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Good evening I would like to call the march thirteenth board meeting of the Johnson County
Community College trustee's to order. Would you like to please join me in the pledge of
allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all. Before we get to roll call I would like to introduce doctor Larson. Welcome I
believe this is your first meeting at the table. We are pleased that you are still with
us. Thank you. I hope you have a long run, thanks for being here. Uh roll call and recognition
of visitors. Visitors are *** Carter and David Flora. Thank you, this is the opportunity
for our open forum, the open forum section of the board agenda is a time for members
of the community to provide comments to the board. There will be one open forum period
during each regularly scheduled board meeting. Comments are limited to five minutes unless
a significant number of people plan to speak. In that instance the chair may limit a persons
comment to less than five minutes in order to be recognized, individuals must register
at the door at each board meeting prior to the open forum agenda item. There are no registered
speakers for tonight meeting. The open forum is now closed. I would like to just interject
into the agenda before we get to awards and recognition. The college celebrated the life
of Virginia Crebbs, Saturday past and trustee Lindstrom has a comment to make. Thank you
Doctor Cook, it was my honor to um attend the memorial service for Virginia Crebbs,
as you know she passed away just a short time ago and I just wanted to comment. I articulated
to uh Doctor Cook that I was there and I was not only pleased with what the college had
done but I was very proud of own trustee Sharpe who was one of the key note speakers and he
did a masterful job of representing the college and the trustee's and for that I thank you.
Thank you, thank you both. I appreciate it very much. Awards and recognition. Tonight
we have no awards or recognition. Okay students senate report, Mr. Rogers, thank you sir.
Good evening. During the last three meetings of the student senate we had to guest presentations
and a listening session from the strategic planning task force. On February 24th, Kate
Allan joined us to discuss the foundation and answer the students questions. I have
been having allot more interest from the student senate and the foundation and how they operate.
So I was very thankful that Kate offered to come in and discuss that with us. The week
after, Cherry Barret and Alicia Bradyhoff presented the latest drafts of the mission
vision and values developed by the strategic task force asked for student feedback uh I'm
sure many of you participate in their democracy and play with the values and the boards with
the mission statement and values on them. So that was a really great thing for the students
to be a part of. Last Monday we were visited by Shannon Ford who shared with us the possible
implementation of office 65 software to the college resources. Mr. Ford explained that
they were hoping to get student senate a chance to be a part of a beta testing program of
office three sixty on the campus. Also on the 10th our rules and conduct committee presented
the first set of committee formed by-laws for the general assemblies vote. These by-laws
set guidelines for the rules and conduct committee, the brainstorming committee and the mentoring
program committee. Within the next few weeks we are hoping to have by-laws for each of
the standing committees. On the 24th of this month election packets will be due for the
fall elections to fill our five executive board positions. Voting will be on April 8th,
9th, and 10th. Which means in my next report I will be reading you a list of student senate
leaders. Thank you all. We appreciate the time you invest in our student organisations
and the student's themselves. Thank you for your leadership, and what the student senate
is doing we know it takes a considerable amount of time to do those other things but they
are very important and we appreciate that. Any questions Mr. Rogers? Thank you, we appreciate
it. College lobbyist report Mr. Carter. Thank you Mr. Chairman I almost didn't make it this
evening in fact I was on my way up the sidewalk when a student met me and told me that I was
going the wrong way due to the nice weather outside and I agreed with her and turned around
when it dawned on me that I didn't want to be a disappointment to trustee Musil. Because
I think he has had enough disappointment today. I thought maybe I would offer a few comments
that might cheer you up. I turned around came and went for the legislature and in fact the
legislature finished a little bit early uh and had a five day weekend to celebrate all
of the work that they accomplished. Um lots of bill blessings occurred prior to turnaround.
Very little legislation did actually make it past the turnaround time but we are still
talking about allot of that legislation now and dealing with bills that went through the
process that keeps them alive. During that break there were about six different editorials
from newspapers across the state. None of which were complimentary to the legislative
process that is occurring this year and in many ways Kansas. We gained some national
recognition over the break and not necessarily in a positive way. Just due to some of the
special interests and some of the bills that have made their way through the process. But
just within the past week or so the supreme court handed down its decision on Gannon and
I will not go into the detail about that. I think that there are some potential impacts
for Johnson County Schools. Specifically as it relates to the equality piece that the
court pointed out in their decision. They did remand a portion of the decision to a
three judge panel to come back with some additional decisions as well as some decisions related
to potential funding. They gave uh the court until July 1 of 2014 which signals the beginning
of the fiscal year for the state of Kansas and so I think one of the things that we may
be seeing as a result of that potentially as a special there are some numbers floating
around out there. Department of education has basically settled on around one hundred
and twenty nine, one hundred and thirty million is what they believed the difference will
be to be funding education at the adequate and equal level. So we will see how that plays
out through the rest of the legislative session and of course we are waiting on part two now
of the lower courts decision to come back as a result of the upper bodies decision to
them and direction to them. With regard to budget matters again you would think it would
be fairly easy once we passed the two year budget to just sort of move through that process
and clean up any errors or pieces that may need to be fixed and essentially that could
be the case. The legislative committee's have pretty much taken care of a big hole, a big
problem that was related to the department of corrections. There are some higher education
K-12 budget issues that are floating around out there and until this morning we were pretty
close in both the house and the senate to the governors budget recommendation. The house
this morning did do a slash and burn action on the budget specifically as higher education.
There were some across the board cuts for the regions institute. The regions universities
as well as a removal of the new money for career and tech ed for fifteen , two thousand
and fifteen, uh fiscal year 2015 that is. There were some put backs for um GED students
um they are also enrolled in technical education programs. So we will see how that plays out.
We of course are always set up for the conference committee process when it relates to the budget
and that's one of the things that the process is now a little bit different than the senate.
There are some differences too that I will talk about a little bit later. I am not going
to go through each and every one of the items that I have listed in the report I will say
that the elections committee's are still working election bills I think that where things will
ultimately end up is probably local elections in the fall of odd numbered years in a non
partisan nature. The action that came out of the senate elections committee this morning
was interesting um the bill has been amended to where it exempts county government, water
districts, and community colleges. That would be nice, there are some other elements in
that bill that maybe aren't so nice. It would have vacancies, we have had those before.
Filled by a dual precinct committee process and as a non partisan governing board that
could be very interesting if we have folks who are elected that either are undeclared
or are independent or perhaps libertarian. The process does not allow for a group of
piers then that scenario to replace the vacancy. So what does a dual committee mean? It would
mean a dual precinct committee and the republican precinct committee come together through that
central committee process to elect a replacement. As it is now in most local governing body
situations there is an application period and an interview period and then the governing
body selects the replacement as you are firmly aware. Lets see here. I have a quick question
on that bill, has there been any talk from the counties, the county election commissioners
or the secretary of states office about the extra cost. Because once you, if you keep
water boards county offices and community college offices in the same ring you send
everyone else to the fall you are adding a whole other series of elections and expenses
and workload. Has there been any concern exhibited on that? Well let me answer that by saying
this um the components of the bill that was passed out of the senate committee today were
carry overs from senate bill 2-11 which had hearings last legislative session. Um there
have been no hearings on the bill that came out today. It essentially was a bill that
was created or crafted conceptually by a number of amendments. The committee then took those
amendments and looked at them in that bill draft format and came back together with additional
amendments and that is how we got to where we are today. So I would say it would be very
difficult to have had a voice or there was no opportunity for that particular input on
that process. Well with that original bill I would think they would have concerns because
its the same number of elections regardless of when you have them you are still having
an election an even year and an election in an odd year. But once you break it out and
add a third cycle of elections it costs them just as much whether there is five people
on the ballot or ten people on the ballot. There are no demonstrated cost savings by
moving the elections to the fall, you are correct in there could be - it is difficult
to say if there is additional - it certainly is something that the election commissioners
will probably have an opinion about. And my guess is that by the time the conference committee
rolls around and we are looking at the two versions of the bills that one will come out
of the house and still in committee but probably will be acted on next Monday. And the one
that came out of the senate committee today, once they get paired up. I am sure we will
still be addressing those exact questions that were raised. And while we are still on
that bill, trustee Musil, well unlike trustee Sharpe's note that we are simply adding another
election which means it has to cost more to man the polls, woman the polls in the fall
of odd number years and continue to man them, woman them in the spring of odd or even numbered
years. Um the goal I think that I have always understood that I think you told us last time
at least the articulated goal by the proponents of moving them was we would have more turn
out if we moved to the fall when people are used to having elections. We now would have
about one third as many people on a county wide ballot because you would limit it to
county wide elections, water districts or community colleges which have the lowest probably
profile of those races anyway. Did anybody raise any concern that it might not actually
increase voter turnout was that thought given by anybody? It is fair to say that there was
committee discussion and whether those specific comments were made I think that there were
conversations held. In fact there were further attempts to also pull out municipalities in
school districts. Essentially then you are back to spring elections. And so in its wisdom
and those that have served in that body on either the senate or house side that sit around
this table probably recall that um decisions are arrived at sometimes in a very odd manner.
