1 00:00:03,630 --> 00:00:09,810 I call the order of the special board meeting of the Perkeries Park District, Thursday June 26th. 2 00:00:09,870 --> 00:00:11,430 All right. I pledge 3 00:00:13,540 --> 00:00:25,760 allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 4 00:00:58,980 --> 00:01:05,980 I've moved to amend the full time and personal policy manuals under Appendix G, and I've 5 00:01:05,980 --> 00:01:10,320 out of all drug use policy or some conviction in police as presented. 6 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:19,500 This is the policy change we've been talking about and we've brought to light 7 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:22,980 a little bit of legal trouble on where to place it before. 8 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:31,440 It amends the and all the this and other amendments to the policy manual changes 9 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:37,780 is our policies so that employees are required to notify us 10 00:01:37,780 --> 00:01:40,420 of the condition during the course of their employee. 11 00:01:41,140 --> 00:01:43,700 The pass would be to the background check 12 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:45,000 at the beginning of their employment. 13 00:01:45,860 --> 00:01:48,400 But realize there was a little hole in that policy, 14 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,160 so we are augmenting those policies. 15 00:01:52,660 --> 00:01:53,860 Have I got it all right? 16 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:55,760 Yeah, we're augmenting two policies, 17 00:01:56,060 --> 00:01:57,260 and then we're creating a third. 18 00:01:57,540 --> 00:01:57,820 OK. 19 00:01:57,940 --> 00:01:59,760 So we're just tightening up two system policies. 20 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:06,520 One is for the employees, the other is for applicants who are applying for work here who is taking it out. 21 00:02:07,220 --> 00:02:13,780 And then we are putting in new policy for existing employees, whereby if they are convicted of a crime, 22 00:02:13,940 --> 00:02:18,700 then it's for who did other law under the Section 78 of a choice that they refer to it, 23 00:02:18,940 --> 00:02:23,100 prohibit certain employment for certain criminal offenses related to drugs and other charges. 24 00:02:23,860 --> 00:02:25,200 It spells it out for the employees. 25 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,520 And it gives us the right to assess their criminal background. 26 00:02:31,460 --> 00:02:35,780 So I've read the line on the first page just to show you the minor tweaks. 27 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:43,960 The first policy is G, and it's for a current employee to notify us about convictions under a drug statute. 28 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,740 The second policy is redlining to tighten up a little bit, 29 00:02:49,740 --> 00:02:56,940 clarify that these are applicants who are coming into our organization, as it relates to the 30 00:02:56,940 --> 00:03:03,260 statute 823, which is very specifically prohibits the employment of an individual who has certain 31 00:03:03,260 --> 00:03:03,580 crimes. 32 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:14,080 And most of that policy spells out, a portion of the policy spells out, the types of 33 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:20,280 crimes that are covered in the statute that prohibit employment. So it's a little bit of an English 34 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:21,520 for a place of understanding. 35 00:03:23,220 --> 00:03:24,660 So we're tightening up two policies, 36 00:03:24,980 --> 00:03:26,180 and that's what my name is going to be. 37 00:03:26,420 --> 00:03:28,120 Because our food that we put out 38 00:03:28,660 --> 00:03:30,980 amend the administrative policy manual. 39 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:32,920 According to it. 40 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:33,060 Okay. 41 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:35,500 All right. 42 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:36,680 Policy, yes. 43 00:03:36,940 --> 00:03:37,580 Sorry for the last one. 44 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:38,400 Shut the line. 45 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,180 So, I know I'm being meant to be here, 46 00:03:43,260 --> 00:03:45,140 but did the previous, 47 00:03:47,380 --> 00:03:48,540 I'm on page 12. 48 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:49,540 Page two. 49 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:51,880 The one with the red line. 50 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,240 All background and checks is in red. 51 00:03:57,420 --> 00:03:59,100 Does that mean the word checks wasn't there before? 52 00:03:59,260 --> 00:04:02,600 It's just that all background shall be cross-referenced with the state of Illinois. 53 00:04:02,980 --> 00:04:04,080 Are you paying attention? 54 00:04:04,380 --> 00:04:06,980 State of the current policy with proposed changes in red lines 55 00:04:06,980 --> 00:04:10,200 full-time, part-time, personnel, and policy should have to be three to two and one. 56 00:04:12,310 --> 00:04:14,810 The last sentence of the first paragraph. 57 00:04:15,310 --> 00:04:15,570 Correct. 58 00:04:15,710 --> 00:04:16,170 Check's missing. 59 00:04:16,830 --> 00:04:17,610 It said all background. 60 00:04:17,610 --> 00:04:19,370 She'll be cross-referenced. 61 00:04:19,550 --> 00:04:20,290 You have to speak properly. 62 00:04:20,590 --> 00:04:21,510 Yes, it was no mission. 63 00:04:22,330 --> 00:04:24,050 Is there any grammar issues or something? 64 00:04:24,510 --> 00:04:30,210 Yeah, while we're picking it, it looks like the S on checks was then deleted from the edition. 65 00:04:30,650 --> 00:04:31,810 So we're going to be checking. 66 00:04:32,910 --> 00:04:33,910 We'll correct that one. 67 00:04:34,110 --> 00:04:34,790 Thank you very much. 68 00:04:36,230 --> 00:04:38,690 Now from a legal perspective, just so you know, 69 00:04:39,190 --> 00:04:43,090 and I appreciate the, you know, the grammatical errors and whatnot. 70 00:04:43,350 --> 00:04:44,590 So please, if you see something, let me know. 71 00:04:44,670 --> 00:04:45,250 I appreciate it. 72 00:04:45,250 --> 00:04:51,050 But a legal perspective, these policy amendments and new policies were drafted in review by 73 00:04:51,050 --> 00:04:56,330 Chuck Hoffman, C. Kleiman over at Irma, as well as Chris Jolly from a labor perspective 74 00:04:56,330 --> 00:04:56,870 for the union. 75 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:00,540 Have you been there? 76 00:05:01,340 --> 00:05:01,800 No. 77 00:05:02,140 --> 00:05:05,940 Been working with Diane for the past couple of months on this. 78 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:15,540 It's a good approach, I think it's probably at the cutting edge in terms of what partnerships 79 00:05:15,540 --> 00:05:23,100 are doing and for seeing that it makes sense that certain kind of convictions occur among 80 00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:30,420 applicants to the workforce in Park District Arena and with disqualified employment, why 81 00:05:30,420 --> 00:05:35,140 wouldn't it be consistent if they're later committed of such a nature when we're around 82 00:05:35,140 --> 00:05:40,620 kids and we're in the industry of graduation, that maybe that ought to be a policy and 83 00:05:40,620 --> 00:05:42,600 I think we're on the cutting edge of the line. 84 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:55,100 Yeah. There's several military licenses that require revealing to the animals that have been brought up. 85 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:02,740 Before you said that, you know, there are some now that's covered up and accepted. 86 00:06:03,300 --> 00:06:03,540 Yes. 87 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,760 We can ask about the last one, the administrative policy manual. 88 00:06:10,660 --> 00:06:15,320 So this is all where it says current policy and red and amended policy, mostly red. 89 00:06:15,900 --> 00:06:22,300 So are we saying that current policy, we've struck the entire, all of the language in the current policy 90 00:06:22,300 --> 00:06:24,540 and we're going to replace it with, there's no red line. 91 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,240 That's correct. I should, yeah, I should report that. 92 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:30,600 Sorry, Jeanette, but yes it is correct. 93 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,200 We're going to completely replace the current with the biosection, pretty much. 94 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:35,500 The top one is the end. 95 00:06:36,580 --> 00:06:39,520 The end is showing in the bottom, the final is up. 96 00:06:39,820 --> 00:06:40,640 You got it. 97 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:54,040 You got it. 98 00:06:55,300 --> 00:06:56,240 You ready to vote? 99 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,700 This motion is for the next meeting. 