ARIZONA HIGHWAY PATROL ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AHPA CHARITIES MEETING
OCTOBER 16, 2013
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT PAGE 2
MEMBERS PRESENT PAGE 3
GUESTS PAGE 3
THANK YOU NOTES/FLOWERS PAGE 3
NEW SWORN MEMBERS PAGE 3
NEW CIVILIAN MEMBERS PAGE 3
MEMBERS WHO HAVE RETIRED PAGE 3
MEMBERS WHO CANCELLED MEMBERSHIP PAGE 3
MEMBERS WHO HAVE LEFT DPS PAGE 3
NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS PAGE 3
SICK & DISTRESSED PAGE 3
DEATHS – MEMBERS/FAMILY PAGE 3
DEATHS – LINE OF DUTY PAGE 3
CONSENT AGENDA PAGE 5
FINANCIAL REPORT PAGE 5
LABOR REPORT PAGE 6
LEGAL REPORT PAGE 6
LEGISLATIVE PAGE 6
PUBLIC RELATIONS PAGE 7
TREASURER REPORT PAGE 7
ATTORNEY GENERAL PAGE 8
RAFFLE REPORT PAGE 8
BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORTS PAGE 8
EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORTS PAGE 9
WORKING GROUPS PAGE 9
EXECUTIVE STAFF PAGE 9
OLD BUSINESS PAGE 10
NEW BUSINESS PAGE 11
REQUEST FOR FUNDING PAGE 11
NEXT MEETING PAGE 12
THE OCTOBER 2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS & AHPA CHARITIES MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 0900 HOURS BY PRESIDENT JIMMY CHAVEZ AT NOAH’S EVENT CENTER
2100 E YEAGER CHANDLER, AZ
PRESIDENT CHAVEZ BEGAN THE MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT
PRESIDENT JIMMY CHAVEZ
SOUTHERN VICE PRESIDENT KEVIN MCNICHOLS
EXECUTIVE OFFICER BOB GILBERT (PROXY)
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT BOB GILBERT
TREASURER BEVERLY FULLER (PROXY)
DISTRICT 1 ROYAL MANN (PROXY)
DISTRICT 2/NORTHERN VP MARK HAUGHEY
DISTRICT 3 KEN BAYS
DISTRICT 4 EDDIE SIMPSON
DISTRICT 5/METRO CENTRAL TIM KVOCHICK
DISTRICT 6 KEVIN MCNICHOLS (PROXY)
DISTRICT 7 ROYAL MANN
DISTRICT 8 KEN CHRUSCINSKI
DISTRICT 11 BERT CHENEY
DISTRICT 12 NATHAN TEEL
DISTRICT 13/METRO EAST BILL ROGERS
DISTRICT 15 J.C. STANTON
DISTRICT 16 LUIS CANEZ
HEADQUARTERS ROB RENNER
AVIATION MARTY FINK
CI CENTRAL II/GIITEM ED SHARPENSTEEN
CI SOUTH KEVIN MCNICHOLS (PROXY)
RETIRED SWORN CENTRAL ZONE GREGG GIRARD (PROXY)
RETIRED SWORN SOUTHERN ZONE J.R. HAM
RETIRED SWORN NORTHERN ZONE BRIAN KOLB
CIVILIAN CENTRAL ZONE I ED SHARPENSTEEN (PROXY)
CIVILIAN CENTRAL ZONE II ED SHARPENSTEEN (PROXY)
CIVILIAN SOUTHERN ZONE/RECORDING SECRETARY LISA CAMPOY
CIVILIAN NORTHERN ZONE DIXIE BARLOW
SPECIAL PROJECTS/BENEFITS
CHARITIES LIAISON/ASST TREASURER BEVERLY FULLER
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY COLLEEN GIRARD
LABOR COUNSEL DALE NORRIS
LEGAL COUNSEL GREG ROBINSON
FINANCIAL ADVISOR JEFF MUNSTER
PUBLIC RELATIONS STACEY DILLON
MEMBERS PRESENT:
ROBERT WILLIAMS GREGG GIRARD
ANDY SWANN JAMES MCGUFFIN
STEPHEN POWLES ROBERT FLANNERY
GUESTS:
JILL STRANDQUIST GEORGE SHAPCOTT
TOM HORN
THANK YOU NOTES/FLOWERS: Flowers- Wayne Zimmerman
NEW SWORN MEMBERS: P Ramon Figueroa #3081, Trevor T McNamara #7467
NEW CIVILIAN MEMBERS: James Wiedemann #7633, Jeffrey R Jarvis #7605, Nancy D Jenkins #5397, Jerri Hutson #7599, Anna Valdez #5215, Talia Guilbault-Miscovich #7638
REJOINED RETIRED: David H Wright #2050, Charlie Serino Sr #484, John C Stein #2005
MEMBERS WHO HAVE RETIRED: Eileen T Fredericks #3932
MEMBERS WHO HAVE CANCELLED MEMBERSHIP: Shirley K Gorman #3745-retired
MEMBERS WHO HAVE LEFT DPS: Rachelle Fenn #7401
NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS: Jim Freda with Nova Home Loans, Gene L McFarland
SICK & DISTRESSED: NONE
DEATHS – MEMBERS/FAMILY:
Retired Jim Branch #76 passed away on 9/19/13
Retiree Bob Sabin #321 passed away 10/02/13 after a long illness at his home. He is also the father of D6 Oracle Officer Austin Sabin #5873
RetireeWayne Zimmerman #1272 passed away on 10/05/13
Vickie Toll’s mother, Hazel Ruth Terry, passed away 9/22/13
DEATHS – LINE OF DUTY:
Eighty-one police officers have died in the line of duty thus far in 2013. That is fifteen less police officer deaths than this time last year.
