RETIRED EMPLOYEES OF KERN
COUNTY
MINUTES OF THE BOARD
MEETING
April 12, 2005
President, Norman Briggs, called the
meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.
(Note:
In the absence of the Secretary, Ginger Mello, Mary Lou Bennett was
appointed as acting secretary for the day.)
ROLL CALL: Jeanne
Berkshire, Norman Briggs, Nettie Collins, John De Mario, Opal Hargis, Lois Maujer, David
Merritt, Earlene Smith , Elinor Wells and Walter Stewart
OTHERS PRESENT:
Mary Lou Bennett, Belva Jared and Everett Julkowski
MOTION by David Merritt to approve the March
Minutes, seconded by Nettie Collins. President, Norman Briggs, reported that the web site
has now been updated with the most current Minutes.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
CRCEA – Everett Julkowski announced that
his report of the Spring Conference in Long Beach will appear in the next TREND, rather
than as a separate report. Everett also
stated that he was advised that the Governor had withdrawn the Constitutional Amendment
ACA5. As a result, it was decided there would
be no need for Tom Branan to appear as a speaker at the June meeting. President, Norman Briggs, advised that he would
talk to Ann Holdren, KCERA, about being our speaker for May or June. After some discussion, it was decided that we
should remain diligent in watching and protecting retirement benefits for both current and
future retirees.
HOST/HOSTESS PROGRAM – Mary Lou Bennett
reported that for the month of March there were 36 volunteers who worked 109.5 hours and
assisted 1,267 visitors to the County Administration Building. The program has lost three volunteers within the
last few months and it has been necessary to schedule some volunteers to work two shifts
in a month. It is hoped that with all the new
retirees joining our ranks, that some will be willing to work the information desk as
volunteers.
MONTHLY PROGRAM – Jeanne Berkshire reported
that our program for today, the “Silver Streaks”, is a softball team for senior
citizens. A few of the players will be here
to tell us about their team. After some
discussion, the general consensus was to again have music at the July meeting.
NEWSLETTER – President, Norman Briggs,
announced that the deadline for the TREND is the 20th. He has already received several of the regular
articles for the next TREND and he invited anyone who is interested in publishing an
article to feel free to submit one anytime.
Treasurer, John De Mario, went
over the Budget reports for the month, quarter and year to date along with the remaining
monthly reports. MOTION by Walter Stewart to approve the Treasurer’s report and Claims Payable for
March, seconded by David Merritt and CARRIED. MOTION by
Jeanne Berkshire to file the Federal and State Income Tax forms prepared by John De Mario,
seconded by Elinor Wells and CARRIED. Copies of the Tax forms were submitted to the
secretary for her records.
OLD BUSINESS:
STATUS OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
COMMITTEE – The
next meeting will be May 18th.
WEB PAGE – Each month, more people sign up
to get their TREND via the web, resulting in more savings in printing and mailing costs.
PAC UPDATE – President, Norman Briggs,
discussed letters to and from the County in regards to the County’s Health Benefits
Committee meetings, resulting in the letter from County Counsel dated March 25, 2005,
acknowledging our right to attend these meetings. Norman
Briggs also discussed a letter from the Coordinated County Employee Organization of Kern
(the organization of Unions and Retirees) regarding the previous health plan restructure
request submitted to the Board of Supervisors and the need to meet with the consultant to
discuss some of the issues involving health benefits for retirees under 65. Discussion continued on the problems involving
health care coverage for retirees under 65 years of age and obtaining demographics from
the county.
RENTAL OF STORAGE SPACE – John De Mario advised that storage
space is needed to maintain numerous old records for REOKC.
Everett Julkowski will check on rental storage space available and send a
report via email. If and when it is decided
that some of these old records can be destroyed, it was suggested that they be taken to
Metro Records for shredding.
COMPUTER GIVE AWAY – John reported that he
has one computer to give away today.
NEW BUSINESS:
NOVEMBER MEETING – The Wilson
Veteran’s Hall will be in use the second Tuesday for Election Day. After discussion, it was decided that Ginger will
check on the availability of the Hall for our November meeting on the 1st which
is a Tuesday (second choice being the 15th).
MOTION by Opal Hargis to adjourn our meeting at
11:35 a.m., seconded by Lois Maujer and CARRIED.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Mary
Lou Bennett, Acting Secretary
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