RETIRED EMPLOYEES OF KERN
COUNTY
MINUTES OF GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
September 9, 2003
The meeting was called to order by President, David Merritt, at 11:48
A.M. Walter Stewart led the Pledge of
Allegiance. A moment of silence was held. The table numbers were given out and a hot,
nutritious lunch was served.
There were no new members, guests or first-time attendees at the
meeting.
After eating our catered luncheon, our speakers were introduced. David Deutsch, Executive Director, KCERA and Anne
Holdren, Assistant Executive Director, KCERA, Wanda Castro, Marketing and Promotions
Associate, KCERA and Mark Bellino, KCERA, setting up equipment. Mr. Deutsch gave the membership the 2003 update on
what is going on at KCERA. The membership
would much rather have seen and heard that the SRBR is earning money not losing money. That is the way of the economy at this time. Ms. Holdren gave an update on what is happening at
KCERA. The Ventura update was that there is
4,464 files to review and at this time 2,758 have been reviewed. KCERA has acquired Cortex
Applied Research, Inc. This group will be
monitoring the Board, recommending the best practices and fiduciary education and will
participate in the annual board retreat. Cortex
has recommended three items: review
performance of the auditor, develop KCERA business plan and develop succession plans. There are four items to accomplish in the future: Cost Effectiveness Management, Inc., disaster
recovery plan, imaging of the files and expansion of rollover options.
Doris Williams gave the Treasurer’s Report for August 31, 2003. Doris reported the total REOKC membership as of
August 31, 2003 was 3,112.
BUSINESS MEETING:
CRCEA – President, David Merritt, reported that Everett
Julkowski came to the Board meeting but was not able to stay for the General Meeting. His health is improving. He is up and moving, but Margaret does all the
driving. Everett is planning to be our
delegate to CRCEA.
EYE GLASS – Helen Heath reported that since our last meeting she
has collected 8 pair of glasses and 5 glass cases.
SUNSHINE – Elinor Wells was not in attendance at the meeting.
NEWSLETTER – The current TREND is at the printers. It should be coming out in the very near future.
OLD BUSINESS: It was
announced again that if the members sign up for payroll deduction for monthly luncheons it
will only cost them $4.00 per lunch. The
payroll deduction sign-up forms were made available to the members.
Margaret Julkowski asked President, David Merritt, to thank everybody
for all the cards and telephone calls to Everett during his time of illness.
President, David Merritt, also announced that at the back table
Jeannie Berkshire has the sign-up times needed to work at the fair. There are still 4 time slots that need to be
filled.
NEW BUSINESS:
Health Net Seniority Plus
The attendance at today’s
meeting was about 75 and 33 – 35 of these members are under health net seniority
plus. The members were given the information
that the Board would be meeting after our General Meeting to vote on the final decision of
what action the County should take on the increase of premiums for Health Net Seniority
Plus. The members had three choices to make. One – tell the Board to not get involved,
stay with the $50.00 premium increase and the co-pay stays the same, or reduce the premium
to about $15.00 but increase the co-pay in four different areas. The members in attendance voted 17 members voted
to take the decrease in premium and increase in co-pay and 8 members voted to keep it as
it is now with the $50.00 premium increase and the co-pay stays the same.
The attendance prize was won by Charles Mello.
There were 25 - $5.00 door prizes.
President, David Merritt, called a special meeting of the Board at this time
to make the decision on the Health Net Seniority Plus insurance. The numbers for the door prizes were called by
Walter Stewart. After the distribution of
prizes, the meeting was adjourned at 2:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted this 15th day of September, 2003.
Ginger Mello, Secretary
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