CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at
6:05 p.m.
Roll Call
Present: Brannan, Laverty,
Murray, Proctor, Rasmusson
Absent: Canady, Pelleran
Chairperson Laverty asked for a
moment of silence in honor of the victims of the Tsunami disaster that
occurred on December 26, 2004 in Southeast Asia.
Additions or Deletions to the agenda
There were no additions or
deletions to the agenda.
limited Public Comment regarding agenda items
There were no comments from the
public.
CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
Chairperson Laverty
Board of Trustees Election
Chairperson Laverty stated that a
resolution was passed in November 2004 regarding holding the Board of
Trustees elections in the odd-year November date based on the
consolidation of state elections. The College was notified recently
that an amendment to some legislation was anticipated to have been
passed prior to January 1, 2005; however, it wasn't passed.
Therefore, there are now conflicts between the Michigan Community
College Act and the Michigan election law. Based on advice from legal
counsel, the legislation directs the Board to hold their election when
the majority of the school districts within the College's tax district
hold their elections; therefore, the next Board of Trustees election
will be May 3, 2005. At the February meeting, the Board will need to
pass a resolution calling the May election.
Mr. Tim Zeller shared that there
are proposals for amendatory language, and if the legislation is
changed by February 22, the election date may change again.
Chairperson Laverty distributed a
letter from the College's legal counsel, Miller Canfield, explaining
the change in the Board election date (it is on file with the official
Board materials.)
Policy Governance
Chairperson Laverty reviewed the
draft governance policies with the Board (a copy is on file with the
official Board materials.) The Board made changes to the policies.
He asked that if there were any additional changes to please forward
those to him prior to the next meeting. It is anticipated that the
policies will be adopted at the February Board meeting.
Chairperson Laverty reviewed the
Board policy handbook materials (a copy is on file with the official
Board materials.) This handbook will contain some materials
previously distributed at the development sessions, new meeting
agenda, annual planning cycle, monitoring report schedule among other
documents that may prove to be useful for the Trustees. These
materials will also be brought forward for action at the February
Board meeting.
President Cunningham thanked and
applauded the Board for moving in this direction.
President's Contract
At the December Board meeting, the
Board authorized Chairperson Laverty to enter into discussions with
the President regarding her salary. Based on the information
Chairperson Laverty gathered, he recommended that the Board increase
President Cunningham?s salary by 2% effective July 1, 2005. He stated
that President Cunningham has volunteered to donate the salary
increase to the Foundation.
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Murray and
supported by Trustee Proctor that the President's salary be increased
by 2% effective July 1, 2005.
There was no discussion.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray, Proctor, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady, Pelleran
Motion carried.
Other
Chairperson Laverty shared that he
attended the following events:
- December 14 - the Capital
Region Community Foundation held their meeting at the West Campus
and had a tour of the facility following the meeting.
- December 17
? Nursing
Program graduation in the Dart Auditorium. He encouraged the Board
members to attend in the future.
- January 17 - Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., Luncheon.
Chairperson Laverty reminded the
Trustees that serve on the Michigan Community College Association
Board of Directors to make arrangements with the Board Secretary for
the upcoming meeting. If they were not planning to attend, he asked
that they contact the Board Secretary or himself to arrange for an
alternate to attend in their place.
Chairperson Laverty announced that
on January 19 the HOPE Scholarship will be having its awards ceremony
at 4 p.m. at the Johnson Field House behind Eastern High School. He
encouraged the Trustees and members of the audience to attend this
event.
President Cunningham shared that
in the Governor?s State of the State address, it was mentioned that
Lansing?s HOPE program will be replicated in other places in Michigan.
Chairperson Laverty stated that he
will be working with the President and staff to establish a Board
Library Resource Center. This resource center would include various
books, videos and other information about leadership. In the past
various items have been purchased dealing with Policy governance or
other subjects. Also, there may be future purchases of books that may
be of interest to the Trustees. He asked that requests for
publications that the Trustees would like to include in the library be
forwarded to him. Chairperson Laverty felt that this resource library
would be quite valuable to the Board.
