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	CC42 - Appointing Nominees and Custodians: Guidance under s.19(4) of the Trustee Act 2000
		A custodian trustee must hold the title to all the property of the trust of which it is the custodian trustee.
		The relationship between the custodian trustee and the "managing trustees" was elaborately defined in the 1906 Act, and could not be changed by agreement: specifically the custodian trustee was given a range of statutory responsibilities designed to safeguard the property of the trusts from loss.
		For example, a custodian trustee would be prevented by the terms of the statutory relationship between itself and the managing trustees from making the sort of arrangements with the managing trustees which would be necessary to achieve the objective of speeding up the stock transfer process, and making it more convenient and economical.
	www.charity-commission.gov.uk /publications/cc42.asp (5362 words)

	GDAC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Custodians are under the directions of the principal of the school are are subject to the suggestions and recommendations of the supervisor of buildings and grounds.
		Custodians shall he responsible for keeping the heating units clean, (this includes the room in which the heating unit Is installed and the inside of the heating unit.) If necessary, the tubes should be cleaned two or three times a week, and no less than once a week while the furnace is in operation.
		Custodians shall inspect and "OK" all fuel delivered to their building, and shall insure that same is of the quantity and quality as called for in the waybills and in the contract between the Board of Education and the coal contractors.
	www.millard.k12.ut.us /policies/g/Gdac.htm (655 words)

	Custodians react to recent layoffs
		University custodians who were told Feb. 1 they would be laid off and given positions with the independent contractor ServiceMaster denounced their management Tuesday for what they call "slave" treatment.
		Teresa Cuna, another laid-off custodian, has a son with cancer and is worried about how the change in benefits could affect her family.
		The custodians said they tried several times to enlist union help in their problems with the administration, but each time they were discouraged.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V127/N20/dtcustodians.20c.html (1186 words)

	Custodial Services
		Principals, senior custodians, and custodians must exercise every diligence to preserve harmony and efficiency in the daily operation of custodial services, recognizing the need to be reasonable and cooperative.
		Custodians are employees of the system, and although assigned to specific schools, they are subject to transfer and/or changes in assigned duties.
		The work of custodians is subject to periodic assessment by the principal of the school and the Maintenance and Operations Supervisor in regard to the assigned area of responsibilities.
	www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us /corpyard/M_O/custodialhandbook/custodialservices.html (814 words)

	Custodians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		It is the responsibility of the travelling custodians to train and instruct those who wish to serve the god, live by his wisdom, and act with his authority.
		Custodians are empowered to exact dues from those whom they take under their protection; of donations entrusted to their care, they are empowered to retain the twelfth.
		Custodians are authorized to act with any force necessary in the defense of those in their protection; they may exercise any fury to keep the roads safe.
	enigmastation.com /~cislyn/game/goshar/custodians.html (300 words)

	Florida Audit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Records custodians are the government workers charged with the duty of granting or denying access to public records.Most states statutorily delegate the responsibility of administering public records laws to records custodians, making them the gatekeepers to government information.
		Records custodians are often government employees to whom granting or denying access to records is an extra responsibility added to a larger position.
		Records custodians should be better educated about Florida's Public Records Law and well-versed in the records in their care, not only to correctly grant or deny access to the records, but also to use the most expedient and cost-effective avenue for providing records.
	iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/Fall99/Bush/florida.html (1952 words)

	Custodians have inside scoop on recycling activities
		Forty-nine percent of the custodians reported that they have, at least once, thrown away a bag of recyclable paper because it was contaminated with trash or non-recyclable paper.
		Custodians are not required to do any sorting of the paper, Spiegel explains, but are trained to do “quality control.” They know what paper is not acceptable for recycling and check the bags when they empty the recycling cans.
		Sixty-five percent of the custodians re-use the plastic bags used to transport paper to the recycling bins at the loading docks.
	www.umich.edu /~urecord/9293/Mar01_93/31.htm (661 words)

