Subject: Special Meeting 1-21-10
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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:17:06 -0400

RUTLAND TOWN BOARD OF SCHOOL
DIRECTORS MEETING

Special Meeting  - Fact Finding

Thursday, January 21,
2010

OPEN:  Fact Finder, Bonnie
Mcspiritt opened the meeting at 1:12 pm

PRESENT:  In attendance were RT
Board members; Marc Brierre, Stacy Chapman, Lyn Gallipo, Jim Levins , Board
attorney John Faignant , Superintendent Wendy Savery and Principal Pati
Beaumont.  Also in attendance were VT – NEA representative, Sean Leach
and negotiations committee; Randy Dewey, Jodi Manning, Karen Pezetti, Marcia
Barron, Susan Audette and Michael Rowe.

Fact
Finding:

Both
sides agreed that there were six outstanding issues:

Salary  (Brd – 0% increase
/ RTEA  - 4% on base 1st yr = $115,481 total new
money.

Athletic Director position
(add position to 3.1 in contract)

Agency Fee  (Allows Union
to collect fee from non union members)

Conference & Workshops
(change option 3 –$1,000 for conferences and workshops up

from $750

Retirement & Severance
change:  (7.1) $25 to $40 up to 120 days

(7.2) $30 to $45 up to 120 days

(7.3)$30,000 & 20% co pay to 50% of last year’s salary

Duration of contract

The
current contract expired on June 30, 2009.  Preliminary negotiations
began on December 2008 reaching an impasse and Mediation in August
2009.

All
issues were discussed and evidence submitted to MS. Mcspiritt.

Decision should be in the mail by
the end of February 2010.

The
meeting was declared over at 4:10 pm

Respectfully
submitted,

Lynette
Gallipo