Chairperson Laverty felt that
attendance to conferences is very important and is a part of a
Trustee?s job. He reminded the Board of subjects that have been
discussed at conferences such as the ACCT Leadership Congress that
Trustees Murray and Proctor recently attended.
He announced that the Foundation
Capital Campaign is underway. At the policy governance sessions, it
was discussed that part of a Trustee?s job is to contribute monetarily
or with an in-kind contribution towards the capital campaign. He
encouraged the Trustees to contribute. Chairperson Laverty felt that
as the College is campaigning in the community, it is important to say
that 100% of the Board members are contributing to the capital
campaign.
Board Member Reports
Trustee Proctor - Workforce
Development Board
Trustee Proctor distributed and
discussed a written report regarding his attendance at the Workforce
Development Board meeting (the report is on file with the official
Board materials.)
President's REPORT
College Spotlight - NATN
Transfer Agreement
President Cunningham stated that
the Historically Black College and University agreement is one program
she is very proud of and is being expanded to include historically
Hispanic colleges and universities. She asked Dean Judith Cardenas to
introduce the speakers of tonight?s spotlight.
Dean Cardenas introduced Ms. Addie
Morrow who oversees this program.
Ms. Morrow thanked the Board of
Trustees for providing the opportunity to share about the program.
She provided a PowerPoint presentation on the National Articulation
Transfer Network (NATN) Transfer Agreement (the presentation is on
file with the official Board materials). She introduced students who
are part of the program. The following students addressed the Board
regarding how this program has benefited them: Miss Ajani Scott, Miss
Ikram Adawe, Miss Maya Clark, Mr. Justin Boyd, and Miss Shantoria
Vance.
Chairperson Laverty thanked Ms.
Morrow for all of her work, and he also thanked President Cunningham.
Human Resources - New Hires,
Leaves and Sabbaticals
Faculty
Appointment?
Julie Silverman, Catalog and Systems Librarian, Library
Information Systems, Student and Academic Support
Budget Update
President Cunningham stated that
staff is attempting to schedule a budget workshop for the Board of
Trustees on Monday, February 21 at 3 p.m.
Vice President Barbara Larson
provided a PowerPoint presentation on the budget update (the
presentation is on file with the official Board materials.)
There was a question and answer
period throughout the presentation.
Trustee Rasmusson suggested asking
the College's legal counsel what the options are with MPSERS (Michigan
Public School Employees Retirement System.) He asked if the College
could change to another system.
President Cunningham responded
that would be explored. She shared that budget discussions have begun
with the College and with the Labor Coalition.
ISUS Program
President Cunningham stated that
this is the high school dropout initiative involving Lansing Community
College and over 40 members of the community. She reported that
subcommittees have been established and the next meeting of the
advisory committee will be on January 25. Site visits will be
conducted as well as meetings with students. Structural options are
still being explored such as creating a charter school.
CATA Bus Service
Vice President Larson reported
that an agreement was reached with CATA to have a connector from the
Lansing Mall to the West Campus. This is only a one-year agreement
and will continue to be assessed. Lansing Community College is paying
$22,000 to CATA for this service.
President Cunningham stated that
this endeavor was researched two years ago. Considering the College
moved entire programs to the West Campus and many students rely solely
on public transportation, the College had to address the issue. This
will continue to be reviewed and other options will be explored.
Howell School District
Vice President Larson shared that
an arrangement has been reached with Livingston County, through the
work of Ms. Jean Morciglio, Ms. Beckie Beard, and Mr. Lucian Leone,
regarding having space in the new Howell High School. She stated this
is a tremendous opportunity for our students in Livingston County.
Currently, the college pays approximately $160,000 a year for 8,400
square feet for a building in Livingston County. However, with this
new arrangement the College will have close to 11,000 square feet and
will pay $90,000 a year less than what we currently are paying.
President Cunningham stated that
Lansing Community College will be the exclusive community college
partner in the high school. It was also included in the agreement
that the Howell School Board would support a millage effort from the
College should it consider it in the future.
