May 20, 2015 Meeting

Agenda

Taft College Faculty Association Agenda

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

 

  1. Welcome and Lunch

 

  1. Approval of Minutes from April meeting

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report
    1. Cash balance

 

  1. TCFCBC Update
    1. Club Advisor MOU
    2. Division Chair Compensation
    3. Compensation for 2015-16
    4. Retiree Health Benefits for new employees

 

  1. Officers for 2015-16

 

President               Diane Jones

Vice-President          Mike Mayfield

Secretary               Jessica Grimes

Treasurer               Ruby Payne

Bargaining Team     Diane Jones (Pres.)

Mike Mayfield (VP)

Kanoe Bandy (term expires 2016)

Jessica Grimes (term expires 2017)

Ruby Payne (term expires 2017)

Greg Golling (term expires 2018)

Adam Bledsoe (term expires 2018)

 

 

  1. President’s Conference (July 17-July 19, 2015)

 

  1. Summer Screening/Hiring Committees

 

  1. Other

 

  1. Next Meeting: Friday, August 21, 2015, 12:10pm, Location: Cougar Room (Lunch will be provided)

Minutes

Call to Order

President Diane Jones called the meeting to order at 12:08 p.m. and thanked Bill Devine for an outstanding job emceeing the retirement dinner.

 

Approval of Minutes

David Layne made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Mike Jiles. The motion was unanimously approved.

 

Treasurer’s Report

Cash Balance

President Jones reported a balance of $6,624.55, which included $300 in response to Jones’s request to non-union members to support the scholarship fund.

 

TCFCBC Bargain Updates

A). Club Advisor Compensation:

President Diane Jones reported that this issue went to the board in May and should be approved in June and summarized the compensation criteria as follows: excluding PTK, Dental Hygiene, and ASB, 8 club advisor positions are available at $1,600 per academic year but are restricted to one club advisor position per full-time or adjunct faculty. Approval will be dependent on the committee’s decision, which includes following the ASB process. Kelly Kulzer made a motion to approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Club Advisor Compensation, which was seconded by Stacie Rancano, and unanimously approved.

 

B). Division Chair Compensation:

President Jones thanked Don Bandy and Sharyn Eveland for their work on compiling division chair duties and thanked the taskforce members—Kanoe Bandy, Greg Golling, and Craig Johnson—for their work. President Jones reported that the bargaining team reached consensus on calculating division chair compensation based on FTEFs for teaching and non-teaching full-time and part-time faculty, indicated by this table:

FTEF Faculty Association Compensation Option
0-10 $8,085.23 + 20% Release Time
>10-20 $9,240.26 + 20% Release Time
>20+ $10,395.29 + 20% Release Time

This agreement increased the former stipend amounts by approximately $24,255. 20% release time is the equivalent of 3 units based on the 15 unit/semester load for full-time faculty. A draft of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been created and will be ratified. It was requested to strike “teaching” since teaching and non-teaching faculty are counted in FTEFs. Additionally, the language on division chair selection will be added to the faculty contract.

 

These questions and responses were raised about this issue:

  1. Will the Learning Support Division chair’s compensation exceed the $8,085.23 amount?
    1. President Jones responded that the calculation is based on FTEFs of both teaching and non-teaching faculty.
  2. Is the formula for non-teaching faculty different from calculating FTEFs for full-time faculty?
    1. President Jones responded that she will research this question.

President Jones clarified that all division chairs would receive this compensation except for the Liberal Arts chairs, who split the compensation. She also explained that if divisions wanted to split, then it would be a separate issue that the Association would be part of as well as Governance Council and the Academic Senate. Sharyn Eveland made a motion to ratify the division chair compensation. Mike Mayfield seconded the motion. The motion carried with one opposed.

 

C). Compensation for 2015-2016:

President Jones reported that the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) had been at 1.58% on the governor’s January budget but that this calculation usually undergoes a minor adjustment in the May revised budget. The bargaining team reached consensus to use the May revised COLA, which was 1.02%. She indicated that faculty salaries are protected by the Frey report, which records the salary median for all community colleges. She also mentioned that other items have increased. The District will pay the 3% increase on healthcare and still pays 100% of these costs. CALSTRS has also increased as well. However, the overall budget looks promising as money has been set aside for instructional equipment and for additional faculty. Additionally, the District has provided two professional development courses for salary credit where faculty have the option to use both for salary credit and/or flex credit. Kelly Kulzer made a motion to approve COLA, seconded by Sonja Swenson, and unanimously approved.

 

C). Retiree Health Benefits:

President Jones updated the Association that this issue has been tabled for the fall and that the bargaining team plans to present data analyzing inconsistencies in the actuarial reports used to support a change in new employees’ retiree health benefits.

 

Officer Nominations for 2015-2016

President Jones requested a motion for the ratification of these officers—Diane Jones, Mike Mayfield, Jessica Grimes, Ruby Payne, Greg Golling, and Adam Bledsoe. Jennifer Altenhofel made a motion to approve the officers for the following academic year, which was seconded by Julian Martinez, and unanimously approved. President Jones invited others who may have an interest in bargaining to attend meetings and/or join the training scheduled August 17th during in-service.

 

President’s Conference (July 17-July 19, 2015)

President Jones requested up to $500 for two members, including herself, to attend the CTA conference. David Layne made a motion to approve these funds, seconded by Kelly Kulzer. This motion was unanimously approved.

 

Summer Screening Hiring Committee

President Jones reminded 10 or 11-month faculty that serving on a hiring committee should include compensation at the adjunct rate.

 

Other

President Jones reminded the Association to keep track of salary reports, sick leave totals, absences, and banked hours as they make a difference for retirement. Additionally, she reported that Harold Pease thanked the Association for the retirement chair.

 

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 12:49 p.m..

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