The June 2008 meeting was called to order at 1000 hours by Southern Vice-President Celina Murrieta-Gonzales at the Prescott Resort & Conference Center located at 1500 Highway 69, Prescott, Arizona. Vice-President Celina Murrieta-Gonzales began the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Executive Officer Pat Eagan
D-2 & Northern Vice President Mark Haughey
D-3 & Recording Secretary Jim Bee
D-5 (Metro Central) Tim Kvochick
D-8 (Proxy) John Eccles
D-11 Bert Chaney
D-12 Nathan Teel
D-13 (Metro East) Bill Rogers
D-15 Matt Rosemeyer
D-16 John Smith
Executive Vice President
& OCI (Proxy) Dave Schroder
OCN/II (Southern CI) John Eccles
Civilian Central Zone II Vickie Williams
Civilian Southern Zone &
Southern Vice President Celina Murrieta-Gonzales
Civilian Northern Zone Rebecca Smith
Retired Civilian (Proxy) Vickie Williams
Treasurer Dave Schroder
Asst. Treasurer
& Ring Coordinator Beverly Fuller
AHPA STAFF PRESENT:
Legal Counsel – Greg Robinson
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Pete Sadler
Frank Shankwitz
GUESTS PRESENT:
Beverly Kvochick
Paul Dinerman
Lani Rogers
C.E. Fuller
Frank Gonzales
FLOWERS / THANK YOU LETTERS:
Flowers – none
Thank You Letters – none
NEW SWORN MEMBERS:
None
NEW CIVILIAN MEMBERS:
None
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MEMBERS WHO HAVE RETIRED:
None
MEMBERS WHO HAVE LEFT DPS:
Sworn: none
Civilian: none
SICK & DISTRESSED:
None
DEATHS – LINE OF DUTY / FAMILY:
Father of Patty Rehm, Northern Regional Crime Lab Administrative Secretary, passed away on May 10th.
Mrs. Joan Rockwell, mother of Diane Plein, Human Resources, passed away on June 6th.
Retired employee Keith (Pete) Brewer #2713 passed away on June 12th.
This year 47 Police Officers have died in the line of duty. Ten Officers have died since the last meeting.
Six were killed in automobile collisions
One was killed in a motorcycle collision
Three were killed by gunfire
Five were from Municipal Agencies
Five were from County Agencies
One was from a State Police (New Mexico)
All ten were male
1) Deputy Sheriff James Throne
Kern County Sheriff’s Dept., California
Age 29 Years of Service 2 years
Killed Friday, May 23, 2008
Automobile Collision
2) Deputy Sheriff Michael Sean Thomas
Bibb County Sheriff”s Office, Georgia
Age 32 Years of Service 8
Killed Sunday, May 25, 2008
Motorcycle Collision
3) Sergeant Leslie (Les) Wilmott
Kiefer P.D., Oklahoma
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Age 54 Years of Service 30
Killed Thursday, May 29, 2008
Automobile Collision
4) Lieutenant Michael Avilucea
New Mexico State Police
Age 51 Years of Service 26
Killed Friday, May 30, 2008
Automobile Collision
5) Police Officer Erik David Hite
Tucson P.D., Arizona
Age 43 Years of Service 4
Killed Monday, June 2, 2008
Gunfire
6) Police Officer Everett William Dennis
Carthage P.D., Texas
Age 23 Years of Service 2
Killed Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Automobile Collision
7) Transport Officer Virgil Lee Behrens
Marion County Sheriff’s Department, Iowa
Age 68 Years of Service 43
Killed Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Automobile Collision
8) Deputy Sheriff Shane Tate
Grundy County Sheriff’s Department, Tennessee
Age 28 Years of Service 3
Killed Thursday June 5, 2008
Gunfire
9) Police Officer Todd Bahr
Fredericksburg P.D., Virginia
Age 40 Years of Service 2
Killed Friday, June 6, 2008
Gunfire
10) Detective Clinton Rice
St. Clair Shores P.D., Michigan
Age N/A Years of Service 17
Killed Friday, June 6, 2008
Automobile Collision
For more information on these officers, refer to www.odmp
[Officer Down Memorial Page])
A MOMENT OF SILENCE WAS HELD.
