King County Police Officers Guild

Board of Directors Meeting

July 11, 2007

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Steve Eggert – President

Thad Frampton – Board Member # 1

Mark Lemoine – Board Member # 3

Marcus Williams – Board Member # 4

Mark Rorkik – Board Member # 5

Kirk Wills – Shop Steward – ARFF

CALLED TO ORDER:

The Board of Directors Meeting was called to order at 1610 hrs by President Steve Eggert.

APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES:

The minutes from the June 13, 2007 Board meeting have been posted at all worksites and on the website.  They were submitted for approval.  A motion was made by Mark Lemoine to approve the minutes as submitted.  The motion was seconded by Thad Frampton.  Motion passed.

SERGEANT’S EXAM:

After the assessment was completed, the Sheriff has decided she would like to throw out the sergeant’s exam.  Steve has spoken to Anita Whitfield (Director of Human Resources), the Executive’s Office and the Sheriff and informed all that if the Guild will not stand by and allow a test to be thrown out on the basis that the department director is unhappy with the outcome or doesn’t happen to like the top 30 candidates. He advised them that any appeal to the testing procedure must adhere to the civil service rules or an Unfair Labor Practice will be filed.

Anita will be making a decision this week on what OHRM decides.

Individuals can file their disputes directly with the Civil Service Commission.

PAC RECOMMENDATION:

The Political Action Committee has forwarded the vote for endorsements of the following candidates to the General Membership:

Stephen Lamphere – Burien City Council

Maggie Fimia – Shoreline City Council

Kathleen Keene – Burien City Council.

The vote will take place at the General Membership Meeting at Sammamish on Wednesday, July 25, 2007.

ARFF:

Captain Jerrell Wills, of the ARFF Unit, requested that the Board of Directors consider his proposal to put the Airport Training Coordinator and Fire Prevention Coordinator positions on a flex schedule. The flex schedules will help maneuver though each shift to provide training, flexibility for training and more efficient customer service; it isn’t just minimizing overtime, but providing the best time span for training and provide internal / external service to the Airport.

The Board is always reluctant to add positions to the Flex Schedule as it solely benefits management, as management, under current contract language, is the only one authorized to flex an employees schedules. Employees have no right to flex their schedules when working a Flex Schedule. Employees on any schedule may request that there shift be adjusted with supervisory approval. The proposal to change to a Flex Schedule was not approved.

Captain Wills also requested that the Board of Directors consider expanding the minimum commitment from 1 year to 2 years for those involuntarily transferred into the ARFF Unit. The request was based upon the amount of money the airport must spend to train and outfit a new member of his unit.

The Board felt that agreeing to raise the minimum commitment from one to two years is something that solely benefits the County. This is an item that should be brought to the bargaining table during contract negotiations.

ADJOURNED:

The Board of Directors meeting adjourned at 1800 hrs.