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University Administrative Assembly Minutes
UAA meeting 9/18/2003
   
1. Call to Order:  Pat Moore called the meeting to order at 10:00am.
2 Approval of minutes, 10/2002; there was a motion to approve by Bob Trusz and a second by Steve Gregory. 
3 Committee Reports/Correspondence
  Life insurance change; Elinda Boyles gave a presentation about the already approved life insurance plan that went to the BOT.  The plan had been brought to UAA Exec on 09/02/03.  Exec gave it an endorsement and it went forward as part of the board package the same day.
4. Committee Chair Reports; no committees had met for this year.
5. University Wide Committee Reports; no committees had met for this year.q
6. Old Business; the welcome week give away went well.  We gave away chips, salsa and cheese.  
7. New Business
a. Inauguration Week, October 27-31; we are charged with coming up with some form of event for this week, we are looking for suggestions.
b Position Announcements
   i.   Special Events
   ii.
   Professional Development and Evaluation Committee Chair
c. Pat met with Dr. Morris, as did all constituency groups.  Pat has asked her to revisit Administrative Policy 4.54 and she has agreed.  The committee will meet to discuss what we would like to send forward. 
  It has been brought forward that we need to become more proactive in the policies that affect our environment.  There are examples currently in front of us where we didn’t get the input we were hoping for such as the no notice change in the insurance benefit and the 3% pay increase for 0304.   
  Adjourn; the motion to adjourn was made by Scott Douthat.  The next meeting is currently scheduled for Thursday, October 16, 2003 in the Micklethwaite Banquet Hall.  
   
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UAA meeting 10/28/03
   
1. Call to Order:  Pat Moore called the meeting to order at 10:00am.
2. Approval of minutes, 9/18/03;carried.
3. Committee Reports/Correspondence
a. The meeting was handed over to Roger Murphy to discuss the faculty contract and the impact to our group.
b. The change of health care in accordance with faculty contract.
c. Salary impacts to our group in line with the faculty
d. The VPs are in the salary model
e. Tuition benefit cuts at the same time as fees increase
f. Using the correct staffing model so as to make the best comparison
g. Faculty benefits include retirement and re-hire after 2 months under a different contract
h. The acceptable limits of the faculty contract with regard to who will not benefit by moving to the new health plan.
4. Committee Chair Reports; no committees had met for this year
5. University Wide Committee Reports; no committees had met for this year.
6. Old Business;
7. New Business
a. Position Announcements
  i.   Special Events
  ii.   Professional Development and Evaluation Committee Chair
8. Adjourn; the motion was made and carried.
 
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UAA meeting 11/05/03
   
1. Call to Order:  Pat Moore called the meeting to order at 10:00am.
2. Approval of minutes, 10/28/03
3. Committee Reports/Correspondence
a. The faculty received a 4.5 or $1400 raise whichever was greater.
b. Staffing models were discussed again
c. ATSS/UIS staff/Exec staff are all in the model and it skews it
d. We are asking for parity in health and salary benefits
f. Recommendation that ATSS staff be taken from the UAA policy for health care and align with CWA.
4. Committee Chair Reports; no committees had met for this year.
5. University Wide Committee Reports; no committees had met for this year. 
6. Old Business;
7. New Business
a. Position Announcements
  i.  Special Events
  ii.  Professional Development and Evaluation Committee Chair
8. Adjourn; the motion was made and carried.
 
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UAA meeting 12/18/03 
   
1. Call to Order:  the meeting was called to order by Pat Moore
2. Approval of minutes,  skipped due to the nature of the meeting
3. Committee Reports/Correspondence
4. Committee Chair Reports;
5. University Wide Committee Reports;
6. Old Business;
7. New Business
  The President brought forward the new BOT resolutions that were going to be presented to the next board meeting.  We were presented copies of Resolutions:
 

·  F33-03 Administrators and ATSS contributions and health care provision changes

·  F34-03 Sick leave policy administrators and ATSS

·  F35-03 Administrators market equity adjustments

·  F36-03 Health care contribution reimbursement

  The UAA body voted on the health care package and it carried 53-5. 
8. Adjourn;
   
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UAA meeting 1/15/04
 
Meeting cancelled due to lack of agenda
   
UAA Meeting 2/19/04
   
1. Call to order, Pat Moore
2. Approval of the minutes from 12/18/2003, Tess Midkiff, seconded by Steve Gregory
3. UAA Committee Reports/Correspondence
 

· Personnel and Policies Committee, due to the absence of the committee chair, this wasmoved to the next meeting.

