King County Police Officers Guild

Board of Directors Meeting

February 13, 2008

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Steve Eggert – President

Ron Kierce – Vice President

Bob Lurry – Secretary/Treasurer

Thad Frampton – Board Member 1

Don Dougherty – Board Member 2

Mark Lemoine – Board Member 3

Marcus Williams – Board Member 4

Mark Rorvik – Board Member 5

JK Pewitt – Board Member 6

Alan Kelley – Board Member 7

 

CALLED TO ORDER:

The Board of Directors Meeting was called to order at 1600 hrs by President Steve Eggert.

EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE:

The meeting started in Executive Session to discuss the grievance of an employee.  A motion was made by Steve Eggert and seconded by Ron Kierce that the grievance proceed to arbitration.  A vote was taken with unanimous results to proceed forward with arbitration.

AMICUS BRIEF:

Guild Attorney Chris Vick requested the Board’s guidance on a request he received from another attorney, requesting that an Amicus Brief be filed related to a matter of an ex-deputy.   After discussion, the Board declined the request.

CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS:

The Guild and the County have been meeting regularly, working on a successor agreement to the one that expired on December 31st.  Although progress is slow, especially considering the volume of proposals on the table, progress is being made. Steve Eggert announced that an agreement has been reached with the County regarding the overtime article. As part of that agreement, we reached settlement on the two hour phone call ULP, CID on-call duty weekends and procedures for patrol overtime assignment.  The documents surrounding these agreements are self explanatory and will be made available to the membership as soon as possible.  This agreement goes into effect as of March 1, 2008.

RENOVATIONS:

Attorney Chris Vick requested a sum of $1250 in order to proceed with the renovations of the office space that is shared with the Guild.  His office will cover the other half – the sum to cover the insurance policy needed to install a sink, and cupboards in the break area of the office.  Currently, there is no plumbing in the office.  A motion was made by Alan Kelley to proceed with the funding.  The motion was seconded by Mark Lemoine.  Motion passed.

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES:

The Minutes from the January 9, 2008 Board of Directors meeting have been posted and were submitted again for review.  A motion was made by Alan Kelley to approve the minutes as submitted.  The motion was seconded by Mark Lemoine.  Motion passed.

INCOME AND EXPENSE REPORT:

Bob Lurry submitted the Income and Expense report for January 2008.  A motion was made by Marcus Williams to approve the report as submitted.  The motion was seconded by  JK Pewitt.  Motion passed.

WLSEM FOUNDATION BALL:

The Washington State Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation Ball is scheduled for Saturday, April 19, 2008 at the Double Tree Hotel in SeaTac.  This annual ball and auction is well attended by KCSO personnel.  One table seats five couples at $125 per couple, or $625 per table.   Bob Lurry made a motion to purchase two tables, as has been done in the past.  The motion was seconded by Mark Lemoine.    This will allow ten Guild members and their guest to attend.  It was agreed that the seats will be handed out in a lottery fashion to any Guild member who wishes to participate.  The lottery will occur at the next Board of Directors Meeting, March 12, 2008.  Ten names will be drawn to fill the tables.   Any interested Guild member should submit their name to Kim prior to 1600 hrs, March 12.  Only submit your name if you are definitely going to attend. We do not want seats that have been paid for to go empty, as other members will be purchasing seats as a result of not getting a lottery seat and that would not be fair to them. Email kim@kcpog.com with the subject line WSLEM.

GOVERNOR’s RACE:

Dino Rossi has requested the Guild’s endorsement for Governor.  Dino is a strong supporter of Law Enforcement.   The Board agreed to meet with Dino at a future meeting to discuss endorsement.

WEBSITE INFO:

Mark Lemoine spoke with Seattle Police Guild about their website which is designed and maintained by Union-America, a provider of web services to Unions across the nation.  SPOG reported that they are very happy with the services of this company.  Mark explained that the company is local, out of Lake Stevens, and suggested that we invite them to a meeting to explain their services.  Mark will make contact and report back to the Board.

TRAVEL EXPENSES – EXTRADITIONS:

Ron Kierce expressed concern over the County’s practice of having Deputies front their travel expenses while on extraditions.  Extraditions are often last minute and there is not enough time to push through pre-travel authorization funds.  Why doesn’t the County issue the Warrant’s Unit a credit card?  Most agencies do this…why not ours?

NEW BUSINESS:

Mark Rorvik advised of momentum gaining in the Courthouse to push for expansion of Court Security (follow ups and investigations).

Mark Lemoine asked if the Guild has had any conversations with the County over the latest plans from Ron Sims regarding diversity and equity in the workplace.  There was a recent email about this but nobody on the Board knew anything about it.

ADJOURNED:

The Board of Directors Meeting adjourned at 1748 hours.