CLASSIFIED COUNCIL MINUTES

April 26, 2004

MEMBERS PRESENT: Gail Grimes, Instructional Assistants; Russ Southworth, Maintenance; Patty Reed, Secretarial/Clerical; Marcus Dobbs and Bob Glass, Transportation; Jo Ann Bright, Custodial; Jon Connor, Food Service; Charlie Hatton, Operations.

ADMINISTRATORS PRESENT: Dr. Marlene Helm, Interim Superintendent; Elizabeth Simpson, Human Resource; and Doug Marshall, Budget.

OLD BUSINESS:

Overschedule/Overtime C.O. Employee: No information at this time. This question was initially presented in May 2003 by the Secretarial Clerical Representative and has been unresolved to date.

Printing Orders: Doug reported that Financial Services is corresponding the journal entries and liquidations; and printing procedures should be followed when placing orders. Contact Scott in the Print Shop if you need assistance or information. Printing Order Procedures can be found on the Web site under Financial Services/Munis Budget Info/Printing Department.

Transportation Proposals: Suggestions made by Marcus at the March Meeting are being submitted to the Benefits Committee and the Budget Committee for review. Doug Marshall suggested that district employees with suggestions to improve district policy, procedure, budget, etc. should forward their ideas to their classified representative to be presented to the council for review.

PD for Classified: Doug reported that he had spoke with Mike Kennedy about professional development opportunities for Classified personnel which should not impact the budget. Contact Mike Kennedy for specific PD activities to verify the availability and budget implications.

NEW BUSINESS:

Maintenance

Russell asked if Spring Break could be routinely scheduled after Easter for each year. Having a set schedule would benefit employees, parents and students to make long range plans.

Dr. Helm, Doug and Liz explained that the Instructional Calendar is based on a multiple variables. (Instructional days per session, CKEA schedule, etc).

Instructional Aides

Gail asked about how retirement is based in regards to sick leave.

Doug explained that if an employee retires at the end of their existing work calendar they would get 30% times their current rate of pay for unused sick days as a payout. If an employee retires at a time other than the end of their existing work calendar then their sick leave payout is based on their previous years rate of pay times 30%. The sick leave payout is subject to taxes (the federal rate being slightly higher). The retirement system will look at the unpaid part of the sick leave (up to six months) in the retirement calculations for each individual. Specific questions should be addressed to the retirement board.

The next scheduled meeting is May 17, 2004.

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