CALL TO ORDER BY CHAIRPERSON
The meeting was called to order at
6:02 p.m.
ROLL CALL BY SECRETARY TO THE
BOARD
Present: Brannan, Laverty,
Murray, Pelleran, Proctor, Rasmusson
Absent: Canady
ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO THE
AGENDA
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Pelleran
and supported by Trustee Proctor to add closed session to the agenda.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Proctor, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady
Motion carried.
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Pelleran
and supported by Trustee Proctor to add the issue of a college policy
on literature distribution by organized and approved campus clubs.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Proctor, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady
Motion carried.
The above two items were added to
the end of the agenda.
LIMITED PUBLIC COMMENT
REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS
Mary Kay Scullion - I am a faculty
advisor to the Lansing Community College Student Democrats. I believe
you received the correspondence from me that I hand delivered to the
President's Office on Friday. I am here to urge the Trustees to visit
the question of whether or not organized student groups which happen
to be partisan in nature, once they have an organized pursuant to
college policy and approved whether or not they can in fact distribute
candidate literature for the party for which they are organized. This
issue came up for the LCC Student Dems in the spring. I had a series
of e-mail communications between myself and folks at Student Life.
Ultimately, I was told that it was acceptable that we could in fact
put out candidate literature. I did not bring the issue forward until
now because it was only about two and a half weeks ago that I had a
meeting with the head of Student Life and was advised that that was
not allowed pursuant to Board of Trustee policy. This constitutes
from my perspective both an infringement on the student?s freedom of
speech, their ability to speak and address candidates and issues of
their concern. It also goes to their freedom of association, and
frankly it makes no sense. Why would a college set up a policy for
organizing student groups, approve those student groups, charter them
and then say you cannot do what you were organized to do? Now, we
don't have a student Republican club registered at this point. I have
been trying very hard, as my other Democratic colleague from the
Social Science faculty, has been trying to find a Republican faculty
member who would sign on as advisor for that group. I don't want
comment on why they are having difficulty. But, the fact of the
matter is, we are talking about the first amendment. We are talking
about an institution of higher education. The whole purpose of higher
education is to encourage people to explore issues, develop their own
beliefs and agendas. Giving out candidate literature or having it
available at a student table, does nothing more than broaden the neck
of discussion on the campus. That is what we are here about. As a
faculty member who teaches American Government, I spend almost every
class encouraging my students to talk about current events. We have a
monumental debate going on in this country between presidential
candidates. And now the college is saying you can put out literature
about the parties or anything else, but you can't put out the
candidate?s literature. Frankly, it makes no sense to me and I really
believe since I have yet to see anything in writing that confirms the
existence of a Board policy, I really believe that the Board needs to
revisit this issue. And I would hope you?d revisit it in a timely
fashion. The election is drawing near.
Sally Pierce - I am the president
of LCC MAHE and as most of the Board knows, I am working with the
people from LCC's HR department to try to schedule meetings to
continue discussion about selling Mitzi Carol?s issues. Currently,
there are court cases and ULP?s pending at the end of October. I
don't know if the public knows, but MAHE won an arbitration and we
want to settle this long standing issue. What I am here for is to
just say to the Board we are working towards that we would appreciate
anything you could do on your end to help encourage management and
maybe expand parameters for the settlement and we are looking forward
to setting up a meeting as soon as possible. I was just talking to
the attorney for the MEA who is going back to double check her
schedule to see if the latest possible time will work for her this
week. So, mostly I'm here for an update and to ask for your support
and continued encouragement. Thank you very much.
Mark Thomas - Thank you Trustees.
I'm Mark Thomas. I also teach Political Science here and I share my
colleagues concern about the lack of ability for students to express
themselves. In my class, part of the required course work they are
splitting up into two teams. One helping the Democratic ticket, one
helping the Republican ticket, and I am also a Democrat elected
official working actively to get the LCC Republicans reinvigorated
here. One of my classes is planning to start an LCC Republicans
group. I know the Board of Trustees has a commitment to political
citizenship and I urge you to uphold that in the way that our students
are allowed to conduct themselves at the college. And I would caution
you against delaying on allowing students to distribute literature.