Trustee Sharpe? I wasn't done - I would agree with that assessment. Mr. Muse? On a replacement
it would be a joint meeting of the recognized political parties central committees, precinct
committee men and women for that district but if it is a community college position
it would be the entire county and as a former chairman of the republican party in Johnson
County I think we have six hundred and fifty precinct committee men and women and the democratic
part has i think about forty. I mean seriously. So although they would keep the partisan notion,
it seems clear to me for the election itself it seems clear to me the legislature, the
supporters of that amendment want any replacement to be on a partisan basis. You are painting
a picture of concern that has been expressed by many um not necessarily behind the podium
testifying um but conversations do occur in Topeka along those lines. Well I would just
point out to the people watching that there are I don't know how many vacancies there
are on cities counties school boards water district boards in a year in a county with
six hundred thousand people like Johnson County and the legislature doesn't like the board
itself finding the replacement for that. It will be turned over to a two partisan political
bodies one of which is extremely dominant in this county, I happen to be a member of
that body but as I think I said last month the voters in overland park and the voters
in Johnson County the last two times it was a referendum voted to go non partisan. so
if we have any input into that I think it makes much more sense from a republican policy
standpoint for this board and the other board to select its own replacement and then we
stand for the voters and next time we are elected and they tell us that Lindstrum and
Drummund should not have been selected. Trustee Cross. I am anticipating a question on that
one. I am going to differ comment at this time. Are there any other comments on this
bill? Proceed, my only final comment about that is we are a long way from the finishing
point and allot can happen um before that bill is finalized. There are several tax bills
out there again I am not going to go through each individual bill, many of them are moving
um they relate to commercial industrial machinery equipment. There are a couple of those moving
through the process. We still have decisions out there floating around on the switch from
the court of tax appeals back to a board of tax appeals and then we also have a bill out
there floating around that deals with mortgage registration fees. Again all of those bills
are different in their nature and are different in their impact on which ever group they are
serving. However they all potentially impact the county budget in some way shape or form
which again impacts your decisions that you are making about local mill levies and what
might need to be done in the event that ll of the dollars the county has been experiencing
in revenue that comes to their budget that might go away. So there is allot of still
open decisions. That is not the right way to say it but there is allot of decisions
still to be made on issues related to taxation at the county level. Trustee Musil and then
trustee Sharpe. I am sort I seem to dominate these, but this is really the only time we
get to talk policy because most of the time we are actually doing the plumbing that runs
a college, on the tax bill would you please tell the Johnson County Citizens if the legislature
in its wisdom eliminates some mortgage regeneration tax, how much does that take out of the county
budget and if I think we are at about one mil generates about seven million dollars.
How many mills of property tax would be increased in Johnson County to make that up? That would
be a little bit more than two mills. So its more than fourteen, about sixteen million
dollars would be taken away from the current tax base and have to be made up in some fashion.
In some fashion. Or cut Craig, that is another option. Thank you Mr. Chairman, I am having
a hard time understanding the change from called Koda to Vota. The court appeals and
its trickle down impact on counties and how that changes what we receive in assessed evaluation.
Well there is different versions of bills out there and the reality is there are some
who are not pleased with the way the court of tax appeals operates uh and in the time
that it takes to render or receive a decision and some of the proposals that have been put
out there would put in place a policy that could reduce the amount that is levied based
on the participants in a tax decision in that process. So we don't know what that number
looks like today. There have been some other proposals that haven't made it this far that
are very serious in nature as far as the impact that it could create and the result of some
of those proposals early on would be that you could suggest a number that you believe
- if you are appealing, you could suggest a number that you believe your property is
actually with. If a decision is not rendered by a time certain, the decision automatically
deffer's to whatever number you are suggesting. If you were to see something like that put
in place you would see a mad rush by many property owners to that body to appeal or
petition which then could further exacerbate the issue as it relates to taxation to the
county. Trustee Cross and the trustee Musil. Thank you Mr. Chairman, a couple questions
for Mr. Carter, why did we switch a tax board to a tax court? I am not sure I can answer
that, I think that occurred in 1006 and I'm not sure that I have the specific memory or
recollection as to why that changed. Well thank you I can Google that now for sure,
and then on machinery and equipment, maybe I just haven't caught it, following the legislature.
Do they want to undue, what is the issue with respect to several bills regarding machinery.
Sure, around that same time, 2006 or 2008 there was a law passed that eliminated machinery
and equipment taxation on new purchases and there was a stair step process for helping
counties to ease into that transition. I think only the first year of that stair step process
was actually funded. So there has been an additional realized loss of revenue because
the makeup from the state wasn't there as promised. Over the past several years there
have been a couple of significant cases as a result of audits in two particular area's
of the state where large complex, industrial corporations received a significant assessment
and when I say significant we are talking extra comma's and extra digits. Going from
two or three million to eleven or thirteen million. Those triggered a series of bills
in the legislature. One particular bill has made it's way almost through the entire process
this year and this is the third or forth year that that entity has attempted to do it, it
affects only one corporation that operates in one county in this state. And that bill
is probably going to be passed and be sent on to the governor. There is another bill
out there that potentially has some adverse impacts in the way. Complex properties are
assessed and the way the appeals can be worked. So again it impacts the amount of money. That
potentially goes to a county treasury. I would just stop there, that is just kind of where
we are at. There is a whole host of proposals out there, right now there is about two that
are still moving. Trustee Musil, well I have been involved in property tax appeals since
1987, I think the reason it was changed from a board to a court was so we could go from
five people to 2 people and save salaries and benefits. That's the best justification
I can ever remember for 2006 when it happened but the reform effort now is because of some
of the actions of the current court. The three judge court that have been not well received
by tax payers or the business community or the Kansas chamber and although I agree that
the court needs some reforms, when you get into the legislature it opens up allot of
things. I know that on of the things the county is worried about with this process is if you
don't issue decision in 90 days the tax payers number is automatically accepted. That leads
some motivations as to what your number might be. Particular to when this court of tax appeals
has less staff than when it did last year and the year before and the year before. Another
proposal was to require the county when you get to the court of tax appeals to have a
separate fee appraisal done just like the tax payer often does as opposed to relying
on the counties mass appraisal data. That would be a huge expense and staffing problem
for the county and we probably would result in the county not doing that and reductions
and appraise values being one in favor of the tax payer. I represent the tax payer I
am going up there tomorrow on a trial so I take tax base from this board if I can on
the cases I think have merit. That could dramatically change the tax base for any local government.
Lets have Mr. Carter finish the report and we will come back to trustee - unless you
have something to say. Just a quick thanks to trustee Musil I m realizing how critical
this is. Well on the equipment I think it is important for everybody to understand it
is the definition of whether a particular conveyor belt that you have bolted to the
floor is machinery equipment which is tax exempt or is real property which is valued
at its full market value and that's why a concrete plant can see it's tax bill go from
three million to thirteen million in one year. Thank you and I am sorry to extend the conversation
a little bit longer because I think there will be some additional conversation regarding
this matter too. There are three education pilots that are being proposed on the senate
side of the body and we are impacted in nearly all three of them. The first one is one that
the directly speaks to Johnson County Community College. And it would be the GoPro program
which would establish public partnerships and would allow for some additional targeted
career and tech ed type training. It would be a pilot project that would have funding
in the current year for about five hundred thousand dollars. And then would have a fiscal
year fifteen appropriation of about one point five million. So overall for the program,
for the pilot program would be about two million. That bill had a hearing last week, earlier
this week. Last week? It's this week, it was this week, Monday. Then two bills that had
hearings today again along the same lines of career and tech ed and higher education,
the first was a post secondary career and tech ed performance based funding model. It
has mainly to do with programs that would enroll a student in a career and tech ed program
while they are also seeking to complete their GED. The interesting thing about that particular
bill is we are specifically carved out in the legislation and mentioned in the bill.
