Staff and Administrative Council Minutes February 20, 2020

2 p.m., End Zone, LaPenta Student Union Minutes

Present: Brian Beyrer, Casey DelliCarpini, Courtney Ferrick, Jason Ford, Mary Grant, Anthony LoPresti, Bing Morris, Jessica Rosenberg, Michele Sampson-Nelson, Anthony Scaccia, Jon Stanko, Laurie Wenchell

Excused: Andrew Albrecht, Jennifer Connolly, Sam Derosa, Jorge Franco, Helena Jaccino, Michael LaRocca, Reggie Richardson, Robin Summers, Peter Tascio, Charlotte Wray

Vacancy: Currently 2 staff vacancies

The meeting began at 2:06 p.m. Quorum was met with attendance of 12 voting members.

Approval of Minutes

Agreed to approve prior meeting minutes via email in the interest of time.

Announcements

Reported from Committee on Academic Affairs: discussion of new department titles; Christoph Winkler is finalizing major for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Reported from Committee on Athletics: no action items; discussed concerns over student scheduling.

Reported from Committee on Budget: visit from Kevin O’Sullivan with update on Admissions.

Reported from Committee on Enrollment Management: first meeting will occur on March 5.

Reported from Committee on Environmental Sustainability: no action items; to bring up in next meeting, discuss inconsistency in building temps.

Reported from Committee on Human Resources and Compensation: fiduciary company presented for full meeting.

Reported from Committee on Libraries: library survey sent; discussed five-year strategic plan, to put in place at end of academic year.

Reported from Committee on Student Life: Discussed that meal plan money is not enough, only covers two meals a day, not three. There was a processing issue recently with the cards. There is a program called Gael to Gael where students can donate/receive leftover funds from others. One issue with purchasing food on campus is not knowing what foods sold by weight will cost until they are at register. Students may need education on how best to use their meal plan funds.

Action Items

Brian Beyrer suggested for open position on College Council.
Casey DelliCarpini and Michele Sampson-Nelson on End of Year BBQ Committee.
Laurie Wenchell will handle the Brother Bray awards nominations and will send email for committee members.
Laurie Wenchell will handle SAC elections.

Pulse of the College

Question raised about bereavement policy: if a brother/sister-in-law dies, what are the rules for days off? Is it case-by-case, and if it is at the discretion of the supervisor, can the employee still be paid for the day(s)?

Can the Human Resources departments be updated so that new employees entered into the online directory are coded properly?

The Iona University summer camp was canceled and employees received late notice, causing them to have to scramble for alternatives. An email was sent, and the sports camps are still being hosted.

Staff members posed question of why they weren’t offered retirement package from last year. (It was an offer with an expiration date – not ongoing.)

Meeting adjourned at 3:02 p.m. (motion Scaccia/Stanko). The next SAC meeting will be held on March 27, 2020 at 1 p.m. via Zoom.