100 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:01,280 Right. 101 00:07:02,460 --> 00:07:03,780 Oh, this is my plan. I'm sorry. 102 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,420 We discussed all of that. 103 00:07:05,580 --> 00:07:06,520 We discussed all of it. 104 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,360 They're relating to each other, but we're voting. 105 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:09,160 We're voting. 106 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:09,180 We're voting. 107 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:10,340 We're voting. 108 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:12,160 We're voting. 109 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:21,700 We're voting. 110 00:07:21,700 --> 00:07:22,380 Yes. 111 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:23,280 Yes. 112 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:23,460 Does it be asking? 113 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:23,880 Yes. 114 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:24,980 Does it brand? 115 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:25,360 Yes. 116 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:26,580 Does it buy-in? 117 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:27,400 Does it pull us? 118 00:07:27,620 --> 00:07:28,280 Does it brand? 119 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:28,920 Yes. 120 00:07:29,340 --> 00:07:30,000 Does it love us? 121 00:07:30,100 --> 00:07:30,300 Yes. 122 00:07:32,970 --> 00:07:34,170 Now I'm sorry, next. 123 00:07:35,930 --> 00:07:40,450 I move to a met with the full time and part time personnel policy manuals under chapter 124 00:07:40,450 --> 00:07:45,290 3, conditions of employment, federal commission background check, applicant offered book and 125 00:07:45,290 --> 00:07:46,110 as presented. 126 00:07:47,730 --> 00:07:53,240 So that's vague, we've discussed them all already, you know, if there's anything 127 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:54,500 I'll stay ahead. 128 00:07:55,060 --> 00:07:55,680 I'll vote. 129 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:57,320 Mr. Biagi? 130 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:57,780 Yes. 131 00:07:58,100 --> 00:07:58,660 Mr. Grant? 132 00:07:58,920 --> 00:07:59,080 Yes. 133 00:07:59,360 --> 00:07:59,900 Mr. Bryan? 134 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:00,740 Mr. Phillips? 135 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:01,940 Mr. Bryan? 136 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:02,380 Yes. 137 00:08:02,700 --> 00:08:03,400 Mr. Benke? 138 00:08:03,580 --> 00:08:03,840 Yes. 139 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:04,680 Mr. Phillips? 140 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:05,160 Yes. 141 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,780 I move to approve the new policy under chapter 3, conditions with employment convictions 142 00:08:10,780 --> 00:08:12,480 employees as presented. 143 00:08:14,780 --> 00:08:15,880 Second question now. 144 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:16,300 Okay. 145 00:08:17,420 --> 00:08:19,180 So that's the question for now. 146 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:26,240 So, hypothetically, if the Park District does this, 147 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:31,960 either this one or the other two that we just covered, 148 00:08:33,460 --> 00:08:35,260 that's an ego I spoke with in the Park District, 149 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,500 in a hypothetical situation where the Park District 150 00:08:38,500 --> 00:08:41,420 had a current information, and for some reason 151 00:08:41,420 --> 00:08:44,320 did not have their file in that person's letter 152 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,300 to try 10, 20 years ago, 153 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:06,640 I believe that our fully entitled to re-assert and ascertaining justice of the head of drive 154 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:28,800 So I think as far as this is curative as to missing records in a way, this is the most 155 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,040 in the possible to do that is put it to the description of the sculpture. 156 00:09:43,740 --> 00:09:44,680 Yep, well done. 157 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:46,460 Mr. Graham? 158 00:09:46,820 --> 00:09:47,040 Yes. 159 00:09:47,460 --> 00:09:48,120 Mr. O'Brien? 160 00:09:48,420 --> 00:09:48,920 Mr. Phillips? 161 00:09:49,180 --> 00:09:49,640 Mr. Ryan? 162 00:09:49,980 --> 00:09:50,200 Yes. 163 00:09:50,580 --> 00:09:51,280 Mr. Mendy? 164 00:09:51,460 --> 00:09:51,640 Yes. 165 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:52,720 Mr. Giacchi? 166 00:09:52,860 --> 00:09:53,040 Yes. 167 00:09:53,620 --> 00:09:54,200 Mr. O'Brien? 168 00:09:54,340 --> 00:09:54,560 Yes. 169 00:09:56,790 --> 00:10:01,570 Now I move to amend the Administrative Policy Manual on a Criminal Background Check. 170 00:10:02,310 --> 00:10:06,310 Section 3.066 as presented. 171 00:10:10,190 --> 00:10:10,830 All 172 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:20,740 right, this is at the fifth page of the packet, the one that we replaced the whole 173 00:10:33,660 --> 00:10:36,220 All right, anybody have anything to add? 174 00:10:36,540 --> 00:10:37,140 Call the question. 175 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:42,240 Yes. 176 00:10:44,220 --> 00:10:44,680 Yes. 177 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:46,440 Yes. 178 00:10:48,140 --> 00:11:04,420 I move the Board adjourned the closed meeting to discuss collective fiduciating matters to the C2 who will reconvene to the special board meeting to take action, if any, on the matter of approval of an elected bargaining agreement in the Park Bridge Park District and Service Employees International Union Local 73. 179 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:40,480 have the terms been, I've had a briefing a little bit, but I'm going to go ahead and 180 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:45,900 Can you tell me if there's still negotiating that you believe will need to go on after this meeting? 181 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:49,600 Well, the employees have not seen this yet. 182 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:50,260 Okay. 183 00:11:50,660 --> 00:11:56,020 And so until the board reviews us, they won't choose to approve. 184 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:57,820 Only then will they see this. 185 00:11:57,940 --> 00:12:00,540 And these terms have not been shared in place. 186 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,040 So the employees can still reject this? 187 00:12:03,780 --> 00:12:07,400 Yes, but the employees are not going to see it. 188 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:13,060 I know that the employees will not see this, so I'll have to review it. 189 00:12:16,180 --> 00:12:20,520 What co-group with me, the procedure of a Brad fight, one of these agreements. 190 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:27,760 So, you've negotiated with the SCIU, the leaders of the local 73 SCIU, 191 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:32,020 and you've come to terms that both parties find reasonably green. 192 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:50,600 Okay, we do have three stewards who are present throughout the negotiations that are set in place, so they also are part of this, part of this, and that represents a focus on the start. 193 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:51,340 Okay. 194 00:12:54,220 --> 00:12:58,560 Is it common for leaders, should I know it's only on the 3rd this month before, and how 195 00:12:58,560 --> 00:13:00,140 people would grow? 196 00:13:00,820 --> 00:13:03,280 But the top, you might be able to chime in on this a little bit. 197 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:11,240 Is it common for the leaders of the union and the practice group to come to terms 198 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,580 and the employees to check the public's terms? 199 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:17,420 Do you see it happen? 200 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:18,760 Does that happen very often? 201 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:30,480 What I'm trying to get at here is that we have a conversation in open session, and we reveal some of the negotiating things we may or may not be willing to accept. 