I can't explain why I don't know what the specific reason is but that is the case for
senate bill 429. The third item then would be another pilot program that would encourage
community colleges or technical colleges to partner with a four year institution and then
there would be a component, it would be grant based, it would be competitive. You would
apply and there would be a review board that would take a look at the programs, make decisions
i suppose based on the assembly of a proposal and then there would be money that is associated
with that program to buy down mill levy rates ultimately. I think what the concern with
that bill is now you get into the arena where we might be talking about other things that
could be done to mill levies whether they are state wide or whether they are continued
on a per institution per grant basis the way the program is set up. That is about five
point three million again for two thousand fifteen and so all in all there is about eleven
to thirteen million dollars in new programming that is proposed by several members of the
senate means committee. Those bills do not exist on the house side. Still this would
be a house committee issue, again a long road to hoe to get those programs or to get those
bills to their final resting place if you will. If they are to be successful, I do believe
that the goal is to blend or marry those three proposals into one bill. And so there will
be lots of discussion as it relates to those three proposals. And I do think that there
is a genuine interest in the community college arena from that particular body. I also think
that there may be some level of interest in steering away from regent, some of the regents
universities. So I would stop there and I think if any and certainly I would look to
Dr. Sopcich to help me answer or Dr. - You say that on the um, on the Pilar projects
anticipating lots of discussion there you have got allot of background information on
that. Some of you have been visiting with legislatures about that particularly the GoPro
program. As Mr. Carter has indicated there is allot of moving parts and allot of work
to be done. And I suspect that this is kind of a first for Johnson County in getting some
of the special grant money that goes to other parts of the state but as we talked about
last month I believe we need to be very careful about the consequences, we need to have a
balanced approach to it. Trustee Cross I appreciated your comments in terms of concerns, I think
they are shared as you have visited with me individually all of you, sustainability. What
happened in the third year, it's really, when you look at a pilot itself to bring public
schools together and I think Dr. Henson testified with you, Dr. Sopcich on Monday on that case
to bring a public school district together with a community college and a four year school
it really has some powerful things but at the risk of going onto allot of discussion
tonight I would like to study that and to visit with Dr. Sopcich more and visit with
your local legislatures about that topic and with that I will acknowledge Dr. Sopcich.
Thanks Trustee Cook, I believe I testified on Monday along with Jim Henson the superintendent
of Shawnee Mission who is very excited about the prospects of this program but this is
all very futuristic in a way. In other words the parties all need to come together, they
need to sit down and try to design a program that works. We have mentioned that UCM the
University of Central Missouri has something comparable. Our challenge is to try to do
that better. It is very exciting and it presents a wonderful opportunity for students and family
in this community to have their children go to school, go to college, graduate with a
real job making a great salary and the way it is currently drawn up to do that debt free.
Now that's the vision of the program, whether we can get K-12 the community college, the
university and the business partners all to work together to execute this that's what
remains to be seen. So it's a very exciting prospect, I will tell you that just the hearing
and the subsequent newspaper story, I have been getting phone calls from numerous sources
that are very excited about the prospects of working together on a regional basis. And
so this is kind of the potential for this. The challenge is of course the legislative
process. The fact that this bill has been bundles with several others as *** mentioned
it's a long road to go and we have allot of things to think about as we move down that
path to see where we can go with this and so that is where it currently stands right
now. Trustee Musil, I agree I think it's an exciting opportunity, I love the collaboration
fro K-12 community colleges and four year universities who seem to be in disfavor in
Topeka but they still do a really good job. In Kansas I guess what I want to, my caution
is it kind of falls under what Trustee Cross says is that if this is tied to a buy down
of local property taxes by the state general fund. The state general fund money comes thirty
five percent from Johnson County. Thirty percent income tax and property tax so we can have
a great program, increase the taxes on our folks and be constrained in our own ability.
On the concealed weapons open carry bill I just want to make it understood that what
is on general orders at the house is a bill that could completely eliminate the ability
of any local governmental body elected by it's citizens to regulate whether an employee
could come to work with a concealed carry or an open weapon on their hip. That's correct
and nothing in the context of what you just mentioned changed when the bill was sent back
to committee. They did pull out a couple of items that I placed in the report in bold
just so folks would know what changes were made. But you are correct it would eliminate
the employers ability to regulate whether or not an employee could carry. Thank you,
let me, unless you have other question Mr. Carter, We have been on this for a while.
But I think Trustee Musil is right on target really, do we take the opportunity to have
the opportunity to have these policy issues which are very important. A couple of things,
while the financial amount outcome of the Gannon case is going to be significant, I
believe Mr. Carter that the discussion going forward and the decisions on equity and adequacy
are really important as it relates to the future of our public schools in this county
and I believe there is also a potential reference to the college. And then to identify the rose
case in Kentucky as the base adequacy measures, there is seven listed in the opinion. I just
am concerned that we are getting momentum that those are the benchmarks that in Kansas
are going to measure adequacy on. So again I encourage you to, we have received a total
of one hundred and ten pages of the opinion and a nice summary. I encourage you all to
read and reread that. Let's not get caught up on the potential financial costs but lets
look at some of the implications going into the future on those two issues. And then finally
I would like to thank you *** I know that you are putting in allot of time with moving
parts and my concern is that Items seem to be added within the legislature short notice.
You have referenced in your minutes that there was a decision made without a hearing and
I have said that I would hope that the legislature would be as transparent as they are expecting
organisations to be as we do our business. So with that Doctor Sopcich if you have a
final comment. Yes I would like to commend Mr. Carter we have worked pretty closely for
the past couple of weeks. He was hoping for a brief report tonight um but the way things
are happening up there, they happen so fast and they come out of sometimes nowhere to
try to stay up to speed as a real challenge let lone trying to decipher these bills. And
so *** has done a great job with that and it is much appreciated so thank you. And I
guess finally I would say that i call upon trustee Musil and then trustee Sharpe. I think
it's important how fast things can change and how no matter what the best intentions
are, transparency in the legislature is difficult when you are working with one hundred and
twenty five house members and forty senators and the governors staff and all of the other
things. How important it is to have somebody on the ground that every day watching for
this college or watching for the university of Kansas or watching for the city of overland
park and to be wary of continued efforts to say governmental entities cannot have and
cannot use public funds for a lobbyist. Because somehow that impedes the legislative process,
it is so important for us to know what is going on so we can represent our constituents
and for us to give feedback through legislature through you *** that everybody ought to be
concerned about efforts that say you don't get to come talk to me in the legislature.
You do not get to come send a representative to me because I have decided I don't want
to hear you and so I agree thank you for your time. Let's keep an eye on the bigger ball
which is we deserve representation in Topeka and the tax payers in Johnson County deserve
it and it is worth every penny that we pay for. Thank you Mr. Chairman I would just say
to the tax payers that are watching this and to everyone in this room, the amount of over
reach into local governments at every level. The grasping at local control from the duly
elected local elected officials that each of us vote for in city and water board and
community college elections. Those responsibilities of those locally elected officials who represent
very specific areas for a very specific reason. Those are being taken away um a good example,
I have a small business, I don;t pay state income taxes on my LLC. But guess what that
makes my income higher and I have to pay more to Washington. I would rather send more to
Topeka than to Washington. You are going to start seeing that very distinctly at the local
level. We already have, we had to increase our mill last year, eighty five of the one
hundred and five counties have increased their property tax in the past five years. We are
going to start seeing that come down to the local level until local tax payers where if
your road has a pothole that is not getting fixed. If you swimming pool is cutting hours
or cutting and cutting staff because they don't have the money. It's not them, they
are getting funds and power taken from them by Topeka. Pay attention to who your state
representative is, pay attention to who your state senator is, call somebody who is politically
active to ask them but these things are happening without allot of transparency, without any
transparency virtually. But it is happening so fast that all of us are impacted before
we know better and by the time that we know we find out it is too late to change it. Thank
you Trustee Cross. Thank you Mr. chairman and than you to my fellow board members for
these excellent comments. A point of order if I may, did we not allocate part of Mr.
