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RETIRED EMPLOYEES OF KERN
COUNTY
MINUTES OF BOARD MEETING
February 10, 2004
President, Norman Briggs, called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m.
ROLL CALL: Mary
Lou Bennett, Jeanne Berkshire, Norman Briggs, Dolores Christian, John DeMario, Lois
Maujer, Ginger Mello, Walter Stewart and Elinor Wells
OTHERS PRESENT: Belva
Jarad, Everett Julkowski, and Blue O’Connor
MOTION BY Jeanne Berkshire to approve the January minutes,
seconded by Lois Maujer and CARRIED.
Treasurer, John DeMario, requested changing the agenda to read
Approval of the 2004 Budget and then the Treasurer’s Report. John also requested doing the Auditors Report for
the March meeting so that he has more time to look at it and make copies for the Board
members. A committee consisting of Norman
Briggs, David Merritt, John DeMario, Doris Williams and Ginger Mello met to set up a new
budget. After going over the new budget, a
MOTION by Jeanne Berkshire to approve the 2004 Budget as read, seconded by Walter Stewart
and CARRIED. Treasurer, John DeMario also has
put the financial matters on a new computer system. Treasurer,
John DeMario is accounting in a different way than Doris Williams did. John explained how he is doing the accounting. While going over the Budget for the month of
January, Everett Julkowski commented that the conference that Ginger Mello attended was a
Branco Conference not affiliated with the CRCEA conference.
Treasurer, John DeMario, stated that is the only place in our budget that he
could put the conference fees. He will make
note for the following Treasurer of exactly what that expenditure was. Treasurer, John
DeMario, has several different reports that he introduced.
The reports were 1) Budget Report for the Month, 2) Summary of Cash,
Transfer Required and Checking Account Reconciliation, 3) Claims Payable and 4) REOKC
Membership Analysis. As the Board becomes
familiar with these reports, they will see how much information is in them. At this time, Treasurer, John DeMario, feels that
the accounting program that he has set up will be something very easy for a new person to
take over. MOTION by Jeanne Berkshire to
approve the Treasurer’s Report and Claims Vouchers as presented, seconded by Elinor
Wells and CARRIED.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
CRCEA – Everett Julkowski reported that he had a meeting
in Visalia with the committee setting up the Spring Conference. The festivities will be in the main ballroom on
the main floor and the reception will be on the 8th floor. There is a $15 attendance fee. The only two who REOKC covers the cost is the
delegate and alternate delegate. Both John
DeMario and Lois Maujer will be covered by the Board of Retirement. The dinner cost is $37.50. Everett reported that he needs to make a Delegates
Report. Each County has this responsibility. Everett has the information that he reported in
October and if anyone else has information that Everett needs to add to this, please
contact Everett. Everett explained there is a
bill that SACRS is sponsoring and CRCEA is co-sponsoring.
This bill is AB979 and it is a 4 part bill.
They are 1) Allows retired members of 37 Act Retirement Systems, who marry
after retirement to purchase an optional survivor benefit for their new spouse, at no cost
to the retirement systems (SACRS portion); 2) Codifies the rights & privileges that
are currently provided by some 37 Act systems to alternate members of the retirement board
including training & compensation (CRCEA portion); 3) Authorizes the board of
retirement to elect to provide a post-retirement death benefit through a group life
insurance policy if the cost of that policy to the system, county, or district is equal to
or less than the cost of other methods of providing the benefit (CRCEA portion); and 4)
Allows for the payment of additional benefits to retirees for the County of the ninth
class (Contra Costa). At the time of our
meeting CRCEA is unaware of any opposition to the bill in the Senate and expect it to pass
out of the Senate on consent.
CCAPE – Blue O’Connor got to the meeting late. Upon his arrival, he reported that there was no report and no request. President, Norman Briggs ask Blue if he would
please ask Ward Wolleson if he would be interested in allowing REOKC to use any office
space in his office.
Host/Hostess Program – For the month of January, 28
volunteers worked 83 hours and assisted 966 visitors
to the County Administration Building. Mary
Lou Bennett reported it would be nice to have a few
more volunteers and asked President, Norman Briggs, if he could please request at the
general meeting for more volunteers. In a
month which has 31 days and no holidays, it means somebody has to work 2 shifts in a
month.
Monthly Program – Jeanne Berkshire announced that today to
speak is Officer Greg Williams. Officer
Williams will be speaking on what to do when you have a
flat tire. Officer Williams has
a video to show but Jeanne was not able to find a
TV/VCR large enough to show it so that everyone would be able to see it. Jeanne
reported for the month of March, Rusty Shoop from Channel 29; April, Jennifer Peters from the Center for the Blind and Visually
Impaired; and for May,
Angelo Fraiser, Chaplain of the Rescue Mission.
Newsletter – President, Norman Briggs, contacted Cathy
Olague at KFCU regarding the advertisement that they
put in the TREND. President, Norman Briggs,
informed Cathy that it doesn’t make since
for us to put the TREND out after our luncheon date. The deadline for the TREND is the 20th
of the month before it is to come out.
COMMUNICATIONS: President,
Norman Briggs, received numerous County Newsletters.
He also received a Thank You note from The South Valley Sound Chorus who
entertained us at the Christmas Luncheon, a letter from a member who lives in San Luis
Obispo offering to help in any way that she could, a letter from the campaign of Senator
Roy Ashburn, brochure from Braille Institute, a sales notice from Kern Federal Credit
Union, and three items from the United Way.
OLD BUSINESS:
STATUS OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
COMMITTEE - President, Norman Briggs, reported that the committee has not met and he will
be calling a meeting very soon.
WEB PAGE - The minutes of our meetings are put on the WEB Page
for those who have computers. Not really much
to report. Of course, the TREND is put on the
WEB Page much sooner than you can receive it in the mail.
MONTHLY LUNCHEONS – The current contract with Mossmans
will run from April 1, 2003 through 12 months ending March 31, 2004. At that time we will need a new contract. A long discussion was held on who and at what
price to charge. Everett Julkowski also
stated that he would like to put the menu for the months of March and April into the
TREND. He stated that he has discussed this
with Julie at Mossmans and he can get the menus ahead of time.
PAC Update – President, Norman Briggs, has volunteered to
call the Attorney in Sacramento that he knows who knows all about non-profit abilities to
get involved in political action. MOTION by
John DeMario to authorize the use of up to $500 from the
Special Account for Attorneys fees to review our status of what we can or can’t be
politically active; seconded by Jeanne Berkshire and CARRIED.
RENTAL of OFFICE SPACE – Everett Julkowski reported that
he had spoken to Deanne Straub at KFCU regarding use of office space in their building. Ms. Straub stated that they would be remodeling
the building and move the loan department to the first floor. There is a possibility that a back office may
become empty on the second floor. When
Everett explained to Ms. Straub what we had in mind, she felt that this was something that
was very doable. At this time, Everett is
not going to look any further until he hears from her.
This remodeling will be taking place in the next few months.
NEW BUSINESS:
President, Norman Briggs, announced a flyer which he had
received for a Retired Citizens of Bakersfield Night at the Condors game. There will be a discount on the tickets that day
for a Retiree. This game is at 2:00 p.m. on
March 7, 2004.
ANNOUNCEMENTS – No Announcements
MOTION to adjourn at 11:35 a.m. made by John DeMario; seconded
by Jeanne Berkshire and CARRIED.
RESPECTFULLY
SUBMITTED, Ginger Mello, Secretary
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