202 00:13:32,140 --> 00:13:37,320 Will it be possible that the deal will change in a negative manner for the purpose we're going forward? 203 00:13:37,980 --> 00:13:44,680 It's possible that presumably the syllabus that we had a discussion with was available 204 00:13:44,680 --> 00:13:47,080 to the human-like people so they could confirm on it. 205 00:13:47,380 --> 00:13:49,640 Just to know what they hear right now and what they want. 206 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:54,520 Number two, given what I'm hearing from Diane and Terry, 207 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,720 I'm out of the fact that the storage store involved in this, 208 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:00,400 and apparently I'm bored with it. 209 00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:02,940 I'm presumably very touched with the ownership. 210 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:07,940 So, um, I don't discuss that as a discussion. 211 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:10,580 Should we discuss this in open session? 212 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:13,360 It's a privilege. 213 00:14:14,260 --> 00:14:15,640 The United Republic is a privilege. 214 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,780 Can I just add that we would not be able to discuss it in the next session? 215 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:22,180 Well, 216 00:14:24,580 --> 00:14:30,720 that, to your point, um, that is an important aspect of utilizing the privilege 217 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:39,720 If the discussion is related to strategy and tactics, taking it as an open and an unfinished 218 00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:45,280 negotiation with the contractor is not yet in place, it could be a shoot yourself in the 219 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:45,460 field. 220 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:52,640 Because if you're going to strategy and tactics and you lay that out, it's much harder to 221 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,620 achieve your goals going through the table than the other side has advanced knowledge 222 00:14:56,620 --> 00:14:59,660 That is what you have inside of your stadium. 223 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:06,180 I don't know how that enters into any of the issues involved here or the way, so that's an important consideration. 224 00:15:06,620 --> 00:15:13,800 Well, the issue is, what's more important, transparency or getting the best care for the part of the 225 00:15:15,020 --> 00:15:17,060 taxpayers or whatever that is, it's difficult. 226 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:27,720 I understand transparency aspect of this, and I know what I can say, not that this is important in any way, 227 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:36,040 But I would be hard-pressed by a client who has discussed 228 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,260 collective promotion of the matters 229 00:15:38,260 --> 00:15:40,920 in terms of contract in the end of the session, 230 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,320 or whatever that's worth. 231 00:15:44,820 --> 00:15:49,640 I think that what it is, it's a safeguard against any 232 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:51,680 emergency as it may be said, as it 233 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:53,920 might be with the ability to deal with strategies that 234 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,520 might be revealed, captives that might be revealed. 235 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,300 And in counter to that, you know, people can make a good argument. 236 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:01,800 This is the people's business. 237 00:16:02,020 --> 00:16:03,920 It's the public who can control the economy. 238 00:16:04,580 --> 00:16:06,700 The real question is, you have a third party here 239 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:07,400 beyond the public. 240 00:16:07,420 --> 00:16:10,480 You have a special group here called the employees 241 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,160 who are affected by these negotiations. 242 00:16:12,900 --> 00:16:15,960 And probably fairly much you're respected 243 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:16,800 by the public. 244 00:16:17,260 --> 00:16:18,980 The public would learn about that. 245 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:21,660 It's typically the public doesn't get it out 246 00:16:21,660 --> 00:16:22,760 when they put it in place. 247 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:24,220 You speak for the public here. 248 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:29,240 So the title to speak for the following five years will be the dish. 249 00:16:30,260 --> 00:16:33,780 And I think the strategy that attaches Mike, Bryce, and Ian to the interview, 250 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:38,800 we can get into that. With all due respect to Mr. Yajie, 251 00:16:39,420 --> 00:16:42,860 I think at the same time, what is certainly the goal of this first session? 252 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:47,280 Can we begin the discussion and it can get towards strategy, 253 00:16:47,540 --> 00:16:51,620 which we think we're feeling in open session would be to the detriment of the project 254 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,780 How do we do that procedure? 255 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:05,460 There's a motion. 256 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,400 We have a motion right now. 257 00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:09,520 Is it going to close section? 258 00:17:09,620 --> 00:17:10,640 Which has been voted on. 259 00:17:10,740 --> 00:17:11,140 No. 260 00:17:11,620 --> 00:17:12,060 Seconded. 261 00:17:12,360 --> 00:17:12,900 Now we're in discussion. 262 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:13,760 Seconded. 263 00:17:13,980 --> 00:17:14,140 Okay. 264 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:14,660 I'm sorry. 265 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:17,980 Well you can, you can table the motion. 266 00:17:40,260 --> 00:17:44,700 If we vote no, do we have the opportunity to go to a close session later in this meeting? 267 00:17:44,820 --> 00:17:45,000 Yes. 268 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,220 I had a call about this. 269 00:17:49,330 --> 00:17:49,990 Mr. Phillips. 270 00:17:50,410 --> 00:17:50,770 Question. 271 00:17:51,390 --> 00:17:52,190 Let's go over the polls. 272 00:17:52,350 --> 00:17:53,650 Whether or not we're going into closed sessions. 273 00:17:53,850 --> 00:17:54,170 Yes or no? 274 00:17:54,350 --> 00:17:55,030 Yes or no. 275 00:17:55,830 --> 00:17:57,230 To discuss the.. 276 00:17:57,230 --> 00:17:59,270 Mr. Phillips. 277 00:17:59,590 --> 00:18:00,070 Mr. Ryan. 278 00:18:00,410 --> 00:18:00,650 No. 279 00:18:01,750 --> 00:18:02,530 Mr. Bajie. 280 00:18:02,710 --> 00:18:02,890 Yes. 281 00:18:03,590 --> 00:18:04,430 Mr. Bajie. 282 00:18:04,670 --> 00:18:04,810 No. 283 00:18:05,350 --> 00:18:06,370 Mr. Brandt. 284 00:18:06,610 --> 00:18:06,950 No. 285 00:18:07,610 --> 00:18:08,410 Mr. O'Brien. 286 00:18:09,030 --> 00:18:09,970 And Mr. Phillips. 287 00:18:10,230 --> 00:18:10,370 No. 288 00:18:12,130 --> 00:18:12,690 All right. 289 00:18:12,850 --> 00:18:14,110 Well, let's keep the conversation going. 290 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:19,740 Alright. Who wants to lead it? So I will lead it. First, let me say that I'm happy to 291 00:19:19,740 --> 00:19:29,640 present summary of the agreed, tentatively agreed, the tentative agreement, sorry, Diane and I worked 292 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:39,120 very hard and long at this negotiations and we're both comfortable and happy with where we ended up 293 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:46,760 and what we're presenting tonight. We realize that we're presenting this to you tonight and there's 294 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:51,140 the possibility that the board may choose to approve this tonight. 