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For Classified Employees

Bargaining Committee

This fall, the Office of Human Resources and the Douglas County Federation began monthly contract negotiation meetings with representatives from several areas of the classified staff and administration.

Members of our bargaining team are listed below:

• Brenda Smith
  President, DCF
• Tiffany Osland
  VP, DCF
• Annette Mertens
  Dispatcher, Transportation
• Suzanne Kruger
  Counseling Secretary
• Mary Heins
  EA, PGE
• Pat Laughlin
  Operations and Maintenance
• Tara Cyboron
  Child Care

Our first task was to review, organize and research contract areas utilizing legal support documents, as well as the Classified Support Staff Information Guide. From that point, the bargaining committee uses the Interest Based Bargaining (IBB) process throughout negotiations. We are approximately half way through the language of our new contract and expect to add more meeting times and dates in the coming months in order to complete our task by the end of the year.

Our teams are working diligently to develop language, address issues and cooperatively work out the details of our first classified contract. We are all committed to developing the best contract for the classified staff and one that expresses the on-going cooperative relationship between the DCF and the DCSD.

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