Carters, the funding for Mr. Carters not privately coming from the foundation this year? I would
like to point that out to the viewers and the folks in the audience that while I certainly
agree with trustee Musil that I agree we have the right to do that I think many of our own
business and we appreciate having somebody on the ground in Topeka and Washington I would
just like to point that out. Trustee Drummund, trustee Lindstrom do you feel overwhelmed
with all of this discussion do you guys have any comments I feel like we are leaving you
out of this discussion. I know how to raise my hand. Mr. Carter thank you very much we
appreciate your report. With that we will move to committee reports and recommendations
and it appears we have more than one recommendation tonight. Mr. Musil. You are all going to be
sick of me or sicker of me than you before, management committee met on March 5th we had
a long agenda that day and we have quite a few items on the agenda today for action.
I am going to roll nine of them into one vote in a minute here but our first recommendation
is found on page one of the packet and it is an ongoing review of policies and we thank
all of the staff that are involved in those. There are revisions to the cost or credit
hour policy or the deferred payment policy. The revision to the credit hour policy is
the authorization we need to implement the brown and gold club revision to authorize
specific fee's for those Johnson County residents over 60 who participate in a campus for credit
class if I am describing that correctly and the deferred payment policy is how students
are eligible to make installments in the same semester that they are enrolled in order to
spread out the cost of their tuition. They still as I requested at the time are still
required to pay for the end of the semester before they get their grade. So it is the
recommendation of the management committee that the board of trustee's accept the recommendation
of the college administration to approve the proposed amendments to the following policies.
One cost per credit hour policy two one two point o' two and a two deferred payment plan
policy two one point o' six and I would still move. Second, we have a motion and a second,
any discussion? All in favor signify by saying I. Proposed, motion carries, second item for
action is the policy amendment to use of technology and communication system policy number five
ten point zero zero. We reviewed those in the revisions regarding accept use of college
provided technology and communication systems I would summarize it very very high summary
is it's what are your rights and obligations and expectations and privacy when you look
into or use the college information technology system. Denise is shaking her head kind of
yes, so it is a recommendation of the management committee that the board accept the recommendation
that the college administration to approve the revisions to the use of technology and
communication systems policy five ten point zero zero and I would still move. Second and
I would make a - if I could add - we have a motion and a second, trustee Lindstrom.
Uh thank you Dr. Cook I would add that it also applies to the trustee's. Any discussion?
All in favor signify by saying I, opposed? Motion carries, one no. The next recommendation
actually includes nine separate recommendations, uh last year in 2012 we decided it was cheaper
for proposals on a number of routine and on going types of activities on campus that need
to be done and need to be done on a quick notice are smaller cost items such as carpentry
services or engineering services or electrical repairs and so we approve a specific contractor
based on that RFP to be on call for those items. There are nine different items on here
and it is a recommendation to the management committee that all of these be approved. Architectural
services with HM&architects and PG architects at a total annual expenditure not to exceed
one hundred and seventy five thousand. Carpentry labor services with Lidel construction Inc.
and KES construction LLC at a total annual expenditure not to exceed seventy five thousand.
Civil engineering services with CAW valley engineering Inc. and pain and block way PA
at a total amount of annual expenditure not to exceed fifty thousand. Codes consulting
and building inspections with FSC Inc. and thaquer and associates LLC the total annual
expenditure not to exceed thirty five thousand. Electrical repairs and installation services
with heritage electric LLC ad Mark one Company Inc. Total annual expenditure not to exceed
one twenty five thousand. Landscape architecture and design consulting services with Jeffrey
L. Bruce and Co. and Land Plan engineering PA at a total annual expenditure not to exceed
thirty five thousand Any PA engineering services with the Clark Anderson and Langford and Associates
at a total expenditure not to exceed one hundred and twenty five thousand. Structural engineering
services with bob D Campbel and Co. in Walter P. Moore at a total annual expenditure not
to exceed thirty five thousand and finally Masonry Inspection design consulting services
at a total annual expenditure not to exceed seventy five thousand I notice on my list
I don't have the specific entity for that. It is - okay where are the, this is the masonry
and inspection . Does anybody, do you have the name of the company? Campbell. It's DGM
consultants. DGM Consultants at an expenditure not to exceed seventy five thousand and I
would move acceptance of all nine of those recommendations. Second, motion and a second.
Any discussion or does a trustee want to pull any of those recommendations out. Any discussion?
All in favor signify by saying I, Opposed? Motion carries. The next recommendation is
regarding our Classrooms Basic Kings Cove, in a renewal of the lease to extend it to
March thirty one 2014 when it is determined on the current lease to extend that to may
thirty one 2014. All additional terms will remain the same to extend it to May thirty
one 2014 at which time we anticipate giving up that space and utilizing space at Shawnee
Mission High school. So it is a recommendation of the board of trustee's to accept the administrations
recommendation to extend the Kings Cove lease agreement on a month to month basis for two
additional months. Terminating on May thirty one 2014 at a rate of thirteen twenty five
per square foot based on nine thousand thirty seven billable square feet for a monthly total
of nine thousand nine hundred and seventy eight dollars and thirty five cents for the
duration of the extended two month lease and I would so move. Second, we have a motion
and a second any discussion on that? Any discussion?All in favor signify by saying I, opposed? Motion
carries. Last action item is a memorandum of understanding between Johnson County Community
College and the University of Kansas, we have collaborated with KU Edwards Campus in a great
example of sharing and public resources and tax dollars and benefiting out citizens to
allow KU to connect to our KANRAN, K A N capitol RAN network um and KU will then agree to exchange
monthly payments with us for their share of that cost. It is the recommendation of the
management committee that the board accept the recommendation of college administration
to approve the execution of a memorandum of understanding between JCCC and the KU Edwards
campus for the college to provide connectivity to KU, to the KANRAN Network in exchange for
monthly payments by KU to cover KU's usage of JCCC KANRAN connectivity services and I
so move. Second, we have a motion and a second, that was terrific. You must have taken a great
speech class to keep all of those straight, uh any discussion? Any discussion?All in favor
signify by saying I, opposed? motion Carries. We received a number of reports from staff
which are listed in your agenda on page four, I would be happy to answer any questions about
those to the extent I am able or staff here will be able to otherwise I will short circuit
that and close my report. Any questions of trustee Musil? Thank you, May I? Yes trustee
Cross? Did you practice all of that? I stood in front of a mirror for a couple of hours.
No seriously I am asking did you practice that. I have a great staff, Mitch put together
great notes, following our committee so we have the agenda we have the committee meeting
and we have notes so it becomes easier because of the great work by our talented administration.
Thank you very much and to the committee than you that was a long agenda item on discussion
and committee I know. Learning quality, trustee. Lindtrom, thank you Dr. Cook, the learning
quality meeting minutes are on pages twenty five to thirty five in your board packet,
you will not the meeting was held at 8 am on Monday March third 2014, trustee Cross
and I attended, the meeting was directed by Clarissa Craig, there were three presentations.