	Rockwood School District - Departments - Human Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Each night custodian will be expected to cooperate with all groups using the building after school hours in cleaning the areas used, closing doors after departure of the group and in verifying that the activity is properly sponsored.
		Custodians are responsible to the Director of Facilities, Coordinator of Custodians and the building principal.
		Custodians assigned for 1,520 hours or less, hereinafter referred to as part-time custodians, are assigned a predetermined number of weeks work and will be allowed no paid vacation.
	www.rockwood.k12.mo.us /boe/regulations/5000/r5150.html (323 words)

	REM Constitution & By-laws
		In case the number of the Custodians shall be less than the full number of twenty-five (25), the Custodians may at any meeting increase their number within the limits then specified and elect additional members to complete the number of Custodians.
		It shall be the duty of the Custodians of Holocracy to supervise the affairs and conduct the affairs of REM and to exercise all the powers conferred upon it.
		Special meetings of the Custodians of Holocracy may be called at any time by the President, or by the Secretary at the direction of the President, or by vote of the Custodians of Holocracy, or by Petition for that purpose signed by a majority of the Custodians of Holocracy.
	www.rem1.org /about_rem/bylaws.htm (4301 words)

	Eleven School Custodians Arrested for Kickback and Bid Rigging Scheme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Spitzer and Stancik noted that the current procurement system for the BOE custodians encourages corruption and impedes oversight largely because custodians have immense latitude in spending money earmarked for the maintenance of schools, and because oversight of bidding procedures conducted by nearly 850 individuals is extremely difficult.
		Before a custodian may purchase goods and services that will cost over $10,000, he or she must seek the approval of a plant manager, and purchase in accordance with existing BOE contracts.
		Virtually all custodians have been able to obtain the maximum salary provided for under the current contract, and thus their incentives for further cost savings are extremely limited.
	www.oag.state.ny.us /press/2001/dec/dec11b_01.html (1703 words)

	Housekeeping Solutions: Don't Mess With Texas! - One of its biggest comebacks ever: The University of Texas at Austin ...
		Custodians who were opposed to trying the new processes and equipment told building occupants how they felt and got them on their side.
		One custodian said: This is so much better — I don’t know why I fought against it.” Custodians from other campus buildings began asking when their buildings were going to start using the new program.
		For instance, one custodian’s zone, which could consist of one floor of a building, might be cleaner or not as clean compared to the other floors of the building.
	www.cleanlink.com /hs/article.asp?id=2032 (2380 words)

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		Under the general net worth requirement, nonbank trustees and custodians may not accept new accounts unless their net worth exceeds the greater of $100,000 or four percent of the value of all assets held in fiduciary accounts.
		Additionally, nonbank trustees and custodians must take whatever steps are necessary (including the relinquishment of fiduciary accounts) to ensure that their net worth exceeds the greater of $50,000 or two percent of the value of all assets held by them in fiduciary accounts.
		Specifically, passive nonbank trustees and custodians may not accept new accounts unless their net worth exceeds the greater of $100,000 or two percent of the value of all assets held in fiduciary accounts.
	www.irs.gov /pub/irs-regs/td8635.txt (1617 words)

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		Outsourcing in Academia: The Tufts Custodian's Struggle 25 Oct. 1998 Meeting of the Ethical Society of Boston Gary R. Goldstein It is a pleasure to be here and to be given the opportunity to present the story of the Tufts custodians to a wider audience.
		The custodians were told that they could reapply for employment with ISS, but long-term employees (working at Tufts prior to 1994) would have to take a pay cut from $12.35 per hour to $9.50.
		Custodians involved in bargaining had not been told that substitute workers would be included in the vote.
	www.tufts.edu /as/physics/courses/physics5/custodian_history_ethicsoc.txt (3051 words)

	10.23.2006 - Campus custodians and current labor issues
		The custodians are covered by a three-year contract in effect through January 2008, but they say that to make a living wage in these communities they need an increase to their hourly wages.
		Custodians are in the service employees bargaining unit represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
		At UC Berkeley, the annual turnover rate for custodians is 4.1 percent, compared with 12.5 percent for career staff as a whole.
	www.berkeley.edu /news/media/releases/2006/10/23_custodians.shtml (547 words)

