OFFICER ELECTIONS
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Union Officer Elections
2020 Elections
Special Election – Vice President (Maricopa)
Ryan Thompson (Local I-60 Trustee) was elected by acclamation of the membership to fill the vacant Vice President position representing the members of Maricopa Ambulance and will assume the position on July 1st, 2020 and his term will conclude on December 31st, 2021. Mr. Thompson received nominations from seven (7) members, and was the only member to receive a nomination — thereby running unopposed and winning by acclamation.
On May 19th, the Union provided an e-mail notice requesting address verification for the mailing of the required nomination notice and informed all members in good standing of the upcoming special election.
On May 30th, nomination notices were mailed to the last known address of all members in good standing, and an additional email was sent on May 31st with all nomination information.
With Mr. Thompson’s transition to Vice President, his position as trustee/steward will become vacant. The executive board will be working to address this vacancy and further information will be provided at a later date.
Thank you to all those who updated your addresses with us during this process and those who participated in the elections process by submitting nominations.
2019 Election Results
Positions-At-Large
Secretary: Kacy Stoneburg
Treasurer: Diana Overton
Maricopa Ambulance
Trustee Kenny Austin, uncontested
The election committee’s certification can be downloaded here (PDF).
The secret ballot vote for the election committee decision appeal can be viewed here.
Monday, December 30th, 2019
An election objection/protest was filed by candidate Kevin Todd, which was investigated by the Local’s Election Committee. The committee’s findings can be downloaded here (PDF).
An addendum to the committees certification can be downloaded here (PDF).
All positions hold a three year term beginning on January 1st, 2020 and ending on December 31st, 2022.
Monday, January 20th, 2012
An election committee decision appeal was filed by candidate Kevin Todd on January 2nd, 2020. The appeal was addressed in a special meeting on January 17th, and an online secret ballot vote was held by the membership. That online vote concluded today at 12:30 PM. The certified results from an independent third party can be found at https://uempa.simplyvoting.com/index.php?mode=results&election=86825
February 3rd, 2020
An election committee decision appeal was filed by candidate Kevin Todd on January 2nd, 2020. The appeal was addressed in a special meeting on January 17th, and an online secret ballot vote was held by the membership. That online vote concluded today at 12:30 PM. The certified results from an independent third party can be found at https://uempa.simplyvoting.com/index.php?mode=results&election=86825
By-Law Changes Impacting Elections
In November 2017, and again in June 2019, the members of the Local adopted revisions to the Constitution and By-Laws which impacted several aspects of officer elections, most importantly finalizing term-lengths to be three-year terms for terms beginning on or after January 1st, 2018, with the exception of Secretary and Treasurer, who’s new three year terms shall begin January 1st, 2020. As a result, both Secretary and Treasurer shall be open for nomination and election in the fall of 2019.
2019 Elections Committee
As ratified during the September 2019 regular membership meeting, the following members were appointed to the 2019 elections committee, and can be reached by emailing elections@locali60.org:
– Kyle Pitcock
– Tryg Vonbrandt
– Garett Hensley
Nominations
Nominations may be made from the floor during the November 5th, 2019 regular meeting at 9:30 AM in Casa Grande, Arizona at the Holiday Inn Conference Room (777 N Pinal Avenue). Nominations will also be accepted during the three days prior to the nominations meeting via email to elections@locali60.org provided that they are received prior to 9:30 AM on November 5th.
Notifications of nominations will be sent via US Mail to all dues-paying members to the last known address. If you need to update your address, you can do so from the Local’s portal site (https://my.locali60.org).
2019 Elected Positions
Positions-At-Large
Secretary (incumbent Kacy Stoneburg)
Treasurer (incumbent Diana Overton)
Maricopa Ambulance
Trustee (incumbent Kenny Austin)
All positions hold a three year term beginning on January 1st, 2020 and ending on December 31st, 2022.
Union Election Process and Ballots
The United Emergency Medical Professionals of Arizona is governed by it’s Constitution and By-Laws which requires a mail-in style ballot and election process.
Ballots will be mailed fifteen (15) days following the close of the nominations process and must be received via the provided postage-paid ballot-return envelope no later than fifteen (15) days following the date of mailing.
Ballots are sent via US Mail to all dues-paying members to the last known address. If you need to update your address, please do so by visiting https://my.locali60.org
2018 Union Election Results
Ballots were counted on December 15th, and the results are listed below.
AMR Central – East EMS Trustee/Steward
Glover 13%
Johns 23%
Kambouris 28%
Shine 36%
AMR Central – West EMS Trustee/Steward
Elias 58%
Wistuber 42%
A copy of the election report may be downloaded here (PDF).
Union Election Protest & Review
On December 15th, candidates were notified of the election results and provided a copy of the above election report. Subsequent to that, Vice President Candidate Troutman filed a protest to the election. The protest was forwarded to the election committee for investigation and to take any necessary and appropriate actions.
A copy of the protest can be downloaded here (PDF).
A copy of the Election Committee’s response and findings can be downloaded here (PDF).
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