And the learning quality committee will be asking for the board of trustee's to take
action on two recommendations. Emily Birowman, general manager for the performing arts center
presented a list of proposed performances for the Carlson center for the 2014 2015 season
and that recommendation can be found on page 26 of the board packet. It is the recommendation
of the learning quality committee that the board of trustee's accept for performance
calendar and approve the administrations recommendation to allow contract negotiations for groups
to perform at the Carlson centers academic 2014 15 year. Shown in the board packet and
I would so move, second. We have a motion and a second, any discussion? Any discussion?
all in favor signify by saying I. Opposed? Motion carries. The second presentation was
made by Dennis Day, vice president of student success and engagement. He reviewed recommendations
regarding the amendments which relate to general student matters and the college admission
policies This action is part of a larger review of all college policies directly affecting
students and is being conducted for the purpose of improving the key performance indicator
of student satisfaction. Specifically the recommendation update would consolidate and
clarify the colleges admissions policies into three policies the first one being credit
admission policy, three one o' dash o' one uh, the second would be continuing education
admission policies three one o' dash o' two. And the third would be international student
admission policy three one o' dash o' three. The remaining policies in section three one
o' would be deleted. The recommendation would be it is the recommendation of the learning
quality committee that the board of trustee's accept the recommendation to the college administration
to approve the proposed amendment to the following policies. Credit admission policy as I mentioned
three one o' dash o' one continuing education admission policy three one o' dash o' two
and international student admission policy three one o' point o' three and the deletion
transfer of the remaining admission policies as shown. Subsequently as the board packet
and I would so move. Second, we have a motion and a second. Any discussion? all in favor
signify by saying I. Opposed? Motion carries. The third presentation was made by Clarissa
Craig, associate vice president for instruction. She presented the new course GIST 250 introduction
to globalization. This is a three hour credit course to be an articulated course with the
University of Kansas and will examine economic political globalization as well as global
security, culture and environmental issues. Students will be introduced to the variation
and global issues that influence national policy in our daily lives. It will be effective
in the fall of 2014. Janette Jesperson coordinator for international education also provided
some information on the various student opportunities for study abroad including the fact that over
100 Johnson County Community College students traveled abroad last year. Also effective
this fall for the 2014 semester, micro computer programmer analysis certificate will be re
titled to computer information systems software development certificate. That concludes my
report Mr. Chairman, I would welcome any comments from others who are intendants or any questions.
Any questions for trustee Musil? Thank you very much, trustee Lindstrom. I don't know
if it is appropriate right now but since we just talked about the performing arts series,
I know that at the management committee, trustee Stewart passed out flyers for the Cohen series
that he funded in the name of Mark Cohen. And Tracy Lawrence, country western singer
will be performing on campus March third. The proceeds of all of the Cohen series go
to scholarships. So if you at all like Tracy Lawrence or country music or country rock
and you want to help students on campus. I would anticipate that you would be there and
I know trustee Stewart would say that if you aren't he will reference one of Tracy Lawrence's
songs which is find out who your friends are and he will remember you. Thank you trustee
Musil, I am sure we will all take heed. Human Resources, Dr. Drummund. Thank you Dr. Cook,
human resource committee met at eight o' clock on Thursday march sixth. Myself and trustee
Sharpe represented this group and we had several staff members there including Dr. Corb and
Denise and our fair president over there he was there as well. We had a long long agenda,
we reviewed benefit recommendations that I have reviewed quite a while. You might recall
a special meeting we had to talk about some of those concepts and we also talked about
a policy that was passed by the management committee as well. So I have ten recommendations
that cover six pages and it would be my suggestion that we take those as a group as we did with
our management. But I would be glad to go through those real quickly and give you some
detail and you can decide at that point. Trustee Drummund if I might um, for the benefit of
the audience there might be concern of pooling them I would say that all of these decisions
and recommendations that we are making are a result of a long time dialogue and work
those agencies so we are not just doing this in haste, this is, these policies, these premiums
and companies are policies that have taken allot of time so if the trustee's don't mind
in pooling them proceed. Thank you very much, we reviewed the dental insurance, life insurance,
short term disability insurance, the vision insurance, the benefits consulting services,
the flexible spending account administration, the employee assistance plan administration,
the flex benefit funding, the employer 403B contribution and the medical insurance. We
again had discussion about each one of these and as Dr. Cook said we had previous discussion
on it. All of these in previous board meeting, I would be happy to go over all of these detail
of which there are many, there are allot of numbers here, allot of concepts or we can
pool them together and take them as a group. Whatever your pleasure is, lets uh is there
any item that a trustee would like to pull for individual action? Proceed trustee Drummund,
thank you very much it is the recommendation of the human resources committee that the
board of trustee's accept the college administrations recommendation to authorize the president
to negotiate contract subject to review by the college council for benefit renewals listed
on pages thirty six through forty two on the board packet. This recommendation includes
dental insurance, life insurance, short term disability insurance, vision insurance, benefits
consulting services, flexible spending account administration and employment assistance,
planned administration flex benefit funding, employer 403B contribution and medical insurance.
And I would just interject here not as part of this motion that there was very comprehensive
bidding on each one of these things and it was very competitive and to our favor in many
many cases, with all of that it is my recommendation and I so move. Second, any discussion? Trustee
Musil, I just want to not that this is the first time as I recall we have actually voted
on benefit policies that reflect our new two tier employee benefit system if you will.
Which we adopted as a way to make our employee benefit plan more sustainable, hopefully sustainable,
certainly more sustainable but this is one policy decision that we discussed at the board,
in work sessions, about how are we gonig to ensure that our benefit costs are in line
with other colleges, with other public institutions, and with the resources that we have to spend
on them. And I am not a big fan of two tiered systems within a single employee body but
I did support this and I agree that in light of all of the things we went through that
it was the way to do it. But I think it is important again for our citizens to know that
we have taken what is a pretty major step toward finding a way to keep our benefit costs
sustainable so that we can continue our quality at a cost that is acceptable to the tax payers.
I would say that, trustee Sharpe I am sorry. I would just, I want to thank Judy and Jerry
and the benefits team for all of their work on this. It takes allot of work offline and
behind the scenes and allot of work happens before we even get to committee before we
get to work more on it. So they did a really good job at executing all of these RFPs and
contracts and I feel like we have a really good package that will like trustee Musil
said help us maintain a sustainable benefits program . So I just want to take the opportunity
to thank you and your team for awesome work. Thank your Trustee Sharpe, I would just like
to add that as I look through the details of these again we had a zero percent in four
or five of the items. We had a one percent decrease in one and a sixteen percent decrease
in another and it was very very interested in the health insurance tht had an increase
in four point six to seven point four I believe it was depending on the options. So again
for the tax payers increase a zero percent increase in many of them, a couple of decreases
and an I guess acceptable increase in the group health for what we are trying to accomplish.
Any other discussion? All in favor signify by saying I, Opposed? Motion carries. Thank
you very much the last thing I would like to add to these comments is that the board
has been working on this since 2010 and I would echo what trustee Sharpe said that the
staff has done an incredible job, coming up with these numbers, making these changes,
coming up with these concepts. The benefit committee that had for an extended period
of time with the faculty association, it is just a wonderful job they have done and it
has moved as trustee Sharpe said a big step closer to sustaining the benefits program
for our employee's well into the future. I would thank them for that and that ends my
report. Any other questions of trustee Drummund? Thank you very much, next item is collegial
steering, collegial steering did meet on March fourth at four o' clock. We really focused
on a couple of items and what I am very pleased about is it seems like we just start and the
hour is gone and we could use more time but we talked about criteria for student success
as we continue to emphasize the key performance indicators and interestingly the discussion
really focuses around those very basic things. Do the students have a clear understanding
of what the goals of the glass are the syllabus of each class clear and precise, um can we
go online and as a student and see where we are and what is expected and any organisation
that is successful or any team that is successful has pretty clear goals and expectations and
we work toward those goals and expectations. So I really appreciated the open dialogue.
I twas kind of like our report tonight with the lobbyist. Everybody wanting to be eager
to give a viewpoint and it was very healthy discussion. And the outcomes that discussion
are to go back and have further discussions within departments and within our teaching
and learning process to make sure that we do what we say we are going to do to make
students be successful. Then we uh, that kind of segwayed into our database system and,
you know it's kind of like I look at as you know lets put too much emphasis on these computers
because they are not going to be here next week anyway so lets just go back to our papers.
