September 28, 2016 Meeting

Agenda

Taft College Faculty Association Agenda

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

 

  1. Welcome and Lunch

 

  1. Approval of Minutes from August meeting

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report
    1. Cash balance

 

  1. Board of Trustee Election

 

  1. FSA (split Liberal Arts?)

 

  1. Sick Leave/Flex Statements

 

  1. TCFCBC Update
    1. 2016-17 Compensation and retro pay
    2. Sabbaticals
    3. Tuition for children of TC Faculty
    4. Compensation for coaches driving teams to games

 

  1. CTA Savings benefit: http://www.ctamemberbenefits.org/Access

 

  1. Other

 

  1. Next Meeting: Wednesday, October 26, 2016, 12:10pm, Location: Cougar Room (Lunch will be provided) (Every 4th Wednesday)

Minutes

Taft College Faculty Association

Minutes of September 28, 2016

 

Call to Order

President Diane Jones called the meeting to order at 12:11 pm.

 

Approval of Minutes

Ruby Payne made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Mike Mayfield. The minutes were unanimously approved.

 

Treasurer’s Report

Treasurer Ruby Payne reported a balance of $7,184.05 before lunch.

 

Board of Trustee Election

President Jones revisited the discussion on endorsing Kal Vaughn and Billy White and summarized the points as the following: the majority of faculty live outside Taft, thus minimizing the impact on the election; additionally, coordinating a meeting to hear all the candidates would be necessary and complicated. Brian Jean made a motion to not endorse, seconded by Adam Bledsoe. The motion carried unanimously.

 

Faculty Service Area (FSA, split the former Liberal Arts)

President Jones summarized that the purpose of FSA (Faculty Contract Appendix C) is used for layoffs; however, since the former division of Liberal Arts has now been split into English Language Arts and Liberal Arts, faculty who teach in both are currently listed as teaching in Liberal Arts but may be qualified to be listed in both divisions. She asked the Association its thoughts on whether it had an interest in splitting faculty according to the two service areas if they taught in both divisions. One faculty expressed an interest in being assigned to both Faculty Service Areas. President Jones also clarified that this issue was not a bargaining issue but would be presented as a recommendation after she contacted faculty affected by this decision. President Jones also explained that non-teaching faculty are assigned to the Learning Support Division but that assignment to other FSAs were dependent on qualifications. Greg Golling made a motion to split the former Liberal Arts division according to the new division split. Julian Martinez seconded this motion, which was unanimously approved.

 

Flex Statements

President Jones updated everyone on the issue of flex statements, formerly miscalculated to be 7 hours/day rather than 8/hours per day, an error that has occurred since 2013. This error has now been resolved, although members were advised to review their statements for accuracy.

 

Taft College Faculty Collective Bargaining Committee (TCFCBC) Update

 

2016-17 Compensation and Retro Pay

President Jones reported that the updated salary schedule, which will be board approved October 12th, reflects the 1.59% increase from the Frey Report and that faculty should expect the October paycheck to reflect the 1.59% with the November paycheck including retro pay. She also mentioned that healthcare costs increased by 2%. President Jones mentioned that if a faculty member has been overpaid, s/he is required to pay back the difference, excluding STRS or PERS contribution and that HR has been flexible on a pay back plan. Additionally, President Jones clarified that pay for the salary step corresponds to years of service, which is limited to 8 years for new faculty members.

 

Sabbaticals

President Jones reported that Dr. Daniels will not be offering sabbatical this next academic year.

 

Tuition for Children of TC Faculty

President Jones summarized the bargaining update as follows: the bargaining team presented an option that tuition be paid up to 60 degree applicable units with the understanding that other details would require further planning. After some discussion, the Administration mentioned that foundations have funded this and that the District tabled the discussion to conduct further research, although the bargaining team is still interested in exploring the option of using the general fund. A question was asked if other colleges have similar programs, and President Jones mentioned Cuesta College, which funds its program though the foundation. Another faculty asked if the bargaining team could ask for priority registration. President Jones responded that this option may not be legal. It was mentioned that priority registration had been explored for local students but not for faculty dependents.

 

Compensation for Coaches Driving Teams to Games

President Jones reported that the Administration and bargaining began the discussion in agreement of not incentivizing driving and that the issue was to address emergency situations. The bargaining team’s position was to ensure that it be compensated at the same level as drivers, $20/hour. The Administration tabled the discussion in the interest of conducting further research into the rules on paying a coach to drive separately, reviewing the current adjunct driving pool, and to advertise for drivers. Other questions were raised regarding the legality of paying coaches to drive and at what rate. It was mentioned that if the coach has a Class B license, then the District would pay for a physical. Another point was made that the liability would be on the driver: if s/he were ticketed, the driver would be ineligible for traffic school.

 

Other

President Jones mentioned that Brock and a scholarship recipient sent thank you cards. Also, she extended an invitation to interested faculty who may be interested in interest-based bargaining to attend training January 13, 2017. President Jones explained that CTA backs the Proposition 55 correlated to Proposition 30—to maintain the tax on the wealthy. President Jones informed everyone of the Dean of Grant’s new position as interim Dean of Student Success. Also, faculty discussed expanding copying to include a new copier in the mailroom reserved for faculty requisition requests that Kimberley Williams could fill. President Jones mentioned that since Williams is a classified employee, Velda Peña would need to be part of the conversation. Faculty were also asked to ensure that labs requiring a keycard were locked.

 

CTA Savings Benefit

President Jones mentioned CTA has revamped its website to showcase savings opportunities.

 

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 12:57 pm.

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