Tsunami Relief Effort
President Cunningham announced
that a challenge was made to all LCC colleagues to donate to the
Tsunami relief effort through the American Red Cross. So far over
$2,000 has been collected. She reminded the Board that these
contributions are on the back of the capital campaign, the St. Johns
initiative, and having contributed already at local churches or
through other organizations. President Cunningham publicly thanked
everyone for their contributions. She asked Trustee Proctor, who
served as the Chair of the Mid-Michigan Chapter of the American Red
Cross, to deliver the collection on the College's behalf.
Mark Latterman
President Cunningham announced
that Mr. Mark Latterman recently passed away. Mr. Latterman had
worked on behalf of the College on various issues such as the location
site for the M-TEC, the vacation of Washington Mall, and the Lansing
Township Downtown Development Authority. She asked that the record
reflect how much Mr. Latterman did for the College and that he will be
missed.
Chairperson Laverty stated that at
the policy governance sessions the facilitator encouraged the Board to
develop a decision log. He shared that the Board Secretary already
maintains a similar database and he distributed a sample to the Board
(it is on file with the official Board materials.)
Chairperson Laverty also
distributed a revised version of the St. Johns ballot proposals
resolution (the revised version is on file with the official Board
materials.)
Course Fees
Vice President VanKempen reviewed
the proposed course fee changes with the Board (the list is on file
with the official Board materials.) These course fee changes will be
effective in the summer of 2005. They will be brought forward for
Board action at the February meeting.
President Cunningham encouraged
Board members to contact Board staff prior to the next meeting if
there were any questions regarding the proposed course fee changes.
Action Items
Approval of Minutes - December
13, 2004 Regular Meeting
President Cunningham presented the
December 13, 2004 regular meeting minutes for the Board's review.
The Board had no changes to the
minutes.
St. Johns Resolution
President Cunningham thanked the
Part-time Clerical Technical Union and the Educational Support
Personnel Union for their endorsements of the St. Johns initiative.
She explained that the resolution before the Board is necessary based
on advice from the College's legal counsel. The College has been
making commitments to the St. Johns community and legal counsel
recommended that the Board formally approve those commitments through
a resolution. She asked Vice President Ruth Borger to further address
this agenda item.
Vice President Borger shared that
the Michigan Community College Act requires that the ballot language
be very prescriptive and specific on how to be annexed into the
community college district. The current ballot language does not
include specific language as to what the dollars will be used for,
which will be to expand services and create higher education
opportunities in this community. The resolution addresses this issue
(it is on file with the official Board materials.)
Kalamazoo Street Warehouse -
Purchase Offer
Vice President Larson stated that
the College, in working with CB Richard Ellis, has received an offer
to purchase the Kalamazoo Street warehouse. She reviewed the offer of
purchase with the Board (it is on file with the official Board
materials.) Vice President Larson stated that the recommendation is
to accept the written purchase offer of $150,000 understanding that
the acceptance of the offer will allow the potential buyer access to
the building to complete their due diligence.
There was a question and answer
period.
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Rasmusson
and supported by Trustee Brannan to approve all the action items of
the President's Report.
There was no discussion.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray, Proctor, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady, Pelleran
Motion carried.
CLOSED SESSION
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Brannan
and supported by Trustee Rasmusson for the Board to go into closed
session for the purpose of discussing strategy negotiations connected
in a collective bargaining agreement.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray, Proctor, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady, Pelleran
Motion carried.
The Board entered into closed
session at 7:53 p.m.
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Murray and
supported by Trustee Brannan that the Board return to open session.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray, Proctor, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady, Pelleran
Motion carried.
The Board returned to open session
at 9:17 p.m.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no comments from the
public.
ADJOURNMENT
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Proctor
and supported by Trustee Brannan that the meeting be adjourned.
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray,
Proctor, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady, Pelleran
Motion carried.
The meeting adjourned at 9:18 p.m.
