June 24, 2010 Minutes of Regular Board Meeting
The
Board of Trustees of Illinois Valley Community College District No. 513
convened a regular session at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 24, 2010 in the Board
Room (C307) at Illinois Valley Community College.
Members
Physically Present:
Dennis N.
Thompson, Chair
David O.
Mallery, Secretary
Michael C.
Driscoll
Larry
D. Huffman
David
S. Zallis, Student Trustee
Members
Absent:
Thomas C. Setchell, Vice Chair
Leslie-Anne
Englehaupt
Melissa
M. Olivero
Others
PhysicallyPresent:
Jerry Corcoran,
President
Cheryl Roelfsema, Vice
President for Business Services and Finance
Rick
Pearce, Vice President for Learning and Student Development
Lori
Scroggs, Vice President for Planning and Institutional Effectiveness
Walt
Zukowski, Attorney
APPROVAL OF AMENDED
AGENDA
It
was moved by Dr. Huffman and seconded by Dr. Driscoll to approve the amended agenda
(closed session was added) as presented.
Motion passed by voice vote.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
CONSENT AGENDA
It
was moved by Mr. Mallery and seconded by Mr. Zallis to approve the consent
agenda as presented. Motion passed by
voice vote.
The following items
were approved in the consent agenda:
Approval
of Minutes
– May 12, 2010 Closed Session Minutes Committee Meeting; May 26, 2010
Audit/Finance Committee Meeting; and May 27, 2010 Board Meeting.
Approval
of the Bills
- $1,262,127.69
Education
Fund - $775,336.02; Operations and Maintenance Fund - $73,671.23; Operations
and Maintenance (Restricted Fund) - $86,918.00; Auxiliary Fund - $224,965.66;
Restricted Fund - $89,371.57; and Liability, Protection and Settlement Fund - $11,865.21.
Treasurer’s
Report
Personnel
Approved
the stipends for the pay periods ending May 22, 2010 and June 5, 2010.
Request
for Proposal Results – Beverage Services
Authorized
the administration to accept Pepsi Beverage Company’s, formerly Pepsi Americas,
proposal for beverage services for a term of three years.
Request
for Proposal Results – Ottawa Center Exterior/Interior Signage
Authorized
the administration to reject bids on the Ottawa Center signage and seek
proposals with revised specifications for exterior and interior signage.
Request
for Proposal Results – Food Service Provider
Authorized
the administration to accept the proposal from Country Catering to provide food
service on campus.
Bid
Results – Biology Lab Audio/Visual Equipment
Authorized
the administration to accept the following bids totaling $10,329.33 for
audio-visual equipment for the Biology Lab, Building A: SDF Professional Computers, Inc., Greenville,
NC - $603.83; ACP Direct, Dallas, TX - $1,527.00; Spectacular Solutions, Inc.,
Tulsa, OK - $2,667.00; and Inter-Pacific, Inc., Wheeling, IL - $5,531.50.
Bid
Results – Heating Water Main Replacement Between Buildings C and G
Authorized
the administration to accept the bid from JB Contracting in the amount of
$68,294 to replace the heating water main between Buildings C and G with no
voluntary alternates, per the recommendation of Basalay, Cary & Alstadt.
Bid
Results – Multi-purpose Paper
Authorized
the administration to accept the bid of $27,589.45 from Midland Paper –
Wheeling, IL for multi-purpose paper.
Technology
Purchase – Student Computers, Main Campus
Authorized
the administration to purchase 24 computers without monitors and 36 computers
with monitors from Dell in the amount of $43,939.32.
Technology
Purchase – Student and Administrative Computers – Ottawa Center
Authorized
the administration to purchase 45 computers and 38 monitors from Dell in the
amount of $33,019.73.
Truck
Driver Training Agreement – Waubonsee Community College
Authorized the
administration to approve the agreement to provide a Truck Driver Training
program at Waubonsee Community College, as presented.