Ipad's aren't going to last, all this stuff it isn't going to last anyway. And at our
office we put in a new database system and we have people believing well I'm so comfortable
with the old one I think we'll just use that. And until somebody tells me really that we
are pulling the plug on that and so again we have allot of people really committed to
doing the best they can with the database we have and it's I think as I listen to the
dialogue, how can we help reinforce and help everybody be successful and more comfortable
with the database we are trying to implement. We will continue that discussion and we will
also discuss the adjunct status and full time faculty and again additional items that drive
key performance indicators of this college so with that I just implease that the faculty
have time to come and visit with us and we have good exchange there. Any questions of
collegial steering? Uh president's recommendation for action uh first item is treasurers report
trustee Lindstrom. Treasurer's report, oh yes okay thank you. For some reason I heard
something different there um I am pleased to present the treasurers report for the month
ending January thirty first 2014 which can be found on pages forty four through fifty
five. Um briefly here are a few on page fifty four at the bottom of the page. Please note
that the fund balances find the cash balances at January thirty first, we had a book balance
of one hundred and one point six million with seventeen point two million in outstanding
encumberances. Leaving with us with an unencumbered balance of eighty four point four million
dollars. Add velorum distributions of forty one point eight million were distributed and
received to the general fund. Special assessments fund in the capitol outlay fund. The state
made payments of ten point seven million were received in January and were distributed in
the general fund in the post secondary technical education fund. Expenditures in the primary
operating fund are within approved budgetary limits and it is within the recommendations
of the college administration that the board of trustee's approve the treasurer's report
for the month ending January thirty first two thousand fourteen subject to audit. And
I would make that motion. Second, we have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Any
discussion? All in favor signify by saying I. Opposed? motion carries. Any other items
on the treasury report trustee Lindstrom. Well just one briefly and I don't have all
of my notes here but um there was a correction on last months treasurers report and I didn't
know whether or not we needed to bring that back up to our attention. for another formal
vote because there was a problem with transferring that to a PDF file and some of the information
wasn't transferred. the trustee's were provided with the correct information. So I wanted
to make sure if it was necessary for us to make a motion on that last one. I visited
with Don and Dr. Sopcich about that and again the numbers weren't changed but when the transfer
went from one file to the other some of the numbers got transfigured, right. But I am
comfortable that everything is in order. That would all be subject to to audit and so I
believe it is okay. okay great Thank you, that concludes my report. Mr. Chairman. Dr.
Sopcich, thanbk you trustee Cook, there is one clinical affiliate agreement and this
is for hospitality management and credit instruction and the agency is Benton house of Lee's Summit
Missouri. The clinical experience is dietary manager internship. It is the recommendation
of the colleges administration that the board of trustee's authorize the college to enter
into an agreement with the above agency for the clinical experiences indicated for the
period of March 14th 2014 through June thirtieth, 2014. Do we have a motion I so move, a second?
We have a motion and a second, any discussion? All in favor signify by saying I. Opposed?
Motion carries. We also have two recommendations for pertaining to the calendar, one is a revision
to the 2015 16 academic calendar. I will read the recommendation to you. It is the recommendation
of the college administration and the faculty association that the board of trustee's approve
the 2015 16 academic calendar as shown on the following pages. And you can see there
when you go to December the scheduled final exams for the students were changed from the
beginning on December fifth to beginning on December seventh that's a Saturday to Monday.
And going through Friday the eleven that was changed to Sunday the thirteenth. Those are
the two changes. Do we have a motion? Quick question if I may. Do we have a motion? Do
we have a second? Do we have a second?I'll second it, I think I have the same question
probably that trustee Cross ha but. Questions? trustee Cross? Just curiosity but we have
exams on Saturday and Sunday? Well that is why we changed it and we moved it to Monday.
There are no exams on Sunday. Oh we do have them so. I am just curious, I don't have any
problem with it. So why did we make the change. It became a trailer instead of a header, what
we were missing was some days in the semester for that weekend so it became a trailer instead
of a header for that final week. So it ends the final week when it is supposed to start.
As scheduling goes, trailers and headers yes. I am just trying to figure out why we can't
move it the start date one day earlier so we are not having exams on Sunday. It struck
me as odd, I don't know if we have done it before. We have Sunday classes, we have Sunday
for credit classes that people can - are those the ones that will have exams. So people who
have chosen to go to class on Sunday they can expect their exam to be on Sunday, alright
now I am fine with that. Any other questions? Thank you. The other recommendation, uh we
are going to vote on that first, oh I am sorry. We have a motion and a second, all in favor
signify by saying I. Opposed? motion carries, proceed. Okay this one is a recommendation
for the 2016 17 academic calendar, a group plead with headers and trailers. It is the
recommendation of the college administration and the faculty association that the board
of trustee's approve the 2016 17 academic calendar as shown on the following pages.
Do we have a motion? And we have a second, any discussion? All in favor signify by saying
I. Opposed? Motion carries. It is time for the president's report you have all received
the monthly report to the president. We always like to take it one step further but before
we get started uh trustee Lindstrom you have a brief report to make? I do and uh in January
trustee Cook requested the formation of a sub committee on trustee expense reimbursement.
As I reported in February the sub committee's charge was to review and to update the college
trustee reimbursement guideline we needed and bring focus to the trustee expectations
regarding the expense reimbursement. The sub committee consisted of trustee Sharpe trustee
Drummund and myself. After meeting twice in February to discuss the trustee expense reimbursement
we agreed upon the finalized set of written guidelines to server as a guide for the colleges
administration and processing trustee expense reimbursement. Those guidelines have been
circulated to the current trustee's for information in their review, written guidelines will be
maintained in the presidents office and provided to all new trustee's during orientation. Thank
you trustee Lindstrom so that will be a set of guidelines we will follow and I appreciate
the work you did again and we had no comments in the thirty day period from the reading
last month or this month so I appreciate all of your interest on that and hopefully it
will help us all make decisions as we go forward and what is what. Thank you. Um before you
you have the beautifully done publication of the college that is for the league for
innovation. That is the first step in the re application process. Hats off are to Julie
Hoss and her department that produced that book. That will now be sent into the league
and they will look at that. Hopefully it will reflect and I thin kit does a highly innovative
campus um assuming that this goes through and believe me they don't always do because
they can send them back for modification. The next step will be and on sight visit by
members of the league. Dr. Corb is our representative and we are looking forward to pursuing this
to renew our membership to renew our league for innovation. Yes trustee Musil I see you
are going to say something. Yes I am just worried we are going to get unaccredited for
fraud because in this picture Mr. Lindtrom has no facial hair, he looks completely different.
Are there any other comments? Thank you for that insight um we are going to begin our
lightning round with Dr. Corb and Dr. Larson but before we get started officer Keaton you
did such a fine job opening the evening. Would you want to have some lightning round role?
No thank you sir I appreciate it. Okay that is alright um Dr. Corb. I just want to highlight
the work that Dr. Grant's department is doing in working with faculty and staff they have
so far this year submitted thirty seven grants and that represents seventy percent new grants
only thirty two percent of those are reoccurring grants. And we are only three quarters of
the way through the year.l Last year we only submitted only, but submitted thirty eight
total for the whole year. So they have already done thirty seven, they have fourteen that
are in process so speaking of innovation there are allot of people that are thinking about
some projects and initiatives that we might be able to do through grant funding and the
dollar amount, currently this year they have submitted three million dollars more than
we had in proposals more than what we had even submitted last year so they have really
been busy working on those things. Does some of the area's that they are looking at um
international partnership that have to do with students doing things broad. Arts education,
sustainability, nutrition, workforce development, humanities, assisting veterans on campus and
assisting under prepared students. So a wide variety of things that are being submitted
so hopefully you will see those things come through as grants that we have received. That
is terrific thank you. Dr, Larson, thank you Dr. Sopcich as you know I am finishing up
my third week here at Johnson County Community College. I have appreciated the warm welcome,
I just want to offer a few impressions, I have been thoroughly impressed by the caliber
of the faculty staff, students, and trustee's that I have met. And I have met all of them.
Has that changed tonight Dr. Larson? Not at all. Usually the cabinet goes in the other
direction, we start at trustee's first and then we work down. Thank you. But I am so
impressed by folks dedication to and pride in this institution. I have also toured almost
every facility and am equally impressed by them and by the beauty of this campus. I so
look forward to working with the board and with this management team to contribute to
JCCC's future success. So thank you so much. And thank you Barbara. Okay now we are going
to go to the presidents report. This segment of it and I am going to take you through a
chronology of some of the things that have happened since our last meeting. Starting
on February 19th and 20th our model UN team received and outstanding delegation award.
