Association of Professional Administrators

Minutes 2025-1

Date/Time: Friday, January 17, 2025, 10:00am

Location: MTA Worcester Office & ZOOM Room

Present

APA Statewide

  • Seth Bean, President
  • Susan McNeil, Vice President
  • Mark Powers, Secretary
  • Aaron Childs, Membership Coordinator (Non-voting)
  • Julie Dunlap LePoer, Web Manager (Non-voting)
  • Sean Barrett, MTA Field Representative (Non-voting)

APA Chapter Presidents

  • Seth Bean, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
  • Brian Cahillane, Westfield State University
  • Jane Decatur, Framingham State University
  • Kelly DeMello, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
  • Peter Fenuccio, Worcester State University
  • Susan McNeil, Massachusetts College of Art & Design
  • Jenna Shales, Bridgewater State University
  • Rebecca Shersnow, Fitchburg State President
  • Rosa Taormina, Salem State University

Guests

  • Sam Landry, Framingham Chapter VP

Absent

APA Statewide

  • None

APA Chapter Presidents

  • None

Call to Order

  • Jan 17, 2025 Time: 10:08am

Approval of Minutes

  1. Approval of December 20, 2024 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    Amendments: None
    Motion to approved the minutes of the December 20, 2024 Executive Board Meeting as presented made:
    by: S. McNeil 2nd by: P. Fenuccio
    Vote: Unanimous Action: Motion Carries

Public Comments

  1. None

President’s Report – Seth Bean

  1. CBA Ratification Vote – Election Runner is set. Please review the doc and if any updates or testing it is an issue please let Seth know. Paying members will get a link to the work email to open Election Runner. A reminder email automatically goes out if the member hasn’t submitted their vote. Rosters from Aaron for listing paying unit members has been forwarded to each of the chapter presidents for review.
  2. Next steps for working with the Council of Presidents (CoP) regarding issues that could not be addressed in the CBA due to “association” with the financial parameters:
    • Mass Maritime Cruise Stipend (per Day… increasing from $60.00 to $65.00)
    • EMT Certification – correcting the $850 to $900 to match Public Safety
    • Meal Allowance – trying to the amounts per meal.
    • APA members taking on Acting Positions and increasing the minimums stipends

Treasurer’s Report – Maria Brunelle

  1. Payroll due on Tuesday, January 21, 2025 by 12:00pm
  2. Mileage rate increase to $0.70
  3. Approval of November 2024 Treasurer’s Report
    Amendments: None
    Motion to approve Treasurer’s report as presented/amended made:
    by: B. Cahillane 2nd by: S. McNeil
    Vote: Unanimous Action: None

Membership and Data – Aaron Childs

  1. 1526 Overall Membership since December 2024. A Decrease of 10
  2. 295 Non-Dues Paying Member. An Increase of 4 since December 2024.

Website – Julie Dunlap LePoer

  1. Regular updates made to website

Health and Welfare Fund Report – Susan McNeil

  1. Next Meeting will be on February 27, 2025.
  2. Motion to appoint Sherry Horeanopoulos as APA representative to the Health & Welfare Fund
    Motion 2025.01.17-01
    Move to appoint Sherry Horeanopoulos as APA representative to the Health & Welfare Fund with a stipend of $100.00 per month.
    By: S. McNeil 2nd by: S. Bean
    Vote: Unanimous Action: Motion Carries

Committee Reports

  1. Budget Committee – Rosa Taormina, Jenna Shales, & Seth Bean
  2. Committee on Professional Development – Vacant
  3. Special Committees:
    • Committee on Legislative Action – Susan McNeil, Seth Bean
    • Committee on Health & Safety – Susan McNeil
  4. Negotiations – Contract Committee
  5. Employee Relations Committee (ERC) as per the APA CBA – Brian Cahillane, Rosa Taormina
  6. Nominations & Elections Committee – Jenna Shales

Old/New Business

  1. News of the Month for the Website for February
  2. Information Request for Title IX & Non-Confidential Employee appointed as “Mandatory Reporters” (J.Shales)
  3. Statewide Elections need to occur following the ratification vote. Individual chapters also need to have elections according to their bylaws.
  4. Motion to award a $500.00 stipend to Jenna Shales for the Special Project of producing APA MOU Ratification Materials for the membership.
    Motion 2025.01.17-02
    Move to award a $500.00 stipend to Jenna Shales for the Special Project of producing APA MOU Ratification Materials for the membership.
    By: S. McNeil 2nd by: S. Bean
    Vote: Unanimous Action: Motion Carries

Institutional Issues

Information has been redacted.

Announcements

  1. None

Adjournment

  1. Motion to Adjourn made at 12:43p
    by: S. McNeil 2nd by: R. Taormina
    Vote: Unanimous Action: Motion Carries

APA Meeting Schedule 2024-2025:

EventTimeDateFormatLocation
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, September 20, 2024RemoteZoom
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, October 18, 2024RemoteZoom
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, November 15, 2024HybridZoom/TBD
Annual State-wide Membership12:00pmFriday, November 15, 2024HybridZoom/TBD
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, December 20, 2024HybridZoom
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, January 17, 2025RemoteZoom
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, February 21, 2025RemoteZoom
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, March 21, 2025RemoteZoom
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, April 18, 2025RemoteZoom
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, June 20, 2025In-personTBD
APA Meeting Schedule 2024-2025

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