295 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,220 If the board does choose to approve it tonight, 296 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,740 the unit would attend to the schedule that they would 297 00:19:58,740 --> 00:20:02,840 like to ratify this upcoming Monday, next week between 30th. 298 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,680 If the board does not, then we will just 299 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:10,080 re-discuss this for July, even, if they want more time. 300 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,600 Or if there's some terms here that we need to go back 301 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,060 and discuss, then we will do that. 302 00:20:15,060 --> 00:20:31,540 So, this is just being presented, and we were with the meeting being scheduled tonight already for the other issues we decided to bring this tonight so that there could be an opportunity to get this accomplished in the next week, but it's not a requirement. 303 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,900 So, I'll just kind of walk through some of these quickly. 304 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:42,380 In general, there were 23 tentative agreements that were reached between the part district and SCIU. 305 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:52,440 We highlighted the first 11 of them, I believe, but we're prepared and ready to discuss any of them whatsoever if you have any questions. 306 00:20:52,440 --> 00:21:02,820 The first 11, we thought was more sensitive or had to do with money in some respect. 307 00:21:03,140 --> 00:21:04,700 So we had to do those. 308 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:10,340 The last haven't generated the idea of either just cleaning up some language, elimination 309 00:21:10,340 --> 00:21:17,120 of language, just kind of organizing things a little bit and mostly operational things. 310 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:23,040 First statement, we wanted to finalize a memo of understanding, and we did bring that up. 311 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:24,920 We started with that at our mediation. 312 00:21:25,140 --> 00:21:27,940 I know it's based on the conversation that last week's board meeting, 313 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:35,180 so that we all had a clear understanding of the fact that both the board has to approve this 314 00:21:35,180 --> 00:21:39,160 and the meeting has to ratify it for this contract to become a full-force impact. 315 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,440 And so we wanted to make sure that it was clear to everyone 316 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:46,520 so that if the union chooses to ratify prior to board approval, 317 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:52,300 that they're aware of the understanding that does not make the contract final. 318 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:56,380 The board still has the right to not approve that and ask for some changes. 319 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:00,900 We'll put that out for you. 320 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,300 The letter of agreement for the re-open or wage increase to Katerina? 321 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:06,580 Yes. 322 00:22:06,820 --> 00:22:06,900 Sorry. 323 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:09,820 I'm being nitpicky right now. 324 00:22:09,820 --> 00:22:14,760 Sure. Your point, Karen, and I'm wondering if the language is different from what actually happens. 325 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:20,720 Additionally, Nick Grown, the business agent, has agreed to wait to hear the outcome of the board meeting 326 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,740 before presenting the terms of the contract to the numbers for consideration. 327 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:30,600 That doesn't mean that this board, I mean, the board could say no tonight, 328 00:22:31,660 --> 00:22:35,480 and then he still goes through with the ramification vote on June 30. 329 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:38,520 He could do that, but it would be of no consequence. 330 00:22:39,060 --> 00:22:41,440 It would be a new point because the board didn't approve it. 331 00:22:42,420 --> 00:22:48,780 So I hope that what happened five years ago, I don't understand because as I recall, that was what happened five years ago. 332 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:50,020 And that point was like a novelty. 333 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:50,680 Exactly. 334 00:22:51,020 --> 00:22:54,700 That's really a recollection. It's an easy recollection, but I didn't recall that yet. 335 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,000 So I can't resolve that for you. 336 00:22:59,160 --> 00:22:59,960 Yeah, that's right. 337 00:22:59,960 --> 00:23:10,740 So my concern against, I'll reiterate that, if we don't take action or if we take negative action on this tonight, 338 00:23:11,140 --> 00:23:16,300 and they follow through with their June 30th revocation vote and they ratify, 339 00:23:18,590 --> 00:23:24,490 as I recall it going down five years ago, it was dust. We have no more say on that. 340 00:23:25,030 --> 00:23:30,990 I know you've talked to Chris, Molly, and that Chris tells us that's not the case. 341 00:23:31,370 --> 00:23:34,350 Would you have the time of agreement here that says quite the opposite? 342 00:23:35,050 --> 00:23:40,130 That it's only becomes effective upon approval of the practice report commission and ratification of membership? 343 00:23:40,870 --> 00:23:41,550 I'm going to assign that. 344 00:23:41,850 --> 00:23:42,610 I'm going to assign that? 345 00:23:42,970 --> 00:23:45,510 And that's your second sentence of the summary on the first page. 346 00:23:45,550 --> 00:23:45,990 Here, yeah. 347 00:23:46,250 --> 00:23:50,270 If you had to read the memo of notifications, I remember a lot of understanding. 348 00:23:50,270 --> 00:23:54,290 It said the parties further agreed that kind of agreements will become effective upon approval 349 00:23:54,290 --> 00:23:57,570 by the partners reported to the commissioners and ratification by the committee. 350 00:23:58,590 --> 00:24:04,210 It was with the board's concerns of last week that we drafted that with the help of 351 00:24:04,210 --> 00:24:06,370 actually Diane and Chris went through that so. 352 00:24:07,010 --> 00:24:07,270 Yeah. 353 00:24:07,570 --> 00:24:11,630 It's just the summary that's a little empty here, the actual memorandum is pretty 354 00:24:11,630 --> 00:24:11,930 clear. 355 00:24:14,830 --> 00:24:22,730 I don't recall the specifics of why that gratification went down the way it did, from a legal perspective. 356 00:24:23,030 --> 00:24:25,390 I just remember that, as I recall, it went down that way. 357 00:24:26,350 --> 00:24:29,530 And I don't recall there being a specific statute that said that. 358 00:24:29,930 --> 00:24:31,850 No, it was a mystery. It was mysterious. 359 00:24:32,250 --> 00:24:33,450 Exactly. I don't know what all happened. 360 00:24:34,170 --> 00:24:40,330 So my only question is, from a legal perspective, who the parties have the ability to contract 361 00:24:40,330 --> 00:24:44,630 away whatever it was that caused that mysterious reputation to occur last time. 362 00:24:44,990 --> 00:24:46,270 You're not knowing what that was? 363 00:24:46,670 --> 00:24:47,450 I think, oh, you don't know. 364 00:24:47,750 --> 00:24:51,570 Well, we talked through it with Press, and he did not, you know, he said, doesn't he? 365 00:24:51,570 --> 00:24:56,410 He, yeah, he, I'm, I'm basically, I'm putting a record on, I'm trying to remember right now, 366 00:24:56,510 --> 00:25:01,570 because in the event Chris is wrong, or his recollection is wrong, and mine and John's recollection is correct, 367 00:25:01,570 --> 00:25:03,370 I want there to be a record for that. 368 00:25:03,450 --> 00:25:08,810 And I think it's good to lay that premise and the expectation of what we see in here, 369 00:25:09,550 --> 00:25:14,490 specifically stating in a couple of places that such divine approval followed by that, 370 00:25:14,630 --> 00:25:15,490 taken by the members. 371 00:25:16,330 --> 00:25:17,970 That's this board's understanding. 372 00:25:18,410 --> 00:25:22,350 We will be acting with that understanding, consistent with it. 373 00:25:22,950 --> 00:25:30,790 And this apparently is also, there's an awareness of this statement here by the union 374 00:25:30,790 --> 00:25:35,910 And if it turns out to be incorrect, we've got a mutual mistake of fact and we have a decision as a remedy. 375 00:25:36,610 --> 00:25:38,010 Not that you want to go there, but. 376 00:25:38,630 --> 00:25:38,970 Interesting. 377 00:25:39,490 --> 00:25:46,330 And I shouldn't say that. I don't believe this was a, in place, this memo last time. 378 00:25:46,350 --> 00:25:47,270 Oh, no, no, no. 379 00:25:48,350 --> 00:25:50,050 Yeah, nothing was in place. 380 00:25:50,670 --> 00:25:51,590 It's all of them. 381 00:25:52,330 --> 00:25:52,670 Right. 382 00:25:54,210 --> 00:25:55,010 All right. 383 00:25:55,830 --> 00:25:56,570 Sorry, sorry. 