NORTHEAST KANSAS RETIREES CHAPTER MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 22, 2005
The meeting was called to order by President Dean Kelley at 10:00 AM (approx). In attendance were Dean Kelley, Keith Springer, Natalie Brockish, Pat Umscheid, Betty Vines, Jacqueline Preyer, Richard Long, & Sharon McDorman.
MINUTES: Betty verbally reported the minutes for January. A motion was made & seconded to approve. Motion carried.
TREASURER'S REPORT: No Report
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Membership:
Legislative Action:
Resolutions:
Nominating:
OLD BUSINESS: Dean introduced himself and gave information on his background; introduced officers: Dean Kelley, President; Bobby Lane, Vice President; Jacqueline Preyer, Treasurer; Sharon McDorman, Secretary. He then asked us to introduce ourselves and give a little bit of information about ourselves. We reviewed dates for upcoming meetings.
NEW BUSINESS: Betty passed out the new KAPE legislative Directory for 2005-2006. Dean asked Sharon to review what has been done with the by-laws. We discussed them line by line, making revisions on a few sentences for clarity and moving around the articles so they would follow in line better. Everyone was given a copy and asked to review, give suggestions, and be prepared to approved at the next meeting. Notification of the Retirees Chapter meetings will be put in the KAPE bulletin. Dean spend a lot of time reviewing the retirement system and how it works. He stated we should look at bills and see who sponsored them, then talk to the ones who are not on the bill. WE reviewed a sample letter to legislators regarding a benefit increase. Betty suggested Dean get with Lisa Vines & get this letter on the KAPE website, and to contact Andy Sanchez to give him useful information to help him when a bill comes upon the floor. Betty brought up HB 2475 which removes sick leave no longer being part of the final averaging salary, sponsored by all Republicans.
Meeting adjourned at 12:30 PM (aprox).
Sharon R. McDorman
Secretary
March 21, 2005
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Dean Kelley at 10:00 AM. Present were Dean Kelley, Natalie Brockish, Patricia Umscheid, Harry Brockish, Bobby Lane, Betty Vines, Brian Thompson, Richard Long, Bert Stratman, Ted Roberts, Sharon McDorman, Don Rice, Bryce Miller, Mary Beems, Claude Lee, & Jacqueline Preyer. Betty introduced AFT National Rep Mike Osborn who was passing thru the room.
MINUTES: Sharon read the minutes for February. There was an amendment to change "president" to "chairperson" and "vice president" to "vice chairperson". Betty moved, Bryce seconded to approve the minutes as amended. Motion carried.
TREASURER'S REPORT: No report.
OLD BUSINESS: Sharon reported she added the description for Article II and made all the corrections suggested at the last meeting. Dean suggested we approve the by-laws. If anything shows up later, we can always update them. Bryce moved, Bobby seconded to approve the by-laws. Brian recommended the names of all the counties be included in Article II. Betty moved, Bruce seconded the approve the by-laws as amended with the added definitions. Sharon moved to amend to change all wording in the by-laws from "president" and "vice president" to "chairperson" & "vice chairperson" everywhere listed in the by-laws. Bryce seconded. Bryce moved to include all the counties in Article II. Betty seconded. We continued to have a discussion on the by-laws. Betty clarified the situation stating these by -laws are to come into effect at the November annual meeting. We will run the retirees chapter as it is now until the annual meeting. Motion carried. One opposed-thinks the Secretary/Treasurer should be two individuals, not one. Sharon will make the changes and get a copy to Betty to give to Wayne Weibel for review. The by-laws will be presented to the state board on April 2nd.
We reviewed several KPERS bills listed on the 2005 legislative summary (www.KPERS.org). Our focus should be on increasing our pension benefits. Bryce complained about an article in the newspaper that didn't include mention of retirees. Betty said Andy always mentions retirees as she did when interviewed by WIBW. The paper & station chose to include retiree information in their report.
Dean read the new alternative retirement plan designed for those hired after 7/1/07, recommended by the Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments & Benefits. Ted asked if the KAPE office has a copy of the Buck Report. Betty will look and if they don't she'll call Ted & get a copy. We then discussed proposed letters to send to our Senators & Representatives. This is a carry-over session so these bills can be brought up next year. Natalie asked about HB 2482 which include raises for legislators. Betty reported the legislators took out their raises our of the budget bill. Dean suggested the most effective action would be to write these letters. Handwritten is the best.