	Oregon Judicial Department Appellate Court Opinions
		Because the custodians made their motion after the trial court issued the writ, the motion should be treated as one to dismiss or quash the writ itself rather than one to dismiss the petition for the writ.
		The custodians maintain that issue preclusion does not apply here because (1) the order in the ERB proceeding is not one to which we can give preclusive effect, (2) the custodians were not parties to the ERB proceeding, and (3) the issue that the board decided is different from the issue that ERB decided.
		The custodians therefore were not entitled to judgment as a matter of law, and the trial court did not err in denying their motion for summary judgment.
	www.publications.ojd.state.or.us /A120712.htm (3384 words)

	Stevens Point Journal - Community gets behind custodians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Custodians, teachers, parents, community members and even students attended the meeting in support of a petition, which asks for an end to the outsourcing in janitorial and maintenance work.
		What the custodians bring to the schools is priceless, as was told by the many stories people have about interactions with the staff.
		The catalyst for the petition was the concern by the custodians for the safety and the cleanliness of the schools, according to Leon Zick, head custodian at Kennedy Elementary School.
	www.wisinfo.com /journal/spjlocal/287815918654737.shtml (780 words)

	Chapter 2. Primary Findings and Results
		Although the number of nonparent custodians is increasing at a less rapid rate than in the past, the growth rate for nonparent custodians is faster than the growth rate of custodial parents (23 percent versus 14 percent), and more than double the growth rate of the entire United States population.
		By 2009, the regional distribution of the nonparent custodial population of the United States is projected to be much closer to that of the custodial parent population, with 43 percent of nonparent custodians residing in the South, 20 percent in the Midwest, 15 percent in the Northeast, and 22 percent in the West.
		Still, the distribution of educational attainment levels of nonparent custodians is projected to be bipolar, with large numbers of very poorly educated nonparent custodians projected to be of similar size to those at the other end of the education spectrum.
	www.acf.dhhs.gov /programs/cse/pubs/reports/projections/ch02.html (4894 words)

	The Oberlin Review Online
		To compensate for these vacancies, as well as the six positions the College is leaving unfilled, custodians are being asked to clean increasingly large areas and to focus only on those parts of buildings that could be health hazards, such as bathrooms.
		Every custodian interviewed for this article expressed a serious sense of pride in her or his job, and generally spoke well about employment at Oberlin.
		They expressed concern that using floaters undermines each custodian’s sense of commitment, because floaters cannot focus on the same building every day, which is necessary if a custodian is to care about a building’s cleanliness.
	www.oberlin.edu /stupub/ocreview/archives/2002.04.05/news/article1.htm (854 words)

	Schools, custodians settle over '02 layoffs - OregonLive.com
		A draft notice to custodians says their attorneys will seek fees of 25 percent of the settlement fund plus out-of-pocket costs not to exceed $140,000.
		Custodians with health care costs totaling more than $15,000 from their lay-off through October 2006 also will be able to tap a $370,000 fund set up with the settlement money.
		Any custodian can opt out of the settlement; the district's settlement amount will be reduced by $50,000 for each one who does.
	www.oregonlive.com /metro/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1177394170209880.xml&coll=7 (611 words)

	Custodians Get Virtual Pink Slips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Guilford County Schools custodians are losing their jobs because they believe Sodexho Operations LLC, which runs the school system’s custodial services, has the authority to fire them, according to Loretta Jennings, president of the Guilford County Association of Educators.
		She said numerous custodians have been told they were fired and walked off the site.
		She said principals, lead custodians and even teachers have been pushing off responsibilities on custodians, from running errands to watching over students taking tests.
	www.rhinotimes.com /greensboro/archives/071703/story08.html (641 words)