384 00:25:56,750 --> 00:25:57,450 No, that's fine. 385 00:25:57,450 --> 00:26:04,510 So, moving on the letter of agreement, the re-opener wage increase, this replaces the 386 00:26:04,510 --> 00:26:10,090 existing letter of agreement and it goes through and identifies the matrix that we've used 387 00:26:10,090 --> 00:26:15,510 for all staff the last few years as the method for determining wages in the future. 388 00:26:17,830 --> 00:26:22,450 And it reflects basically that things will be done on a performance base and also where 389 00:26:22,450 --> 00:26:26,710 they are within the salary, which wasn't necessarily reflected in the previous contract. 390 00:26:27,570 --> 00:26:36,410 It also adds in the percentage of increases that will be used for the 2014 increases, 391 00:26:37,170 --> 00:26:42,990 and that, again, is consistent with what Paul and I need to stack in 2014 as well. 392 00:26:44,030 --> 00:26:50,010 I think it's important to point out that for future years on Page, once you rate, 393 00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:57,470 they would, they're agreeing to this, the same system, but not the amounts, the amounts 394 00:26:57,470 --> 00:26:58,870 are adapted from there. 395 00:26:59,210 --> 00:27:02,670 On that first one, and then the second one, that shows the amounts, they're coming from 396 00:27:02,670 --> 00:27:02,730 here. 397 00:27:02,730 --> 00:27:02,990 Which one? 398 00:27:03,210 --> 00:27:07,310 We're not agreeing to dollar amounts for the future years, we'll have a way to go 399 00:27:07,310 --> 00:27:07,510 there. 400 00:27:07,710 --> 00:27:07,830 Right. 401 00:27:08,110 --> 00:27:11,690 But what they are agreeing to is the concept of the matrix that you want. 402 00:27:12,530 --> 00:27:16,770 The performance-based matrix is the same as used for other, yes, correct. 403 00:27:16,770 --> 00:27:17,210 Yes, correct. 404 00:27:20,790 --> 00:27:29,130 It wasn't in the previous contract, but it was something they agreed upon during the contract. 405 00:27:33,220 --> 00:27:39,640 Number three is Article 13, Section 1A, Wages and Health Insurance. It's just the title of the section. 406 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:45,080 What it does is there's a section there and you can see on page five of the other stack. 407 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:52,300 it establishes the ranges. These ranges were approved by the board back during the budget 408 00:27:52,300 --> 00:27:58,140 and so they've increased and so we're just reflecting that increase. And that also just 409 00:27:58,140 --> 00:28:03,960 sets that these ranges may move from year to year based on CDI I don't think so. 410 00:28:05,380 --> 00:28:11,440 And once again this is the same scale as between union and non union please. 411 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:18,220 If we just plug from grade one to grade five, we'll be only in comments and we'll also write to them. 412 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,300 Do we have similar grades like that from that year? 413 00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:23,160 Oh, here we go. 414 00:28:25,820 --> 00:28:30,180 The next one is article 13 again, kind of section one. 415 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:37,380 Wages, this pretty much establishes the right to have a reopen or to negotiate wages on a hearing basis. 416 00:28:37,380 --> 00:28:44,280 This is something that was, in fact, previously just was an update of the calendar dates. 417 00:28:50,060 --> 00:28:59,140 Article 13, Section 4b, we added a text for health dental EMP and vision insurance, 418 00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:03,620 basically that in the event that the employer changes his insurance plan to the providers, 419 00:29:03,620 --> 00:29:06,340 that we would notify. The super 420 00:29:09,510 --> 00:29:15,710 load-to-date is not even their ability to quantify that. 421 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:28,600 Cloving allowance. This establishes the set amount for Cloving allowance. 422 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:36,120 We can play the previous contract that started at a certain point and had an annual increase of 10%. 423 00:29:37,380 --> 00:29:45,580 and was not necessarily clear on whether that was 10% of the original and that phone sum went or if it went out by 10% every year, 424 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:51,560 and it had been escalating at 10% a year, so it was getting to be a sizable amount. 425 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:57,820 We negotiated a dollar a month that we thought was fair and equitable for everybody. 426 00:29:58,420 --> 00:29:59,900 and then dialing out calls. 427 00:30:02,030 --> 00:30:04,390 Without, uh, an increase in escalation. 428 00:30:05,270 --> 00:30:08,830 Is that the same dollar amount that we think now, or higher bill? 429 00:30:09,350 --> 00:30:13,770 Um, in 2013, it was $366.03. 430 00:30:14,790 --> 00:30:18,130 Moving forward, it'll be $400 a year for full-time employees. 431 00:30:18,930 --> 00:30:26,670 Uh, there are a few, I believe there are one, there's one employee, one part-time employee, that receives their closing loans. 432 00:30:26,670 --> 00:30:34,890 And that one employee was getting $219.62 in 2013, and they'll get $225 in 2014. 433 00:30:35,550 --> 00:30:37,010 Any other board member you could employ? 434 00:30:37,610 --> 00:30:38,710 I'm not aware of that. 435 00:30:39,650 --> 00:30:43,590 I'm basically employed. 436 00:30:44,290 --> 00:30:49,590 And as you see, I've laid out what the district increased costs is over 2013. 437 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:55,320 $183. 438 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:56,720 Are any of you informed? 439 00:30:58,100 --> 00:31:03,560 They are shirts that are part of the logo name, but quite honestly, 440 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:09,160 last year we gave the employees a clothing check so they could put it towards whatever, 441 00:31:09,460 --> 00:31:11,420 but they required to have their work clothes on. 442 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:19,740 The purpose of the clothing allowance, and I can speak to this because I used to get 443 00:31:19,740 --> 00:31:24,600 a clothing house in a previous life, but the purpose of this is to offset the cost 444 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:31,560 of the place in the court because the nature of the job spoils the rec's clothes in a different fashion and we require them to look 445 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:32,460 presented in this one. 446 00:31:32,780 --> 00:31:33,020 Yes? 447 00:31:33,300 --> 00:31:33,440 Yes. 448 00:31:34,020 --> 00:31:37,260 How do we treat other non-union people with voting allowance? 449 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,340 Because I know there's other staff who wear them. 450 00:31:39,540 --> 00:31:40,280 What district things? 451 00:31:40,540 --> 00:31:40,800 Surround. 452 00:31:41,980 --> 00:31:45,680 Basically, by a supervisor they pledge it a certain amount. 453 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:48,300 So the district does pay for it? 454 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:48,460 Yes. 455 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:49,200 Sure. 456 00:31:49,580 --> 00:31:51,560 It's literally a fire that needs to wear it. 457 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:51,940 Yes. 458 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:52,580 All right. 459 00:31:52,580 --> 00:31:57,080 So they're getting effectively the same deal as the other staff is getting. 460 00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:02,300 It's not exactly the same monetary value. 461 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:06,160 They have to make these two shirts once or twice a year. 462 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:13,720 This is defined and the folks that are under this contract also have to have the embroidered logo. 463 00:32:15,620 --> 00:32:18,500 So it is a little bit different than that dollar-for-dollar. 464 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:33,260 We're giving them the shirts, we're not saying here's 50 bucks, we're saying here's your 465 00:32:33,260 --> 00:32:33,400 shirts. 466 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:39,740 Service awards. 467 00:32:40,980 --> 00:32:47,800 This benefit currently was under the policy manual, the personal policy, but the union 468 00:32:50,120 --> 00:33:03,040 We had a two additional levels on the current policy for service awards and where we established 469 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:08,660 an award set for people that have worked for the district for 25 to 29 years or 30 plus 470 00:33:08,660 --> 00:33:08,960 years. 