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Summary of January Board of Directors Meeting
Editor’s Note:
The Work Force
publishes a
summary of actions
taken by CSEA’s
Board of Directors.
The summary is
prepared by CSEA
Statewide Secretary • Denise Berkley for Berkley
union members.
ALBANY — CSEA’s Statewide Board of Directors met on Jan. 12, 2017. In official business, the board:
• Approved 2017 Maximum
Miscellaneous Allowances, as contained in the Jan. 12, 2017 Statewide Treasurer’s report to
the Board of Directors. •
• Approved Local 413 to purchase
a new copier with Konica Minolta
at Manhattan Psychiatric Center, •
600 East 125th Street, Wards
Island Complex, New York, NY
10035. The total cost of the
copier is $2,931.00. As this lease • term runs past the Local Officers’ current term, the Board’s
approval is necessary for this
lease. • Approved Local 828 Unit 7400 to enter into a lease agreement with Hulsizer Management at 1354
Buffalo Road, Suite 4, 6, 8 and 10 • in Gates, NY. The lease is for four years (March 1, 2017 to Feb. 28, 2021) at a cost of $1,100.00 per month. As this lease term runs
past the Local Officers’ current
term, the Board’s approval is • necessary for this lease.
Approved to create the
position of Director of Member Engagement, M/C Grade 9A. Approved to create the position •
of Assistant to the Director of Member Engagement, M/C Grade 5.
Approved to create the title
of Member Engagement Coordinator, M/C Grade 7/8, creating five positons. Approved to create the title of Director of Field and Member Services to Director of Field Operations.
Approved to reallocate the position of Director of Education and Training, M/C Grade 8,
to Director of Education and Leadership Development, M/C grade 9A.
Approved to reclassify the position of Supervising Research Analyst M/C Grade 7 to
Research Analyst UUE-NY Grade 14A/16A/18A.
Approved to reallocate one Legal
Assistant, M/C 3/4 to M/C 4A.
• Approved to create the position of Information Systems Security
Specialist, M/C 7A.
• Approved the Standing Legal
Committee Report of January 12,
2017.
• Approved the appointments to
the Political Action Committee as follows: Maria Norma C. DeGuzman (Local 762 R2), Letitia Williams (Local 762 R2) and Timothy Backus (Local 839 R5).
Questions concerning the summary should be directed to Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, CSEA Headquarters, 143 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12210 (800) 342-4146, ext. 1253 or (518) 257-1253.
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