You might win in the short run and as Mary Kay said with the election
coming up that would not be an advisable course of action, because I
would not anticipate that you would win in the long run if the College
really is seeking to keep candidate material from being presented. I
think that it would be a short term win on your part and not serve any
of our interests in the long run. So, I ask for your consideration on
this issue. Thanks.
Melissa Wright - Hello Trustees.
Thank you for letting us come in and make comments. My name is
Melissa Wright and I am president of the LCC Democrats and I just
wanted to express my frustration. It is very appalling to me that
Student Life would accept a club whose name is partisan, very
blatantly explained that our name is LCC Student Democrats and then
proceed to tell us and try to censor us on what we can produce. I
have students come up to my table that I present the information that
nationally the poverty rate is increasing. To me it is obvious which
candidate is going to handle that how, but they don't just want to
know this is the issue; they want to know what is this particular
person?s solution. So, our goal is to educate the students. People
from 18-24 had barely a 30% voter turn out rate in 2000, check the
census. So, our goal is to get out the student vote this year. This
is very important to make an educated decision, and not just following
what somebody else says. We want them to know what their candidate?s
positions are. These are the issues. So, when they ask how is this
person specifically saying they are going to handle this, I want to be
able to tell them, I want to be able to give them a piece of paper
that says, look at the issues - look at the solutions. This is how
this person outlines their answer. This is a right that they have to
know and it is our right to express to them this information. Again,
it is very frustrating. I understand what they have told us, is that
as a public body they cannot endorse a specific political party.
However, is it not somewhat contradictory to their argument when they
endorse a group called the Student Democrats and then say that we
cannot endorse a specific party. But they?ve already done that by
allowing us to exist on this campus. The other thing is, I work with
several MSU students, I know that there are MSU Student Democrats and
MSU Student Republicans group who distribute the same literature that
we are asking to distribute on their campus. And they are no more or
no less a publicly funded university than we are a publicly funded
college. So, basically what we are experiencing, with the assumption
that I feel it is fair of me to make, is that this is an individual
that is trying to censor us, with specifically has a personal agenda
and a reason to suppress this information and it is very difficult for
me to really reconcile the fact that there can be any person on this
campus who would want to restrict the information that students have
to exchange when our effort is to educate the students. Now, I'm
sorry there's not a Republican group, I am not trying to suppress that
myself, and I would be equally as frustrated if someone told another
group, regardless of their political position, that it's not
acceptable what they have to say, that they cannot endorse their
candidate and explain to the other students who are willing to
listen. We don't patronize students when they walk by and say you
must listen to us, we stand there with our sign that says Student
Democrats. You know what you're coming passed, you know the issues
that we are going to tell you. We are not pressuring anybody to
listen to what we have to say. We are not trying to be a forceful
entity on this campus. We are simply here to educate the students,
and I feel that it is most fair for us to do that.
Megan Scullion - I am a student at
LCC and I am the secretary and treasurer of the LCC Student
Democrats. We feel that it is very important, as Melissa was
outlining, and as Professor Scullion was outlining, that we hand out
literature about John Kerry. We are not trying to force John Kerry
down people?s throats. What we are trying to do is get people to make
an educated vote. Not pick one agenda and vote on that one agenda.
We are tying to get people to notice all of the agendas and vote on
all of them. Now, I find it appalling that Student Life told us that
we can tell people who to vote for, but we cannot hand out literature
so that they can make their own decisions. We were told that we could
put out a Democratic slate listing every candidate, but we could not
give out information on each of those candidates so they can make an
educated decision. Educated decisions are what this college is for.
Educated decisions are what this country is for. We are a democratic
country, not necessarily?We are a democracy, and in a democracy people
are allowed to say what they want and everything else. I mean?
Trustee Pelleran - I?d like to
ask, you said that you were told that you could give out a slate?
Megan Scullion - Yes
Trustee Pelleran - And who were
you told that by and when?
Megan Scullion - Student Life.
I'm not sure of the exact date, but Student Life told us we could put
out a slate with all the Democratic people who are running, but we
could not give them literature. And that's all I have to say. Thank
you.
CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD MEMBER
REPORTS
Chairperson Laverty
Board Development Session
The Board had a session in June
and a second one on the evening of September 16 and the morning of
September 17. Both sessions were facilitated by Ms. Carolyn Bailey,
who is an expert in Carver Policy Governance Process. Chairperson
Laverty felt that both sessions were productive. At the recent
session the Board reaffirmed their interest and commitment to Policy
Governance. They reviewed the following areas: governance
commitment, governance style, Board job description, Chairperson?s
role, Board committee principles, committee structure, annual Board
planning cycle, and Board member?s code of conduct. Future sessions
will be scheduled to complete the work with Policy Governance.
Chairperson Laverty thanked the Board for their time, commitment, and
for their attendance at the sessions.
Board Election Dates
In the Board packet there is a
letter from the college attorneys regarding new legislation at the
State level regarding the consolidation of election dates. However,
there have been numerous legislative Bills introduced. Chairperson
Laverty stated that no action will be taken by the Board tonight, but
rather begin discussing which date the Board would prefer to hold
their election. He asked Mr. Tim Zeller to provide an update on this
issue.
Mr. Zeller stated that many bills
have passed regarding election changes, which has resulted in
confusion in the Legislature. Some of the bills passed conflict with
current bills that were not repealed. He said the Board has to make a
decision as to when to hold their election for either in May or
November of 2005. However, beginning in January 2005 new legislation
dictates community college elections are held on the date the majority
of the schools in the district hold their election. If the Board sets
a date, it may conflict with the new law. Mr. Zeller stated that the
Election Bureau is working towards fixing this conflict prior to
January 2005. Miller Canfield has advised the Board to choose either
the May or November date with the caveat that in January the Board may
have that decision altered.
There was brief discussion
regarding this issue.
The Board decided to hold the
public hearing in October and pass this resolution.
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Pelleran
and supported by Trustee Brannan to hold a public hearing in October
on the issue of the Lansing Community College Board election date.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Proctor, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady
Motion carried.
Calendar of Meetings for
2004-2005 and 2005-2006
Trustee Pelleran recommended only
approving the 2004-05 meetings calendar and postpone the approval of
the 2005-06 meetings until after the public hearing is held in
October.
The Board agreed to Trustee
Pelleran?s recommendation.
Roll call vote on 2004-05 meetings
calendar:
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Proctor, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady
The 2004-05 meetings calendar was
approved.
Foundation Board
Chairperson Laverty reported that
the Foundation has begun its capital campaign. Mr. Joe Reid has been
selected as Chairman to lead this effort. He asked President
Cunningham to provide more information on Mr. Reid.
President Cunningham indicated
that Mr. Reid is the president of Capital National Bank Corporation.
He started Capital National Bank 22 years ago with only one facility
in Lansing, and is still the only home-grown, hometown bank in the
region. Mr. Reid expanded one bank to 32 banks nation wide. His
daughter teaches as an adjunct faculty at Lansing Community College,
they have been active in various community efforts such as the HOPE
Scholarship, and he graduated from Highland Park Community College.
Since the capital campaign is about building community and creating
opportunity they couldn?t think of anyone better than Mr. Reid.
Chairperson Laverty announced that
on Wednesday, September 22nd from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
there is a reception at the Dart Auditorium for the Distinguished
Alumni Hall of Fame photo unveiling. This year?s Lip Sync event will
be held on Sunday, October 24 at 6:00 p.m. Trustee Pelleran has had
to resign from the Foundation, and he appointed Trustee Murray to the
Foundation.
Other
Chairperson Laverty reported on
the following items:
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Reminded the Board to submit their
conflict of interest statement to the Board Secretary.
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He attended the Sports Hall of
Fame Inductions Ceremony, the MCCA summer workshop, fall semester
Kickoff events and Service Awards Ceremony on August 25, and the West
Campus tours.
The RED Team recently had a
meeting at the West Campus and there are other organizations that have
expressed an interest in having their meetings there.
The LCC-TV program has made great
improvements. He requested a future spotlight on the LCC TV channel.
Board Members
Trustee Rasmusson - Audit
Committee
He attended the Conference Board
Audit Institute on June 22 and 23, which reaffirmed that the College
is following best practices. The Audit Committee met on June 30 and
things are in place for the College audit.
Chairperson Laverty thanked
Trustee Rasmusson for his leadership on the committee and Trustees
Brannan and Canady for serving on the Committee.