PRESIDENT’S
REPORT
Dr. Jerry Corcoran
reported credit hours for the summer session are approximately one percent over
this point in time one year ago; however, if the credit hours generated at the
Sheridan Correctional Center are subtracted, the College is up four percent
over last year. Bob Mattson’s reports indicate less students (2,171, down 4%)
taking more credits (10,808, up 4%). The
decrease is mostly from traditional age students (18-20). It’s too early to
predict anything regarding fall semester enrollments at this point, however, Sue Isermann reported, that as of
today, the unduplicated headcount at the Ottawa Center stands at 289 with
registered credit hours at 1,808 out of a possible 2,902; thus, 62% capacity in
Ottawa. Overall, IVCC’s enrollments remain positive.
Cheryl Roelfsema, Gary
Johnson, and Jerry Corcoran met yesterday with Scott Engstrom, from Ameresco,
regarding installation of the meteorological tower scheduled for either late
July or August and what to expect over the next 12 months as the feasibility
for purchasing a wind turbine for generating power and preparing students for
green jobs in the wind energy technician certificate program is determined. The
group agreed that a meeting of the board’s facilities committee will take place
sometime in the fall, after recording data for several months, so that Mr.
Engstrom can share with everyone what has been collected, and look for guidance
as to what options are available as the College moves forward.
On June 4th, Dr. Jerry Corcoran
attended the ICCTA’s awards luncheon in Springfield where David Mallery was one
of the individuals recognized for attending at least 15 seminars during his
tenure as a member of the board of trustees.
Representative Bob Pritchard was one of two recipients of the
Outstanding Legislator award. And then later that evening, at the awards
banquet, Dan Janka was recognized as IVCC’s nominee for the statewide
distinguished alumnus award, Mary Black for the outstanding part-time faculty
member award, and Dr. David Kuester for the outstanding full-time faculty
member award. IVCC was well represented at both events and Dr. Corcoran thanked
the honorees and their family members for joining in the celebration.
Jamie Gahm has reported that the Business
Training Center recently secured $48,130 in Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Employment and Training Grant funds to be used to support district
employers in providing employee training that has already occurred in the
current fiscal year as well as for six months forward into fiscal year 2011. Also, during April and May, the Contractor
Safety Training Program trained and tested 58 contractors. The
Continuing Education Center's “Road Scholar Program” hosted 50 participants
from Tennessee, Wisconsin, Missouri, Michigan, Kentucky and Illinois on a June
13-16 exploration of Illinois River Ecology, Native American History and the
history of the Illinois River Valley.
This year’s
Heritage Tractor Event was held June 5-9 in Oglesby and Dr. Corcoran received
many compliments from Oglesby officials and participants in the program about
the way in which IVCC employees went the extra mile to make this event a great
success as well as how beautiful the campus looked to the many visitors. Cheryl Roelfsema and Dawn Watson from the
Business Office, Gary Johnson and Scott Curley from Facilities, and Ken
Sangston from Safety Services deserve a lot of the credit for doing a fine job
on this program and working collaboratively with our friends from the City of
Oglesby.
Congresswoman
Halvorson held a job hunters boot camp on campus on Saturday, June 12th
and several College employees worked with the Congresswoman’s staff to ensure
that everything went well. Dr. Corcoran thanked
Joel Torbeck from the DWC, Emily Vescogni and Holly Mathews from Learning
Technologies, Kim Stahly from Community Relations, and Dawn Watson from the
Business Office for working on the program’s plan and its execution.
Thanks to Sue Monroe for organizing a successful Foundation
golf outing last Saturday at Senica's Oak Ridge. A total of 57
golfers played on a beautiful afternoon; the 14th annual event is expected
to raise about $8,000. Along with Donna Swiskoski, volunteers included Angie Dunlap
and Mark and Liz Grzybowski. Special thanks to Dennis and Linda Thompson for
sponsoring the putting contest. (Todd Kiesewetter's 50-foot putt for $5,000
came within a foot of dropping in the hole!)
