King County Police Officers Guild

General Membership Meeting

April 25, 2007

Shoreline

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Steve Eggert – President

Pat Bowen – Vice President

Ron Kierce – Sec/Treasurer

Thad Frampton – Board Member # 1

Mark Lemoine – Board Member # 3

Mark Rorvik – Board Member # 5

Jim Keller – Board Member # 7

Jim Schrimpsher – Metro

David Rainey – Pct 2

Wing Woo – Pct. 5

Tom Leppich – Spec Ops

Jim Laing – Metro

Dan Pingrey – Contracting

Rebecca Connelly

Robin Rask

CALLED TO ORDER:

The General Membership Meeting was called to order at 1610 hrs by President Steve Eggert.

CONTRACTING UNIT PRESENTATION:

Captain Dan Pingrey, Rebecca Connelly and Robin Rask from the Contracting Unit gave a brief presentation on the state of KCSO contracting, the need for the contracting unit to explore new costing models for our current and future contracts.  The bottom line is of course, to reduce KCSO costs for our existing contracts.  The Contracting Unit explained that our current costing models are in large part based on Dispatched Calls for Service.  Under this model, contracting costs will undoubtedly increase for contracting cities as unincorporated areas shrink, due to proposed annexation areas going to non contract cities and new incorporations that may not contract with KCSO.

Until recently, past annexations by non contract cities have been very small or the areas that have annexed have gone to existing KCSO contracts.  The results have not had a significant impact on the current costing model.  In the near future there will be relatively large areas of unincorporated King County that will be voting to be annexed into non-contracting KCSO Cities.   This will have a big impact on DCFC and thus, our costing model.  There are also other political  forces that are in play that may have a negative impact on our contracts and urban unincorporated areas, such as outside competition for contracts, other inner-local agreements, and the growth management act to name a few.  In light of many potential changes that may be ahead for our contracts, the Contracting Unit has asked the Guild for any ideas, suggestions that may help KCSO reduce their fixed budget costs.  The Contracting Unit told the Board of Directors that approximately 58 percent of our contract costs are for salary and benefits, while 42 percent of the costs are due to fixed KCSO/King County costs.   The area the Contracting Unit feels it can have the biggest impact on is in the fixed cost/overhead part of the costing.  The Guild is glad to give any input it can, but is adamant that salaries and benefits are not the problem and therefore we will not make concessions in those areas.  On the fixed cost/overhead issue, the Guild is concerned about the overhead costs associated with Civilian Oversight, Inspectional Services Unit, Accreditation, Lexipol (Standardized Dept. Manual), Technology, Motor Pool and radio services, inefficient administrative systems, etc.

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES:

The Minutes from the March 28, 2007 General Membership Meeting have been posted at all worksites and website.  They were submitted again for review.  The March meeting minutes were relatively short due to the quick meeting in March.  A motion was made by Mark Lemoine to approve the minutes as submitted.  The motion was seconded by Dave Rainey.  Motion passed.

SERGEANT’S EXAM STUDY MATERIALS:

Some KCPOG members have raised concerns that the recommended reading materials for the upcoming Sergeants exam are expensive to purchase, and thus far are not readily available outside of a private purchase.  Some members feel this sets an uneven playing field for the test.  Steve will confer with Guild Attorney, Chris Vick to see if there is a labor precedent that may help our members either recover costs for the books or to have the KCSO pay for the materials.

NEW BUSINESS:

COURTHOUSE DEPUTIES CONSIDERING A NAME CHANGE:

Sgt. Rorvik informed the membership that the Courthouse Deputies are considering changing their official title to something other than SA II’s.  The Board is concerned that the name change may be the first step in an effort to expand their area of work.  KCPOG is adamant that the SA II do not try to expand their areas of work outsides of their present functions.

STATUS ON 2 HOUR CALL OUT PAY FOR PHONE CALLS:

Thad inquired on the arbitration status of the 2 hour call out minimum for phone calls.  Steve informed the Board that testimony was still being heard and a decision should be reached within the next couple of months, barring any long continuances.

ADJOURNED:

The General Membership Meeting adjourned at 1730 hrs.