Minutes
Ottawa Public Library Board
June 27, 2012
A special conference call meeting of the Ottawa
Public Library Board was held on June 27, 2012 at 08:30 hours at the Sir
Richard Scott Building (4th Floor Boardroom), 191 Laurier Avenue
West, Ottawa, ON.
Present: Chair Jan
Harder
Vice-Chair Jim
Bennett
Amelita
Armit
André
Bergeron
Keith
Egli
Patrick
Gauch
David
Gourlay
Danielle Lussier-Meek
Shad
Qadri
Doug Thompson
Tim
Tierney
Marianne
Wilkinson
Regrets: Christine Langlois
Rose
Zeidan
Also Present:Chief Executive Officer Danielle
McDonald
Div. Mgr. Facilities and Business
Services Elaine Condos
Div. Mgr. Service Excellence Monique Désormeaux
Acting Div. Mgr. System-Wide Services and Jennifer Stirling
Innovation
Recorder Catherine
Bragg
1. Call to Order
The meeting
was called to order at 08:35 am.
2. Excused
Absences
Regrets were received from Trustee Zeidan and
Trustee Langlois.
3. Declarations of
Conflict of Interest
None
declared.
4.
Approval of Agenda
TOPIC: APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
MOTION: 054-12
Moved by Trustee Gauch, seconded
by Trustee Bennett to approve the agenda as presented.
5. OPL
Management Group – Economic Increase 2012
M.
Désormeaux, Division Manager, Service Excellence briefed attendees on the
Ottawa Public Library Management Group’s Terms and Conditions of Employment.
Shortly
after amalgamation, the Library Board approved that the Library’s Management
group terms and conditions of employment be linked to those of the City of
Ottawa Management and Professional Exempt (MPE) in terms of Job Evaluation, Pay
Equity and Terms and Conditions of Employment.
Since then, subject to Board approval, the Library’s Management Group
has received the same economic increases as the City MPE Group.
On June 13,
2012, Council approved the MPE 2012 Economic Increase and Merit Pay Program to include
an economic increase of 1.5 per cent in 2012 and an extension of the temporary
suspension of the lump sum (bonus) component of the MPE Performance Development
program.
Trustee Bennett
inquired as to whether or not Public Health and Police follow the City’s terms
and conditions. M. Désormeaux responded that Public Health abides by the City’s
terms and conditions. Chair Harder relayed that Police adhere to a separate
agreement.
TOPIC: OPL MANAGEMENT GROUP – ECONOMIC INCREASE
2012
MOTION:
055-12
Doc #S1 OPL Management Group – Economic
Increase 2012
Moved by Trustee Thompson, seconded by Trustee Armit that the OPL Board
authorize a 1.5% economic increase for the Library’s Management Group,
retroactive to January 1, 2012; and
That the Board extend the temporary suspension of the lump sum (bonus)
component of the MPE Performance Development program to include the 2012
performance year.
-CARRIED.
TOPIC: ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: 056-12
Moved by Trustee Gauch to
adjourn the meeting at 08:40 am.
-CARRIED.
Minutes approved by:
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