February 27, 2008 Board Meeting Minutes
The Board of Trustees of Illinois Valley Community College District No.
513 convened a regular session at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27, 2008
in the Board Room (C307) at
Members Physically Present:
David L. Wilcoxson, Board Chair
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Elizabeth Kunkel, Student Trustee
Members Absent:
Thomas C. Setchell
Deborah L. Sweeden
Others Physically Present:
Dave Louis, Interim President
Jerry Corcoran, Vice President for Business Services and Finance
The meeting was scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. For lack of a quorum, the Board attended a dinner honoring the faculty being recommended for tenure and began the meeting at 7 p.m.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
It was moved by Dr. Scroggs and seconded by Mrs. Endress to approve the agenda. Motion passed by voice vote.
FACULTY TENURE RECOMMENDATIONS
It was moved by Dr. Scroggs and seconded by Mrs. Endress to approve the tenure status of Vince Brolley, psychology instructor; Marjorie Francisco, nursing instructor; and Eric Schroeder, environmental biology instructor. Tenure recommendations were based upon - teaching performance, contributions to the college and community, and professional involvement. Motion passed by voice vote.
PRESENTATION – AQIP
STRATEGY FORUM UPDATE
CONSENT AGENDA
The following items were approved in the consent agenda:
Treasurer’s Report
Personnel
Approved the stipends for the pay periods ending January 12, 2008; January 26, 2008; and February 9, 2008 as presented.
Bid Results – Vertical
Milling Machine
Bid Results – Aerial Work
Platform
Bid Request – Articulating
Boom Lift
Bid/Purchase Request –
Carpet
Approved the purchase of 1,076 square yards of Lee Carpet tiles and 22 rolls of Permalink adhesive at the cost of $30,086 through the Illinois Community College System Procurement Consortium.
Authorized the Business Office to seek bids for the installation of an approximated 978 square yards of carpet tiles at an estimated cost of $14,500.
Articulation Agreements
for Tech Prep Dual Credit
Approved the articulation agreements with Starved Rock Associates for Vocational and Technical Education for dual credit in Computer Aided Engineering and Design (Drafting), Business/Computers (Keyboarding), Business/Computers (Microsoft Office I), and Welding.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TRUSTEES’ REPORT
Elizabeth Kunkel reported on her attendance at the 2008
Community College National Legislative Summit.
She noted that although everyone in attendance came from different
backgrounds, they all had the same issues - capital funding, Pell grants,
financial aid, textbook prices, etc.
Ms. Kunkel thanked the Board for giving her the opportunity to
represent IVCC. She distributed
agendas and minutes from the Student Government Association and the College
Student Mental Health paper which was originally written after the Virginia
Tech incident, but brought up again in light of the
Mrs. Endress attended the luncheon honoring Bill Taylor as IVCC’s 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award nominee and commended the Foundation on the nice program and Dr. Louis’s comments. Mrs. Endress thanked Mr. Taylor for his philanthropy to the College and his generosity in donating additional scholarship monies. She stressed the importance of continuing this tradition.
FY09 BUDGET
TUITION AND COURSE FEE ADJUSTMENTS
It was moved by Mrs. Endress and seconded by Dr. Scroggs to increase tuition by $2.00, from $58.50 to $60.50 per credit hour beginning with the summer 2008 semester; increase tuition for students enrolled in Early Entry College (E2C) courses from $29.25 to $30.25 per credit hour; and adjust 111 course fees as presented per the College’s Course Fee Guidelines.
Mr. Mallery was concerned about the course fees because this area impacts the students the most because course fees are not covered by financial aid. He spoke against the tuition increase because the College is still in the 85% threshold and he would like to hold out and make the State force IVCC to increase the tuition.
Mr. Wilcoxson stressed the fact that the Board has not raised tuition in the past to stay within the 85% State average for equalization. The need to raise tuition is to keep the budget balanced. With this $2 increase, there is a deficit budget and the College will be operating in the deficit by not levying for Tort. The College will use the Tort surplus. The College’s tuition is going to have to increase because of increasing costs and not receiving a great influx of money from the State.
Dr. Louis stated the College is at the 1993 inflation
adjusted levels from the State.
Equalized assessed valuation has not gone up much and yet the College is at
the third lowest tuition rate in the State of
NEW POSITION – FULL-TIME CUSTODIAN
SABBATICAL LEAVE REQUEST – JEFF FESPERMAN
It was moved by Mr. Thompson and seconded by Dr. Scroggs to approve the sabbatical leave for Jeff Fesperman for the academic year 2008-2009, said leave to be governed by the conditions stipulated in the agreement between the American Federation of Teachers Local 1810 and the Board of Trustees of Illinois Valley Community College District No. 513. Mr. Fesperman is requesting a full year sabbatical but will be teaching on-line classes half time. This is a hybrid request, but has been approved in the past. This is the only sabbatical request for next year. Motion passed by voice vote.
PARKING
It was moved by Mr. Mallery and seconded by Mr. Thompson to approve the capital project application form for a New Parking Lot as presented. Motion passed by voice vote.
It was moved by Mr. Thompson and seconded by Mrs.
Endress to approve the capital project application form for the
construction of a
REVISED REPAIR/REPLACE ROADS AND PAVING EAST CAMPUS
It was moved by Mr. Thompson and seconded by Dr. Scroggs to approve the capital project application form for the Revised Repair/Replace Roads and Paving East Campus as presented. Motion passed by voice vote.
TRUST AGREEMENT RFP RESULTS
It was moved by Dr. Scroggs and Mr. Thompson to accept the Proposal for Trust Account services from Citizens First National Bank. Motion passed by voice vote.
BUSINESS CONTINUITY AGREEMENT – AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS
It was moved by Mr. Thompson and seconded by Mrs. Endress to approve an agreement with the Illinois Valley Chapter of the American National Red Cross as presented. This agreement would provide a temporary physical facility to be used as alternative office space if the Red Cross’s primary offices were either destroyed or disabled. Motion passed by voice vote.
2008 ICCTA GIGI
It was moved by Mr. Wilcoxson and seconded by Mrs. Endress to nominate Elizabeth Kunkel for the 2008 ICCTA Gigi Campbell Student Trustee Excellence Award. Motion passed by voice vote.
It was moved by Dr. Scroggs and seconded by Mrs.
Endress to adopt the resolution authorizing Zukowski Law Offices to act as
the District’s representative and file a request to intervene in the matter
of the Crescent Ridge, LLC appeal to the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board.
The Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board has sent notice to
PUBLIC COMMENT
No comments
TRUSTEE COMMENT
CLOSED SESSION
It was moved by Mr. Thompson and seconded by Mrs. Endress to convene a closed session to discuss 1) the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body; 2) collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives; 3) probable litigation; and 4) closed session minutes.
The board recessed at 8:10 p.m. The board entered closed session at 8:27 p.m.
On a motion by Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. Mallery and carried unanimously, the regular meeting resumed at 11:16 p.m.
CONTRACT NON-RENEWAL
CLOSED SESSION MINUTES
It was moved by Mr. Thompson and seconded by Mrs. Endress to approve and retain the closed session minutes of December 19, 2007 and January 16, 2008. Motion passed by voice vote.
ADJOURNMENT
It was moved by Mr. Wilcoxson, seconded by Mrs. Endress, and carried unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 11:18 p.m.