Trustee Proctor - Workforce
Development Board
He reported that the Workforce
Development Board is continuing their work in facing challenges such
as loss of manufacturing jobs and displaced workers many of whom lack
educational skills to be retrained. Lansing Community College
recently received a grant to participate in training employees. He
stated that he and Chairperson Laverty abstained from voting on that
matter. Trustee Proctor reported that he and Chairperson Laverty
recently attended the Michigan Works agency annual conference in Mt.
Pleasant, Michigan. At the conference there was discussion about
demographics of the future workforce.
Trustee Pelleran - Leslie Local
Development Finance Authority
She reported that this group meets
monthly; however, she missed the last meeting due to the Board
development session. This group discusses the economic development
that is going on in Leslie. Trustee Pelleran stated that this is a
wonderful opportunity to get to the southern portion of the community
college district and is thrilled to participate with that auspicious
group.
Trustee Canady - Japan
Adventure Program
Chairperson Laverty stated that
Trustee Canady was ill; therefore, this agenda item was tabled.
President's REPORT
President Cunningham thanked
Chairperson Laverty for his positive comments on the LCC-TV program.
She gave credit to Vice President Ruth Borger and Mr. Marti Pennoni.
President Cunningham announced
that on Thursday, September 23 a trip to Dayton, OH has been scheduled
to tour the ISUS (Improved Solutions for Urban Systems) Program. This
program provides children of promise with construction trade skills
and teaches them Math, Science, and Reading. The students work in the
field for a week and are in the classroom for a week. She stated that
this program has been in place for 10 years and has changed the face
of Dayton, Ohio and these young people. President Cunningham stated
that over 50 community leaders and Lansing Community College faculty
and staff will be attending. She said a future trip will be scheduled
to accommodate more faculty to visit the program considering this trip
falls on a Thursday and many faculty members are teaching during this
time.
Chairperson Laverty stated that
with his involvement with the Workforce Development Board a study has
been conducted that predicted by 2010 there will be a worker shortage
in this area of about 8,000. Many wonder how we can continue to have
20 to 30% of our high school students fall through the cracks. He
said this ISUS program will help with this.
Trustee Rasmusson stated that many
students are discouraged, for example in a journeyman program, by
courses such as government or that are paper oriented. Alternative
ways of teaching these courses should be explored, such as role
playing and peer teaching.
Information Items
College Spotlight - Resource
and Enterprise Development
President Cunningham introduced
Mr. Dan McCormick who joined the College on July 1, 2004. He worked
with the Foundation previously helping to reinvent and organize and
transition it to excellence. Mr. McCormick is now focusing his
efforts on exploring ways the College can increase its revenue
sources. His clients are and have been American Cancer Society,
Coca-Cola Foundation among others. He is connected nationally and has
done more non-profit mergers than any other entity in the country.
President Cunningham stated that Mr. McCormick previously taught at
Lansing Community College and taught band at Eastern High School.
Mr. McCormick gave a PowerPoint
presentation on enterprise development and the process he is using to
assist the college in enhancing its revenue stream (the presentation
is on file with the official Board materials.)
There was a question and answer
period after the presentation.
Human Resources - New Hires,
Leaves and Sabbaticals
Appointments?
Administrative?
Susan Fisher, Manager
of Fund Development, Executive Office, Foundation
Stephen Goethals,
Director, BCI-MTEC, Business and Community Institute Division
Susan Mutty, Business
and Training Director, Business and Community Institute Division
Lucian Leone,
Director, Livingston Center, Extension and Community Education,
Academic Affairs
Faculty?
Lydia Hilton, Faculty, Accounting, Business, Media, and
Information Technologies
Robin Wagner, Faculty, Biology, Science, Liberal
Studies
William Gustin, Faculty, Geography, Social Science,
Liberal Studies
Sabbatical Leave Request?
Brenda Brown (Cook),
Assistant Professor, Human, Health and Public Service Careers, Dental
Program
Requested: Fall 1995
Semester, Spring 1996 Semester
St. Johns - Expanded Service
Area
Vice President Borger stated that
the College adopted a strategic initiative to explore how the
institution may service the higher education needs of our
out-of-district communities. In addition to ongoing discussions with
community leaders, the College contracted with EPIC/MRA a local
research firm with a national reputation to conduct a community survey
last spring. This survey explored the level of replication,
recognition, and higher education needs in the St. Johns community.
She introduced Mr. John Cavanaugh, partner with EPIC/MRA.
