GM Meeting Summary Report for April 16th, 2025
TO: All Members of Local Union 2251
FROM: Mike Da Prat, President
RE: General Membership Meeting Summary Report for April 16th, 2025
The following notes represent my personal summary of the April General Membership Meeting and ARE NOT OFFICIAL MINUTES. They are for the express purpose of keeping the members informed in a timely fashion. Since minutes must be approved at a subsequent General Membership Meeting, any updates which would require the use of the actual minutes would result in updates being one-month old.
The following was approved at the April meeting:
- Minutes of the March 19, 2025 meeting
- The financial statement ending March 2025 and the disbursements of $135,946.50. Our receipts were in excess of our disbursements by $9,160.60. This resulted in our General Account being positive by $211,341.18.
MANNING REPORT FOR March 31st, 2025
LOCAL 2251 2095
LOCAL 2724 512
EXEMPT 125
EXTERNAL 5
TOTAL 2737
The following motions were approved:
1) Motion – Approved a donation of $419.00 plus tax to the Courageous K9's to help provide certified service dogs.
2) Motion - Approved a donation of $375.00 for the 2025 Donation Matching Initiative to support Women in Crisis
3) Motion - Approved a donation of $500.00 to OntORA
4) Motion - Approved a motion to donate $1000.00 to Cycling with Age. They provide free bike rides on Trishaws to the elderly and less abled citizens.
5) Motion - Approved the cost of a new steel front door with a panic bar at a cost of $7,263.57.
President Report
- Mike gave an update on the lawsuit with the Group Health Centre - we have still not heard from the Judge on our lawsuit with
the Group Health Centre. The lawyer will be sending a letter to the Judge in two weeks which will make it 6 months from the date we went to Court.
- Mike spoke on the Federal Election and the history of how the Union has voted to endorse a candidate
- Mike also spoke on the back door of the building being looked at as it is a safety issue. He also mentioned the fire door
upstairs as there is no window in it and it also has become a safety issue
The next General Membership Meeting will be held on May 21st, 2025 at the Royal Canadian Legion at 7:30 pm.
