KCDOA Board of Directors Meeting
July 25, 2007
MINUTES…
The meeting was
called to order at 7:35 pm.
The meeting took
place at Papa O’s Pizza at the corner of Coffee and Hageman Road.
ROLL CALL:
Directors present were: Hussey, Dees, Leal, Santillan, Pfeifle, Dearmore,
and
Morgan.
OFFICERS REPORT:
President: President Hussey welcomed all members in attendance.
Secretary: Secretary Leal submitted the minutes from the June
2007 Board
Meeting.
Treasurer:
Treasurer Santillan detailed the current financials of the association
and made available a complete report of
receivables and expenditures.
Director Pfeifle
made a motion to accept the minutes submitted by the
Secretary and the report
submitted by the Treasurer. Director Morgan
seconded the motion. Ayes:
Hussey, Dees, Leal, Santillan, Pfeifle,
Dearmore, and Morgan. Nays: 0 Motion
carried.
REPORT FROM THE BOARD:
KCDOA Election:
Secretary Leal spoke about the upcoming annual KCDOA Board
Member election. The
available positions and election timetable
were detailed.
Treasurer Santillan spoke about the possibility of a KCDOA dues
increase option
on the next election ballot and the benefits that
would be available with
increased funding for the association. It
was explained that this dues increase
would be contingent on
member approval.
Directors Santillan, Hussey, Pfeifle, Leal, and Dearmore also spoke
about the
potential dues increase and the positive effects for the
association.
Several KCDOA members, including J. Frank, M. Bryant,
H. Souza-Bryant, M.
Stancliff, M. Dickerson, and D. Walters asked
questions and commented on the
potential dues increase.
KCSO Admin
Update: President Hussey, Vice-President Dees, and Director Pfeifle spoke
about the
upcoming Detention Deputy core academies scheduled
for later this year.
Members S. Robinson, M. Bryant, and M. Dickerson commented
on the upcoming core
academies.
Secretary Leal talked about the Department adding an additional
background
investigator and their hope that it would increase the
efficiency of the hiring
process and help to fill the upcoming core
academies.
Director Pfeifle detailed the continued efforts of KCDOA to have
smaller blocks
of overtime (2 and 4 hours) count towards mandatory
overtime credit when
totaling 8 or more hours in a pay period.
KCDOA WEB SITE:
Secretary Leal and President Hussey described recent additions to
the KCDOA web
site including the new message forum area.
NEW BUSINESS:
RELAY FOR LIFE:
Treasurer
Santillan spoke about the annual Relay for Life cancer
fundraiser and the need for KCDOA to focus its support of the event.
Member M. Stancliff also commented about the event.
INPUT FROM MEMBERS AND OPEN FORUM DISCUSSION:
Miscellaneous:
Members M. Bryant
and M. Dickerson commented and/or asked
questions of the Board.
Shop Steward:
Chief Shop Steward Dixie Walters spoke about the continued efforts
of KCDOA to
implement its planned shop steward program. Several
members have expressed an
interest, and as a result, KCDOA will
move forward with the program and
officially recognize the first group
of shop stewards. Additionally, KCDOA
will notify the CAO’s and
Sheriff’s Offices of the new Shop Stewards per MOU
guidelines.
No further discussion or member input took place.
ADJOURNMENT:
Being no further business to come before the board, the meeting adjourned
at
8:20 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Anthony Leal - KCDOA Secretary