Civil Service Employees Council
September 11, 2008
Horrabin Hall, Room 60
Minutes
Present: Suzanne Boussaard, Jim Buffalo, Laura Caldwell, Hilary Churchill, Carla Farniok, Richard Hamilton, Ed
Lavin, Greg Phelps, Dan Rathjen, Lois Retherford, Kim Sedgwick, Jamie Shuda, Bill Rupert, Pam Bowman, Jackie
Thompson, Andrea Henderson
Excused: Amber Dodds, Cerese Wright, Martha Youngmeyer
Guest – Joe Rives
In academic year 2004-2005, the Assistant to the President for Planning and Budget received endorsement from all
campus governance groups in Macomb and the Quad Cities and approval from the Western Illinois University
Board of Trustees to use peer groups for general university benchmarking for retention and graduation rates. Joe
is coming to the governance groups to get permission for change to update the Performance Report. All
institutions in the peer group will be similar to the University and all that are not similar will be removed.
Macomb Campus Peer Groups
Performance Report Peer Group
Appalachian State
California State-Chicago
Eastern Illinois
James Madison
Missouri State
Northern Iowa
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
Towson University
Truman State
Western Kentucky
Western Washington
Continuing
Appalachian State
James Madison
Missouri State
Northern Iowa
Western Kentucky
Western Washington
New
California State-Bernardino
Central Washington
Montclair State
Sam Houston State
SUNY at Buffalo
North Carolina-Wilmington
Wisconsin-Whitewater
Removed
California State-Chicago
Eastern Illinois
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
Towson
Truman State
These all have 3 Doctorial Programs or less. They have residential campuses and have around 10,000 students.
Quad Cities Campus Peer Groups
Performance Report Peer Group
Governors State
Illinois-Springfield
Houston-Clear Lake
Texas A&M-Texarkana
University of Baltimore
Arizona State-West
Continuing
Houston-Clear Lake
Texas A&M-Texarkana
University of Baltimore
Arizona State-West
Governors State
Illinois-Springfield
New
Pennsylvania State-Harrisburg
Texas A&M-International
The Civil Service Employees Council approved the changes.
Please send Joe an email if you are interested in serving on the accreditation teams.
Removed
Pay for Exceptional Performance – Non-negotiated employees
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Thank you to the Administration for all of their hard work
The salary committee did a wonderful job
Everyone on the Council needs to think about what is best for all Civil Service Employees. Employees sign
on for a career.
Negotiated contracts will need to come up with own plan
Business agents will need to get together at one time for negotiated and prevailing wage
Please support the council even if your vote does not go the way you want it to go. The council should be
united.
The Pay for Exceptional Performance passed. The vote was 12 in favor and 1 opposed.
Search Committee
Cathy Couza is retiring and there needs to be a civil service employee on the search committee. Sheila Downin in
Human Resources has volunteered for this.
Winter Luncheon
Prize – Jamie is thinking about getting a Wii fit bundle for the big raffle prize. This includes the Wii console along
with the Wii Fit accessory. This is to go along with the health and wellness theme. There was discussion about
having to have a reservation to win. This would not be fair to the Quad Cities employees that purchase raffle
tickets but are not able to make it to the luncheon. Greg made a motion for Jamie to go ahead and purchase the
Wii Bundle for the big prize and it is open for everyone at the winter luncheon. Jim seconded and the motion
carried.
Raffle Tickets – There was discussion about council members being eligible to win the big prize. Laura made a
motion for council members not to be eligible for the big prize at the luncheons. Jamie seconded. Motion carries
with 8 in favor and 5 opposed. There was also discussion about having rolls of tickets instead of the copies. Walmart is going to be contacted about getting a discount.
Richard made a motion to end the meeting and Greg seconded.