GCEA Director’s Meeting May 28, 2025

GCEA BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors was held on May 28, 2025, in person in the Perkins Room and via Teams. Meeting was called to order by Sean Toro, President at 12:15 pm. Roll was called. Guests in attendance: Anna Osborne, CEA and Marie Boyadjian.

MEETING AGENDA APPROVAL:

Motion was made by Kerri Zelenak to accept the printed agenda for the May meeting. Motion seconded by Steve Morris. Motion carries.

FINANCE REPORT:

The April Profit and Loss report was reviewed by the Finance committee and approved via email. The report will be distributed with approved April Minutes. Profit and Loss was sent to directors prior to meeting.

MINUTES APPROVAL:

April Meeting Minutes were approved via voting buttons. The minutes may now be posted in your department if you have not already done so.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT AND DISCUSSION:

·       An email was sent to our membership regarding the hiring freeze information received from city management. The city is working to trim the budget and excess so that no layoffs will occur. The MOU is still in effect and will continue to be in effect and COLAS will not be affected.

VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT:

·       During these upcoming months Patty stated she will be stepping back. Matt Mancini and Gerald Mendoza will be available to fill some of the issues with discipline and to assist Sean.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Community Alliance – this committee will be attending the event: Open Streets Event Let's Go Glendale. We will be handing out koozies for the public along with a flyer that Elisabeth will be creating. Volunteers are needed for the event. Sean will send an email to membership asking for 10 minutes of their time to host our booth.

Joe has been receiving invites from Ascencia for guest chefs. He would like to consider serving a meal to the shelter. The office will send out an email to the membership asking for volunteers when a date has been set for serving.

We need to purchase an E-Z Up for events. Greg Asaturian will check with GMA to see where they purchased their E-Z Up with logo.

Political Alliance – this committee needs to meet with council members for coffee etc.

Benefits – Joe Palos, Chair reported that the open enrollment has closed. There have been questions regarding the health insurance increases. Joe will set a meeting with HR to get answers on the current increases that will begin in July.

Social Media – Elisabeth Bergman, Chair reported the FAQs are now online. She is continuing to work on the new slide for our new members only discount site.

Greg asked about our Social Media presence, and he suggested LinkedIn. Greg has volunteered to explore this option with LinkedIn for the GCEA.

Scholarship opportunities have been posted to the website.

Soon we will have a new discount site created for our membership. This site will offer many more options than FunEx.

The committee would like to explore creating a video promoting GCEA.

Employee Assistance – All loans are up to date.

Scholarship – Scholarships have been posted and emails sent to membership. We have three (3) opportunities available; 2 dependent and 1 WAGE scholarships are offered.

Disciplinary – Matt Mancini and Gerald Mendoza will be assisting Patty on handling issues that arise.

Kerri will follow up with library group regarding employee issue.

[KZ1] New Employee Orientation – Presentation is being shortened due to time and loss of attention.

Bylaws – Bylaws have been sent to the board for review. Let Stephanie know by Tuesday if you have any questions. Voting will be set up and sent to directors for approval of the redlined copy on or before Thursday, June 5th. Send your vote in before the end of day June 5th. After approved by directors we will set up voting via Survey Monkey and send to membership.

DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS:

There is no representation for Parks. Sean is meeting with this department on Thursday, May 29, 2025. During this listening session, Sean will try to recruit a director.

Custodial needs a director.

Sean will be out for our monthly meeting, June 18th. If Patty is available, she will host the meeting. If the VP is not available Matt will lead the meeting.

OLD BUSINESS:

Directors need to sign up to serve on a committee as per the Board Pledge that was signed.

 NEW BUSINESS:

Motion to adjourn made by Joe Palos

Motion seconded by Elisabeth Bergman

 [KZ1]Kerri will follow up with library group regarding employee issue, not this..