The delegates choice award and three honor roll mention awards for its portrayal of Canada
and New Zealand at the 2014 Midwest model United Nations conference and union station
in St. Louis. I am going to read to you the names of the students who are part of that
. Aron Smith from Olathe, Bennet Hoffer from Olathe, Ian Sneed from Leawood, Jeff Redman
from Olathe, Marie Christen Horvat who is actually from Lingon Germany but is living
in Lexea. Natalie Sefuentes from Bogatah. Brian Wright likes to stack this a little
bit with international students. She is living in Merriam. Mira Fermand from Kansas City
Kansas. Kaitlyn Sylva from Gardiner, Gailyn Mcgee from Shawnee, and of course lastly we
would recognize Bryan Wright the faculty adviser of this who lives in overland park. Our model
UN team consistently represents us impeccably in these competitions and do a great job.
On February twenty first we have horticulture science day here on campus. Our horticulture
program hosted urban horticulture and pest management. It was the fourth annual horticulture
science day. it was an opportunity for students and local businesses and experts in the field
to share insights on this topic. Four hundred plus people attended more than two hundred
of those were students. So in addition to our students we had students from Olathe North
and Olathe Northwest High schools. I provided a few welcoming remarks that were followed
by Dalton Hermes from Hermes landscaping which is one of the largest landscapers in the Midwest.
The plagiary recession was provided by Dr. Catheron Daniels from Washington State university.
We had other speakers here from Tennessee and Washington DC, Ontario Canada, Washington
State, and many local businesses. Even Ed Holland from Treat America had a spot on the
agenda. Overall we had seventeen booths and fourteen of those were from local businesses
and K-State the USDA and the Missouri Department of Agriculture. The sponsors were Hermes landscaping,
Ryan Lawn and Tree, Suburban Lawn and Garden, Family Tree Nursery, Lumivista Nursery, and
ultimately our hats are off to Leca Shreedhar who pulled this one off. He has done an outstanding
opportunity for the college. On February twenty second which was a Saturday we had hundreds
of children running around here in the middle school age on a scavenger hunt. And it was
incredible to watch them with their parents and their list of things to find on campus
as they raced around. It was also fun to watch our security force who did an outstanding
job keeping tabs of that event. It was a great way to get people on campus. On February 28th
we had the timeless fashion show. They served two capacity crowds in the Polsky. It was
incredible, the designs were wonderful, it was beautifully presented and the Carlson
Center staff did a fantastic job designing the set and executing the lights and sounds.
It was actually better than any runway show you would see on cable. I would recognize
our student designers, Kyle Brown, Melissa Lynnette, Holly Hermes, Christopher Rafile,
Maria Marada, Mary Washigata, Liz Roning, Sharen Rustle, Veronica Shrader, Tiera Thomas
Oman, Jane Marie Thompson, Joe Walker, and Shanda Wright. Especially I would like to
recognize our faculty, Joy Rhodes, and department chair Joan Mccrillis Lafforty for their leadership.
It was an outstanding evening. On March fifth, I got a letter and sometime I get all kinds
of different letters and emails. But this one I will read to you, it was from the owner
of Audrey Spirit LLC. that helps hospitalized teens and children using hospital friendly
clothing and it was commending our KSBDC counselor Alisa Waldman. They were commending Alisa
for her tireless support, her expertise in her business like approach as she counseled
the start up business. They were ecstatic because they just executed their first commercial
sale to children's mercy hospital. So are our hats are off to the SBDC in providing
that kind of support to a starting business in the community. March seventh a Nerman opening
featuring Ebony Patterson in the exhibitionist called dynasty. Ebony Patterson is a Jamaican
born en tenured faculty member at the University of Kentucky. This is one of her first exhibitions,
if you haven't had a chance to drop by the Nerman and check this out it is pretty incredible,
she is going to be a contemporary art superstar. But to go there and look at her art at the
night of the opening and to hear her lecture and then to go back and look at the art is
an incredible experience that over 200 people enjoyed that night. Hats off to Bruce Hartman
for pulling this one off again. On March 7th to the 9th our PTK, out Fi Theta Cappa Honor
society served us well in the Kansas regional convention that was held in Lawrence. We brought
home nine awards. The student officers are Joe Bisso, Marcello DiCarvallo, Faben Gramessekek,
Ramona Nelson, Amy Rinehart, Ernesto Romoalba, Fabiolo Sanchez, they all received recognition
for their work as the officer team. Other students recognized were Megan Gladboch, Michael
Yong. And I would like to recognize the advisers Pat Decker, Terry Helmich, and Aussia Foster-Nelson
for their great work. Our PTK group makes us proud consistently throughout the years.
And then on March 8th we had the Virginia Krebbs memorial service, Stephanie has been
recognized for her terrific address, um it was incredibly well delivered. I would also
like to recognize all of those who were involved on Stafford at college to make that a befitting
tribute to Virginia Krebbs who served this college so well. Those are just the highlights
that I was involved with. there was so many more things on this campus on a daily basis.
You know when we recognize allot of student achievement in extra curricular activities
but we have to remember we have many more students experiencing great personal achievement
every day in the classroom. Now upcoming events, march seventeenth the NJCAA division two girls
national tournament is going to be here. Over the past seasons we have appeared in sixty
seven polls, our girls basketball team, sixty seven polls and sixty one of those times we
ranked in the top five. Unfortunately we are not in this years tournament, we lost to Highland
but we really had a very good season, we would like to congratulate coach Conrad for his
remarkable effort in having this team do so well on the court. They represent us very
well every season. Of course that sixteen team tournament will begin on march 18th and
i believe trustee cook you will be addressing the group at Monday night on the 17th. I think
that is at the double tree, their banquet. On March 20th in the Polsky we are going to
have a KCI airport discussion that we are hosting, that is on March 20th. Um David Fowler,
long time supporter of the college from KPMG is carrying these discussions, please let
it be known that JCCC does not have any position on the airport. Um unless they want to build
it here. On March - are we for or against that, what? Are we for or against them building
it right here - well we will see how that goes. On March 20th we have public televisions
Antique Roadshow, they are going to host the screening here in Yardley Hall, that sold
out in four days. What day is that? Um Dave they don't have any tickets left sorry, no
that is going to be on March 20th, on March 10th right Emily? Emily has done a great job
working with KCPT and we are thrilled that they have come over here to host that. On
March 27th we are going to have a NASAengineer who led the rover landing on mars, March 28th
if you get a chance you should attend the international student dinner and also subsequent
entertainment. I did so last year, it is really outstanding, it is allot of fun. On March
30th the arts counsel is going to host the shooting starts here on our campus. And of
course trustee Musil has already mentioned the Cohen series with Tracy Lawrence. So that
is the report but is clear that this campus continues to be a hotbed for student achievement
as well as a place where organisations from throughout our community can convene and talk
about the important issues of the day. Thank you Dr. Sopcich, any questions, Dr. Sharpe.
I don't have a question I just have a comment, I would just like to say that the presidents
report is my favorite report of every board packet. That is the stuff of where we really
get the meat of what students are doing, what our faculty, every single time there is some
faculty that has had this national, international award doing these really forward thinking
progressive productive programs and projects and research works and I just want to - that
is my favorite part every time. I know it is allot of work for everyone to contribute
to that and I just want to thank you for that. Based on the remarks it is clear that it is
the content that is your favorite part and not the delivery, so thank you. No comment.
Probably both. I guess, well I guess I shouldn't assume, any old business seeing none eating
new business, hearing none reports from board liaisons. The first one is the Kansas association
of community college trustee's. We have not met since our last meeting. We are pulling
the colleges report regarding the Kansas Leadership Institution that we have addressed, whereby
we are putting together a plan to help support vice presidents, deans, anybody on a college
campus that is interested in at some day becoming a president of a college and then also the
trustee development. Those results should be in in the next week. I would hope that
all of the colleges we are hearing very good support by that and that will be an ongoing
activity with KACCT. The next KACCT meeting is June 13th and 14th out west, if any of
you I believe are going to garden city and if any of you would like to join us in that
trip you are certainly welcome to do so. I would say that I have had the opportunity
to attend the reception yesterday evening with hosted by the Kansas board of regents
in Topeka, Dr. Sopcich was in attendance as well and uh all of the community colleges
in the executive committee of KACCT were present Very good dialogue, my sense is that the board
of regents are very supportive of the community colleges network in Kansas and very supportive
of the work we do as trustee's and the great work faculty does with students in the teaching
and learning process so um very nice event. With that I would entertain any questions.
