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(Gavel.) >> Chair Jerry Cook: I'd like to call the
September 26th meeting of the Overland ‑‑ or the
Johnson County Community College trustees to order. Would you 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.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Roll call and recognition of visitors, please.
>> Terri Schlicht: This evening's visitors include *** Carter, Mark Ferguson, Don Rau,
and Richard Schroeder. >> Chair Jerry Cook: Thank you. Open Forum
is an opportunity for people to speak. We do have a speaker tonight. I would remind
the audience that the Open Forum is an agenda item at each regularly scheduled board meeting.
Speakers must register by completing this registration form prior to the Open Forum
agenda item, giving his or her name, city of
residence, name of any group he or she is representing, the topic, and a brief summary
of the presentation. Each registered speaker is allowed
five minutes to speak behind the podium. If there are a significant number of registered
speakers, the time will be reduced for each registered speaker. When addressing the board,
registered speakers should be respectful and civil and should not address matters related
to individual personnel matters with the college. Personal insults, profanity, or language that
is not appropriate to be aired on live television and
offensive comments based on prospective status or class are prohibited. The chair of the
board has the authority to keep order and impose
reasonable restrictions on any disruptive behavior of
those participating in a board meeting. I'd like to ask Vincent Clark to come forward
as you have the open ‑‑ >> (Inaudible).
>> Chair Jerry Cook: I apologize, it was my understanding you'd signed up for the Open
Forum. >> (Inaudible).
>> Chair Jerry Cook: We can do that. Chair will allow that to take place, okay.
So is there anybody else registered? I think not. So we will close the Open Forum
session. Awards and recognitions. Dr. Sopcich.
>> Dr. Joe Sopcich: Thank you, Trustee Cook. The Johnson County Library Foundation
every year gives out the Pinnacle Awards. These are awarded in four categories: Literacy
in education, business and entrepreneurship,
arts and advocacy, and public engagement. These
are all areas that the Johnson County Library Foundation pursues. This year, we're very
honored that one of our own is being recognized. Emily Behrmann, our general manager of the
performing arts, is one of five individuals chosen for the 2013 Pinnacle Award by the
Johnson County Library Foundation. She was honored
specifically for excellence in the arts. And here's ‑‑ I'd like to read a little bit
about Emily. After receiving her bachelor's degree in music
with an emphasis in voice from UMKC's Conservatory of Music, Emily began her work
in arts administration. Over the past 20 years, she has held positions with the Lyric Opera
of Kansas City, the Kansas City Symphony, and the
Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College. After 14 years with the
college's Foundation where she was involved in the capital campaign to raise 20 million
for the construction of the Regnier Center and Nerman
Museum of Contemporary Art, Emily returned to her first love, the performing arts. She
sang with the Kansas City Symphony chorus for ten
years and has performed solo for special events throughout the Greater Kansas City area. She
appears on a host of occasional programs on our own television station, JCCC TV, and perhaps
the crowning achievement of her singing career when she was one of the cast up on the stage
for the rendition of "Hey Dude." (Laughter.)
So as general manager of the Performing Arts Series, she is responsible for booking
artists, marketing events, and raising money. She wants to use the performing arts to make
an impact on the citizens of Johnson County and
beyond by presenting quality artists, championing arts education, and collaborating
with the many talented organizations and individuals in the Greater Kansas City arts
community. It was my pleasure to work with Emily
for about, what, three years? >> Give or take ten.
>> Dr. Joe Sopcich: Okay, great. (Laughter.)
And I have to say, I admired Emily's professionalism and her ability to get things done.
So, Emily, congratulations. Do we have an award?
>> Chair Jerry Cook: I don't know that we do, but would you come forward. I don't
know that we do, Joe. Congratulations. >> Emily Behrmann: Thank you.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: You've done great work at the college and we appreciate that very
much. Is there anything you'd like to say? (Laughter.)
>> You have to sing it, Emily. >> Emily Behrmann: Well, one minute. That's
‑‑ thank you. Thanks to everybody for the acknowledgment of this award from the
Library Foundation. I'm very gratified and honored to receive it on behalf of Johnson
County Community College, and I'm really fighting the urge to make a plug for our most recent
Performing Arts Series event coming up this weekend, Friday, Saturday at 8:00, New Dance
Partners. (Laughter.)
