Personnel
Services Committee
September 25,
2003
Members Present: Nancy Breed, Charlie
Errico, Barbara Hathaway, Joe Horobetz, Barbara Howard, David Lavis, Kurk Lew,
Michel Marette, Ella Moore, Bill Schran and Ellen Wertman.
Members Absent: Ray Bailey, Judy
Benavides, Kathryn Blackwell, Jean Braden, Gene Brown, Fran Emory, Gert Heslin,
and Patti Hill.
1. Call to Order: Alison
Baker, Secretary to the Committee, called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m.
declaring a quorum to be present.
2. Officer Elections: Alison opened the floor for nominations for Chair
of the Committee. Ray Bailey was
nominated and the nomination was seconded.
Charlie Errico was nominated and the nomination was seconded. Charlie was elected to the Chair by a vote
of seven to four. Alison turned over
the Chair to Charlie.
Charlie
called for nominations for Vice Chair.
Ray Bailey was nominated and the nomination was seconded. Dave Lavis was nominated and the nomination
was seconded. Discussion centered
around the value of having the Vice Chair be a member of the classified
staff. The vote was called and Dave
Lavis was elected by acclamation.
3. Subcommittee Organization: Charlie
explained the traditional subcommittee organization of the Committee and asked
for a motion to create a Classified Subcommittee. The charge to the subcommittee is to consider issues affecting
the classified staff and to bring them to the full committee for possible
action, to take on special projects regarding the working conditions of the
classified staff and to recommend to the President retired members of the
classified staff for membership in the classified emeritus ranks.
It
was moved and seconded to create a Classified Subcommittee. The motion carried unanimously.
Charlie
asked for a motion to create a Faculty Subcommittee. The charge to the subcommittee is to consider issues affecting
the faculty and to bring them to the full committee for possible action, to
take on special projects regarding the working conditions of the faculty and to
recommend recipients of the President's Sabbatical Award to the President.
It
was moved and seconded to create a Faculty Subcommittee. The motion carried unanimously.
4. Meeting Time: Those present agreed that
meeting on the third Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. in the Provost's
Conference Room on the Annandale Campus would be convenient. Charlie said he would try to reserve the
room on that schedule.
5. This year's agenda: The
Committee reviewed those topics listed as of interest by the Committee last
year as recorded in the Minutes of the April 2003 meeting. Members suggested consideration of the
following items:
a. The Enhanced Retirement Plan: What criteria and processes will be used to
select retiring faculty for participation in the plan?
b. What is new in regard to the Classified
Compensation Plan and are there any plans to continue to address salary
inequity among the classified staff?
c. Have there been new developments in the area
of employee recognition? Should more be
done in this area?
d. Will the Administrative Council minutes be
published and circulated in the future?
e. Are there important differences between the
VRS and the optional retirement programs that might be addressed?
f. The Committee needs to participate in reviewing
drafts of a revised faculty handbook that might come out of the College Senate.
6. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 3:25 p.m.