	Finding a voice for custodians - Top Stories
		Several night custodians worked with student and staff activists in those years to complain publicly about pay and working conditions, especially about having to work faster under a new campus-wide method called "team cleaning." The University Staff Association made the custodians' troubles their chief examples of how the University mistreats its workers.
		A group of students, some of whom rallied for custodians four years ago, claims to be hearing now of harder work and lingering dissatisfaction.
		Of all the department's grievances since 2000, 15 grievants were custodians or custodial crew leaders and three were supervisors.
	www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2004/12/07/TopStories/Finding.A.Voice.For.Custodians-823616.shtml (1992 words)

	Anni Mackin
		The custodians perform a large variety of tasks from window washing to vacuuming to trash and recycling collection, and they face a certain amount of risk from exposures to viruses from handling toxic chemicals.
		Eric, a long time custodian, was once very active in the union but in the last few years has become disillusioned with the union and currently only pays his dues.
		He said that for a while he tried holding meetings on the campus during the custodians’ lunch break, but that the members complained that it was taking away their lunch time.
	faculty.washington.edu /gregoryj/uwunions/mackin-workers.htm (3000 words)

	TSPR Tyler ISD - Chapter 11
		Currently, 13 campuses have custodians reporting directly to the custodial foreman (with principal input and coordination), while the remaining 12 campuses have the principal directing their custodian's daily duties and responsibilities (Exhibit 11-19).
		Campus custodians are responsible for opening and closing buildings, cleaning all restrooms, classrooms, hallways and gyms, cleaning the cafeteria and picking up trash on grounds.
		The high schools have a designated night lead custodian and problems with supervision and the quality of night cleaning appears to be a problem at one high school in particular.
	www.window.state.tx.us /tspr/tyler/chapt11e.htm (1640 words)

	Custodians file suit against UNLV - Rebel Yell - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		About 40 plaintiffs have now joined the suit, the custodians' attorney told the R-J. The claim is being settled through UNLV's worker's compensation, said Richard Linstrom, UNLV's general counsel.
		Linstrom was hesitant to remark further, as litigation is ongoing, but he did say he was hopeful that things would work out so the employees would get what they deserve.
		The custodians came into contact with asbestos, though they did not know it at the time, when they vacuumed dust and picked up debris from buildings which were renovated to house UNLV Paradise campus police officers.
	www.ryunlv.com /news/2005/02/17/News/Custodians.File.Suit.Against.Unlv-868284.shtml (555 words)

	Custodians question long-term success of team cleaning - University
		Team cleaning is a system in which workers are given specific sets of tasks, such as vacuuming or cleaning restrooms, as opposed to zone cleaning, in which they are responsible for cleaning an entire building or floor of a building.
		All other custodians are to receive the greater amount of a 4 percent or $1,200 per year increase.
		For Alan Gomez, a doctoral candidate in history and a student supporter, the question of past disciplinary actions against custodians when team cleaning was "not fully implemented" also remains.
	www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2001/09/19/University/Custodians.Question.LongTerm.Success.Of.Team.Cleaning-503822.shtml (651 words)

	Custodians stage sick-out Wednesday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Approximately 80 to 90 custodians staged a sick-out Wednesday night in protest of their management's recent decision to lay off university custodians on March 1 and refer them to ServiceMaster, an independent subcontractor.
		The sick-out was the first protest against university management that she and many of the other custodians are making to ensure fair wages, benefits and employment in the future, Omeany said.
		Out of the 160 custodians that were laid off, 90 percent are protesting, with assistance from Union 495, Omeany said.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V127/N28/dtcustodians.28c.html (382 words)

	IDS: Custodians go above and beyond (Campus, 10/05/2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		To her, being a custodian presents an opportunity to interact with students in a way that's different from anyone else on campus.
		He also said he thinks custodians are resources students ought to use to their advantage.
		With the ever-changing roles custodians seem to play in the lives of students, some feel custodians are under-appreciated for all the work they do.
	www.idsnews.com /story.php?id=25197 (741 words)

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