Annual Awards Banquet

THE EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MEMBERSHIP
Cordially invites you to attend the
Annual Awards Banquet
Dinner and Dance
Friday, December 4, 2009
From 6:30 p.m. to 1:00 pm
At The
Firefighters Hall
3112 Forney Drive El Paso, Texas
RSVP 269-1624
By December 1, 2009
Door prizes ranging from $25 cash to $100 cash to be given away; also Members who attended 4 or more General Meetings in a year are eligible for a drawing to win a trip to Las Vegas.
Plus Members who contribute $5 or more to PAC will be eligible to win an over and under 12 gauge shot gun!!!
So make plans to attend!!!

Membership Meeting

THE EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICERS ASSOCIATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Invites you to attend the

The November General

Membership meeting

Wednesday 25, 2009

From 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 pm

At The

Firefighters Hall

3112 Forney Drive

El Paso, Texas

Door Prizes include (5) gift certificates from the Honey Glaze Co.

There will be drawings for (2) $25 checks and (2) $50 checks so make plans to Attend!!!

CLEAT Benefit Plan Dental/Vision 2009

CLEAT Benefit Plan
Dental / Vision
El Paso County Open Enrollment 2009

The month of October will be open enrollment for El Paso County participants in the CLEAT Dental and Vision Plan. During October you will be able to visit the CLEAT office during business hours and complete a change form to update your information. In addition, a representative will be on site at both the downtown jail and at the annex at the following dates and times

Tuesday October 20th 7:00 A.M – 4:00 P.M - Annex
Wednesday October 21st 7:00 A.M – 3:00 P.M. - Downtown

· Changes will be effective December 1st, 2009

· Verify current coverage
· Add or terminate coverage for dependents
· Verify current coverage
· Change name
· Change address
· Update beneficiary / $15,000 AD&D policy included with each covered member

Dentemax.org for dental PPO

Visit CLEAT.org

· Print dental & vision claim forms
· Print or view a CLEAT Benefit Plan Summary of coverage
· Fill out and submit a will online – processed at no charge for CLEAT members
· TIPP ( temporary income protection ) Application
· Update membership
· CLEAT Legal Plan
· Latest news

Election Results

The board and I would like to thank all of you for your continued support and patience during the past few months. The department has gone thru a lot of changes since the beginning of the year. I would personally like to thank all of you for maintaining a professional and positive attitude during these months. There are many issues and concerns the Association is currently addressing with the Sheriff and the County. The Association and Sheriff have a good working relationship which continues to improve as the months go by.

On Sept. 2nd, commissioners Anna Perez, Willie Gandara, the County Auditor, County Attorney and the County HR contacted the Association and asked EPCSOA membership to make some salary concessions. The County needed help with a $13 million dollar shortfall.

The Association’s bargaining committee formulated a proposal that would benefit its membership and in the process help out the county. The Association’s committee offered to assist the county in saving 1.2 million dollars in return for a 2 year extension of the Articles of Agreement between the County and the EPCSOA. The Association would do this by asking its members to delay/postpone their COLA’s in FY 2010 which is (1.5%) in October 2009 and (1.5%) in April 2010. In Oct of 2010 we will resume getting our regular schedule COLAs at the step we should be at. Officers will still continue to receive their step increase and all other monies that they currently get now under the contract.

The County accepted the Association’s offer on Sept14, 2009 during a regular county meeting. The membership would have the final word on this issue and only you could decide if this is a fair offer. The vote to ratify the amendment to the Articles of Agreement was held today.
I would like to thank all of you that voted in today’s ratification and election. There are over 800 members in the Association and more than 500 members went to the polls to cast their votes.

The following are the official results:
The vote to accept the amendment to the Article of Agreement between the County and the Association- PASSED BY 84%
The vote to increase Association membership dues- Did not PASS
The vote to amend the Association’s constitution- PASSED
The vote for Association President/Vice President- The slate of Jose G. Marrufo –President and Dan Watling-Vice-President WON!!!

Again thank you all for your great support. I will continue to serve you and do what is best for all the members of the Association.

Respectfully,
Jose G. Marrufo Jr.
President-El Paso County
Sheriff’s Officers Association

Association’s bargaining committee proposal

Membership;
The board would like to thank all of you for your continued support and patience during the past few months. The department has gone thru a lot of changes since the beginning of the year. I would personally like to thank all of you for maintaining a professional and positive attitude during these months. There are many issues and concerns the Association is currently addressing with the Sheriff. The Association and Sheriff have a good working relationship which continues to improve as the months go by.

On Sept. 3rd, commissioners Anna Perez, Willie Gandara, the County Auditor, County Attorney and the County HR contacted the Association and asked EPCSOA membership to make some salary concessions. The County requested that the membership give up 2.9 million dollars in salary concessions for fiscal year 2010.

The Association’s bargaining committee, made up Kevin Quinn, Robert Vasquez, Gabriel Bustamante, Federico Castillo, Brian Houston and Ron DeLord from CLEAT, came up with a proposal that it presented to the County. The Association offered to assist the county in saving 1.2 million dollars in return for a 2 year extension of the Articles of Agreement between the County and the EPCSOA. The Association would do this by asking its members to forego the COLA’s in FY 2010 which is (1.5%) in October 2009 and (1.5%) in April 2010. Officers will still continue to receive their step increase and all other monies that they get now under the contract.

The County accepted the Association’s offer on Sept14, 2009 during a regular county meeting. The board members and I have been going around informing the membership how this will have an impact on their future. The membership has the final word on this issue and only you can decide if this is a fair offer. The vote to ratify the amendment to the Articles of Agreement will be on Sept 29 during our Executive board elections.
Remember this only to amendment to the contract. The board has not opened our contract and cannot do so without membership approval. If you have any questions about the offer please feel free to contact me at the office or e-mail me.




Jose G. Marrufo Jr.
President-El Paso CountySheriff’s Officers Association

Members here are the candidates that will be running for the Executive Board. The candidates must run on a slate of one deputy and one detention officer.

The slate for President and Vice-President will be:

Robert Vasquez and Kevin Quinn-President/Vice- President
Jose G. Marrufo and Dan Watling-President/Vice-President

The slate for Treasurer and Secretary will be:
Running unopposed
Rudy Liggins for Treasurer and Federico Castillo for Secretary

Voting will take place on Tuesday September 29, 2009 at these locations:

Vinton: 0600 hrs to 1500 hrs
Sub-station/ Academy- 0600 hrs to 1700 hrs
Administration cafeteria 0600 hrs to 1700 hrs
D.T. Facility- 0600 hrs to 1700 hrs

ALL VOTES WILL BE COUNTED AT THE CLEAT BUILDING.

**IMPORTANT**

E.P.C.S.O.A. General Membership will be on 8/26/09 @ 7:00 PM
ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:
THE COUNTY’S REQUEST FOR SALARY CONCESSIONS
NOMINATIONS FOR EPCSOA EXECUTIVE BOARD WILL BE HELD
VOTING IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
LOCATIONS ARE- THE S.O. ACADEMY, ADMINISTRATION, THE EPCDF AND VINTON STATION.
VOTING TIME: FROM 0600 HRS TO 1700 HRS
MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND AND BE PART OF THE ANY DECISION MAKING