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RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMM/SS/ON
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
(COMMISSIONERS MARION ASHLEY, CHRIS BUYDOS, BOB BUSTER, TERRY HENDERSON,
ROBIN LOWE, JEFF MILLER, JEFF STONE, JOHN TAVAGLIONE, MIKE WILSON,
ROY WILSON)
8:00 A.M.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
County of Riverside Administrative Center
Conference Room "A"
4080 Lemon Street, 3rd Floor, Riverside
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1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
4. CLOSED SESSION
Conference with Legal Counsel: Anticipated Litigation Pursuant to
Subdivision (b) Section 54956.9
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b):
Number of potential cases: 1
5. ADJOURNMENT
The next meeting is scheduled to be held on Wednesday,
October 12, 2005.
11.36.21
AGENDA ITEM 3
MINUTES
RIVERS/DE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
July 13, 2005
Minutes
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chairperson Robin Lowe called the meeting to order at 8:11 a.m., on
Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at the Riverside County Transportation
Commission's Conference Room "A", 4080 Lemon Street, 3'd Floor,
Riverside, California 92501.
Members Present:
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Marion Ashley
Bob Buster
Chris Buydos
Terry Henderson
Robin Lowe
There were no public comments.
Jeff Miller
Jeff Stone
John Tavaglione
Mike Wilson
Roy Wilson
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
M/S/C (Henderson/Buydos) to approve the minutes of the
May 11, 2005 meeting as presented.
4. PROPOSAL TO AMEND SHORT AND LONG TERM DISABILITY
BENEFITS
Eric Haley, Executive Director, stated that as part of the review
process of the personnel rules/regulations, staff became aware that
the short and long term disability benefits have not been brought into
line to provide the percentage of salary benefits previously intended by
the Commission. The previously approved benefit was to provide
66 2/3% of employee salary for short term disability (STD). Because
he is considereda contract employee, he proposed that the salary to
be used to formulate the maximum amount for the 66 2/3% benefit
was the Deputy Executive Director's salary. In addition, since
employees on STD will only be receiving 66 2/3% of their salary, that
they be allowed to use sick and/or vacation leave hours to supplement
their STD benefits, if they so desire.For the long term' disability
(LTD), he proposed increasing the maximum monthly benefit from
$7,000 to $10,000. The proposed $10,000 maximum amount is in
line with other public agencies that provide LTD benefit. In addition,
he proposed that employees used their accrued sick leave hours before
receiving LTD benefits.
M/S/C (Buster/MWilson) that effective August 1, 2005:
For Short Term Disability
A) Provide 66.67% weekly benefit with the maximum
weekly benefit to be set at 66.67% of the
Deputy Executive Director's salary;
B) That the elimination period be seven"(7) days for sickness
and no elimination period for accidents;
C) That employees be authorized to use available sick and/or
vacation hours to supplement their short term disability
benefit; and
D) Amend the Personnel Rules and Regulations to reflect the
above provisions.
For Long Term Disability
A) Provide 66.67% monthly benefit with the maximum to be
set at $10,000;
B) That employees exhaust available sick leave hours prior
to applying for long term disability benefit; and
C) To amend the Personnel Rules and Regulations to reflect
the above provisions.
4. ORDINANCE 05-001, "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE RIVERSIDE
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE CODE"
Steve DeBaun,'Legal Counsel, stated that theproposed policy for
handling tort claims was developed in the absence of a .written RCTC
policy. In addition, form letters were developed for use to respond to
tort claims. Basically, the policy authorizes the Executive Director to "
make a determination on submitted claims. However, the
Executive Director shall request Executive Committee approval for
payment, of any claim(s). This item is included in Commission's
agenda packet for approval.
M/S/C (Henderson/Buydos) to recommend Commission approval
of Ordinance No. 05-001, "An Ordinance Amending the
Riverside County Transportation Commission Administrative
Code".
5. CLOSED SESSION
Conference with Labor Negotiator Pursuant to Section 54957.6
Title of Agency Negotiator: ChairmanNice Chairman
Title of Employee: Executive Director
At this time, the Executive Committee adjourned to Closed Session.
The Executive Committee reconvened and unanimously voted to
extend the contract of the Executive Director for three years to 2008
with provisions to increase salary to $193,515/year plus benefits.
6. ADJOURNMENT
There being no other items to be considered, the Executive Committee
meeting adjourned at 8:58 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Naty Kopenhaver
Clerk of the Riverside County
Transportation Commission
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