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CONSENT AGENDA:
Seat New Board Members & Proxies
Last months minutes have not been posted on the Department’s EMS system. They were posted on the Retiree’s & Association website.
Motion from Vicki Williams, seconded by Dave Schroder to accept the consent agenda. Motion Passed.
TREASURER REPORT:
General Checking: $ 197,008.06
Savings: $ 56,332.60
Merchandise: $ 13,795.46
Bass: $ 1,777.83
Rodeo: $ 6,675.55
Golf: $ 29,034.52
Raffle: $ 49,237.24
Charities: $ 17,649.60
PAC: $ 25,182.10
Merrill Lynch $ 440,118.00
Monument Account $ 14,651.00
Snedaker Account (Originally) $ 40,084.00
(Remaining) $ 21,784.00
Funding Requests (Budgeted) $ 5,000.00
Expenditures
July 0.00
August 1,000.00
September 550.00
October 0.00
November 0.00
December 750.00
January 2008 0.00
February 0.00
March 0.00
April 542.00
May 400.00
June 0.00
Balance $ 1,758.00
Sick & Distressed (Budgeted) $ 4,000.00
Expenditures
July 0.00
August 0.00
September 0.00
October 0.00
November 0.00
December 0.00
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January 2008 0.00
February 0.00
March 0.00
April 0.00
May 0.00
June 0.00
Balance $ 4,000.00
Dave Schroder advised the Board that the $20.00 bill found on the side of the road was counterfeit.
DONATIONS:
Ramsey Beckstead – $100.00 for (Don Beckstead’s roadside marker) or others as needed.
Dave Schroder passed out to the Board the 2008-2009 Association Budget. Projected revenues were $ 754,641.00. Projected expenses were $ 717,520.00. Net income was projected at $ 37,121.00. Motion was made to accept the projected budget. Motion carried.
LEGISLATIVE REPORT:
Vice-President Celina Murrieta-Gonzales reported to the Board that bill #2116 & #1407, both dealing with moving dispatchers into CORP, were signed by the Governor.
MERCHANDISE REPORT:
Tim Kvochick addressed the Board on several items:
1) New polo shirts, in black, blue, & tan are in, price is $30.00.
2) New watches are in, price $40.00
3) Limited amount of golf towels, price $15.00
Tim showed the Board two types of briefcases for feedback.
GUEST SPEAKER: FRANK SHANKWITZ
Make-a-Wish started in 1980 by this Association. Since then there have been 3,500 wishes granted in Arizona, 168,000 wishes granted worldwide. Last year’s wish, Clint Wilson is having a bone marrow transplant on July 2nd. Last year the Association gave $6,500.00 towards the wish, and Frank asked that the Association again give the same amount this year. Motion made by Dave Schroder, 2nd by Bert Chaney. Motion carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Website Committee: Members Only section on the website will be removed.
Membership Committee: Flyer was handed out for the Board to make corrections. Dave Schroder made a motion to have 5000 printed. Motion carried.
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By-Law Committee: New By-Laws were passed out to Board members.
OLD BUSINESS:
Dave Schroder advised the Board on printing our own membership cards. The vendor we use now only prints cards once a year. By purchasing our own equipment, we can provide cards to new members the next day. Cost of the equipment/software was quoted as being $2,300.00. After the initial set-up cost, cards can be produced at a cost of $0.50 each. Motion made by Pat Eagan, 2nd by Becky Smith to purchase equipment. Motion carried.
LEGAL REPORT:
Greg Robinson reported that former Association President Andy Swann has obtained enough signatures to place his name on the ballot.
NEW BUSINESS:
None
REQUEST FOR FUNDING:
None
MOTION TO ADJOURN BY JIM BEE, SECONDED BY DAVE SCHRODER. MOTION PASSED.
NEXT MEETING:
Next meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 at Mountain Preserve Reception Center, Phoenix, Arizona. Meeting will start at 0900 hours.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jim Bee, Recording Secretary
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