471 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:19,740 And as you can see, it only sits employees over the entire both union and non-union employees. 472 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:27,940 So I think again these are long-serving employees and they'll be recognized in additional $100 or 473 00:33:27,940 --> 00:33:30,600 additional $200 on top of their service order. 474 00:33:30,740 --> 00:33:33,100 They will have already been entitled to it in policy. 475 00:33:33,100 --> 00:33:40,280 So I'm just taking that effect of $1,000 taken across the entire market strategy. 476 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:48,960 And that's if we choose to have the personnel policy reflect in mirror what we did with the using contract, which would be our recommendation. 477 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:55,100 But the $800 cost in this contract. 478 00:33:55,220 --> 00:33:55,800 For the contract? 479 00:33:55,820 --> 00:33:56,400 For the contract. 480 00:33:56,660 --> 00:33:57,640 In the $1,000. 481 00:33:57,680 --> 00:33:58,280 Oh, $1,000. 482 00:33:58,480 --> 00:33:59,320 Oh, or $1,000. 483 00:33:59,540 --> 00:33:59,960 It's $1,000 in total, I think. 484 00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:12,380 Yeah. So that was. So it's 800 or if we if we put that for the non-employees, 200, 200, 200. 485 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:23,820 So the total was a thousand. Yes. It's 802. And that is something that is several times. 486 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:29,400 And I believe these amounts have been in here have not been touched for years. 487 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:30,340 Number 488 00:34:35,650 --> 00:34:47,490 eight, recognition. Three payroll and finance positions were removed from the bargaining groups, so reflective bargaining groups now would be lost. 489 00:34:51,030 --> 00:35:01,590 What's the reaction that we had that day? It was actually a request that came from individual employees. 490 00:35:01,590 --> 00:35:04,670 Oh, request from individual employees, as opposed to the union. 491 00:35:08,310 --> 00:35:09,890 I'll take that as an answer. 492 00:35:10,690 --> 00:35:12,390 In that regard, I have a question. 493 00:35:13,790 --> 00:35:15,350 Is the D-SERF still pending? 494 00:35:15,930 --> 00:35:17,990 And if so, are they signatory too? 495 00:35:18,070 --> 00:35:19,130 Or is that all history now? 496 00:35:20,650 --> 00:35:22,190 I'm not aware of that. 497 00:35:22,850 --> 00:35:25,390 From our perspective, we believe it's history. 498 00:35:27,010 --> 00:35:36,430 because the employees were notified of their rights and we posted it so all employees knew their rights. 499 00:35:36,630 --> 00:35:40,670 They had the right to re-file a petition if they still chose. 500 00:35:41,910 --> 00:35:47,650 They haven't done that and they only are permitted to do that when they are not under contract. 501 00:35:48,230 --> 00:35:54,250 So as soon as this contract goes into effect, they will not be permitted to do so under the Labor Relations Board 502 00:35:54,250 --> 00:35:59,430 until the expiration or at least until a close window to the expiration of the next contract. 503 00:36:00,170 --> 00:36:04,210 But they had plenty of time. It's been posted for a very long period of time. 504 00:36:05,310 --> 00:36:08,070 And we're at the point where we, you know, have been bargaining good faith 505 00:36:08,070 --> 00:36:11,130 and we're writing it forward and once the contract is executed, 506 00:36:11,330 --> 00:36:12,250 no one will have to reduce it. 507 00:36:12,350 --> 00:36:14,170 Hopefully, if they have heard any problems, what's the line? 508 00:36:14,610 --> 00:36:17,650 The contract becomes executed when the employee is ratified. 509 00:36:18,570 --> 00:36:19,610 The employee is ratified. 510 00:36:21,030 --> 00:36:22,470 Only if also the board includes. 511 00:36:22,790 --> 00:36:23,710 Yeah, the board includes. 512 00:36:23,710 --> 00:36:27,970 So we've got a couple of, well the board rule may or may not have it tonight, right? 513 00:36:29,210 --> 00:36:34,670 And then after that, the union goes to the employees, the employees have a vote. 514 00:36:35,290 --> 00:36:37,170 All the employees that are in the union today? 515 00:36:37,890 --> 00:36:38,530 It's a vote. 516 00:36:39,070 --> 00:36:41,030 Every employee who was currently in the union is a vote. 517 00:36:42,450 --> 00:36:46,510 But to go back to the question, there has not been any activity that we know of. 518 00:36:46,710 --> 00:36:49,970 Nothing has been brought to our attention as far as agency recognition. 519 00:36:49,970 --> 00:36:54,210 I think what's common is asking, that's what I need to do is interpret for you, right? 520 00:36:54,570 --> 00:36:57,470 Is what happens to those three potential voters? 521 00:36:58,390 --> 00:37:00,370 They are currently members of the union. 522 00:37:00,930 --> 00:37:03,650 So they are invited, of course, but they are members. 523 00:37:04,310 --> 00:37:05,910 They go to the gratification bill, right? 524 00:37:06,230 --> 00:37:07,550 And they cast their vote. 525 00:37:09,230 --> 00:37:13,510 And then if the vote, if the vote goes forward to grasp by this contract, 526 00:37:13,730 --> 00:37:15,190 then they will be removed from the labor union, 527 00:37:15,310 --> 00:37:17,550 and they will no longer be represented by the collective party in the real. 528 00:37:17,550 --> 00:37:26,310 But hypothetically, if before they ratified this agreement, one of those three employees 529 00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:31,790 were to file for any certification, it might change the dynamic of what we're doing here. 530 00:37:33,390 --> 00:37:35,190 Or it may go through, it may not. 531 00:37:35,830 --> 00:37:37,450 The timing of it is very unlikely. 532 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:54,700 There's 20 now, it's 9 now, and actually those three jobs, only two are in combat, so I'm going to take it. 533 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:57,520 We're just still significant. 534 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:00,980 So right now it's going to go out of 27. 535 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:04,640 So it's at like many users? 536 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:06,160 No. 537 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:12,720 It's very unusual. I don't want to go into too much of it, but it's very unusual that this happens, okay? 538 00:38:13,980 --> 00:38:14,500 In my experience. 539 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:20,620 Especially unusual that the labor union would recommend it. 540 00:38:21,020 --> 00:38:24,260 Yes, but there's a strategy for that. They have their own strategy. 541 00:38:27,010 --> 00:38:33,430 To the three who are withdrawing from payroll, finance, and medical positions, you represent everybody in that kind of position? 542 00:38:35,710 --> 00:38:42,910 We, what's reflected in the tentative agreement is that all the jobs in the county finance payroll would be removed. 543 00:38:43,510 --> 00:38:45,850 And therefore, yes, all incumbents will be removed. 544 00:38:46,550 --> 00:38:48,130 All employees, I'm not answering your question. 545 00:38:48,330 --> 00:38:49,810 Some work type jobs. 546 00:38:50,310 --> 00:38:53,030 Yes, they would be removed. There's only two incumbents today. 547 00:38:53,430 --> 00:38:55,470 There could be a possible three. All of you. 548 00:38:56,490 --> 00:38:58,250 So it's a type of job that's leaving. 549 00:39:21,990 --> 00:39:23,830 The Union wants them out. 550 00:39:24,010 --> 00:39:25,290 The Union wants them out. 551 00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:31,500 The Union has made this recommendation as far as I can tell. 552 00:39:31,700 --> 00:39:34,180 Correct. They came to us with the recommendation. 553 00:39:34,820 --> 00:39:36,320 We're doing a community dance right now. 554 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:37,380 Well, 555 00:39:39,580 --> 00:39:44,760 from what I understand, for whatever reason, very unusually, the Union has decided 556 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:51,400 that this certification of employee is no longer to be covered by their Union. 557 00:39:51,660 --> 00:39:53,340 That's correct. That's what they came to us with. 558 00:39:56,540 --> 00:40:01,280 And the reason we believe it's so unusual is not just because we've never seen it before. 559 00:40:01,780 --> 00:40:06,200 Correct me if I'm wrong, I've heard that the mediator I've never heard of that before. 560 00:40:06,340 --> 00:40:11,840 It's unusual for the mediator to say the same. It's very unusual for the union to make a recommendation of such. 561 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:16,220 They typically do not want to get rid of union members. They want to attract more. 562 00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:19,060 Except one is the one to vote to be certified. 