· Compensation Committee; no report

· Professional Development/ Evaluation Committee; no report

4. University Wide Committee Reports
 
  • Affirmative action has met and was charged at looking at the hiring guidelines for the university, Barb Bradbury.
  • A&I met to develop a recommendation to sports and facilities with regard to intramural sports.
5. Old Business
6. New Business
 
  • Handouts from Personnel and Policies Committee
     
      1. The handouts that were circulated among the members generated some discussion.  Elinda had some specific questions about job descriptions and the follow up on evaluations.  A report will go forward to the VPs showing who has not had an evaluation. 
      2. Megan Horn offered clarification to the group about the handouts, she said that the meeting had been more conversational and non directive since it was unclear what the charge to the committee was.  The notes reflected that reference and she has asked that they be given a specific charge by UAA Exec.
      3. The charge to the Personnel and Policies Committee is that the group have a draft of a professional development plan that contains policy with regard to items such as market adjustments and benefits.
 
  • Comparative data for ATSS for market surveys, there is none in CUPA so they are not normally addressed in market impact salary increases.  This was not addressed in the meeting.
7. Adjourn, Steve Gregory, seconded by Mark Moore
   
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UAA meeting 11/18/04
   
1. Call to order, Jared Shoemaker
2. Approval of minutes: skipped due to the nature of the meeting
3. UAA University Wide Committee Reports
 
  • ADA - Scott Douthat discussed the possibility of creating larger testing area in Success Center.  Stated they are also checking the handicap accessibility throughout the university.
  • Strategic Planning Committee - Discussed switching from North Central to AQUIP and updating goals.
  • Insurance Committee - Judi McGraw and Elinda Boyles discussed the change of insurance from Coresource to United Healthcare.  They briefly explained some of the improvements to the new plan, discussed the information that will be mailed to employees to fill out and return, and stated there will be two information meetings about the new insurance (time and date TBA).  Judi McGraw announced that we reached our goal of individuals to enroll in the voluntary life insurance plan.
  • Records Commission - Sherri Powell discussed the disposal of university records.
  • Special Events Committee - Ann Marie Short announced December 10, 2004 will be the Annual Holiday Lunch at 12:00pm - 1:00pm.
  • UTAC - Nikki Montgomery - discussed the replacement of labs on campus.
 UAA Committee Reports
  Joint Reports
 
  • Compensation Committee - Paul Madden discussed the concept of Performance Development and Performance Recognition system (PDPR).  

 

4. Old Business
 
  • Introduced new UAA Secretary: Keenan Perry
5. New Business
 
  • Review policy changes for: 5.14, 2.04, 3.21, 5.13, 5.31
         No comments against policy changes
6. Set date for next meeting, December 16, 2004
7. Motion to adjourn by Denise Gregory, seconded by Judi McGraw
   
 
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UAA Meeting 12/16/2004
   
1. Call to order, Jared Shoemaker
2. Review of minutes: skipped due to nature of meeting
3. Committee reports
 
  • Personnel/Policies - Ann Marie Short asked the group to let her know what concerns they had pertaining to policies.
  • Compensation - Paul Madden and Professional Development - Sherri Powell reported that the President had met with the UAA executive committee to inform the group that the Professional Development outline which we had submitted to her was a bit too broad.  She would like for us to focus more on principles of the document and less on the details and bring our concerns forward to her.
  • Professional Development - Sherri Powell reported that we will be meeting in January for training on the new CWA contract.

 

4. University Wide Committee Reports
 
  • ADA - Scott Douthat stated that upon review, there are several issues with ADA compliance in the the Allied Health Building.  He stated that corrections will be made during renovation of the building.
  • Affirmative Action - No report
  • Strategic Planning - No report
  • Facilities - No report
  • Food Service - No report
  • Insurance - Jared Shoemaker reported for Steve Gregory that our dental insurance cards have been distributed.
  • Personnel Development - No report
  • Records Commission - No report
  • Special Events - Ann Marie Short reported that the holiday party was a success.  If anyone has ideas for new events please contact Ann Marie Short.
  • UTAC - No report
5. New Business
 
  • Jared Shoemaker reported that the President has announced that background checks will be performed, depending on the position, on new hires.
  • Jared Shoemaker reported that the President announced that we would be implementing an anonymous reporting system, Ethics Point, which will allow employees to email Ethics Point with policy violations by other employees.  The President will receive the email from Ethics Point without knowing who sent the email, and she will decide if further investigation will be required. 
  • There was much discussion that occurred regarding the Ethics Point topic, and the group requested that the President and Legal Counsel attend the next UAA meeting to discuss this new system. 
  • Jared Shoemaker stated that the President is concerned about the way in which our university committees are comprised and the way in which they work.  She will be modifying the structure after the first of the year.  If you are on a university wide committee at this time please continue to attend meetings until further notice.

 

6. Adjourn
 
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