeable.
CCAPE –
Blue O’Connor was not in attendance at the meeting.
HOST/HOSTESS PROGRAM – For the month of March, 38
volunteers worked
113.5 hours and assisted 1,497 visitors to the County Administration
Building. President, Norman Briggs, asked for a little background on the program and if we are penalized
if we don’t have someone manning the desk during
the time frame that we have set up. Mary Lou
Bennett stated that we are not penalized. It is strictly a volunteer program. Mary Lou also stated
that she has had one new person volunteer.
MONTHLY PROGRAM – Jeanne Berkshire
announced that our speaker will be Jennifer Peters,
Executive Director of Center for the Blind and
Visually Impaired and for May will be Angelo Frasier, Chaplain of the Rescue Mission.
Jeanne reported that she does not have any entertainment for June yet. She is working on some music and will let President, Norman Briggs, know as soon as
possible so that it can be published in
the TREND.
NEWSLETTER
– President, Norman Briggs, asked if Everett Julkowski was planning to write an article for the TREND. It was reported that
Everett is on vacation but would be back on the 15th and was
going to write the article. It was announced again that the deadline for the TREND is the 15th of the month prior to when it
is to be received. John DeMario is giving the
printer a disc with the names and addresses of those
who are to receive the TREND and they run the labels.
Mary Lou Bennett will make a little
blurb for the TREND regarding host/hostess program volunteers wanting time off to notify
her in advance so that she can replace them with
floaters and request people to volunteer to be floaters instead of having a permanent date
to work.
COMMUNICATIONS: President,
Norman Briggs, received 5 County Newsletters, 1 Payroll Deduction Request, a Flyer from
“Human Services” looking for
volunteers for a new docent program in their building, a newsletter from Bakersfield
Homeless Center and a brochure from the Kern County Museum.
Norman had also received at his house in the mail a 75 Page Actuarial Study
of Kern County Employees Retirement Association. Belva
Jared informed Secretary, Ginger Mello, with the correct spelling of her last name. Jeanne Berkshire reported on the health
conditions of Dolores Christian. Dolores had
a stroke and is now in physical therapy and she has a caretaker around the clock. She has been able to take 3 steps so she is
progressing. She had the stroke a few days
after our March meeting. She is in very good
spirits and still telling jokes but you have to be patient because it takes her longer to
talk. She would appreciate cards from
everybody.
OLD BUSINESS:
STATUS OF PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE – Secretary, Ginger
Mello, announced that a meeting has been planned for the committee (Norman Briggs, John
DeMario and Opal Hargis) to meet with Ward Wolleson, Wally Grogin and Alex Bernard from
the three unions on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at 12 noon at the Stockdale Country Club. Ginger will be happy to call all participants to
remind them of the meeting date. The meeting
will be to keep the line of communications open and discuss our mutual concerns about
health insurance and any other topic that would be of interest.
WEB PAGE – President, Norman Briggs, announced that there
have been over 1000 hits on the web site as of this meeting. He has registered our domain name which is a
yearly
fee and also a hostess fee.
John DeMario informed Norman that there were some problems on the Web Page regarding the
links and Norman has corrected the problems.
MONTHLY LUNCHEONS – COMMITTEE TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR
CONTRACTS – Everett Julkowski was not in attendance at the meeting. Secretary, Ginger Mello, gave the report. Bids were hand delivered to 8 catering businesses
and mailed to 2 businesses. Of these 10
businesses, 5 responded. Five Star Catering
and PM Custom Catering were too expensive for our organization to even consider. Too Fat Catering and Western Kitchen were anywhere
from $.28 to $1.48 difference in their bids. Too
Fat Catering and Western Kitchen for disposable plates the difference was $.28 for our
meetings and $1.48 difference for our Christmas Luncheon.
On China, the difference was $.31 for our meetings and $1.01 for our
Christmas Luncheon. The lower price was Too
Fat Catering. Mossman’s price was even
lower. Mossman’s price was the same for
our meetings and Christmas Luncheon. Their
price was $6.44 for disposable and $9.12 for China. The
report that Everett had written up was prior to the deadline and did not reflect the fact
that Too Fat Catering had submitted a bid. The
recommendation to the Board is to have the members who attend the General Meeting on May
11, 2004 vote on which caterer they would like to see serve our luncheons. If the vote is for either Too Fat Catering or
Western Kitchen the price of lunch will have to be increased. MOTION by Opal Hargis to continue subsidizing the
luncheons by $1.50 per person as we have been doing, seconded by Lois Maujer and CARRIED.
Ginger will write up a blurb to go into the TREND regarding possible price increase and
vote for caterers at May meeting.
PAC UPDATE – President, Norman Briggs, announced that he
has talked to the attorney in Sacramento and he is preparing a legal opinion letter as to
what this organization as organized can do politically.
As busy as this attorney is, it may be a few weeks down the road before we
get the opinion letter.
RENTAL OF OFFICE SPACE – Secretary, Ginger Mello, left
this item on the agenda so that when the time comes for Everett to update it will be on
the agenda. Everett plans to speak to DeAnn
at the Annual Meeting for the Credit Union on May 13, 2004.
NEW BUSINESS:
JULY PICNIC – UPDATE -
Secretary, Ginger Mello, spoke with Helen Dodd at the General Meeting last
month and she agreed to do the picnic with the stipulation that Jerry Dodd would DO
ABSOLUTELYNOTHING concerning barbecues. The
Board will have to find barbecues to use. President,
Norman Briggs, asked if Helen has a committee or do we need to put one together. Ginger said that Helen has the same people who
have helped her in the past. Ginger stated
that what she would really like is for someone to step in and say I will take charge of
it, Please Train Me and Ginger said she may have said that. Mary Lou Bennett volunteered her Barbecue. We will still have to find a couple of more.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Elinor Wells announced that Norma Morgan, Decorations
Committee, will soon be moving out of town and we need to find a replacement for her. President, Norman Briggs, will have Elinor speak
at the General Meeting to get a replacement for Norma.
MOTION to adjourn at 11:47am made by John DeMario, seconded by Elinor
Wells and CARRIED.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Ginger
Mello, Secretary |
