RETIRED
EMPLOYEES OF KERN COUNTY
MINUTES OF BOARD
MEETING
September
14, 2004
President, Norman Briggs, called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
ROLL CALL: Mary Lou Bennett, Jeanne Berkshire, Norman Briggs, John DeMario, Opal
Hargis, Lois Maujer, Ginger Mello, David Merritt, Walter Stewart, and Elinor Wells
OTHERS PRESENT: Wanda Castro and Belva Jared
MOTION by Jeanne Berkshire to approve the August minutes with the correction of
the spelling of Ellen Calaustro in the General Meeting minutes, seconded by Elinor Wells
and CARRIED.
Treasurer, John DeMario, gave the Treasurer’s Report for the month of August. MOTION
by David Merritt to approve the Treasurer’s Report for the month of August, seconded
by Elinor Wells and CARRIED. MOTION by Elinor Wells to approve the Claims
Payable as reported, seconded by David Merritt and CARRIED.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
CRCEA – Everett Julkowski was not in attendance at the meeting. The CRCEA
Conference is October 18 – 20, 2004 in Fresno. David Merritt will speak on Ride
Across America and Norman Briggs will introduce Jim Sweeney, our legal counsel who will
speak at the conference.
CCAPE – Blue O’Connor had cataract surgery and was not in attendance
at the meeting today.
HOST/HOSTESS PROGRAM – For the month of August, 35 volunteers worked 105.5
hours and assisted 1,322 visitors to the County Administration Building.
MONTHLY PROGRAM - Vice-President, Jeanne Berkshire, announced that Barry Zoeller
will not be our speaker this month. Barry is no longer employed at the Board of Trade and
is now with Tejon Ranch. President, Norman Briggs, has requested that Vice-President,
Jeanne Berkshire please contact Roy Ashburn’s office to cancel his appearance for our
October meeting because of it being an election year. President, Norman Briggs, requested
Secretary, Ginger Mello to put together a Special Board Meeting to interview candidates
that are up for election. Ginger stated that she would do that immediately.
NEWSLETTER – A discussion was held on moving the deadline for the
newsletter articles up to the 15th. It was decided that it was moved to the 15th
in April. President, Norman Briggs received two telephone calls from people who were
thanking him for the column that Tom McCarthy, Jr. had written regarding IRA’s.
Norman Briggs would like to offer a column in The TREND to the CAO’s office and
everybody felt it was a good idea.
KCERA - It was announced that Wanda Castro has now received a spot on our
agenda. We are very happy to recognize KCERA representative Wanda Castro. Wanda announced
that Joseph Hughes was appointed by the Board of Supervisors to replace Ray Dezember who
replaced Brent Dezember. Also, KCERA is looking at September 30th as the
completion date for the Ventura Decision.
COMMUNICATIONS – President, Norman Briggs reported that he received 3
registration packets for CRCEA if anyone needs one. Also received were 2 requests for
money from the Rescue Mission and the New General Liability Policy. Secretary, Ginger
Mello will read over the Policy to make sure it is what we need.
OLD BUSINESS:
STATUS OF PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Our last meeting was an excellent
meeting. Everybody is getting acquainted and talking more freely. Our next meeting is
scheduled for November 3rd at Stockdale Country Club and hosted by REOKC. There
will be approximately 15 people in attendance with representatives from KLEA, CCAPE,
Firefighters, Prosecutors Union and REOKC. President, Norman Briggs, commented that he
would like to have a simple agenda and get input from each group on what they would like
to accomplish so that we can start supporting each other.
WEB PAGE – Norm Briggs has put a News Bulletin with current news
information on the web site. Norm would like information as to what needs to be put on the
web site as a news bulletin. As of 7 a.m. on 9/14/04 there had been 1,574 hits on the Web
Page.
PAC DATE - President, Norman Briggs, announced that he spoke to the attorneys
office on September 13, 2004 regarding where our organization stands on a PAC. They are
close to finalizing their decision.
NEW BUSINESS:
NOMINATING COMMITTEE – Opal Hargis and Walter Stewart volunteered to be the
Board of Director representatives on the Nominating Committee along with the 3 General
Members. The 5 members will be Opal Hargis, Chairperson, Walter Stewart, Belva Jared,
Kathy Ervin and Ellen Calaustro.
BOARD OF RETIREMENT – RETIREE POSITION – The position held by John
DeMario is up for election. There is a good chance that there will be a person running
against John. Also, Lois Maujer is planning on NOT running for re-election. MOTION
by David Merritt that the Board of REOKC support John DeMario for re-election as the
designated retiree member on the Board of Retirement and with the withdrawal of Lois
Maujer as the alternate member, we support Norman Briggs for the position of alternate
member on the Board of Retirement and that it be published in The TREND and on our Web
Site to encourage retirees to exercise their franchise and vote, seconded by Jeanne
Berkshire and CARRIED. President, Norman Briggs, requested that David Merritt speak
on this subject at the General Meeting today.
COMPUTER DONATIONS – KCERA – KCERA donated 9 monitors and 7 computers
to our organization. John DeMario has purchased 6 modems and expects that only 5 or 6
computers will be able to be given away. After an extended discussion, it was decided that
the first computer would be given away in November and starting in January, one computer
would be given away per month until they are all gone. MOTION by David Merritt if
you buy a luncheon ticket, you may buy a ticket on the computer give away for an
additional $1.00 and must be present to win, seconded by Elinor Wells and CARRIED.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:32 a.m.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Ginger Mello, Secretary
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