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Monthly Meeting

Jennifer Lieber
November 05, 2025
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Call to Order

President Czappa called the meeting to order at 7pm. 14 members were in attendance.

 

Roll Call of Officers:

  • President Cindy Czappa
  • Vice President Nick Vitello
  • Treasurer Adam Bray
  • Trustee Jennifer Kelnhofer
  • Trustee Jessica Brandl
  • Trustee Cody Beckman
  • Sergeant at Arms Pam Janicki
  • Recording Secretary Jennifer Lieber

 

Reading of the Minutes

Our last meeting was October 1, 2025.

President Czappa was absent, with 11 members in attendance.

We received invoices from RCS Software and Ajays DJ.

We had applications for membership and withdrawals, leaving us with a monthly membership total of 232, with four non-members Peggy Drislinger, Justin Derezinski, Josiah Brandt, and John Krause.

We passed a motion to pursue arbitration for Asa Brandt’s termination. 

We passed a motion to buy tshirts and $25 gift cards for veterans’ day.

We passed a motion to purchase pizza for our day of New Hire orientation.

We discussed making sure you are getting paid properly for hours worked on your days off.

Motion to accept minutes as read Bodette, Beckman. Motion carried

 

Communication and Bills

Call letter for Quarterly WOS meeting. Eboard recommendation is to send up to 5. 

Bodette Motion, dan second, motion carried

Sub-6 Council Meeting. Eboard recommendation is to send President Czappa, Vice President Vitello, and Recording Secretary Lieber.

Motion Wendy, Collins second, motion carried

AFL-CIO Eboard minutes

 

 

Treasurer’s Report

A detailed list of incomes and expenses were read, leaving a cash balance of $22,290.23 and savings of $151,293.04.

Janicki Motion to accept report as read, Bodette second. Motion carried.

 

Initiation of New Members

Applications for Membership: Daniel Collins and Seth Zinda

New members: Chris Cheatle, Allan Myers, Dakota Lubecke, Christian Ringer, Alicia Rodriguez, Brandon Anthony, Tyler Olson

Withdrawn: Nicole James, Kyle Schroeder (withdrew before application for membership. 

Monthly membership of 238.

Four non-members Peggy Drislinger, Justin Derezinski, Josiah Brandt, and John Krause

Motion and second to waive new member initiation fees.

 

Reports of Special Committees (celebrations, picnics, etc):

 

Reports of Permanent Committees

 

  • Grievance Committee (stewards):

Any Grievance updates?

-Grievance for Wood Yard is on Rhode’s desk

 

  • Veterans of Steel:

-veterans day gift handout. Jen and Jenny can get a and b. Wendy offered to help with c and d.

Quilts of Valor Stockings

  • Next Gen

 

  • Women of Steel:

Watch for food collection boxes for us to bring to our next quarterly meeting. With upcoming snap issues, they’ll likely take whatever we can give. Family Center listed their needs, which is pretty much everything. Discussion on shelf stable foods vs bread, milk. 

 

  • Eboard:
  • Rhodes had clarified that if you are being forced/scheduled on your day off, you will be getting paid OT. Training advocates will not get paid OT when changing from 4x4 rotation to days.
  • Watch your UKG rounding when punching in/out
  • Beater room mens restroom needs repairs
  • Management is not to make changes to process controls, especially without operator’s knowledge. They need to dictate the changes they want to the operators and allow the operators to make the changes.
  • More issues with men in womens restrooms
  • Jesse Abrahamsen stipend pay grievance update?
  • Equipment failing in Tall Oil, not producing
  • H2S in water leading to complaints of stinky paper
  • More cameras incoming

 

 

 

Unfinished Business

-Bodette working on filing grievance for working days off and not getting paid OT. 

 

New Business

Cards and gift cards to hand out to veterans. Other mills are doing a “Vet Wall” to thank those who have served with names and/or photos. Put two displays, one on each side? Maintenance breakroom? Near Nurse’s office? Other ideas?

Debarking Drum potential for failure? It is in Gate 1.

Christmas Invites-need to get printed

Date to vote for the Master? Wait for TA to get a voting window. Sally Fiestel will follow up.

Insurance premiums go up, we will still be at 20%, deductibles going up 100 the first year, up to 650, and then 750. Out of pocket maximums will also be increasing in steps. Company is responsible for printing out the details. Once we have those details, we will schedule a vote.

-scare tactic letter from insurance. Being used as leverage to get their best contract.

-do not get caught sleeping

-you cannot vape in the mill. It is a fireable offence. What about chew? No chew spit-we are a food grade mill.

-is there any way to rearrange the wood yard schedule to make it more fair? Sally will look into her files to see if she has a rotation that might be easier. They don’t work overnights because of the noise in the neighborhood.

 

Good and Welfare

Winker, Bray

 

50/50 Raffle

Did not do

 

Adjournment

Motion and second to adjourn