Report of the Finance Committee

Finance Committee
Report of the Finance Committee
December 2019

Doug Gaetz

The finance committee met October 15 to 18, 2019 and prepared the 2021 to 2023 budget and also have the following recommendations. 

The minutes of the meeting have been posted to UTE web site. 

Recommendation #1        

Whereas the salaries of the President, and 1st Vice-president, have not been reviewed since 2008; and

Whereas the finance committee was charged with the responsibility to review the salaries and benefits of these two positions.

Be it resolved that effective November 1st, 2019, the salary of the President and 1st Vice-president be set at:

President                                        128,000.00
1st Vice-president                           109,500.00

And be it further resolved that retro adjustments prior to November 1st, 2019 do not apply to these new salaries. 

And be it further resolved that retro adjustments prior to November 1st, 2019, will apply to pre-November 1st, 2019 salaries.

And be it further resolved that this be implemented on the ratification of our next collective agreement.

The Committee makes the following recommendations to the Executive Council in regard to the Budget for the years 2021, 2022, and 2023, recommendations 2 to 4.

Recommendation #2:

Be it resolved that the attached budget be forwarded to the 2020 UTE Triennial National Convention.

Recommendation #3:

Be it resolved that $15,000 from the line item PSAC National Convention, to be held in 2021, be used for promotional items for all delegates and observers in order to promote UTE’s visibility at Convention.

Recommendation #4:

Be it resolved that the unused portion of the following line items; Computer expenses, Political Action /Campaigns, Non-UTE Union events, Education - Regional, and Education - National, be carried over year to year until 2023.

The Committee also makes the following recommendations in regard to the upcoming Convention, recommendations 5 & 6.

Recommendation #5:

Be it resolved that the 2020 UTE Triennial National Convention Per Diem rate be set at $105 per day for weekdays and $125 per day on the weekend.

Recommendation #6:

Be it resolved that the 2020 UTE Triennial National Convention registration fee be $75.00 per person.

Respectfully submitted,

Doug Gaetz
Chair of the Committee