NEW BUSINESS: Dean will be establishing committees as soon as the by-laws are approved by the state board. He will talk to each individual rather than just appointing persons to committees. Sharon asked for help stuffing ballots on April 22. Natalie, Pat, Harry, Don, & Bobby volunteered. Several members took time to pay thei dues. Dean reiterated this group is represented by KAPE & we need to speak in one voice. The next meeting is to be held at 1638 Clay at a smoke free facility.
Meeting adjourned at 11:24 AM.
Sharon R. McDorman
Secretary
April 18, 2005
The meeting was called to order by President Dean Kelley at 10:04 AM. Present were Dean Kelley, Bobby Lane, Arland Hicks, Brian Thompson, Richard Long, Harry Brockish, Natalie Brockish, Sharon McDorman, Don Rice, Mary Beems, and Jacqueline Preyer. Guest was Andy Sanchez.
The meeting was held at 1638 Clay. First there was an introduction of officers. Bobby brought a note from Cindy Lovell thanking KAPE members for all they did for her after the death of her husband.
MINUTES; The march 21st minutes were read by Sharon. Jacqueline moved, Natalie seconded to approve. Motion carried.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Jacqueline read the treasurer's report. Beginning balance $86.00; Deposit $160.00; Ending Balance $246.00. Sharon moved, Mary seconded to approve. Motion carried. Dean mentioned we could use this money to help with campaigns for legislators who would favor retirees bills. WE can use these dues monies, but not any of the $24 dues paid to KAPE. If we start receiving rebate dollars, that money cannot be used for political contributions.
COMMITTEE REPORT: None
OLD BUSINESS: Sharon reported the by-laws for our chapter were approved by the state board April 2nd and she passed out copies. Mary and Brian were not sure if the retirees by-laws were passed. They will check on this. WE decided to skip over review of the by-laws for today. Dean asked us to please review for discussion at the next meeting. We looked at the 2005 Legislative Summary for KPERS, discussing in particular SB Substitute for HB2037 which doesn't include anything for retirees. Bills of interest for KPERS retirees need to be reviewed and we need to plan what we want to present to the legislature between now and the next session. The AARP summer picnic will be at Lakewood Park on the 18t of June. AARP meets the 3rd Friday of the month at Perkins.
NEW BUSINESS: Brian reported the retirees chapter would receive rebates. As of now the rebate is $1.00 per person, but the state board rescinded that motion in April which changes the rebate back to $.50 per person. Our chapter is required to turn in a quarterly financial report and copies of the minutes. The quarterly financial report should cover only the rebate monies. Dean will write to the state board regarding getting in contact with new retirees to become a retiree member of KAPE. Don mentioned when he retired he received a certificate of recognition for service to the State of Kansas from KAPE which was given to him at this retirement reception. Brian will prepare a mission statement for this chapter. In regard to health care costs and prescription costs, Dean reported he had seen a TV program with Senator Jim Barnett, a doctor from Emporia, Kansas. Bryce Miller was in the audience. Brian reported Bryce was in the hospital with pneumonia. Since Bryce is not at this meeting, Dean will wait on this information until Bryce can present it. Andy said Sen. Barnett had been involved in working on a health insurance & prescription drugs plan for state employees, along with others, trying to bring down costs. The Republican plan did pass although it is a watered down version of the Governor's proposal. Sharon suggested we coordinate our concerns and needs with AARP and other retiree groups. Again Dean suggested we start working on our issues now for the next session. Bryce had talked to Dean after the last meeting regarding media coverage. Dean said we must open communications with the media to get coverage on our issues such as an editorial in the paper, etc. We need to talk about this more in future meetings. Andy complimented our group on the number of people at the meeting. He is glad to see attendance picking up and hope it continues to increase. Natalie suggested we have a retirees' membership card. Also, to possibly be involved when a person retires. We could continue to keep KAPE members and possibly recruit new members at retirement. She suggested we contact retiree groups, i.e. K-State, Revenue, K-DOT, KDHE. Brian reported there are 250,000 retired public employees, 50,000 are retired. Our chapter can only cover the NE area of Kansas. The goal of this retirees' group is to get established, then help coordinate getting other retiree chapters started in the state. The next meeting will be May 16th, possibly a the Public Library. No meeting in June. Dean will not be available in July. That meeting will be conducted by Bobby Lane, Vice-Chairperson. Don moved, Richard seconded to adjourn.