563 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:30,880 So removing that classification of a party wouldn't avail them anything, because they 564 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:33,240 still could be present for... 565 00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:37,500 Once this is ratified, it wouldn't... 566 00:40:37,500 --> 00:40:39,900 This is a positive thing for the industry. 567 00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:41,000 I agree. 568 00:40:42,740 --> 00:40:44,160 You're the one that wanted to open the business. 569 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:47,320 I'm glad this is being talked about. 570 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,800 This is the first time we've talked about a de-certification in the public. 571 00:40:55,630 --> 00:40:56,550 Publicly yours. 572 00:40:57,930 --> 00:40:58,450 All right. 573 00:41:00,190 --> 00:41:01,530 So moving on. 574 00:41:01,790 --> 00:41:02,710 Yeah, right. 575 00:41:04,290 --> 00:41:05,450 Verifiable grievance. 576 00:41:06,070 --> 00:41:09,890 This requires that all grievances be filed in a verifiable manner. 577 00:41:10,950 --> 00:41:15,490 Such that if the grievance is presented to the Park District, 578 00:41:15,490 --> 00:41:24,730 It needs to be either emailed, sent by certified mail, accepted, and signed off on, timestamped, 579 00:41:24,850 --> 00:41:30,750 something of that nature, so that the unit could just simply stay fully dropped into the mail. 580 00:41:32,130 --> 00:41:33,230 They're time sensitive. 581 00:41:33,370 --> 00:41:36,790 Under the contract, they have to file a reading just in seven days, so they are time sensitive. 582 00:41:37,310 --> 00:41:37,710 Got it. 583 00:41:38,070 --> 00:41:41,990 They have to agree that they've got something, that they say, or they've sent something. 584 00:41:42,810 --> 00:41:44,490 Both parties have to be that. 585 00:41:45,230 --> 00:41:50,100 Number 10, grievances on performance evaluations. 586 00:41:50,780 --> 00:41:58,280 This establishes that the overall performance evaluation scores can only be grieved if the scores below expectations or unsatisfactory. 587 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:03,880 We currently have a five tier system, three being satisfactory. 588 00:42:04,820 --> 00:42:09,900 So if an employee is viewed as unsatisfactory, they can grieve. 589 00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:15,220 But the grievance proceeding is only taken through step three, which gets them to the executive director. 590 00:42:15,220 --> 00:42:19,860 at that point is resolved with whatever final decision the executive director gives. 591 00:42:20,460 --> 00:42:24,100 As if their dean is unsatisfied, I'm sorry, below expectations. 592 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:31,980 If they are unsatisfactory, which is a much lower gradation and overall grade, 593 00:42:32,500 --> 00:42:37,100 they can go through all the way through arbitration in the gradings process. 594 00:42:37,300 --> 00:42:40,880 However, the arbitrary and only rule is to be arbitrary and capricious, 595 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:46,420 which is a standard which Chris Jolly suggested would be very important to have here. 596 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:53,320 And in fact, my understanding is we're generally never going to be an issue for us, 597 00:42:53,380 --> 00:43:01,710 because certainly if an employee was seeing an evaluation at that level, 598 00:43:02,490 --> 00:43:08,230 a manager should be doing that job and have documentation that would lead them to those qualifications. 599 00:43:08,230 --> 00:43:10,350 So what 600 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:13,380 would it be for, Terry? 601 00:43:13,700 --> 00:43:13,980 I'm sorry. 602 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:19,060 Previously, there was an language in two separate sections that were conflicting. 603 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:24,020 And one of them said that it could be green and the other said that it could not. 604 00:43:24,940 --> 00:43:29,580 Any type of performance evaluation on phrase evaluations? 605 00:43:29,980 --> 00:43:30,060 Correct. 606 00:43:31,020 --> 00:43:36,180 The practice had been that there could not be grievances filed on evaluations. 607 00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:38,560 That was the practice that was being followed. 608 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:51,140 that was in a side letter, that was expiring of this contract, and the union did not wish to extend that letter to its kind of a middle ground, this is kind of a middle ground. 609 00:43:54,220 --> 00:43:58,920 And it's one, by the way, that Diana and I spoke to were really comfortable with. 610 00:44:00,140 --> 00:44:06,340 Since the collective bargaining agreement was signed previously, have you had grievances over performance reviews? 611 00:44:06,340 --> 00:44:13,180 No, we have not because the union had accepted the practice that was not agreeable. 612 00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:15,460 And was that from day one that they accepted that framework? 613 00:44:15,820 --> 00:44:21,380 You know, I can always speak, since my experience, this has come up. 614 00:44:22,180 --> 00:44:27,260 There was one time that it came up when employee wanted to agree or couldn't. 615 00:44:27,620 --> 00:44:32,300 It came quite honestly, the one time as I recall that the employee wanted to agree, 616 00:44:32,300 --> 00:44:36,640 They actually had a score of satisfactory anyway. 617 00:44:37,420 --> 00:44:40,220 So even under this, they would not have been able to. 618 00:44:40,660 --> 00:44:45,860 There has been one or two occasions where employees have gotten an unsatisfactory score. 619 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:48,100 I'm sorry, they had a low expectation score. 620 00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:52,980 But what it was never brought to my attention that they would have agreed otherwise. 621 00:44:53,220 --> 00:44:56,080 And I don't know if that was merely because they couldn't or not. 622 00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:58,200 But it's only been once or twice since then. 623 00:44:58,200 --> 00:44:59,960 Come on, I think it's also... 624 00:45:00,780 --> 00:45:08,820 I think it's important to note that what they were asking for is that each individual rating could be created. 625 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:16,140 Right, so this is a middle round. They wanted all, it used to be nothing that was somewhere in the middle. 626 00:45:16,380 --> 00:45:20,080 This is really more than a middle round. The favor of the district. 627 00:45:22,700 --> 00:45:25,720 Because it happens so rarely that somebody ends up in one of those lines. 628 00:45:26,020 --> 00:45:29,380 Well, it still protects the employees from capricious behavior. 629 00:45:29,700 --> 00:45:29,820 Absolutely. 630 00:45:29,820 --> 00:45:30,700 Yes, yes, yes. 631 00:45:30,700 --> 00:45:34,840 You mean to get hired and move to see moving management and move to some college? 632 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:35,360 Yeah, right. 633 00:45:35,740 --> 00:45:38,680 It's just enough so that it will keep management on us 634 00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:41,260 without burdening management with 9-11. 635 00:45:41,740 --> 00:45:42,980 Yeah, and they can prove it. 636 00:45:43,140 --> 00:45:43,660 You know, so it's fine. 637 00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:44,020 Right. 638 00:45:45,460 --> 00:45:46,900 It would sort of require anyway, 639 00:45:47,100 --> 00:45:48,100 because it's good management. 640 00:45:48,220 --> 00:45:48,520 Exactly. 641 00:45:48,700 --> 00:45:50,820 We would never allow an employee to be rated unsatisfactory 642 00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:54,600 without some backup, you know, to protect the district 643 00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:56,820 and protecting employees so we would get along with it. 644 00:45:56,820 --> 00:45:58,960 put in writing and agreed to do what we would do that way. 645 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:04,200 11 is the contract duration. 646 00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:11,100 And this agreement is set to expire on December 15, 2016. 647 00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:11,740 It 648 00:46:15,190 --> 00:46:18,890 will be effected from January 1 of 2014 649 00:46:18,890 --> 00:46:22,490 through December 15, 2016. 