Welcome
Drew Weidman

 Present
Marsha Richter, Cindy Stokes, Lori Drake, Gloria Perez-Jensen, Vicki Gorrell, Dane LeBlanc, Shelley Henson, Woodie Slaughter

Discussion

Report on UHESA

• Cindy Stokes and Drew Weidman attended the UHESA conference at Dixie College.
• Cindy reported that in institutions where classified and professional staff committees are combined, they seem to have much more influence in the campus community.
• Drew recommended to UHESA that, in the future, the conference should be relocated to a more central location in the state to cut down on travel costs.

Collaborative Relationship with CSAC

• The committee agreed that it would like to build a more collaborative relationship with CSAC, particularly in relation to the issue of changes in Medical Benefits.  The group felt that it is important have a united front on this issue. 
• Some members of the committee even suggested combining CSAC and PSAC into one committee in order to be a stronger voice in the university community. 
• Drew Weidman will make connections with CSAC and explore opportunities for collaboration.
• Cindy recommended giving ourselves a deadline to meet with them.

Medical Benefits Advisory Committee (Discussion led by Drew Weidman)

• There has been a mandate from the Board of Regents to make a change in the way medical benefits are administered in Utah higher education institutions.  
• Employees will now have to participate in the premium costs of the benefit/medical package.
• There is a Medical Benefits Advisory Committee and Steering Committee.  The Steering Committee will put together a RFP (Request for Proposal) to the insurance companies after input has been given from the Advisory Committee and the campus community.  Both committees are currently comparing medical benefits plans from other universities in the Utah Higher Ed. System to decide upon the best plan for WSU employees. 
• The role of PSAC members is to be a sounding board for employees and to provide the employee’s feedback to members of the Advisory/Steering committees.
• Committee members were given copies of the different plans in the Utah Higher Ed. System to examine and provide our feedback to Drew Weidman, who is on the Medical Benefits Advisory Committee.
• Concerns and suggestions from PSAC…(see next page)
  • How this will affect employee’s take-home salary
  • Professional staff are uneducated about their medical benefits and need information.
  • Recommend to the Medical Benefits Committees to please provide readily accessible information to campus. 
  • PSAC committee members would like to present a united front with CSAC on this issue. 
  • Recommend a centralized area for feedback from the campus.

Higher Education Academy

• Members were encouraged to attend Higher Education Academy because it will improve their understanding of Higher Education and how it works.  Drew Weidman and Gloria Perez-Jensen confirmed how valuable it was for them when the enrolled in the program last spring.
• Woody Slaughter registered

Provost Selection Committee Representation

• There is no representative from PSAC or CSAC on the Provost selection committee. 
• The staff members who are on the selection committee need to be informed that they represent all staff for the university.

Action Items

ü      Ask Jeff Livingston to come up with a list of Weber/Davis/Box Elder representatives who are friendly to WSU and who has connections to WSU (Drew Weidman)

ü      Connect with CSAC, set up joint meeting with PSAC (Drew Weidman)

ü      Get new binders/books for new members of PSAC (Teri Wood-Slaughter)

ü      Make recommendation to Medical Benefits Committee to please provide education to campus, give campus all information, possibly even include the schedule for open meetings in the President’s letter on medical benefits. (Drew Weidman)

ü      Go through list of professional staff and get a count of how many are in each area.  Look at representation to equally represent all divisions. (Cindy Stokes)

Motion to Adjourn
Woody Slaughter

Seconded by
Lori Drake