Minutes 2021-03

10:00am, Friday, February 19, 2021 – Zoom

Present

APA Statewide:

Sherry Horeanopoulos, President and Fitchburg State President
Charlie Cianfarini, Vice President
Mark Powers, Secretary
Aaron Childs, Membership Coordinator
Liz Novak, Web Manager
Roberta James, MTA Field Representative
Maria Brunelle, Treasurer
Catherine Santiago, MTA Field Representative

APA Chapter Presidents:

Brian Cahillane, Westfield State University
Jane Decatur, Framingham State University
Susan McNeil, Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Mike Pelletier, Salem State University (Joined at 11:05am)
Mike Storey, Bridgewater State University
Edward Vacha, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Peter Fenuccio, Worcester State University
Seth Bean, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Call to Order

10:05AM

Approval of Minutes

Friday, February 19, 2021

Amendments: None
Motion to approve membership report as presented/amended made: by S. McNeil
2nd by: E. Vacha
Vote: 8-0-1
Action: Motion Carries

Public Comments

None

President’s Report – Sherry Horeanopoulos

MSCA, MCCC, & APA are all on the same negotiations timetable. Important to keep communications open between all three unions so for any collective bargaining issues that we have in common – the three Locals talk & agree on certain things. As an example, Management want to limit Sick Time Accrual – all three unions say No!
Early Retirement MOA – not many actual takes from APA.
From MTA (Catherine & Roberta) – Not having the March MTA Summit because of feedback from the membership and the MTA February Summit.
COVID-19 Vaccinations and Higher Ed – no changes to the Governor’s Plan.
House Bill (HD11794-2) & Senate Bill (SD1686-1) re: 3 years towards retirement due to COVID-19.
Signed Juneteenth MOA – June 19 now contractual holiday.
The APA sponsored Proposed MTA Dues Bylaw Change was not supported by the MTA Board of Directors at their March 6, 2021 meeting: “The majority of the Board (35-17) however, voted to not recommend the proposal to Annual Meeting. The Dues Task Force considered your proposal but was not in favor of it” (Tom Estabrook, MTA Board, District 47H (representing Higher Education)).

Treasurer’s Report – Maria Brunelle

Payroll due on Tuesday, March 19, 2021 by 12:00

Approval of November report

Amendments: None
Motion to approve membership report
- presented/amended made by S. McNeil
- 2nd by: S. Bean
- Vote: Unanimous
- Action: Motion Carries

Membership and Data – Aaron Childs

1359 Overall Membership since October 2020. A decrease of 1.
119 Non-Dues Paying Member. An increase of 0 since November 2020

Website – Liz Novak

Published the approved February minutes
Usage of website – 778 sessions with 957 page views over February
Juneteenth MOA posted to website

Health and Welfare Report – Mike Storey

At February meeting we were informed that MetLife had given a $638K credit back to Health & Welfare fund due to the excellent claims/loss ratio for 2020. Due to the pandemic members utilized dental services much less than in a regular year.
Fund is currently over $3M. Very solid increases over the last year due to increase in stock market.
Next meeting April 23.

Committee Reports

Budget Committee – Mike Storey

No updates.

Employee Relations Working Group – Mark Powers

No updates.

Professional Development – Edward Vacha

MTA Meeting will be virtual
NEA Representative Assembly June 30-July 3(virtual)

Negotiations – Sherry Horeanopoulos

No updates.

Old/New Business

FAQ of the Month for the Website for February
- Juneteenth
Develop online series for the Membership – Offer Quarterly on a specific topic. Requests questions regarding the topic in advance of the webinar
New York Rangers best game since 1986 with a score of 9-0. (Entire coaching staff out with the Covid.)

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