Eight have died since the last meeting.
Three were killed in automobile collisions
Two were killed by gunfire
One was struck by a vehicle
One was killed by a bomb
One was killed in a motorcycle accident.
Three were from municipal agencies
Three were from county agencies
Two were from Federal agencies
All eight were male.
1. Special Agent Joseph M Peters
United States Army Criminal Investigation Division, US Government
Age – 24 Tour of Duty – 6 Years
End of Watch – Sunday, October 6, 2013
Bomb
2. Deputy Sheriff Billy “Bubba” Kennedy
Upton County Sheriff’s Department, Texas
Age – 38 Tour of Duty – 14 years
End of Watch – Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Gunfire
3. Deputy Sheriff Dustin Blake Hamilton
East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana
Age – 24 Tour of Duty – 2 years
End of Watch – Friday, September 27, 2013
Automobile Accident
4. Detective Sergeant Frank J Lema Sr
United States Department of Defense, Naval Station Newport PD, US Government
Age – 70 Tour of Duty – 47 years
End of Watch – Thursday, September 26, 2013
Struck By Vehicle
5. Police Officer Jon Coutchie
Laguna Beach Police Department, California
Age – 42 Tour of Duty – 6 years
End of Watch – Saturday, September 21, 2013
Motorcycle Accident
6. Deputy Sheriff Daniel Rivera
Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Florida
Age – 32 Tour of Duty – 10 years
End of Watch – Saturday, September 21, 2013
Automobile Accident
7. Police Officer Rod Bradway
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Indiana
Age – 41 Tour of Duty – 5 years
End of Watch – Friday, September 20, 2013
Gunfire
8. Investigator Michael Dale Stockwell
Orange Beach Police Department, Alabama
Age – 45 Tour of Duty – 20 years
End of Watch – Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Automobile Accident
CONSENT AGENDA:
a) Approval of September Meeting Minutes
b) Seat Proxies/New Board Members
Motion to approve consent agenda by Ken Bays, 2nd by Bert Cheney. Motion approved
FINANCIAL REPORT: Jeffrey Munster
Government shut down should be ending soon. Senate and House should be voting today and it should be getting the President’s approval.
Stock market went up then went back down. Yesterday it went down. Today it was up 200 points.
The National debt is at $17 trillion
We are at less than 2% from a monthly high. Gold and silver has not performed much at all.
The whole world is printing money trying to get the economy to grow
Interest rates will probably not change much in the next 30-60 days
LABOR: At this time I am representing 5 of your members who are under investigation.
There is a state law that states that if the agency is going to discipline you, you can request a copy of like discipline that has occurred in the last two years so that you can review and have something to compare. The officer has asked for this information and the agency staff was unaware of this law.
Two grievances went to LEMSC this month. Under LEMSC rules, an employee has an opportunity to present evidence and testimony on behalf of the employee’s position. During one meeting, the chairman right away asked for a vote and Mr. Norris had to ask permission to present their evidence.
If non-members call Mr Norris he will gladly explain to them what it is he can do for them as members.
The APA is having a legislative meeting. Under state law, because AHPA is a self-funded health care plan, when money is recovered for injured members, the state takes the money. Mr. Norris would like to see an alteration to that, where there is at least a split to this money between the employee and the state.
LEGAL REPORT: Greg Robinson
Since last month, Greg sent in the claim form for the class action suit from AIG. We may get back a little bit of money back.
The judgment renewal against Paul Sennett went through.
Spoke to Ted Dick about the property at Forest Lakes. He advised there is no money in this fiscal year to replace the double wide. They have money for repair only. A compromise recommended to the board, is that in the fiscal year that begins next July, it is put into the lease that they have to replace the double wide. This gives them a deadline. If Greg has the board’s support, he will create a new lease.
A motion was made by Bert Cheney and 2nd by Nate Teel to approve a new lease with DPS with the contingency that it will be terminated if the modular is not replaced by fiscal year beginning in July. The motion was approved. The new lease will be drawn up by Greg Robinson.
LEGISLATIVE: Jimmy Chavez
AHPA has submitted a pay plan. The department submitted an across the board 4% pay plan.
