Civil Service Advisory Council MINUTES Thursday, May 1, 2014 10:00 a.m. – PAC Conference Room E Present: CJ Castelletti, Debbie Dove, Bobbie Fults, Darlene Harris-Kresse, Sandra Longen, Dawn Orlove, Kirt Piskin, Amber Pyle, Tracy Rakes, Denise Rothenbach and Patricia Young Absent: Jo Barnard, Toni Langdon, Janice Marvel, Keith McMath Guests: Laura Alexander Call to Order: 10:06 a.m. Approve Agenda for this meeting: Yes. Motion by Denise, second by Debbie. Motion carried. Approve Minutes from last meeting: Yes. Motion by Patty, second by Debbie. Motion carried. Announcements: 1. Benefit Choice begins today – everything is increasing 2. This will be Sandy’s last meeting due to her retirement New Business: 1. Elections. We will advertise in May, vote in June, and seat the new members in July. * There will be 7 vacant positions, plus Debbie and Darlene’s positions. Per the bylaws, Debbie and Darlene’s positions will be done by appointment rather than during the election. 2. Brown Bags. Amber has been working on ideas for Brown Bag events. Some of the ideas include: emotional contamination in the workplace, dealing with difficult people, teambuilding, workplace etiquette, dealing with energy zappers, and technology. * Cookies, handouts, and a survey would be provided to participants * We will ask various faculty and staff to lead the events * Amber and Bobbie will work on development 3. Parking issues. Tabled to discuss when Ed is at the meeting. Some of the concerns include: hang tag prices increasing, parking lots being blocked off from employees during certain events, and hang tag money is supposed to fix parking lots and pot holes which doesn’t seem to be happening. 4. Funding for CARE. Bobbie will submit funding request in May and will increase the request by $200. 5. Annual Giving. Lisa Whelpley is holding an incentive contest in May for the civil service staff only. Civil service staff that makes any gift in May will be eligible for one of four prizes. There will be more information in campus announcements. Old Business: 1. More retirees. There will be several staff members retiring over the next couple months, including Debbie and Darlene. 2. EAC Meeting Hosting. The Chancellor has approved funding for the EAC meeting to be held on campus. $700.00 was requested. Dates of the meeting are July 17 and 18, 2014. 3. Professional Development. Ed said to work with Laura to get an application and other details arranged. This has been re-submitted to the Chancellor’s office. Chancellor’s Report – Ed Wojcicki -- Out HR Report – Laura Alexander 1. We have recruited 3 police officers (2 of them are minority) 2. Laura was appointed to the UA Budget Committee 3. Background checks are going to be conducted on new hires – faculty and high level civil service 4. OSS testing is supposed to be open and continuous but it is not on the job board Treasurer’s Report – Denise Rothenbach – No report Committee Reports: APAC – Toni Langdon – Elections are in May CARE/CSAD – Bobbie Fults -- Submitting Budget Request today Campus Senate – Kurt Piskin – Kurt appointed for next year Campus Technology – Janice Marvel – Elections are in progress SURS – Janice Marvel – No report SUCSAC – Denise Rothenbach – Elections in progress UIEAC – Bobbie Fults (President), Janice Marvel (SURSMAC), Denise Rothenbach (SUSAC) – Elections for executive board in progress, UIS members up for election so did not run. Parking Appeals and Advisory Board – Darlene Harris-Kresse & Debbie Dove – No report ROAD – Máire Foxx and Dianne Morse – No report Sustainability – CJ Castelletti – No report Student Discipline – Amber Pyle & Tracy Rakes – No report Webmaster – Toni Langdon – No report Fundraising – Bobbie Fults, Darlene Harris-Kresse, Denise Rothenbach, & Janice Marvel – CLAS trivia night barely broke even. If we do this we should not pay a trivia company, include more UIS trivia, CSAC provide food. Meeting adjourned at 12:03 pm Minutes submitted by Dawn Orlove – CSAC Secretary and Bobbie Fults CSAC President 1