Central Washington University’s
Employee Council of Civil Service Employees
Minutes of the Meeting
April 21, 2009
The basic purpose of the Employee Council shall be to provide civil service employees with a forum for sharing timely information and facilitating employee recognition. The Employee Council does not perform any function of organized labor and is not intended in any way to supplant collective negotiations or employee organizations provided for in RCW 41.06. http://www.cwu.edu/~hr/minutes/purpose.doc
AGENDA
1.
Call to order
2.
Approval of the Minutes
3.
Tim Stowe, CWU Police/Parking
4.
Sub Committee Reports
5.
April Speaker, Kirk Eslinger, HR
6.
Procedures for Employee of the Month
7.
Selection of Employee of the Month
8.
For The Good of The Order/New Business
9.
HR Announcement
10.
Adjournment
The Employee Council of Civil Service Employees meeting in the Library, Room 153, was called to order at
2:05 p.m. by Elaine Ames.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Minutes from March were approved.
To view past minutes, please visit: http://www.cwu.edu/~hr/minutes/index.html
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SUB COMMITTEE REPORTS
Tim Stowe, Public Safety & Police Services, spoke about the parking fees for the next two years. Parking fee increases will be submitted to the Board of Trustees. It has been requested that fees be increased by 3% for
2009-2010 and 4% for the following year for staff parking. Parking ticket dispensers will not increase at this time.
It was pre-approved 2 years ago to raise ticket dispensers to $5 and will probably happen in the 2010/2011 fiscal year. See parking minutes at www.cwu.edu/~parking .
Thank you to Debbie Thomas and HR for a great job with the Employee Appreciation Ceremony. It was a huge success.
Debbie Thomas also received a thank you for chairing the sub-committee to plan the Presidential Address to
Classified Staff event. Appreciation went to Kathleen Sheldon, Joe Bach and Phil Patzik for their contributions to the success of this presentation as well. Dr. Gaudino’s presentation can be found on iTunes and Sherer Holter’s information given at the address is on the Employee Council website at http://www.cwu.edu/~hr/ec/address.pdf
.
The Early Childhood Learning Center had no updates; however, Joe Bach reported that Bill Vertress will be getting back to us by the end of the academic year regarding the letter of support the council sent.
The Display Case in Bouillon is in place and will be finished shortly.

Speaker for April was Kirk Eslinger; however, due to limited time for the meeting, Kirk was postponed for a later date.
PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Also due to limited time, discussion on procedures for Employee of the Month was tabled for the May EC Meeting.
SELECTION OF EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
The council voted on the Employee of the Month for April. The winner will be announced at a later date.
February’s EOM was Lorraine Chavez, Human Resources Representative. Congratulations Lorraine!
Please look for the Employee of the Month winner in the University Bulletin and on the Campus Intranet.
Information is posted after the presentations and announcements have been made. See current and previous winners online: http://www.cwu.edu/~hr/ec/index.html
.
Civil Service Employee of the Month nomination forms can be found on the Human Resources website: http://www.cwu.edu/~hr/forms/eotmnominate.html
. You can also call Human Resources at x1202 to obtain a nomination form. Community members, CWU students and administrators as well as civil service employees are encouraged to nominate a civil service employee who deserves recognition and has worked for CWU at least two years.
TEAM OF DISTINCTION AWARD
“The purpose of the program is to give members of the university community who are concerned about improving the university’s climate a positive way to direct their energy and an opportunity to connect with other university members who also want to take action to improve their community.”
Nominations for 2009 will be accepted through December 2009. The nomination form is located at http://www.cwu.edu/~hr/ec/teamawardnominate.html
.
FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER/NEW BUSINESS
Elaine Ames reminded us that the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) meeting minutes are located on the web at http://www.cwu.edu/president/cab-minutes .
Elaine mentioned elections will be held in May for Employee Council members whose terms expire this year.
Please check the list of Employee Council members to see if your term is about to expire and if you wish to continue let your group know so they can cast their vote for you. If you have no desire to continue on the
Employee Council, let them know that also, so someone else can run. Jamie Thomas is putting information together which will be sent out by email.
Guest Speaker for May will be Phil Backlund, Communications Department., on Accreditation. iTunes website: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download .
Cost Savings and Revenue Generating Suggestions for CWU can be accessed at http://www.cwu.edu/~web/savings-suggestion.html.
HR ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sherer Holter reported an additional website on the HR site called People Tools for CWU employees. This can be accessed at http://www.cwu.edu/~hr/tools/index.html
.
On-line training for Preventing Sexual Harassment and Preventing Employment Discrimination will be available in
May. HR will continue to offer these two courses in the classroom.

Positive Time Keeping meetings will be announced in the near future.
National Walk at Lunch Day will be on April 29th.
ADJOURNMENT/NEXT MEETING
The Employee Council meeting was adjourned at 2:55 pm. The next Employee Council meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
Present – Delegate (D), Alternate (A)
Mary Tosch, Financial Management – D
Phil Patzik, Information Technology Services – D
Sandy Sperline, Information Technology Services – A
Debbie Thomas, Instructional Support Unit A – D
Linda MacLeod-Garcia, Instructional Support – A
Cindy Hunt, Instructional Support: Unit B – D
Bonnie Beekley, Instructional Support: Unit B – A
Dale Brubaker, Library Services and Academic Computing – D
Beata Miller, Library Services and Academic Computing - A
Elaine Ames, Student Affairs –D
Joe Bach, Student Affairs – A
Elizabeth Inman, University Centers, D
Absent
Monica Wallace, Business Support – D
Cari Callahan, Business Support, D
Laura Anderson, Business Support – D
Jim Bertella, Dining Services – D
Brent Callahan, Dining Services – A
Dale Hubbard, Facilities Management – D
Mark Pantano, Facilities Management - A
Chris Stebbins, Facilities Management – A
Kathleen Sheldon, Student Affairs & Enrollment Management – D
Cookie Ringe, Student Affairs & Enrollment Management – A
Susan Adolfi, University Centers – A
Joanna Rois, University Relations & President Office – D
Amy Zukowski, University Relations & President Office - A
Also Present
Sherer Holter, Human Resources
Kirk Eslinger, Human Resources
Tim Stowe, Public Safety and Police Services
If you have any questions regarding Employee Council or the Employee of the Month program, please contact your
Employee Council Representative ( http://www.cwu.edu/~hr/ec/delegates.html
) or Human Resources at x1205.

Shared Leave Requests
The following individuals are in need of shared leave: Gini Silva – University Housing & New Student
Programs, Kerrie Overland – Facilities Management, Melissa Anderson – Student Health & Counseling,
Steven Mohr - KCWU Radio and James Bertella – Dining Services.
CWU employees may donate leave to a fellow employee: 1) who is suffering from or has a relative or household member who is suffering from an extraordinary or severe illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition; or, 2) who has been called to service in the uniformed services; and, where the fact of either 1) or 2) has caused or is likely to cause the employee to take leave without pay or terminate his or her employment.
You may donate annual (vacation) and sick leave in eight-hour blocks. A minimum balance of 80 hours of annual leave must be maintained. Excess annual leave (that over 240 hours) that will otherwise be lost may not be donated. A minimum balance of 176 hours of sick leave must be maintained. All or a portion of your personal holiday may also be donated.
The shared leave donation form can be downloaded from the HR forms section of the Human Resources home page ( http://www.cwu.edu/~hr/forms/shared_leave_donation_form.doc
) or requested from the HR office by calling extension 1202. Requests to donate leave must be approved by your supervisor before forwarding to HR and are subject to approval by your department head and Human Resources.