GCEA Director’s Meeting April 16, 2025

GCEA BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors was held on April 16, 2025, in person in the Perkins Room and via Teams. Meeting was called to order by Sean Toro, President at 12:45 pm. Roll was called. Guests in attendance: Anna Osborne, CEA

FINANCE REPORT:

The March Profit and Loss report was reviewed by the Finance committee and approved via email. The report will be distributed with approved April Minutes.

MINUTES APPROVAL:

March Meeting Minutes were approved via voting buttons. Please post in your department if you have not already done so.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT AND DISCUSSION:

• The city has begun moving employees around into different departments. The GCEA will be investigating the moves and the decisions that are ongoing.

• Continuing to meet with management and City Manager on a regular basis.

• Considering a membership drive to increase our membership. Would like the board to consider the following:

o Raffle for membership; raffle for non-members to sign up; raffle for the recruiter

o Hold raffles on a regular basis

o Would like to reward directors for their hard work as well.

• A new organizational chart needs to be created for the board and new directors need to be added to the board.

o Directors are encouraged to invite members to the open board meetings.

• Negotiation Committee needs to be put together. The first year of the contract ends June 30th. July 1 begins 2nd, and the following July will enter the third year of the contract.

• Discussion regarding the content of the CEA Newsletter.

o Stephanie will start sending out the CEA Newsletter to the Director’s each month. The CEA Newsletter is also available on the GCEA website.

VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT:

• Patty Mundo absent, nothing to report.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Community Alliance –

• Joe Palos, Chair, reported on the success of the Cesar Chavez event. Joe thanked Sean, Greg and Bertha for attending and serving the Paletas at the event. Next event they would like to have an FAQ regarding the GCEA to hand out to citizens or attendees.

• Joe asked Elisabeth Bergman to work on a flyer for generic use.

• Sean suggested we have community swag to give away.

Political Alliance –

Nothing to report. Patty Mundo, Chair absent.

Benefits –

Joe Palos, Chair, spoke with Jaime Avalos, former GCEA President, regarding the Joint Labor Committee for Benefits. IBEW and Fire were not willing to move forward with the Joint Labor Benefits, so the idea of this committee has not moved forward. GFFA and GPOA would like CalPers but since Pers does not offer unblended it would be difficult for the GCEA to join this pool. As the blended must cover retirees this will not benefit the GCEA. Going with CalPers would only benefit those early retirees such as police and fire.

Social Media –

Elisabeth Bergman, Chair, reported the FAQ page is online and live. Website is updated with postings.

As for social media, the GCEA will not be pursuing an Instagram or Facebook account.

Employee Assistance –

All loans are up to date.

Scholarship –

The committee is setting a time to meet.

Disciplinary Committee –

Nothing to report.

New Employee Orientation –

Next meeting will be Thursday, April 24th.

Bylaws –

Bylaw changes are almost completed. Waiting on the reorganization chart from Sean.

DISCUSSION/COMMENTS:

Matt Mancini asked Anna Osborne, CEA, to confirm that overtime is not counted toward Pers.

The office has been receiving donation requests from other in-house organizations. At this time, we will not be giving donations to these organizations or events. We will focus our resources and budget to benefit the membership of the GCEA.

Sean asked that every director begin to serve on at least one committee as required in the Board Pledge. Please check with Stephanie to see what committees need to be filled.

Bertha Albright made a motion to adjourn.

Elisabeth Bergman seconded the motion.

Meeting adjourned at 2:10 pm.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Stephanie Kinnison