Milford Federation of Paraprofessionals Union
Meeting Minutes
September 24,2026
Call to order @ 4:17 pm
Secretary – Jody - Reading of the minutes from the May meeting and casted 1 vote to keep
current board.
Accepted by Caroline F. and 2 nd by Judy S.
Treasurer – Collean - Account balances. Checking $21,376.64, savings $20,017.52
Closed the books from last yr. Ended with a surplus of $1584.96. If we don’t have extra costs
including reps stipends we come out in the plus. Put the extra back into our checking. We want
to keep it out of savings and put into this year’s budget. Therefore, no raise in dues due to the
surplus of $1584.96.
Left a copy of the budget for paras to look at.
New budget includes 14 stipends, wages for the board, accounting expenses, money for our
social, retirees and supplies all added to the budget. It will be scanned into our website.
Internal audit, profit & loss statement $ deposited.. Will be sending it in soon.
Accepted by Deb G and 2 nd by Becky T
Vice President – Gail.. Currently have 148 Paras.
School reps – off to a great start, every school is covered except for Pumpkin
Accepted by Jaime S and 2 nd Ellen C
President – Ted – Contract not settled as of now.
Back and forth still we are not giving in. Thank you to Collean for her expertise and
catching their mistakes!
Meeting on Monday our executive board. Sean, Tom, Matt, Amy (Wendys replacement) Hoping
to close the deal Monday.Floyd and Liz will not be present. Cannot discuss contract yet. Paras
as a whole will vote to accept (or not) the final offer or it goes to arbitration. We will have a better
understanding after Mondays meeting. There was A LOT of research done to get where we are
right now.
Passed out Accidental Death and dismemberment Policy cards to fill out and life insurance
policy from Aft. The reps can send completed ones to Ted.
Spoke to Wendy, we will be getting the $ deposited into our HSA’s again towards our deductible.
No date of when yet.
New HSA debit cards should be coming out soon, for the ones expiring in October.
Deb G – 4 cards went out, remember to get info to Deb if any cards need to be sent.
Bldg rep reports:
East Shore – new para
Foran – new para, ISS para quit
JFK lost a pre school para
Law – PuFK –tting Sp Ed kids on bus at 1:58 asking to get them on few minutes earlier for easy
transition
Mathewson – 2 new paras (transfers) Lauren Murphy and Isabella Leming
Meadowside – 3 new paras 1 transfer(Dawn Cooper) 2 new Keyla Roy and Emily Curcio
Pumpkin – needs a rep
Ted..Shout outs will return 11/12/26 email Ted or Gail with any shoutouts!
STAY TUNED AFTER MONDAY!...
Motion to adjourn
Accepted by Becky T and 2 nd Judy S
Meeting adjourned @ 5:00 p.m.
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