Meeting adjourned at 11:17 AM
Sharon R. McDorman
Secretary
May 16, 2005
The meeting was called to order by President Dean Kelley at 10:00 AM. Present were Dean Kelley, Bobby Lane, Sharon McDiorman, Jacqueline Preyer, Betty Vines, Ron Gardner, Gary Colburn, Truman Reindehl, Don Rice, Brian Thompson, Keith Springer, Mary Beems, Natalie Brockish, Harry Brockish, Pat Umshied, Jerry Gutchall, Ted Roberts, & Bryce Miller.
MINUTES: Sharon read the April minutes, Betty moved, Jacqueline seconded to approve the minutes. Motion carried.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Jacqueline reported we have $246.00 in the account. Also, we will receive a rebate for the last quarter. Sharon moved, Mary seconded to approve. Motion carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS: None
OLD BUSINESS: Dean reviewed SB Substitute for HB2037 for all new attendees. You can go to www.KPERS.org for information. Jacqueline & DEan are working on the AARP picnic. No further information now, but Dean will keep us informed. We reviewed the new membership card for the chapter. Sharon suggested the mission statement be put on the back of the card.
NEW BUSINESS: Dean introduced Glenn Deck, Executive Director of KPERS giving us a brief description of his background. Glenn has been Executive Director for 4½ years. Glenn reported on KPERS by explaining its goals and where it is today. The unfunded liability is where it is now because the legislature reduced the state's contribution rate starting in the 1980's. They increased the rate recently to start reducing the infunded liability. State budget shortfalls, school finance, funding for KDOT, etc., and the unfunded liability have prevented any additions to our current retiree benefits. The last real COLA for retirees was in 1998. Bills were introduced this year for KPERS retirees. None even received a hearing. We need to be vigilant. Betty said we need to watch out for TABOR (Taxpayers Bill of Rights) passed in Colorado. It has significantly restricted spending and is causing Colorado problems today. There are 59,000 total state, local, & teacher retirees in Kansas. Bryce brought up the pre-tax dollars for insurance. We discussed ow to approach our concerns such as stories people have told regarding COLAs. These should be told by long term employees, not short term. Approach the joint committee on Pensions & Investments. Start during the elections and in the summer. Contact legislators in their district when they are home. Ted Roberts suggested starting a phone bank for retirees. He & Dean will work on that. Ron Gardner, Gary Colburn, & Truman Reindehl are retired teachers from Olathe. They want to start networking and coordinating the different retirement groups (i.e. state, teachers, county,etc.). Dean & Betty will work on review of the by-laws to include possible coalition, how we can wok on joining different groups. Sharon reported on current KSPEAC fundraisers. David Riedesel reported a lady in Parsons, KS wants to start a retiree chapter for SE Kansas. Sharon asked Dave to get a copy of our by-laws to send to her.
I apologize for anything missed in these minutes or any misspelling of names. The tape recorder quit in the middle of this meeting & I didn't get a copy of the sign-in sheet.
Keith moved, Sharon seconded to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 11:30 AM. Next meeting will be July 18th.
Sharon R. McDorman
Secretary
July 18, 2005
The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairperson Bobby Lane at 10:05 AM. Present were Bobby Lane, Betty Vines, Arian Hicks, Jacqueline Preyer, Ted Roberts, Sharon McDorman, Richard Long, Don Rice, Brian Thompson, Bryce Miller, and Mary Beems. Guest was David Riedesel.
MINUTES: Betty moved, Sharon seconded to approve the May 16, 2005 minutes. Motion carried.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Jacqueline reported a beginning balance of $246.00; Deposits of $20.38; Ending Balance of $266.38. Betty moved, Sharon seconded to approved. Motion carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Legislative Action:
Membership: Ted Roberts said he would be chair of this committee. He did complain the meeting (3rd Monday of the month) did conflict with scheduled golf game that has been going on for years.
