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Final Meeting Minutes
Meeting On March 5, 2014 at 3:00 pm
MSD Headquarters, 2350 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63103
Signatory Attendees: CBTU, CPC, MCC, MCU, MOKAN, M-SLICE, NAACP, and NSBE
(attendance sheet attached)
1. Introduction of new Signatory, M-SLICE
2. Roll Call
• Brian Hoelscher recognized the new Signatory, M-SLICE. He also
indicated that the CBA contract amendment adding M-SLICE as a
Signatory was distributed with meeting materials.
• All Signatory Groups were present.
3. Approval of January 29, 2014 meeting minutes
• MOKAN noted a change to add a sentence to item 4, first bullet "This
schedule will apply for calendar year 2014 at which time the Signatories
will revisit the frequency of future CBA meetings.
4. Establish rules for public comment
• After extensive discussion and considering motions and amendments to
motions, the final Motion states:
• A public comment period comment period will be allowed at the start of
the meetings before new business; anyone wishing to comment will need
to complete a request card prior to the meeting including their name,
organization, contact information, and topic; comment periods would be
limited to 2 minutes; the entire comment period will not exceed 20
minutes; MSD will post the public meeting notice at 2350 Market as it
does all public meetings. Signatory Group motioned, seconded, and voted
7 yea's with 1 nay vote by CBTU.
5. MSD selection of 3 Monitoring Oversight Committee members (Section IX)
• MSD announced that it had chosen Vicki Edwards (MSD's Director of
Human Resources), Betsy Schubert (MSD's Manager of Purchasing), and
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Allen Muehlher (MSD's Program Manager in Construction Management)
as their three (3) Oversight Committee members. MSD also indicated that
they are still considering whether or not to replace one or more of these
individuals with a member outside of MSD. MSD indicated that it would
work with the Oversight Committee to schedule the first quarterly meeting
during the middle of May to coincide with MSD's next quarterly diversity
report to MSD's Board of Trustees Stakeholder Committee.
6. Section IX, Compliance Monitoring Staffing Plan (IX)
• Shonnah Paredes, Manager of Diversity Programs, described MSD's
current staffing plan for Diversity monitoring. The Signatory Committee
asked questions about and MSD responded regarding the frequency of site
visits, how visits were scheduled, what activities the MWBE inspectors
engaged in, inquired about MWBE requirements and how they were
applied. Both Vicki Edwards and Brian Hoelscher responded to inquiries
regarding workforce goal requirements for Prime contractors. At the end
of the discussion, MSD committed to forwarding the following
information to the Signatories for review by March 19th: data on the
capital program and resulting size of monitoring force, structure and duties
of the monitoring resources, contract and procedure documents and
references used to implement the program.
7. Section IX, Third Party Monitoring Consultant
• MSD indicated that it would prepare for discussion and consideration a
proposed scope of services for a Third Party Monitor Consultant and
forward to the Signatories no later than March 19, 2014.
8. Section V. First Source Hiring Program, SLATE presentation
• SLATE made a presentation on the scope of services it will provide to
meet the First Source Hiring requirements of the CBA as well as many
other services also being provided by SLATE as part of the program.
There was much discussion between the Signatory Committee and SLAE
regarding the services being provided. When asked by the Signatories if
MSD felt that once fully implemented SLATE's services would meet the
First Source Hiring requirements of the CBA, MSD indicated yes.
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9. Next meeting Agenda
• Brian Hoelscher indicated that the agenda items for the next meeting (time
allowing) would be MSD's Compliance Monitoring Plan (Section IX),
Scope of services for a Third Party Monitoring Consultant (Section IX),
Job Training Funding (Section IV), MWBE Outreach and Low Interest
Loan Program (Section VI), and Education and Internship Program
(Section VII).
10. Meeting was adjourned at 5:20 p.m.
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