2008 WLEOA SPRING MEETING

 

04-05-08

 

HOWARDS JOHNSON’S ANTIQUA BAY RESORT-WI DELLS

 

 

 

Meeting called to order at 10:17 AM

 

Opening Prayer – Sheree Carr

 

Pledge of Allegiance

 

Roll Call

 

President                      Jim Kirk                                   Present

Vice President              LaMont Strandberg                  Excused

Treasurer                      Allen Kraeger                           Present

Secretary                      Randy Albert                            Present

District #1                    Vacant

District #2                    Chad O’Neil                            Present

District #3                    Craig Olson                              Present

District #4                    Michael Hartert                        Present

District #5                    Kurt Drezek                             Present

District #6                    Winn Collins                             Present

District #7                    Tony Nardi                               Present

District #8                    Randy Lind                               Present

District #9                    Jeff Schmidt                              Present

District #10                  Sheree Carr                              Present

District #11                  Dennis Kluge                            Present

 

 

Agenda distributed to all members present. Motion made to accept agenda by Kraeger. 2nd Nardi. Motion passed.

 

Meeting minutes from October 27, 2007 meeting distributed. Motion made to accept meeting minutes by Collins. 2nd Kluge. Motion passed.

 

Motion made to set per diem for meeting at same rate as past meetings at $25.00 by Lind. 2nd Carr. Motion passed.

 

Raffle Drawing took place. Tickets were pulled by non member Dave Presley who represented Millers First Insurance at the Meeting. He did not purchase any tickets.

 

 

 

1st Prize            Bret Henning                Brandon                       $1,000.00 Cash

2nd Prize           John Roggenbauer        Stratford                       $750.00 Gander Gift card

3rd Prize            Gene Sipple                  Black Creek                 $500.00 Gander Gift card

4th Prize            Martin Studenec           Milwaukee                   $250.00 Harley Gift card

5th Prize            Kathy Albert                Hatley                          Lodge at Cedar Creek Stay

6th Prize            David Martinson           Milwaukee                   The Waters Hotel Stay

7th Prize            Richard Desmond         Worland WY               The Tundra Lodge Hotel Stay

8th Prize            Bill Van Zile                  New Berlin                   Stoney Creek Inn Stay

9th Prize            Mac McMahon            Minocqua                     Antiqua Bay Resort Hotel

10th Prize          Oscar Beilke                New Holstein               Lodge at Cedar Creek Stay

11th Prize          Lucinda Brown Lodi                             The Waters Hotel Stay

12th Prize          Paul Sullivan                 West Allis                     The Tundra Lodge Hotel Stay

13th Prize          G Langerdeinrich          Milwaukee                   Stoney Creek Inn Stay

 

1st Alternate      Mike & Deb Mullarky  Richland Center

 

Allen Kraeger gave the treasurer’s report. As of April 3rd, 2008 the WLEOA had $163,477.83 in current assets. Fixed assets totaled $49,327.62. Total assets equaled $212,805.45. This is in increase of $759.74 when compared to October 27, 2007 and an increase of $5,285.94 since the Spring 2007 meeting. Motion made to accept the treasurer’s report by Kluge. 2nd by Schmidt. Motion passed.

 

Randy Albert gave the secretary’s report. Membership stands at 2, 124 as of April 4th,2008. There were 317 members behind in dues. The WLEOA lost 28 members in 2008 and gained 26. There are presently 988 active and associate members and 1134 retired members. There were 43 retirements processed in 2007. There have been 18 retirements processed so far this year. All members behind in dues had a reminder letter mailed to them in October 2007. Motion made to accept secretary’s report by Kraeger. 2nd by Drezek. Motion carried.

 

Dave Presely spoke to the members present and informed them of the services Millers First Insurance offers. They operate primarily in the States of WI, IA, IL, and MO. They were formed in 1877. They do not call members unless our members contact them. They will send mailings offering their services. They do offer roadside assistance for towing and cover rental cars for an additional $1.00 per month on their policies. Dave Presley presented a check to the organization for royalties.

 

OLD/UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

Michael Hartert gave two excellent examples of mission statements for consideration and Dennis Kluge offered some suggestions along the same line. The mission statement was tabled until the fall meeting to give everyone more time to consider a WLEOA mission statement.

 

 

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

Audit & Finance           The audit conducted annually will be completed at the end of April

                                    2008.

 

Awards                        Chairperson Strandberg was excused from the meeting. The board

                                    still wants to pursue certificates and awards for WLEOA members

                                    who perform exceptional acts in the line of duty and an officer of

                                    the year award.

 

Campground                Campground report distributed by Kraeger. The campground

                                    came in under projected budget in 2007. Expected budget for 2008

                                    is $12,050.00. Sanitary inspector gave WLEOA a clean report for

                                    2007. Motion made to accept projected budget by Schmidt. 2nd by

                                    Kluge. Motion passed.

 

Delegates/Rules            No report

 

Chaplain Report           More sympathy cards will be ordered by Kraeger and distributed

                                    at fall meeting.