Dean Michael Gorman extended an invitation to all Board members
to attend the therapeutic massage graduation program scheduled for Wednesday,
July 21st at 6 p.m., and the LPN pinning ceremony scheduled for
Friday, July 23rd at 5 p.m. Dr.
Corcoran asked the board members to let Jeanne Hayden know if they plan to join
in the ceremonies.
Dr. Corcoran reported “The Flames Caught Us:
Cherry Mine 1909,” an exhibit commemorating the centennial of the Cherry Mine
Disaster, will open in IVCC's E-gallery with a 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, July 12
ribbon-cutting ceremony; the exhibit will run through the end of October.
It was first displayed from November to March at the Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Library in Springfield. Dr. Corcoran thanked Fran Brolley and his
staff in community relations for bringing this very moving exhibit to IVCC.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
None.
STAFF
APPOINTMENT – DR. KATHRYN B. KOTT, DIRECTOR OF
NURSING PROGRAMS
It was moved by Dr. Huffman and seconded by
Dr. Driscoll to appoint Dr. Kathryn Kott as the Director of Nursing Programs in
the Health Professions division at an annual salary of $66,000. Dr. Kott has been a nursing instructor at
IVCC for the past two years. The
administration has been impressed with her interaction with the nursing
students and Dean Gorman is looking forward to working with her as Director of
Nursing Programs. Ms. Pam Mammano was
thanked for her hard work and performance during her tenure as interim Director
of Nursing. Motion passed by voice
vote.
FACULTY
APPOINTMENT – JENNIFER L. SAVOIA, NURSING INSTRUCTOR
It was moved by Mr. Mallery and seconded by
Dr. Huffman to appoint Jennifer Savoia as the Nursing Instructor assigned to
the Division of Health Professions, with placement on the salary schedule at
Step B-2 - $38,330, as per the 2010-2011 contract agreement. Ms. Savoia has eight years of nursing
experience. During the interview
process, she had an outstanding lecture and also spoke of the importance of
teamwork. Dean Gorman is looking forward
to her assuming her role as an outstanding nursing faculty member. Motion passed by voice vote.
FACULTY
APPOINTMENT – ADAM G. OLDAKER, ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR
It was moved by Dr. Driscoll and seconded
by Mr. Zallis to appoint Adam Oldaker as the English Instructor assigned to the
Division of English, Math and Education, with placement on the salary schedule
at Step B-3 - $39,566, as per the 2010-2011 contract agreement. Dean Dzik thanked the Board for creating this
new position. It was very much needed
and has made scheduling so much easier.
Mr. Oldaker has been a part-time instructor for seven semesters teaching
English at the Ottawa High School extension site. Besides teaching at the community college,
university, and middle school levels, he has been an editor at Carus for Cricket.
Dean Dzik is looking forward to him joining the staff. Motion passed by voice vote.
FACULTY
APPOINTMENT – KEITH R. KING, BIOLOGY INSTRUCTOR
It was moved by Mr. Mallery and seconded by
Dr. Huffman to appoint Keith King as the Biology Instructor assigned to the
Division of Natural Sciences and Business, with placement on the salary
schedule at Step A-5 - $40,418, as per the 2010-2011 contract agreement. Mr. King is a graduate of IVCC and has taught
as a part-time faculty member for five years.
He was promoted head teaching assistant in the biology department at ISU
and was rated #1 teaching assistant by his supervisor. Mr. King is very student oriented and very
excited to return to IVCC has a full-time instructor. Motion passed by voice vote.
APPOINTMENT
OF INTERIM DEAN OF HUMANITIES, FINE ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
It was moved by Dr. Huffman and seconded by
Dr. Driscoll to approve the appointment of Michael Pecherek as Interim Dean of
the Humanities, Fine Arts, and Social Sciences division, with compensation as
noted on the May 27, 2010 memorandum from Dr. Pearce. Motion passed by voice vote. Dr. Corcoran is very appreciative that Mr.
Pecherek stepped forward to serve in this interim position.
APPOINTMENT
OF INTERIM DEAN OF STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
It was moved by Mr. Zallis and seconded by Dr.
