GCEA Board of Directors Meeting, July 2026

GCEA BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors was held on July 15, 2026, in person in the GCEA office and on TEAMS. Meeting was called to order by Sean Toro, GCEA President at 12:26 p.m. and roll was called.

MEETING AGENDA APPROVAL:

Motion was made by Kerri Zelenak to accept the printed agenda for the July meeting. The motion was seconded by Steve Morris. All in favor, motion carried.

FINANCE REPORT:

The May Profit and Loss report was reviewed by the Finance committee and approved via email. The report will be distributed with approved July Minutes. 

MINUTES APPROVAL:

June Minutes were approved via email.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT AND DISCUSSION:

President, Sean Toro gave report.

·         July 16, will have regular scheduled bi-monthly meeting with CM.

·         City has approved a 1.29 billion budget. Salaries are only 23% of the city budget.

VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT AND DISCUSSION:

Matt Mancini, Vice President reported.

·         Directors need to attend Board Meetings. If you are unable to attend, to receive an excused absence you must let the GCEA office know. As per the Pledge each director signs upon serving on the board, it states, “I will exercise the duties and responsibilities of the office with integrity, collegiality and care. As a director I will commit to attending the board meetings on a regular basis and missing no more than four meetings per year.”

·         If you are hosting a meeting with your work group Matt and Sean are willing to attend. When meeting with your groups you are free to request funds from the Employee Relations line item. However, there are limited funds available, and no group should spend more than $50. Pre-approval is required. You may contact Stephanie in the office to receive approval.

Comments and discussion:

·         Patty Mundo invited Sean and Matt to attend her group meeting.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Political Action – Matt Mancini, Chair reported. All city council members have been sworn in as of July 8. The committee will begin scheduling meetings with individual Council members to establish relations and seek their support for future negotiations.

Benefits – Dee Machuca has volunteered to serve as interim chair for this committee.

Digital Communications – Elisabeth Bergman, Chair was absent. Sean asked where the survey responses were being sent. We assume it is to Elisabeth but will need to check once she returns from vacation.

Scholarship – Nothing to report

New Employee Orientation – Patty Mundo will host the meeting to be held on July 16, 2026.

Negotiations – Sean Toro, Chair reported. Clarification on Negotiations Committee Selection Process will be as follows:

·         The President will appoint one Board member to serve on the committee.

·         The Vice President will appoint one Board member to serve on the committee.

·         The Board of Directors will elect one additional Board member and two alternates to serve on the committee.

To facilitate the Board’s selection, an ADHOC committee has been established to review interested candidates. Any Board member wishing to serve on the Negotiations Committee for the upcoming MOU negotiations must submit a letter of interest via email.

The ADHOC committee will review all letters of interest and recommend candidates to the Board of Directors. The Board will then select its representative through a secret ballot vote. The alternates will be chosen by default votes.

·         Leslie Fox, ADHOC Chair, will work with Sean on creating an email for Directors.

Vendor – Greg Asaturian, Chair, absent. Nothing to report.

DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS:

Aproov Verma reported that he is concerned with the employment verification process currently utilized by the HR department. Following discussion, it was determined that GCEA management will confer with HR to review and discuss the policy.

OLD BUSINESS:

None to report.

NEW BUSINESS:

Sean and Matt need assistance due to the increasing workload of representation. As a result, additional assistance from Board members is needed. Board members are encouraged to actively recruit members who are interested in serving and assisting with board responsibilities to help meet the growing demands of the Association.

Open House – Sean will be planning an open house to help recruit members.

Hourly employees have no representation currently. Sean will reach out to CEA to see what the qualifications and limitations would be required if any at all to assist hourlies with representation.

Sean gave closing remarks.

Stephanie, Sean and Matt will begin the process of digitizing the Associations membership beneficiary records. To ensure accurate and up to date records, all members will be encouraged to complete or update their beneficiary designation forms. Stephanie will oversee the development and implementation of the digital beneficiary recordkeeping process.

Motion to adjourn the meeting made by Matt Mancini.

Motion to adjourn seconded by Steve Morris.

All in favor.

Meeting adjourned at 1:41 pm.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Stephanie Kinnison, Treasurer