Resolutions:
Nominating: Brian reviewed the positions on the board. He asked if anyone was interested in running again for office. Sharon said she would run for secretary/treasurer. Bobby said he would run for Vice Chairperson. Brian had talked to Dean, and Dean will give him an answer at a later date. Sharon moved, Brian seconded to accept Brian's report. Motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS: Betty reported Dean had discussed changes to the by-laws & will wok on them this coming week. Also, she will take a look at adding other groups of public retirees to this chapter. During the course of discussions about the by-laws Bryce moved, Jacqueline seconded to have one individual serve on the board as Secretary, and one individual to serve as treasurer. Betty read the by-laws and they cannot be amended by a motion. The member must put the request into writing and give to the Chairperson. Bryce said he will contact Dean. Motion is withdrawn. We also discussed the need for directors and Bryce moved, Mary seconded to hold this discussion until the September meeting. Motion carried. We discussed the membership card. Mary suggested a signature line, Bruce suggested a photo, Sharon suggested the KAPE logo. Brian moved, Mary seconded to table the membership card and the telephone bank until next meeting. WE reviewed the Vision & Mission statements. Bryce moved, Brian seconded to approve. Motion carried. Bryce moved, Brian seconded to table discussion on health insurance and prescription drugs, and communications with the media until the next meeting. Motion carried. Ted reported on communications and how it would possibly work. Need to network with people outside of the local area, get the retired teachers involved, get input from every state department in the state, work with the agency newsletters, send out letters to retirees for networking.
NEW BUSINESS: Bryce moved, Ted seconded to not have a speaker for the next meeting since there will be so much on the table. Td moved, Brian seconded to try to invite the Olathe contingency to the September meeting. Brian moved to hole the October meeting in a shelter house (preferably Snyder's Cabin in Gage Park) starting at 11:00 AM. hold a meeting with pot luck to follow at noon. Sharon seconded. Motion carried. Bryce moved to allow Jacqueline not more than $150.00 to reserve the shelter house and buy the chicken for the pot luck. Sharon seconded. Motion carried. Sharon reminded the group of the KAPE convention, August 20th in Lawrence at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in the 4H building. Also, KAPE will hold a legislative committee meeting at the KAPE office on September 10th starting at 11:00 AM; and the PECK coalition meeting will be held at McFarland's September 27th at noon.
Meeting adjourned at 11:11 AM.
Sharon R. McDorman
Secretary
September 19, 2005
The meeting was called to order by President Dean Kelley at 10:05 AM. Present were Dean Kelley, Bobby Lane, Arland Hicks, Gene Hicks, Brian Thompson, Sharon McDorman, Don Rice, Ron Gardner, Ernie Claudel, Dennis Phillips, Ed Redmon, Gary Oyler, James Hopkins, Richard Drury, Bryce Miller, and Jacqueline Preyer. Guest wer Doris Williams, Managing Editor for the Kansas State Globe Newspaper, and Andy Sanchez.
MINUTES: Sharon read the minutes, then moved to approve as amended. Don seconded. Motion carried.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Jacqueline reported the ending balance of $266.38 is the same as reported last month. Sharon moved, Bobby seconded to approve. Motion carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS: None
SOCIAL: Jacqueline passed out flyers for the October meeting to be held at Snyder's Cabin in Gage Park at 11:00 AM. It will be pot luck and she had invited someone to entertain us. She is working on media coverage, also.
NOMINATING: Brian reported he needs someone to run for chairperson and hasn't considered anyone for the directors because of possible by-law changes.
OLD BUSINESS: Dean mentioned the many items tabled from the July meeting, but will hold off on discussion of these as some people working on them are not in attendance today. WE reviewed the membership cad. Brian said the KAPE office orders cars from a printer. He volunteered to put the VISION statement on the card and bring a revised card to the October meeting. Dean presented the "A" Plan that Might Work. He handed out a chart covering all participants in KPERS with years of service and % rates and a history of KPERS benefit increases over the years He reported on the history and brought us up to "snuff" on this history so we may be understand the system better. The system was started in 1961 and never had a COLA built into it. Dean discussed the unfunded liability. If a COLA is to be given to retirees, the unfunded liability increases. The money in KPERS is already spent so if there would be an increase in our benefits, money would have to come from somewhere, such as new tax dollars. Dean suggested if taxes would be raised, say for schools, raise them a little bit more and retirees could take a percentage of it for a COLA. He suggested this may be a good approach. We need to start looking for retirees who had 40 years of service and have been retired for 10 years or more and start up a group to talk to the legislators. Ron Gardner and his group plan to get the word out to retired teachers thru out the state in the next month. Jacqueline suggested a KAPE day - wear T-Shirts and have a BIG rally at the statehouse. It was reported retired firefighters come back to Topeka for an annual picnic, so maybe the rally could happen during that time. The teachers want to know "what's the date". They are ready.