Mr. Cavanaugh reviewed the survey
results with the Board. He shared that the Board enjoys popular
support from the St. Johns community. There is a welcoming atmosphere
in St. Johns to Lansing Community College. A recognition that the
college does a great job in providing a two-year education and job
training, which had a 93% positive rating. He gave the following
examples of questions used during the survey:
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Is it a good or a bad idea for
St. Johns K-12 to become part of the LCC district? 83%
said it was a good idea
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Why?
A lower tuition rate.
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Are you concerned about
yourself being laid off? About 1/3 of the
respondents said yes, and 63% said no.
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Are you concerned about others
in the community being laid off? 87%
responded yes.
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If you were to become part of
the LCC district, it would cost you approximately $200 a year? 68%
responded yes.
Mr. Cavanaugh stated that even
though this survey was conducted in May where there was a possibility
of Federal Mogul closing their doors, he believed the numbers wouldn?t
change a great deal. In his opinion, a climate exists for a
receptivity to welcome the invitation to become part of the district,
and the primary reason is lower tuition costs for St. Johns residents.
There was a question and answer
period after the presentation.
President Cunningham and Vice
President Borger have meetings scheduled on Friday, September 24 with
community leaders in St. Johns.
Budget Update
Vice President Larson reported
that Governor Granholm has signed the budget bill and with the tuition
restraint incentive payment the College is scheduled to receive a
total state appropriation of approximately $28.6 million. This number
is what the college had budgeted and the Board had approved. The
College's move to contact billing hours did not adversely impact our
ability to benefit from the tuition restraint incentive. If the state
property in Northville is sold, the college will receive an addition
$870,000 which was cut from fiscal year 2004 appropriation. The only
caveat is that there is still discussion about the timing of property
taxes and the impact on the county. Until the funding is wired to the
College, it is safe to say everything is still up in the air.
Facilities Master Plan
Vice President Larson reviewed the
update to the facilities master plan (it is on file with the official
Board materials.) No action is being asked of the Board at this
meeting; however, this will require Board action at the November
meeting.
There was brief discussion
regarding the facilities master plan.
Legal Services
Vice President Larson reviewed the
legal services information that was provided in the Board packet (it
is on file with the official Board materials.) She stated that this
is not a trend yet and this is only a reflection of three months. The
information that this is being compared to contains figures where the
college has had some years with Board elections, bond issues, as well
as Board sponsored activities that required outside legal counsel.
There was brief discussion
regarding the legal services information.
President Cunningham stated that
this arrangement has been working well. Everyone is more aware to
call Mr. Zeller first and he then advises if it is necessary to
contact outside legal counsel. However, she cautioned the Board that
this cost savings is not a trend yet.
M-TEC Grand Opening
President Cunningham reminded the
Board that the M-TEC grand opening celebration is scheduled for
November 8 at noon. The opening of West Campus, under the direction
of Ms. Jan Danford, has been outstanding. With any openings of new
facilities there are glitches; however, there could not be a better
person to launch this facility than Ms. Danford. President Cunningham
asked for everyone to give Ms. Danford a round of applause.
President Cunningham also thanked
all of the faculty and staff who helped with the opening of the
M-TEC. Evident of this is the increase in enrollment there which
currently has over 1,000 students there. Beginning in January 2005 it
is anticipated that approximately 3,000 students will be taking
courses there.
Enrollment
Mr. Rich Howard provided the most
recent enrollment report. Credit hours have increased by 6.7%,
unduplicated head count has increased by 6.4%, and seat count has
increased by 7%.
Chairperson Laverty requested a
copy of the most recent enrollment report be sent to the Board.
Action Items
Approval of Minutes - June 21,
2004 Regular Meeting
President Cunningham presented the
June 21, 2004 meeting minutes for the Board's approval.
Chairperson Laverty asked that the
record reflect a clarification of the closed
session portion of the June 21 meeting minutes. The Board was to go
into closed session, but there were concerns expressed that the Board
could not go into closed session due to not having a super majority
present. The Board immediately returned to open session. Following
that meeting after further review with legal counsel it was determined
that the Board was within its rights to go into closed session without
a super majority. He asked Mr. Zeller to elaborate on this issue.