650 00:46:29,930 --> 00:46:32,610 Let me just ask a threshold question about all this. 651 00:46:32,930 --> 00:46:35,470 So these 23 things, because I see 652 00:46:35,470 --> 00:46:37,850 There's a list of 12 through 23 after this. 653 00:46:38,550 --> 00:46:43,070 These are all of the changes to the existing collective bargaining agreement. 654 00:46:43,210 --> 00:46:47,550 Anything that's not listed in these 23 sections is remaining the same. 655 00:46:47,810 --> 00:46:50,930 Exactly. We're getting it to a little content, right? 656 00:46:51,110 --> 00:46:52,070 It wasn't there. Right. 657 00:46:52,630 --> 00:46:55,770 I mean, house keep appearance wise. 658 00:46:56,590 --> 00:47:02,710 So the reason I'm asking that question is there's one person here tonight who wasn't here the last time. 659 00:47:02,710 --> 00:47:09,290 No, you two people weren't here the last time who didn't vote on the full collective bargaining agreement. 660 00:47:09,690 --> 00:47:17,810 And we don't have that before us tonight. We have a document, a memorandum of understanding that talks about the changes, which is fine. 661 00:47:18,550 --> 00:47:25,730 And I saw, I voted on it five years ago, and Mary, you did too, and Richard, you did as well. But Joan and I would not. 662 00:47:25,730 --> 00:47:30,350 It sounds like, how did that work out? Was it an audience? 663 00:47:31,090 --> 00:47:33,170 No, actually, we didn't go on it. 664 00:47:33,510 --> 00:47:35,630 All you were just saying was that it was an outside time. 665 00:47:35,630 --> 00:47:37,710 Yeah, I don't even think we did go on it, I recall. 666 00:47:38,170 --> 00:47:41,450 Because it was, to say the complete, that point should have done it. 667 00:47:43,670 --> 00:47:47,690 So, my only point is simply that we don't have that document before us, 668 00:47:47,790 --> 00:47:51,010 and we would effectively, whatever we're going to, if we're going to vote tonight, 669 00:47:51,010 --> 00:47:55,810 or ratified to whatever we're going to do, we're not just ratifying the changes, we're 670 00:47:55,810 --> 00:48:00,710 ratifying the entire agreements, which we don't have before us right now. And if some commissioners 671 00:48:00,710 --> 00:48:02,730 want the opportunity to look at that whole thing, 672 00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:06,460 it's not here. 673 00:48:06,620 --> 00:48:14,080 We have the whole contract for you, but we gave you the changes. 674 00:48:14,540 --> 00:48:16,820 I'm not saying that was bad, I'm just saying. 675 00:48:16,820 --> 00:48:19,720 No, I don't care. I don't care for you, the existing contract was all the red line. 676 00:48:19,720 --> 00:48:23,300 And there's no way everybody could read it tonight at a board meeting. 677 00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:25,540 I just want to lay that out for everybody. 678 00:48:26,180 --> 00:48:28,620 I'm comfortable, but some people here may not be comfortable, 679 00:48:28,820 --> 00:48:31,040 and Commissioner O'Brien still looks aren't here. 680 00:48:34,900 --> 00:48:38,340 Management, from our perspective, it's a great contract. 681 00:48:39,460 --> 00:48:41,540 From what we can. It's a great contract. 682 00:48:42,420 --> 00:48:45,960 And I respect your right and need to reach a whole contract 683 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:47,260 and want to see the whole thing in red line, 684 00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:48,800 and that'd be absolutely best what you want. 685 00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:52,080 We will give it to you without, you know, I'll put it together for you Monday, Tuesday. 686 00:48:52,900 --> 00:48:56,060 It just went through like a process, but you need what you need, and I would be glad to do that. 687 00:48:56,660 --> 00:49:04,480 But it is, it's a, the cost to the district from what it was is 1,700 dollars. 688 00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:08,260 So, I mean, I have never seen that before. 689 00:49:11,110 --> 00:49:17,510 You know, the mayor increases salaries, of course, and the biggest expense that the district 690 00:49:17,510 --> 00:49:20,050 you've already moved out, you know, back in the budget set 691 00:49:20,050 --> 00:49:21,190 session for next year. 692 00:49:21,630 --> 00:49:22,470 Those are the big downloads. 693 00:49:22,730 --> 00:49:23,930 Those were already verbal pools. 694 00:49:24,050 --> 00:49:25,010 So that's where your big money is. 695 00:49:25,070 --> 00:49:25,770 That's our main pool. 696 00:49:26,270 --> 00:49:28,930 But the rest of the terms of this, it's fabulous. 697 00:49:29,170 --> 00:49:30,150 There's no health care increase. 698 00:49:30,550 --> 00:49:31,570 No health insurance increases. 699 00:49:32,710 --> 00:49:33,250 We'll see you there. 700 00:49:34,350 --> 00:49:34,790 The, 701 00:49:37,010 --> 00:49:41,070 Terry, we've said repeatedly throughout the course 702 00:49:41,070 --> 00:49:45,270 when we've been a commissioner that in practice, 703 00:49:45,270 --> 00:49:50,910 as the contract that we had in place before in reality operate 704 00:49:56,220 --> 00:49:57,520 with union employees and 705 00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:03,380 non-union employees in pretty much a similar manner, and I mean they have some, there's 706 00:50:03,380 --> 00:50:10,060 some moves to jump in for the union employees, but in terms of the general cost, it's about 707 00:50:10,060 --> 00:50:10,480 the same. 708 00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:19,620 And these changes would add $1,700, some of which go to non-union employees, right? 709 00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:28,040 But that said, some of those things, 710 00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:32,820 you know, the one about the service awards that would 711 00:50:32,820 --> 00:50:38,160 apply to any non-union employees down the road, so you could see a shift at some point 712 00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:40,980 that was more in favor of non-union. 713 00:50:41,300 --> 00:50:43,340 Depending on what you said, what is that? 714 00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:56,460 We have any idea how much in dues our employees pay to the SCIU on annual basis? 715 00:50:58,060 --> 00:51:05,520 I have those figures, but not with me. They're significant, but I don't have them with me. I'm sorry. 716 00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:06,980 I 717 00:51:11,140 --> 00:51:13,840 guess it's more than $700? 718 00:51:16,420 --> 00:51:19,840 $40 a month for a full-time person in the union. 719 00:51:20,420 --> 00:51:23,580 It's less than that in the party, but we're there mostly at full-time. 720 00:51:23,700 --> 00:51:26,560 So it's $40 a month that the employees are paying per month. 721 00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:30,300 Regardless of whether or not there... 722 00:51:30,300 --> 00:51:32,240 Some employees can choose not to be in the union, 723 00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:36,200 but under the rules they have to pay their fair share, 724 00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:38,380 so they still pay the same amount. 725 00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:41,180 So to answer your question, it's $40 a month for a person. 726 00:51:49,820 --> 00:51:52,220 Well, there's no motion on the table right now. 727 00:51:52,300 --> 00:52:00,440 That's right. There is not a table motion to go to closed session and strap yourself in, but I'd like to have that. 728 00:52:01,180 --> 00:52:03,860 We have an HD table that we decline to go into closed session. 729 00:52:04,460 --> 00:52:06,700 Oh, that's right. We go there now. You're right. Never mind. 730 00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:09,820 I move that we go into closed session. 731 00:52:18,340 --> 00:52:22,900 You want to take the roll call vote without telling anybody why? 732 00:52:23,580 --> 00:52:24,180 Okay. 733 00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:25,220 Roll call vote. 734 00:52:25,220 --> 00:52:27,000 It's called translucency. 735 00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:31,620 Mr. Bryan, thank you. 736 00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:32,320 Yeah, yes. 737 00:52:32,940 --> 00:52:33,580 What did that mean? 738 00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:34,360 Yes. 739 00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:35,520 Mr. Biagi? 740 00:52:35,780 --> 00:52:35,960 Yes. 741 00:52:36,500 --> 00:52:37,060 Mr. Bryan? 742 00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:38,420 Yeah, why not? 743 00:52:39,940 --> 00:52:40,940 Mr. Bryan? 744 00:52:41,580 --> 00:52:42,460 Mr. Phillips? 745 00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:43,160 Mr. Phillips? 746 00:52:43,820 --> 00:52:44,260 Yes. 747 00:52:48,700 --> 00:52:49,740 No, you don't get about that. 748 00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:50,180 Sorry. 749 00:52:50,180 --> 00:52:50,540 Thank you very much.