Statewide Fire Fighter Labor/Management Meeting

December 14th, 2006

 

 

Members Present:

 

Labor:             Marva McCall, Jeff Freeman, Rich Richwine, Scott Plew, Dennis Mohr, Bruce Martin, John Klaus (Replacing Chris McKee),

 

Management: Dean Boling, Dan Roche, Tim Schnitker,

Brad Williams, Mark White, Andy Hennigan, Nancy Hyme-Brewer

 

            SERB:            Ed Turner

 

 

Old Business:            

Review of Minutes

·        Reviewed minutes from Labor/Management Meeting from June 29, 2006

·        Minutes were approved by all persons in attendance.

·        It was requested that the minutes be e-mailed to all participants prior to the meeting

 

New Business:

            Ground Rules Review

·        Mr. Roche thanked Mr. Turner for his time.

·        Mr. Roche handed out a sample of ground rules for Labor Management Meetings

·        Opened the floor for discussion:

·        LM meetings are primarily a forum for communication among the parties, so when structure issues are discussed they should be considered based on how they further that goal.

·        Mr. Turner suggested a two hour time frame for meetings and a quarterly schedule at the minimum.

·        Meetings will be scheduled March, June, September, and December on the 2nd Thursday of the Month.

·        Meeting schedule for 2007  March 8th, June 14th, September 13th, and December 13th

·        September meeting will be held in Toledo, all other meetings will be at Polaris

·        FF Freeman will book meetings at Polaris

·        Agenda items will be submitted as issue or informational statements

·        Mr. Turner suggested that at the end of each meeting, a short discussion be held to determine what worked well and what needs additional attention.

·        Topics for discussion will be approved by the committee as a whole

·        The need for Initial and/or Refresher Interest Based Problem Solving Training for members was discussed.

·        FF Freeman offered the availability to post meeting minutes to the firefighter’s web site. Minutes will be approved and then posted.

·        Mr. Roche will continue working on a draft LM Structure document and present it at the March ’07 meeting

·        It was agreed that while the LMC is not an appropriate place to discuss individual grievances, it is a proper place to discuss issues that come from the grievance process, and the group should be comfortable doing so.

·        It was suggested that any ground rules include the capability to change the ground rules as necessary.

·        Item: Open

 

Review of the OAKS System

·        Employees may still opt out of Epay

·        Employees will be automatically enrolled in OAKS

·        User ID and instructions will be mailed to each employee

·        Auditor’s website may not continue to keep employee records

·        Item: Closed

 

Continuity of Medical Exams

·        Mr. Roche asked if there was standardization with the physicals, all chiefs stated that there are currently no problems

·        Item: Closed

 

Physical Ability Testing

·        Completion times will be forwarded to FF Freeman and Lt Richwine. Chief Williams has the data for all bases.

·        The average time is about eleven minutes, with no significant differences for age

·        Data will continue to be collected

·        No action is to be taken until national level bargaining is completed.

·        Item: Closed

 

Military Leave of Absence Guideline

·        Guidelines have been finalized and will be distributed

·        Item: Closed

 

Reviewed minutes and meeting was adjourned

Note: The next fire fighter’s assembly is December 19th.