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MINNESOTA SELF
INSURERS ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
December 4, 2009
Park Plaza Hotel, Bloomington, MN
On Friday, December 4, 2009, the 2009 annual meeting of the Minnesota
Self-Insurers Association (“MSIA”) was convened by Brad Wiggins, the
Vice Chair, acting as Chair in the absence of Chair Brian Rotty (who was
serving with the United States military in Iraq) at the Park Plaza Hotel
in Bloomington, Minnesota. The meeting was convened at 9:00 am.
Business Meeting
The Acting President convened
the business meeting, declared a quorum present and recognized Mike
McCallum, Chair of the Nominations Committee.
Mr. McCallum announced that the
Nominating Committee recommended two candidates to serve as members of
the board of directors for two year terms: (1) James Oukrup,
representing HealthPartners; and (2) Dawn Soleta, representing The Toro
Company. Mr. McCallum moved the nomination of these directors, seconded
by Sandra Bodensteiner, representing the City of St. Paul. The Acting
President asked for further nominations and seeing none, called for a
vote on the motion to elect James Oukrup and Dawn Soleta as directors.
Both were elected by acclimation.
Mr. McCallum announced that the
Nominating Committee recommended the following directors to serve as
officers: (1) Brad Wiggins, representing Cargill, Inc. as President; (2)
Sandra Bodensteiner, representing the City of St. Paul as Vice Chair;
(3) Dan Hawkins, representing Target Corporation as Treasurer; and (4)
Liz Houlding, representing the State of Minnesota, as Secretary. Mr.
McCallum asked for further nominations and seeing none, called for a
vote on the motion to elect these persons for the indicated offices.
Both were elected by acclimation.
The Acting President adjourned
the business meeting and moved to the next item on the agenda. The
following announcements were made:
Membership Report
Mike McCallum, Xcel Energy, presented the report:
Five membership invitations were
sent this quarter. The current membership total is 107, 53 voting and 54
associate members.
Treasurer’s Report
The report was presented by Sandra Bodensteiner, City of St. Paul:
The Checking account at Security
State Bank of Marine is being closed. $14,000 in funds have been
transferred to new checking account at Wells Fargo. The remainder of the
funds will be left in the account at Security State Bank of Marine until
all pending checks have been cleared, at which time, the remainder of
the checking account balance will be transferred to the Wells Fargo
checking account. The 2 CDs at Security State Bank of Marine have been
cashed out and those funds have been put in a savings account at Wells
Fargo.
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Treasurers Report |
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Previous Balance: |
$85,937.53 ($26,306.54
Checking $59,630.99 CDs) |
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Disbursements: |
$22,560.90 |
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Revenue: |
$11,612.50 |
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Checking Current Balance: |
$26,016.67 ($4,346.94
Security State Bank of Marine and $21,669.73 Wells Fargo) |
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Savings Current Balance |
$49,172.46 |
Introduction of members and
guests.
Program:
Legislative Update
Pete Thrane and Paul Cassidy presented the legislative update.
“WCRI CompScope Benchmarks
for Minnesota: Selected Key Findings”
The presentation was made by Carol Telles of the Workers’
Compensation Research Institute.
Case Law Update
Doug Brown of Brown and Carlson, PA presented the case law update.
“Best Practices in ADA and
FMLA”
The presentation was made by Bill Celebrezze of the Aafedt, Forde Gray &
Monson PA law firm.
The meeting was adjourned at
11:30 a.m. by Sandra Bodensteiner. |