NEW BUSINESS: Brian reported he has a meeting set up with Governor Sebelius on October 4th and plans to ask her what she has in mind for active employees and retirees. He will report back to us in October. The legislative Interim committee on pensions, etc. will meet in room 519S at 10:00 AM on the 4th of October, and at 9:00 AM on the 5th of October. It would be a good idea to have as many retirees as possible attend those meetings. We (all groups-retired public employees) need to join in force and become one voice. Any reported the legislative committee of KAPE will meet on Saturday, October 10th at the KAPE office. Time is 11:00 AM, lunch provided. All are welcome.
Meeting adjourned at 11:35 AM.
Sharon R. McDorman
Secretary
October 17, 2005
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Dean Kelley at 11:10 AM. Present are listed on sign-in sheet. Chairperson Dean Kelley read the Retirees Mission Statement and introduced officers. We held a short meeting, then broke for entertainment by Maggie Kelley from the Laughter Club of Topeka. She entertained us with a session on laughter. It was fun and everyone seemed to enjoy her presentation. We had a great pot luck lunch, then had a few last minute announcements.
MINUTES: Arien moved, Sharon seconded to approve the September minutes. Motion carried.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Dean read the treasurer's report for Jacqueline. Beginning balance: $246.00; Deposit: $21.49; Ending balance: $267.49. Jacqueline passed out the report to all in attendance. Sharon moved, Mary seconded to approve the treasurer's report. Motion carried. Mary moved, Sharon seconded to reimburse Jacqueline $50. for the cost of renting the shelter house. Motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS: Dean reported there are several "old business" items, but will deter these to the next meeting.
NEW BUSINESS: Andy passed out information on TABOR and gave a report. TABOR was presented to the legislature last year as a constitutional amendment. It takes a 2/3's approval vote to pass both houses. TEA is the Taxpayer Emcounter Act which is really a precursor to TABOR. A resolution would take 50% + 1 to pass. Koch Industries is behind TABOR. They have a lot of money so if we are going to do anything it will need to be a grass roots effort by all to contact their legislators. Anything of this nature which is passed will affect us on the local level thru the county & city taxes. His act/resolution could also help start more privatization and outsourcing, but Andy reports KAPE has a lot of good information/ammunition to use to fight this. The state has more revenue this year, but it will be a tough year for us to get anything. As we all know, school funding comes first, retirees & active employees are last. KAPE is working on retiree issues such as health insurance (Bryce Miller) and a COLA. Brian & Carl have also met with the governor on these issues. Den received a list of KPERS members and needs to set up a committee from these groups to watch bills and possibly testify before legislators. He asked if anyone would like to serve on this committee to notify him. The groups include: School, TIAA, Non-School, Correction Officers, Special Members, Court Reporters, Kansas Police/Fire, & Judges. Jacqueline asked again about having a retiree rally day at the state capital.
Mary moved, Richard seconded to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 12:40 PM.
Sharon R. McDorman
Secretary
November 21, 2005
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Dean Kelley at 10:07 AM. Present were Dean Kelley, Sharon McDorman, Richard Long, Don Rice, Brian Thompson, Richard Drury, Ed Rudmon, Gary Oyler, Mary Beems, Ernie Claudel, Ron Gardner, Jacqueline Preyer, Keith Springer, and Bryce Miller. Guest were Jerry Sloan, Budget Fiscal Officer for the Judicial Branch of the State of Kansas.
We started the meeting with a presentation from Jerry Sloan. He explained the "Rule of 72". If you have an interest rate of say 6% you take 6 into 72 and that will give you the approximate time for your money to double. This is good when investing money, but it also works the other way. Say you have a 4% inflation rate. You divide 72 by 4 and get 18. This is the number of years it will take for your buying power to be cut in half. Retirees' cost of living has been hit hard with the cost of gasoline, home heating fuel, and medications. Our buying power is way down. People are retiring earlier and living longer. For many years retirees did receive a COLA (when things were going good). The legislature had (saying thru their actions) approved COLAs and changed amendments to encourage people to retire at an earlier age with 85 points, etc. Because they had given COLAs, people expected to continue receiving them thru legislative action. To fund a retiree COLA we could ask for legislation where active employees would contribute ½% more and the legislature would contribute a ½% more. Mr. Sloan encouraged us to be sure to bring active employees in on this if we are going to ask them to help pay for a COLA. He also suggested it is important for local people to contact their local legislator in their districts. There should be a KPERS member/public employee retiree in every district in Kansas. He suggested a lower key, information sharing meeting with your legislator. "IN YOUR FACE" won't work. Don't mail a copied letter; have each individual write in their own words. Find out where legislators are meeting in their district thru local newspapers.
