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Published by the Association of Classified Employees Council October 2004
Words from the Council A day in the life of …
Dick Porter
Mike Ray has been with CSM for 13 years. As CSM’s
What Does Referendum A mean to Classifieds? General Maintenance shop supervisor he can be seen
on roofs, in basements and everywhere in between, but
Over the last couple of years we have been hearing a what you probably didn’t know is that he is a fine
lot about civil service reform in Colorado state artist and sculptor. He has been in over 50 juried
government. The question has finally come to a head shows and has work in collections all over the U.S.
in the form of Referendum A which we will be asked His work is primary in pastel and stone.
to vote on November 2nd. Exactly what does this
mean to us as Classified Employees? In order to
decide you must really look at more than just
Referendum A itself which merely authorizes the
change in the State personnel system. Many of the
details of what will happen are actually contained in a
separate piece of legislation (HB 1373) that was
passed earlier this year and will take effect if
Referendum A is approved. HB 1373 is a 44 page
document that spells out how the new personnel
system will be operated. One part of this law of
special interest to Classifeds concerns the
requirements for outsourcing work currently
performed by Classified employees. What is said (or
not said) about possible relocation of employees
whose jobs are contracted out should be carefully
considered. If you would like to see HB 1373 go to the
following web address: Mike has also been a technical director of a theater
company, director of a group home and is a published
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont poet. With work published in the “Midwest Poetry
/14DA3913F1D2750E87256DCC0060C024?Open&fi Review” and “Notable American Poets Anthology” in
le=1373_enr.pdf 1976 (Aaron Bowman enterprises). He also has
expertise in French and Italian wines.
The key portion is on pages 37 and 38 in section 24-
50-504.5 (3). If you would like more information As a Colorado native he enjoys fishing and furniture
contact any ACE Council member or go to the ACE building in his spare time. He has lived all over the
web page. state of Colorado and traveled the U.S., China,
England, Europe and Canada.
2004 Legislative Overview
Dan Montez HR Corner
Mike Dougherty
The following referendum is on the ballot for this
coming election and directly affects you as a classified Benefits Update
employee. We asked Dan Montez, Associate Vice A number of things are happening soon that are
President of Business Affairs, to provide a brief important to Classified staff. Among these is the
synopsis. scheduled open enrollment for benefits. Detailed
information will be forthcoming soon, but the state is
Referendum A: Regarding the State Personnel currently planning to hold the on-line open enrollment
System This proposed amendment to the Colorado period from October 18 through November 6.New this
Constitution would: year, in conjunction with Information Services, the
CSM Human Resources Office will be producing a
Personal Statement of Benefits for Classified Staff that
will help explain the benefits
(HR cont.) Email and Retirement/New Job
available and describe for each Classified Staff
member his or her current benefits selections. As we Opportunities
did last year, Human Resources will be scheduling Craig Berndt
sessions in the Staff Development Center where
employees can go to get assistance with their benefits One of the most frequent questions I hear when a
selections and enrollment. CSM employee leaves the school is why can’t I get
into email. Answer: your computer accounts and email
(Legislature cont.) accounts are disabled/deleted when you leave the
exempt about 140 additional state employees from the school.
state personnel system;
change testing and hiring procedures for filling I would highly recommend obtaining a new email
vacancies in the state personnel system; address prior to leaving CSM. You can give the new
transfer certain oversight responsibilities from the address to current friends and fellow employee so that
State Personnel Board to the Executive Director of you stay in touch. Free email is available from several
the Department of Personnel and Administration sources: www.yahoo.com, www.hotmail.com,
(DPA); http://mail.lycos.com These email services are free and
allow the legislature to change certain state personnel can be accessed via the Internet from any Internet
policies and procedures by law; and enabled PC and requires no desktop setup.
expand veterans' hiring preferences to include
members of the National Guard. Expand your horizons!
You can view a complete analysis of the referendum
and arguments for and against the ballot initiative at: Keep an eye here for up coming lectures and classes.
http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/lcsstaff/2004/b If you have an idea, let us know. Go to the ACE web
allot/2004BluebookforInternet.PDF site to view this Newsletter on-line and to see more
articles related to issues covered here.
Payroll Tidbits Campus Activities:
Cheryl Read Welcome back Jason Stringer! Jason returns from his
tour of duty in Iraq. Watch for celebration
JUST SAY NO!!!!! If you’re currently receiving your
information.
payroll stub in the mail, you can switch to the non
paper option and view and/or print your stub online.
Your payroll stub is actually available for viewing CSM Parking Policy
almost a week before your money hits your account. Nan Braddock
If you discover errors on your payroll at that time, you
can quickly contact payroll and we’ll have a good The CSM parking policy mandates that all employees
chance of correcting it prior to your money hitting the who park on campus must display a CSM parking
bank. By choosing to stop your payroll stubs from permit on their vehicle while parked on campus.
being mailed, you’ll help save trees as well as postage Public Safety is changing your CSM parking permits
costs to the School of Mines. It takes the Payroll this year, so please don't forget to stop by their office
Department almost an entire day to run and stuff these, and pick up your new permits. All permits must be
so you’ll help save us time as well. changed over by the end of October and the officers
will begin ticketing on November 1st for anyone who
The online version is available by going to CSM’s does not have a new permit. Stop in or call anytime
website @ www.mines.edu . Click on Faculty and you have questions.
Staff and then choose Web Services – Faculty/
Employee, click on employee login. Your ID should
Question and Answer Corner:
be your Social Security #, then enter your pin. If you
don’t know your pin #, call us and we’ll get that for
Who would you like to see featured next in “A Day in
you.
the Life”? Send your suggestion, and we will feature
Once you are in the employee website, there are many that person in an upcoming issue.
different things you can view and print out. You can
Please submit articles, questions, and concerns to
look at earnings to date or your withholdings for taxes
erin.miller@is.mines.edu
as well as direct deposit info. To view your payroll
stub, click on Payroll, then Paystub. Here you can
choose to print, and at that same location is the option
to select “No, stop mailing my pay stub”.
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