Trustee Lindstrom, I don't have a question I have a request um can we get additional
copies of this? Absolutely. Of the um, yeah sure. I thought you were going to ask me a
question, I was wondering what your question was going to be. Johnson County Research Triangle,
trustee Musil. We have met as I mentioned last month we will not meet until May, I apologize
I think I told you the right date last month and I think it is April twenty second and
there will be a community breakfast to report on the five years of the Johnson County educational
research triangle efforts. Funds that have been raised in tax I believe are all going
to be invited so if you could hold the morning of April 22nd I hope I am right and that you
are all going to be invited. April 22nd? Yes. That is my recollection, I didn't even check
it here. Thank you, foundation report trustee Sharpe. Foundation report yes, thank you Mr.
Chairman, the annual block party will be Thursday March 27th from 2 to 3:30 pm the event will
recognize the faculty who have contributed at least twenty five dollars to the foundation
during that calendar year. The foundation would like to invite the trustee's to join
as well. But you have to bring twenty five dollars. The eighth annual international dinner
which president Sopcich already mentioned will take place on Friday March 28th. The
event benefits scholarships for international immigrant students and the theme this year
is taste of India so I highly encourage you to go. And then finally the recommendation
for the 2014 2015 foundation board slate will be presented at the drivers meeting on March
25th 2014 so we have members who are terming out of the foundation board as directors and
then new members and the new folks who are coming in. Can I talk about Johnson County
another year. Is that, okay it's not on the agenda so I wanted to make sure. The foundation
announced on Friday that Gary Morsch, a heart to heart international will be the 2014 Johnson
Countian of the year and will be recognized at the some enchanted evening event the second
week of November and he is a wonderful human being and obviously a physician but started
his service to the international medical community twenty five thirty some odd years ago. And
I just want to congratulate him and encourage you all to save the date for that event and
if any other trustee's have comments about Gary I would invite those. Yes Dr. Morsch,
many people know him for his work in the community for his work in the heart to heart, he is
an incredible person to recognize at this event, we are thrilled with the fact that
he has accepted our invitation. He is also the first person from Olathe so hats off to
the selection committee in making this pick. It is going to be an outstanding evening and
we look forward to working with Dr. Marsh and getting to know him better. Trustee Musil,
well I probably met Dr. Morsch Gary in the most, in the oddest way. I met him running
for congress in 2000 in the republican primary when Gary was a candidate opposing me. It
was a joy to run against somebody with passion, compassion, patriotism, he spent most of the
primary campaign deployed in his army reserve unit. He participated in debates by telephone,
he is a man of principle and brilliant thinking, great policy thought, um which frankly cost
him politically but he didn't care because it was what he is at the core and his medical
missions have done more good for more people in the world - well I shouldn't sat, at least
as many as anybody else in Johnson County and I am very pleased we are going to honor
him this fall. Gary Morsch is a fine human being. Thank you, trustee Sharpe, anything
else in your report? That concludes my report, thank you faculty association we are honored
to have the Dr. Andrea Broomfield this evening stepping in for Dr. Williams thank you. Good
evening, Dr. Williams is not here tonight because she and professor Dennis Arjo from
philosophy representing JCCC on a panel at the Asian studies development program conference
in Houston. This program is part of the east west center and the University of Hawaii and
JCCC is a regional site for Asian studies and she sends her regards. Faculty and students
are very busy right now with midterm exams, major projects and probably allot of professors
will be catching up on grading, I will. And allot of students will be preparing for exams
and doing their research over this break. Nine departments are right now engaged in
program review and collecting data and writing up the reports. The new faculty evaluation
process has likewise been rolled out and is going successfully. The FA has complete the
disciplinary determinations and other words determining what discipline areas define our
various programs and divisions and the faculty association negotiation team is now working
with college council to draft mutual agreeable language for the master agreement amendment
to section eight. We have had an exciting week on campus because we have scholar and
resident Dr. BeeBee Boramy has been guest teaching many classes and has offered the
community two lectures. Dr. Boramy is an anthropologist who completed her PhD at the University of
Pennsylvania. She has written extensively bout the culture of Spain and France. Her
lecture last night focused on several pilgrimages she has taken to the St. James Cathedral in
Santiago Decompastela in Northwest Spain and today she gave a lecture that came from her
most recent book manuscript, Cafe Och. A travel memoir of southwest France. Last nights lecture
at the Hudson Auditorium was almost a standing room only event. She has met many students
and professors and I think it is fair to say that her visit has enriched many peoples cultural
understanding of those regions. Looking ahead the newly re vamped cavalier film festival
now called take five cavalier film festival is coming up on April the fourth and will
involve screening of the participants films as well as workshops on everything from makeup
to scripting to story boarding. Many of our students both here and at local high schools
are eagerly anticipating this event including my own son. Again looking back many people
in our community attended the celebration of life memorial service for Virgina Krebbs
and again we would, we had a chance to remember and appreciate Virginia's service and how
important her vision was to establishing our college and to championing the values and
importance of a strong public school system in our county. And with that I conclude my
report. Thank you Dr. Broomfield, any questions for Dr. Broomfield? Thank you very much, I
appreciate it. I had the opportunity this afternoon, the privilege actually the attend
the faculty senate meeting at the invite of Dr. Vanclarke, I appreciated that Dr. Clarke.
I was impressed with the sincerity of the dialogue and the interest and I had to leave
at halftime about to come over here but again thank you very much for that opportunity.
Consent agenda is a time when we deal with routine matter, we take them as a large group
is there any item a trustee would like to pull off the consent agenda for discussion?
Any item that a trustee would like to remove, if not I would ask for a motion to approve
the consent agenda. I so moved, second. We have a motion and a second, any discussion?
All in favor signify by saying I. Opposed? Motion carries. We do have an executive session
this evening , I would like to entertain - now one moment since we are bragging about allot
of activities here, I attended last nights performance of the chamber choir and the mad
regalia choir in the Polsky theater. it was fun up tempo up beat, great students, had
a good crowd. Um and Terry Teal a professor music led that and it was another good performance
and it just reminds me that I need to be on campus more seeing some of those vents. Particularly
those that involve culture. Thank you trustee Musil, all in favor signify by saying I. I
would like to entertain the motion to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing
personnel matter of non elected personnel in order to protect the privacy, interests,
and individuals to be discussed. Consultation with an attorney would be deemed privileged
in the attorney client relationship in order to protect the privilege and the boards communications
in its attorney within legal matters. The session will last up to thirty minutes, no
action will be taken during this session. We would like to invite Tanya Wilson, Mary
Niro, Dr. Corb and Dr. Larson to join in this executive session.. We will begin that executive
session in six minutes and begin that session according to the clock on the back of the
wall t 5:40 and last up to thirty minutes. I so moved, second. Did I say 5:40, you said
5:40 we will start at 6:00 thank you. All in favor signify by saying I, Opposed? Motion
carries. Thank you we are back in open session, previously I omitted Dr. Sopcich to the list
so I would like to entertain a motion to go into executive session for the purpose of
discussing consultation with an attorney which would be deemed privileged in the attorney
client relationship in order to protect the privilege and the boards communications with
it's attorney in legal matters. This session will last up to thirty minutes and no action
will be taken during this session. We would like to invite Dr. Sopcich, Tanya Wilson,
Mary Niro, Dr. Corb, and Dr, Larson to join this executive session. So I have a motion?
So move, second. I have a motion and a second, all in favor signify by saying I. We will
start this executive session at 6:41 and last up to thirty minutes. Thank you. We are out
of executive session the executive session ended at 6:55, no action was taken. We are
now back in open session and I would entertain a motion for adjournment, so move, we have
a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I, opposed? Motion carries we are
adjourned. Thank you.