MINUTES: Jacqueline moved, Don seconded to approve the minutes as amended. The word "Encounter" (when reporting on TEA) should be changed to "Empowerment". Motion carried.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Jacqueline reported a beginning balance of $267.49, deposits of $25.24; ending balance of $292.73. Sharon moved, Richard seconded to approve the treasurer's report. Motion carried. Jacqueline needs to reimburse herself $25 (shelter house) and $25 (cost of chicken). She donated ½ of the cost of the chicken for the picnic.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
LEGISLATIVE: Dean asked Ron Gardner, Brian Thompson and himself to serve on the Legislative committee. He still needs someone from the KS Police & Firefighters. He also wrote notes to others asking them to serve on this committee. All committees will meet at 9:30 before the regular meeting at 10:00 on 12/12/05. Brian suggested the committee come up with a fiscal note for the bill at the 1st meeting.
OLD BUSINESS: Brian had an updated sample of the membership card. He noted the "mission" statement has been changed slightly. Jacqueline moved, Mary seconded to accept this copy of the card. Motion carried. WE should probably wait until January to distribute the cards. Brian passed out information on TABOR and TEA. He said the KAPE staff will be watching for anything that may show up in the session on these.
NEW BUSINESS: Sharon asked if the by-laws needed to be amended to reflect a more flexible meeting day for our monthly meeting. Jacqueline suggested a $50 a plate dinner for Betty Vines to raise political action money. The teachers are trying to get a law passed to allow KPERS to do a mailing. They are testifying before the Pensions committee. Even if an entity would furnish the information and pay for the costs, KPERS will not do a mailing because they do not have statute authority. Mary did a 50/50 for KSPEAC. She will sell tickets after we adjourn. Also, she has tickets available to for the rifle/quilt raffle. Bryce gave a small report on health insurance. The big item is to get a pre-tax payment for retirees. Dean announced Cindy Hermes will be our next guest speaker. Also, we do need a chairperson to serve for the next year. He reminded us all to look at the web sites he furnished to us, and thanked Jacqueline for all the hard work at the picine.
Brian moved, Keith seconded to adjourn. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 11:28 AM.
Sharon R. McDorman
Secretary
December 12, 2005
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Dean Kelley at 10:13 AM. Present were Dean Kelley, Don Rice, Richard Long, Sharon McDorman, Rodney Moog, Bryce Miller, Keith Springer, James Hopkins, Ed Redmon, Gary Oyler, Ernie Claudel, Ron Gardner, Jacqueline Preyer, Brian Thompson & Mary Beems. Guest was Steven G. O'Neil.
The meeting was started with a presentation from Steven O'Neil from the Kansas Insurance Department. Scheduled speaker Cindy Hermes had a family emergency. Mr. O'Neil discussed Part D for seniors. He passed out copied of an overview of the program. During the presentation, we were allowed to ask questions. Bryce Miller asked for help from insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger to review retirees health insurance and work on making payments for health insurance on pre-tax basis.
MINUTES: Sharon moved, Keith seconded to disperse with reading the minutes and for approval. Motion carried.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Jacqueline reported an ending balance of 292.73.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
LEGISLATIVE: Brian asked for a fiscal note from the legislative committee for our bill at the last meeting. Dean reported any bills introduced will get a fiscal note from the Pensions committee.
OLD BUSINESS: None
NEW BUSINESS: Brian asked about the by-laws for the chapter. Referring to Article V, Section 3, the chapter needs to submit an application to the KAPE office to be approved by the KAPE Board of Directors. He also noted under Article V, Section 1, it states membership in this chapter is offered to persons who have retired from public service, but does not say if they must be a member of KAPE. Brian will have KAPE's legal staff research this. Also, we need to review the meeting times for the chapter. Dean reported long time KAPE member Arland Hicks passed away. Sharon reported the chapter mailed a card to his wife Gene. Keith moved, Bryce seconded to have the chapter reimburse Dean for the coffee and cookies. Motion carried.
Bryce moved, Keith seconded to adjourn. Motion carried, meeting adjourned at 11:19 AM.
Sharon R. McDorman
Secretary