GCEA Director’s Meeting December 2024
GCEA BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING
The regular meeting of the Board of Directors was held on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, in person at Shiraz Restaurant in Glendale. The meeting was called to order by Sean Toro, President at 12:30 pm and roll was called.
Anna Osborne, CEA, Jaime Avalos and Ronnie Lira were guests in attendance.
1. Finance Committee Report – Profit and Loss was sent out and approved via email.
2. November minutes approval – done via email – approved
3. President’s Report –
a. Sean continues to hear from the membership. He is meeting with and getting to know new members.
b. He and Patty are continuing to meet with HR and learn all the nuances of the positions.
c. Sean had a meeting with Roubik recently and made it clear to him that we do not want to be compared to safety anymore. We are a strong Association made up of many and we would like to be seen as the foundation of the city.
d. Sean also reported that they are working on cleaning up the office downstairs so we can start to have our meetings down there instead of in the cafeteria. Sean brought with him a bunch of old GCEA gifts/tokens he found in the office and told the directors to take whatever they wanted, hand them out to their members, etc. Also, Sean reiterated that we are a strong presence out in the field, and throughout the city, so we need to make sure we are displaying our GCEA regalia so that people know we are everywhere.
4. VP Report –
a. Patty let everyone know she is thankful for all the support she has received from everyone so far. She looks forward to learning more about it from everyone and getting to know the GCEA directors and their members.
b. Patty gave Barbara Pace a card and thanked her for her years of service. Barbara is retiring at the end of December. We wish her well in her retirement.
5. Budget approval – Bertha Albright made a motion to approve the 2025 annual budget. Steve Morris seconded the motion. All ayes, no nays.
6. Bertha Albright made the motion to adjourn, Leslie Fox seconded it. Meeting adjourned at 12:42 p.m.
Minutes recorded by: Kerri Zelenak
