SUMMARY OF ACRE DIVISION 9 OFFICERS SALARIES & EXPENSES FOR 2004

General Chairman   10 days per month - $30,672 per year

Local Chairman (4 positions)   4 days per month - $12,269 per year

Secretary / Treasurer   4 days per month - $12,269 per year

President   2 days per month - $ 6,135 per year

Legislative Representative   2 days per month - $ 6,135 per year

ACTUAL SALARIES & EXPENSES FOR 2004

Mike Doyle - General Chairman   Salary - $44,016   Expenses $4,931 - Total compensation $48,947 (plus company salary) Exceeded approved salary by $18,275

Ron DeAndrus - Local Chairman   Salary - $20,180   Expenses $8,700 - Total compensation $28,880 Exceeded approved salary by $16,611

Dick Gunderman - Local Chairman   Salary - $18,984   Expenses $6,075 - Total compensation $25,059 Exceeded approved salary by $12,790

Tom Cooper - Local Chairman   Salary - $16,049   Expenses $3,111 - Total compensation $19,160 Exceeded approved salary by $6,891

John Potthast - Local Chairman   Salary - $17,555   Expenses $3,891 - Total compensation $21,446 Exceeded approved salary by $9,177

Mike McCarthy - President   Salary - $11,016   Expenses $128 - Total compensation $11,144

   Exceeded approved salary by $5,009

Joe Lindenburg - Secretary / Treasurer   Salary - $16,222   Expenses $444 - Total compensation $16,666 Exceeded approved salary by $4,397

John Gaines - Leg. Representative   Salary - $8,317   Exceeded approved salary by $2,202

Note: ACRE Division 9 officers exceeded the Lodge approved salary structure by a combined total of $75,352. Mike

  Doyle received the majority of his compensation from the MTA – no lost earnings yet managed to exceed the Lodge approved salary by $18,275 .

Ron DeAndrus marked off “Company Business” an average of 2 or 3 times a week – no lost earnings” yet exceeded his Lodge approved salary by $16,611 .

The members of Division 9, burdened with an immense overpayment of officers salaries, were the recipients of an $8 per month dues increase in late 2004. This increase was necessary to ensure that Division 9 officers would continue to be overpaid in the manner that they have become accustomed.

Union Business reimbursement to MTA: Beginning in 2004, after the contract ratification, ACRE officers are compensated by Metro North for lost earnings due to “union business” mark offs. This agreement was signed by ACRE without notifying the members. ACRE is required to reimburse the MTA for all costs associated with this practice (taxes).

In 2004, Jack Gaines and Dick Gunderman probably averaged at least 1 union business mark off per week. Other Division 9 officers marked off union business, but not with the same frequency. Generally, the only accepted method for a union officer to exceed the Lodge approved salary is to incur lost earnings. ACRE officers are not currently involved in a lost earnings situation.

Division 9 does not indicate any reimbursement to the MTA for union business expenditures in its LM ‘2. Division 1 and the Executive Board's LM ‘2's do reflect at least a portion of the reimbursement to the MTA for “union business” mark offs by officers.

Note: The ACRE Executive Board LM ‘2 for 2004 indicates a repayment of a $9,000 loan from Division 9 for the security deposit in the ACRE office. Division 9's LM ‘2 reflects an entry of a repayment of $6,000, with a balance of $3,000 from the loan due to Division 9. Where is the $3,000 difference?

Note: The ACRE Executive Board LM ‘2 indicates accounts receivable of $39,520. $20,960 of this amount is owed by Division 1 to the Executive Board. Before receiving Division 9's LM ‘2, the possibility existed that the remaining $18,560 was due to the Executive Board from Division 9. This is not indicated in Division 9's LM ‘2. So, what entity or organization could owe the Executive Board over $18,000? Is it possible that Division 9 does owe the balance of the Executive Board's accounts receivable?

Note: Division 9 has added two entries to the 2004 LM ‘2 that were not included in the 2003 LM ‘2. From cash receipts, item #53 “From members for disbursement on their behalf”, $5,550. From cash disbursements, item #72, “On behalf of individual members”, $5,550. These two entries cancel each other out. This $5,550 figure was carried over from the end of the Executive Board's 2003 reporting year in the 2003 LM ‘2 under accounts receivable. No entry is listed for an amount of $5,550 in the Division 9 LM ‘2 for 2003 under any category. An entry under accounts receivable appears in the Executive Board's 2004 LM ‘2 for the start of reporting period 2004 in the amount of $5,550. As previously stated, the same sum appears in Division 9's 2004 LM ‘2 under the entries listed before in this note. Does anyone have an idea concerning the amount of $5,550 that has floated between the Executive Board and

Division 9? What is the nature and purpose of these funds?

Note: Probably a minor detail, ACRE Local Division 9 reported that it had no PAC fund in all LM ‘2's filed by the organization.

Note: All entries for expenditures and income have been taken from the Labor Management reports, LM ‘2's, filed by ACRE with the U.S. Department of Labor. This report filed by Division 9 was supposed to be filed by 3/31/05. It was received by the D.O.L. on 7/21/05.