 

Historian Report           Old magazines have been stored at secretaries home. We are still

                                    missing some past issues of the magazines and newsletter. Albert

                                    will provide Kluge with a list of past issues missing at fall 2008

                                    meeting.

 

Magazine                      April 15th, 2008 is the deadline for submission or articles to

                                    Callon Publishing.

 

Membership                 Report given during secretary report

 

Resolution/Bylaws        Motion made to increase the amount from $200.00 to $250.00

                                    the standard amount of a discretionary disbursement. There will

                                    be a $500.00 max limit disbursement by the President in the event

                                    of an emergency. Motion made by Collins. 2nd by Drezek. Motion

                                    passed.

 

11:58AM                     Adjourned for lunch

 

1:03 PM                       Meeting resumed.

 

Raffle Report                Two letters were received by members regarding suggestions for

                                    raffle improvements. Both were discussed and after discussion it

                                    was decided the raffle will remain as is. The first letter came from

 

                                    a member from LaCrosse and it stated members in that area do not

                                    tickets because there are so few prizes offered in that area. The

                                    hotels stays are offered so people can explore other areas of the

                                    state and are spread in 4 different counties in the east, west, central

                                    and northern regions of the state. The other suggestion asked us to        

                                    go back to a gun raffle. The Gander Mountain gift cards are the

                                    equivalent to two guns being given away so it was decided to leave

                                    those prizes as is.

 

Insurance                      Two letters were received by the secretary regarding members who

                                    had contacted American Income Life and not received contact

                                    back from AIL. Albert contacted AIL with this information and

                                    has not received any other complaints.

 

Retired Members          Kluge advised he received a request from a former Milwaukee PD

                                    officer requesting names/addresses for his former colleagues.

                                    Discussion commended and it was agreed we should not release

                                    any confidential information for a request such as this.

 

Trials/Suspensions        No report

 

Youth/PR                     The Washington DC trip is all planned and ready to go April 24th

                                    to April 28th. 46 youth and 10 chaperones will make the trip. There

                                    will be new lodging and meal arrangements this year and Carr will

                                    be exploring going back to a smaller bus next year.

 

Golf                              Kirk advised the golf outing will be Glacier Wood in Iola again

                                    this year and there is still room for more teams.

 

Lobbyist                       No report

 

Scholarship                   Wuerl advised the deadline to apply stayed the same this year but

                                    will be moved up in 2009.

 

Pres. Advisory              No report

 

Web Site                      Up and running with no problems. Let Kirk know if you wan to

                                    to add a link.

 

CORRESPONDENC/ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

Secretary Albert received a letter from the Freedom from Religion Foundation. He replied and a copy of his reply letter was sent. A discussion took place regarding the merits of the letter and possible changes to our bylaws. It was decided no further action would take place.

 

Letter received from Joe Prebisch with concerns about putting identifying information on the AIL cards. No social security information is asked for on the card. A DOB is requested. It was decided that members who had concern about the information requested put the card in an envelope when they mail it or leave off identifying information.

 

Letter shared with Board from Robert Stuhmer who gave the largest single contribution to the WLEOA this past renewal period.

 

Letter received from an associate member named Dan who asked if associate members could ever become active members with benefits. Only LE related personal can ever become active members per the bylaws.

 

O’Neil volunteered to look for 3 members whose renewals did not reach them via mail. It was learned 1 was deceased, 1 was located and the other Lind volunteered to look for.

 

Kay Kraeger donated $200.00 to the WLEOA which in the turn the WLEOA donated to Special Olympics.

 

DISTRICT REPORTS

 

District #1                    Officer Frank Fabiano’s killer to be sentenced in the next week.

                                    There were forms distributed to members who wanted to sign a

                                    Pledge requested stiff sentencing with no opportunity for parole.

 

District #2                    O’Neil requested a $1,000.00 donation to the family of Dale Veto

                                    of the Dane Co. Sheriff’s Dept. Deputy Veto was seriously injured

                                    while deploying stop sticks in the attempted apprehension of a

                                    fleeing vehicle. Deputy Veto is a longtime member of the WLEOA

                                    and the request was unanimously passed.

 

District #3                    No report

 

District #4                    No report

 

District #5                    No report

 

District #6                    No report

 

District #7                    Two thank you notes were read by Nardi. One was for a donation

                                    made to the DC Everest Booster Club. The other was for a

                                    donation made to the Marathon City Post Prom Party. There was a

                                    nice write up in the Wausau American Legion paper for our

                                    donation to start up a hunter safety program as well.

 

District #8                    No Report

 

District #9                    No report

 

District #10                  Deputy Jason Zunker of the Chippewa Co Sheriff’s Dept lost his

                                    life when he was struck while investigating a traffic crash. No

                                    criminal charges are forthecoming for the striking driver.

 

District #11                  No report

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

Kluge made a motion to donate $600.00 for start up costs for the golf outing. 2nd by Nardi. Motion carried.

 

Albert and Nardi offered to host the fall meeting in the Wausau area. No date or place have yet been determined.

 

 

Kreager made a motion to adjourn. 2nd by Kluge. Motion passed,.