Mr. Zeller responded that the Open
Meetings Act requires a super majority to go into closed session;
however, there are exceptions. Closed session for the purpose of
discussing contract negotiations, which was the case at the June 21
meeting is one of those exceptions.
There were no changes to the
minutes.
Energy Master Plan
Vice President Larson reviewed the
energy master plan from Siemens with the Board (it is on file with the
official Board materials.) She stated that the Board was introduced
to this plan at their June 21 meeting. Vice President Larson thanked
the following Siemens representatives that were present:
Laurie Prena, Kurt Homan, and Dana Soukup.
There was discussion regarding the
energy master plan.
Abel B. Sykes Jr. Technology
and Learning Center Quitclaim Deed
President Cunningham presented the
quitclaim deed to the Board (it is on file with the official Board
materials.) This will allow the College to solely own the TLC
building and the State?s name will be taken off the deed.
Tentative Agreements
President Cunningham presented the
tentative agreements with the Fraternal Order of Police and the Hotel
Employees and Restaurant Employees bargaining units.
There was a brief discussion about
the tentative agreements.
Finance - Approval of Bids
President Cunningham asked Ms.
Beckie Beard to review the bids.
Ms. Beckie Beard presented the
following bids for the Board's approval:
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Cisco Network Equipment
Maintenance Services in the amount of $305,389 for three years. The
bid was awarded to Netarx from Bingham Farms, Michigan.
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Commercial Real Estate
Broker/Agent contract to assist in selling College property. The
contract was awarded to CB Richard Ellis/Martin from East Lansing,
Michigan.
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Purchase of Computer
Hardware over the next three years in the amount of $1,964,700 for
the first year. The bid was awarded to Agilysys, Inc., from Warren,
Michigan for the computers, and to Hewlett Packard Co., from
Deerfield, Illinois for servers and storage area network.
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Purchase and maintenance
of Copiers for a contract of four years. The contract was awarded
to Albin Business Center of Okemos, Michigan.
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Exterior Grading and
Paving for the HHPSC and Administration buildings in the amount of
$428,010. The bid was awarded to Kares Construction of Charlotte,
Michigan.
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HCC Exterior Masonry
Restoration in the amount of $157,735.50. The bid was awarded to
Davenport Masonry of Holt, Michigan.
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Landscaping for HHPSC and
Administration buildings in the amount of $166,546. The bid was
awarded to WH Canon Company of Romulus, Michigan.
- Network and Security Resources in the amount of
$162,000 for three years. The bid was awarded to Control Room
Technologies from Lansing, Michigan.
There was brief discussion
regarding the bids.
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Rasmusson
and supported by Trustee Proctor to approve all action items of the
President's report.
Trustee Brannan added a friendly
amendment to move the Human Resources sabbatical leave request to the
action items.
Trustee Rasmusson accepted Trustee
Brannan?s friendly amendment.
Chairperson Laverty requested a
separate roll call on Trustee Brannan?s amendment to approve the
sabbatical leave request.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Proctor, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady
Motion carried.
Roll call vote on the President's
Report action items:
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Proctor, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady
Motion carried.
The Board took a five minute
recess.
New Agenda Item - Distribution
of Literature by Organized Clubs
President Cunningham requested
that the Board allow the administration to review this and the legal
issues involved and provide a recommendation. She reassured the Board
and the students that the administration will begin reviewing this
immediately and change what is necessary that is within the legal
ramifications. President Cunningham stated that if this is or isn?t a
policy issue, action will be taken on this prior to the next Board
meeting to allow the students to begin their activities as soon as
possible due to the upcoming election. If Board action is necessary,
a recommendation will be forwarded for the October 18 meeting.
The Board agreed to allow the
administration to further review this concern and update the Board as
soon as it is resolved.
CLOSED SESSION
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Pelleran
and supported by Trustee Murray for the Board to go into closed
session for the purpose of discussing pending litigation and contract
negotiations.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Proctor, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady
Motion carried.
The Board went into closed session
at 8:54 p.m.
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Pelleran
and supported by Trustee Murray to return to open session.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Proctor, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady
Motion carried.
The Board returned to open session
at 10:15 p.m.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no comments from the
public.
ADJOURNMENT
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Pelleran
and supported by Trustee Murray to adjourn the meeting.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Proctor, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady
Motion carried.
The meeting adjourned at 10:15
p.m.
