PERB Meeting Agenda & Draft Minutes

June 20, 2011, Albany, New York

PRESENT: JEROME LEFKOWITZ, Chairperson & SHEILA S. COLE, Member

Staff:

William A. Herbert, Deputy Chair & Counsel
Richard A. Curreri, Director of Conciliation
Sheila Talavera, Secretary to the Board

Listen to AudioCast of Meeting

1. Board Discussion (Open Meeting)

A. Minutes of Board Meeting of May 27, 2011 for approval — Approved

B. Director of Conciliation Curreri presented his recommendations to admit certain individuals to PERB’s neutral panels. Following the presentation by Director Curreri the individuals listed below were approved by the PERB Board for admission to the neutral panels identified:

1. Ronny H. Berlin: Mediation panel
2. William F. Hempfling: Public Sector Grievance Arbitration panel
3. Michael Lenzner: Mediation panel
4. Murry Solomon: Fact-Finding panel

C. The Board adopted the following resolution after discussion regarding the appropriate standards to be applied for admission to PERB’s private sector arbitration panel — A candidate for appointment to the private sector grievance arbitration panel must demonstrate satisfactory experience as a labor arbitrator. Applications for appointment to the panel must include the applicant’s resume, five recent arbitration awards written by the applicant, and a listing of all awards rendered in the past two years, such listing to include the names of the parties, the nature of the issue(s) involved.
All applicants must be separated from any advocacy role on behalf of labor or management for a minimum period of six (6) months, cannot maintain any pecuniary interest in a firm which continues to have such an advocacy role and cannot maintain any role, function, employment or title that the Board would consider to be in conflict with the role of a neutral.

All applications will be screened by the Director of Conciliation, who will review the applicant’s resume and the quality of the submitted arbitration awards applying a standard similar to the one applied with respect to applicants to our public sector panels.

Any additional standards with respect to our private sector grievance panel will be included in written guidelines to be developed by our staff in the future.

2. QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS (Exempt from Open Meetings Law)

A. C-6046 – In the Matter of Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Petitioner & Cold Spring Harbor Central School District, Employer & United Public Service Employees Union, Intervenor/Incumbent.

B. U-29126 – In the Matter of Rye Police Association, Charging Party & City of Rye, Respondent.

C. U-30851 – In the Matter of Howard S. Cooper, Charging Party & State of New York (State University of New York at Stony Brook) and United University Professions, Respondents.

D. U-28836 – In the Matter of Westchester County Department of Public Safety Police Benevolent Association, Inc., Charging Party & County of Westchester, Respondent.

PERB Meeting Agenda & Draft Minutes

June 20, 2011, Albany, New York

PRESENT: JEROME LEFKOWITZ, Chairperson & SHEILA S. COLE, Member

Staff:

William A. Herbert, Deputy Chair & Counsel
Richard A. Curreri, Director of Conciliation
Sheila Talavera, Secretary to the Board

Listen to AudioCast of Meeting

1. Board Discussion (Open Meeting)

A. Minutes of Board Meeting of May 27, 2011 for approval — Approved

B. Director of Conciliation Curreri presented his recommendations to admit certain individuals to PERB’s neutral panels. Following the presentation by Director Curreri the individuals listed below were approved by the PERB Board for admission to the neutral panels identified:

1. Ronny H. Berlin: Mediation panel
2. William F. Hempfling: Public Sector Grievance Arbitration panel
3. Michael Lenzner: Mediation panel
4. Murry Solomon: Fact-Finding panel

C. The Board adopted the following resolution after discussion regarding the appropriate standards to be applied for admission to PERB’s private sector arbitration panel — A candidate for appointment to the private sector grievance arbitration panel must demonstrate satisfactory experience as a labor arbitrator. Applications for appointment to the panel must include the applicant’s resume, five recent arbitration awards written by the applicant, and a listing of all awards rendered in the past two years, such listing to include the names of the parties, the nature of the issue(s) involved.
All applicants must be separated from any advocacy role on behalf of labor or management for a minimum period of six (6) months, cannot maintain any pecuniary interest in a firm which continues to have such an advocacy role and cannot maintain any role, function, employment or title that the Board would consider to be in conflict with the role of a neutral.

All applications will be screened by the Director of Conciliation, who will review the applicant’s resume and the quality of the submitted arbitration awards applying a standard similar to the one applied with respect to applicants to our public sector panels.

Any additional standards with respect to our private sector grievance panel will be included in written guidelines to be developed by our staff in the future.

2. QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS (Exempt from Open Meetings Law)

A. C-6046 – In the Matter of Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Petitioner & Cold Spring Harbor Central School District, Employer & United Public Service Employees Union, Intervenor/Incumbent.

B. U-29126 – In the Matter of Rye Police Association, Charging Party & City of Rye, Respondent.

C. U-30851 – In the Matter of Howard S. Cooper, Charging Party & State of New York (State University of New York at Stony Brook) and United University Professions, Respondents.

D. U-28836 – In the Matter of Westchester County Department of Public Safety Police Benevolent Association, Inc., Charging Party & County of Westchester, Respondent.

PERB Meeting Agenda & Draft Minutes

September 5, 2018, Albany, New York

PRESENT: Anthony Zumbolo and Monte Klein, Members

Staff:

John F. Wirenius, Chairperson
Sarah G. Coleman, Deputy Chairperson
David Quinn, Counsel & Director of Litigation
Kevin Flanigan, Director of Conciliation
Sheila L. Kennedy, Secretary to the Board

Listen to AudioCast of approval of panel members.
Listen to AudioCast of voting on Agenda Cases.

1. Board Discussion (Open Meeting)

A. Minutes of July 27, 2018 Board Meeting for approval. — Approved.

B. Report from Director of Conciliation Kevin Flanigan dated August 30, 2018, regarding the following individuals seeking admission to one or more of PERB’s neutral panels:

1. Clifford Donn: Interest Arbitration Panel.

2. Executive Session (Discussion Exempt from Open Meetings Law)

A. U-35783 – Yvonne Spaulding & United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO & Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York.

B. U-35544 – Nubia Martinez & United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO & Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York.

C. U-35450 & U-35494 – City of Ithaca & Ithaca Police Benevolent Association, Inc.

D. U-36306 – City of New York & Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association of the City of New York, Inc.

E. U-35303 & U-35324 – Town of Blooming Grove & Blooming Grove Police Benevolent Association, Inc.

F. U-35304 & U-35323 – Town of Blooming Grove & Blooming Grove Police Superior Officers Council, Inc.

G. U-32952 – Usher Z. Piller & State of New York (Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance).

H. U-32359 – Police Benevolent Association of New York State, Inc., & State of New York (Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation).

I. U-34893 – Teachers Association of Pleasantville, NYSUT, Local #15140, AFT, AFL-CIO & Pleasantville Union Free School District.

J. U-33991 – Police Benevolent Association of New York State, Inc., & State of New York (State University of New York – Upstate Medical University).

K. Litigation report given orally by David P. Quinn, Counsel.

3. Open Session

A. Set date for next Board Meeting.