AHPA indicated support to that but would have like to see the agency submit a pay plan closer to what they submitted last year.
AHPA submitted a three year plan to the governor’s budget office of $38 million over three years to help bring our employees closer to market.
This next year’s budget there may be surplus of $200 million but it is conceivably going to be wiped out by the following year.
John Arnold believes the agency needs more money allocated to it for not only pay but things like facilities.
We are waiting to hear feedback on this plan.
Justin Pierce is very supportive of the pay plan. We also have a meeting with the Speaker of the House, Andy Tobin in regards to this plan.
Democrats will be on board with this but members will need to reach out to their legislators
Entities that would normally get HURF money have not gotten that money because legislators have given this funding to DPS to stay afloat and these entities want money back. HURF money can only go to HP.
PUBLIC RELATIONS: Stacey Dillon
The Website-Stacey usually updates information. There were inquiries about a possible virus. It was an embedded code. We went back to the people who built the website and they will have it fixed soon.
National Blue alert seems to be very well received. Per Jimmy, Stacey can get a story. An example would be Korey Lankow’s shooting story to put the word out about this new program.
We are still holding on the ADOT stories
We are trying to get cooperation regarding the Cardinals games. There have been a few tasing incidents. There are time constraints depending on what team they are playing for tailgating.
Recruitment-there are flyers and documents available on the internet to print and hand out
Membership packets will be reprinted, if there are any suggestions for edit, let Stacey know
The Membership brochure is also up for reprint. AD&D has changed to reflect current benefit.
She has changed some of the phone numbers and updated some information. It should be going to print today.
Per Luis Canez, Officer Vega was okay with doing a short video in reference to his collision to use for PR.
TREASURER REPORT: Beverly Fuller
General Checking $225,158.67(Last month 239,772.87)
Merchandise $Unknown
Bass $Unknown
Golf $Unknown
Raffle $113,587.71(Last month 102,555.19)
Charities $84,826.33 (Last month 68,539.75)
PAC $14,332.99
Heber Bank One $Unknown
Merrill Lynch $471,395.61(Last Month $474,865.37)
Merrill Lynch Monument # $9,284.10 (Last month $9,434.01)
Request for Funding $5,000 Sick and Distressed $4,000
July $235.00(AZ Peace Ofc Mem.)
$500.00(911 Support Programs)
Aug $500.00 (Climb to Conquer Cancer)
$200.00 (AZ Run for the Fallen)
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
Balance $3565.00
Snedaker $40,084 originally
$16,467.24 remaining
ATTORNEY GENERAL : Tom Horne
He has a high regard for law enforcement. He never disagreed as a legislator with law enforcement.
In reference to the accused killer of Bob Martin, he will be returned to AZ to serve his sentence.
He has been on a crusade to assist the victims of violent crimes.
He is running for reelection and is asking for the endorsement of the AHPA
He is running against Mark Brnovich
A motion was made by Bob Gilbert to endorse Tom Horn for both the primary and general elections. It was 2nd by Ken Chruscinski. Motion was approved.
RAFFLE REPORT: Colleen Girard
Only 97 tickets were turned in today.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORTS:
Member has question in reference to getting paid for overtime for off duty. It is taking a very long time to get paid. Jimmy suggested that timeline issues and any other information be given to him so that he can approach executive staff about it.
Aviation open house is November 13, 2013 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
It was suggested that meetings be down to 3 to 4 hours. It has also been suggested that we have our meetings every other month instead of monthly. Per Brian Kolb, history shows that meetings will be much longer if you have them every other month. Some things can be done electronically so that it does not last as long.
Insurance open enrollment will start soon. There are no increases.
DPS Walk to Remember raised over $10k for AZ COPS, this will help send people to the National Memorial in May. The Huffman family and co-workers will be invited to the orientation on January 10th and 11th to let them know what will be occurring in Washington.
It was determined that Seth Meeske was hit four times instead of three but he is doing well
Since Capitol PD is now going to be put into a DPS category, they will be able to transfer out and others can be transferred in if they desire. Officers are in advanced basic now.
Wayne Zimmerman’s memorial service is this Saturday
EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORT:
New Merchandise: We have new coasters with our emblem as well as key chains. Coasters will be to give out to promote AHPA. We also spoke about getting pens to also use for promotion of the association. We are getting prices.
We will continue to provide shirts, cups, etc. for purchase. We also need more merchandise with the AHPA logo.
Insurance carve-out now has an issue due to Obamacare. Pacific Financial is working on it.
WORKING GROUPS REPORTS:
Jimmy Chavez tasked the Bylaws committee to amend the bylaws
EXECUTIVE STAFF REPORTS: Lt Colonel McGuffin
Assignments –
· New officers will be provided list of assignment locations this week
· 19 officers in this class
· Current officers have been selected and transferred - new officers will backfill
o 5 will go to Metro
o 6 will go to Northern Patrol bureau