Driscoll to approve the appointment of Jim Stevenson as Interim Dean of Student
Development, with compensation as noted on the May 27, 2010 memorandum from Dr.
Pearce. Motion passed by voice vote. Dr. Corcoran thanked Mr. Stevenson for being
a team player in filling this interim position.
Mr. Stevenson retired and returned to IVCC and has been with IVCC for 40
years.
ASSOCIATE
VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT SERVICES
It was moved by Dr. Huffman and seconded by
Mr. Zallis to authorize the administration to replace the former Dean of
Student Development position with a new administrative position entitled
Associate Vice President for Student Services.
Motion passed by voice vote.
Mr. Mallery questioned if the items in the
job description were tasks already being done by Dr. Pearce. Dr. Corcoran stated that since the two vice
president positions were combined into one, Dr. Pearce has had a lot on his
plate. This new position will help him
out and improve communication with the Student Services staff. Dr. Huffman noted that when a position opens
it should be reviewed for possible revision.
FY12
RAMP CAPITAL REQUEST – ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS TO
BUILDINGS C AND G
It was moved by Dr. Driscoll and seconded
by Dr. Huffman to approve the RAMP project capital request for Additions and
Renovations to Buildings C and G proposal in the amount of $7,968,900, which
includes the College’s match portion of $1,992,300. Motion passed by voice vote. Dr. Corcoran noted that by submitting this
RAMP request, it holds IVCC’s place in Springfield. IVCC had three RAMPs – 1) Community
Instructional Center - #12 on the list, 2) Renovations to Buildings B, C, and D
- #21 on the list, and 3) Additions and Renovations to Buildings C and G - #56
on the list. RAMPs 1 and 2 were combined
and will be completed while the new building project is being built. The third RAMP has been scaled back because portions
of the project will be completed in the new building project.
PREVAILING
WAGE RESOLUTION
It was moved by Mr. Mallery and seconded by
Dr. Huffman to adopt the Prevailing Wage Resolution for FY2011, as
presented. Motion passed by voice vote.
AUTHORIZATION
TO CONTINUE PAYMENT FOR STANDARD OPERATING
EXPENSES
It was moved by Dr. Huffman and seconded by
Dr. Driscoll to authorize to continue the operation of the college by making
those expenditures required for normal operations, including salaries, approved
contracts, utilities, maintenance, supplies, and regular activities for the
period July 1, 2010, through budget adoption.
TRUSTEE
COMMENT
Mr. Mallery attended the ICCTA Annual
Convention in Springfield and attended the seminar on “Illinois Politics.” He also was able to spend time with all the
IVCC honorees who attended the banquet. He
was very appreciative that they took the time to attend the event.
CLOSED
SESSION
It was moved by Mr. Zallis and seconded by Dr.
Driscoll to convene a closed session to discuss 1) imminent litigation and 2)
closed session minutes.
Student Advisory Vote: “Aye” – Mr. Zallis. Roll Call Vote: “Ayes” – Dr. Driscoll, Dr.
Huffman, Mr. Mallery, and Mr. Thompson. “Nays” – None, motion carried.
The Board recessed at 7:08 p.m. The Board entered closed session at 7:19 p.m. On a motion by Dr. Huffman and seconded by
Dr. Driscoll, the regular meeting resumed at 8:05 p.m.
Student Advisory Vote: “Aye” – Mr. Zallis. Roll Call Vote: “Ayes” – Dr. Driscoll, Dr.
Huffman, Mr. Mallery, and Mr. Thompson. “Nays” – None, motion carried.
CLOSED
SESSION MINUTES
It was moved by Mr. Mallery and seconded by Dr.
Huffman to approve the closed session minutes of the May 27, 2010 regular board
meeting and release all minutes except for the first paragraph. Motion passed by voice vote.
ADJOURNMENT
It was moved by Mr. Zallis, seconded by Dr.
Driscoll, and carried unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 8:07 p.m. Motion passed by voice vote.