FBEUSpecial General Meeting Agenda – Feb 24th 2011
February 20, 2011SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING AGENDA
1000 hours, Thursday 24 February 2011
Union Office Conference Room, 1-7 Belmore Street, Surry Hills
- Meeting open and apologies
- State Secretary’s report
- Motions on notice (x5)
1. From the State Committee re: 2011 Awards
This motion will be presented immediately prior to the meeting (and to any Sub-Branch meetings being held pursuant to Rule 51), with SCOM scheduled to hold a special meeting regarding this item, and to make its recommendation to members on the other items, on the evening of Wednesday 23 February.
2. From the State Committee re: staffing priorities
“That this meeting recognises:
1. the motions on this meeting’s agenda, one from the Senior Officers’ Sub-Branch and the other arising from rank and file members at City of Sydney Fire Station with both proposing that the Union should campaign for various permanent firefighting staff enhancements; and
2. that the Union’s Retained, Newcastle, Illawarra, Central Coast and Country Sub-Branches all have similar aspirations and expectations for enhanced staffing within their areas of operation; and
3. that while both are commendable, the SOSB motion and COS-sponsored motion will require additional ongoing funding in the order of $6.5M per annum and $15M per annum respectively, or a when combined, $21.5M per annum; and
4. to help put those figures at point 3 in perspective, a recurrent $21.5M would fund:
Copyright Darin Sullivan