But I hope you all can be there. But I enjoy what I do very much. I love working at
Johnson County Community College, and I'm so happy to be able to share my love for the
arts with the community. So thank you.
>> Thanks, Emily. (Applause.)
>> Chair Jerry Cook: You will observe I believe a change in the agenda. In visiting with
Trustee Lindstrom one day, he indicated, you know, Jerry, if students are first at Johnson
County Community College, why don't we place them up near the front of the agenda. So,
Mr. Rogers, Elliott is here was today, and we've decided to move the student presentation
up to the front of the agenda. Students first. Mr.
Elliot Rogers.. >> Mr. Elliot Rogers: Thank you. Good afternoon.
First, I would like thank you all on behalf of the Student Senate for giving me
time to present to you. As students, we value that
chance to communicate directly with you in your meetings and appreciate the transparency
from the Board of Trustees with information concerning the student body such as explaining
planned tuition increases. We look forward to working with you all over the course of
this year. September has been an eventful month for Student
Senate. On September 9th, 12 senators at‑large were sworn into office, along with
four executive board members. Since then, we have
added two more members at‑large and filled a vacancy on the executive board by electing
Jeffrey Redmond as a Student Senate Vice President.. On the 16th, we hosted a town hall meeting
to open communication with the student body and received input on several issues pertaining
to campus services, as well as Student Senate outreach with clubs and organizations. This
week has marked the first meeting of our Budget, Rules and Conduct, Fundraising, and Public
Relations Committees. Each of these committees, as well as the Inter‑Club Council, which
began meeting two weeks ago, has defined goals for
the year, such as planning events and updating Student Senate documents. Upcoming events
include our school mascot's birthday celebration hosted by the dance team, where we will be
contributing an activity, as well as Trick‑or‑Treat for Kids, These Hands Don't Hurt, a domestic
violence awareness campaign, and Clubs and Orgs Day, which will happen the end of October.
Also in October we'll be reaching out to students to assist the strategic planning effort with
the student perspective. We appreciate the value
placed on our perspective and are always ready to
give input. Thank you.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Any comments from any of the trustees? I've had a chance to
interact a little bit with Mr. Rogers, and I really appreciate your passion for leadership
and passion for the student body and wish you
the very, very best this year. You're doing great
things. Really appreciate it. >> Mr. Elliot Rogers: Thank you, sir.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Thank you. College lobbyist report. Mr. Carter.
>> Mr. *** Carter: Good evening. It's been a relatively quiet summer and fall so far.
We did indeed complete the special session, which was limited in fact to two days, the
first part of September and legislators returned to Topeka
and quickly got done with their work on amending the Hard 50 sentencing law, as well
as confirming a number of conferees that required Senate confirmation, including the
new appeals court judge, Caleb Stegall. That was
one that received quite a bit of press, and so you probably have read about that particular
occurrence during the legislators' time in Topeka in the early part of September.
Interim committees are beginning to meet. Still, there's not a lot on the table yet.
There's a lot of campaigning going on. This the time
where people like me get lots of envelopes in the
mail with request for campaign funds, and I think this week alone there were four or
five events just in the past couple of days that are going
on. And so that happens throughout the fall months as we approach January where fundraising
stops for ‑‑ for elected lawmakers at the
state level. The other big news from September was the
Board of Regents' budget request. The board asked for the restoration of the cuts
from last year, as well as a few enhancements for the
coming year. That ‑‑ that request immediately came under fire from some. There ‑‑ higher
education has been being scrutinized by a few folks in leadership, specifically some
of the budget committees, and the target is mainly
state universities. We escaped cuts last year as a
group, meaning the community college system, as well as the technical colleges. I don't
believe ‑‑ I wouldn't want to say what is going to happen in the 2014 session as
legislators begin discussing the 2015 budget, but everything
is fair game. Immediately after ‑‑ or on the
same day that the board was making its request to the governor's budget office, some bad
news came out of KU's journalism department with
a tweet related to the Navy yard shootings that
became high fire fodder for legislators related to higher education's budget. In fact, there
are some that have said that KU will not receive
any budget appropriations until there is some employment issue taken care of over there
with ‑‑ with the person who was tweeting. That will
continue on throughout the fall, and litigation is certain into the coming years, but not
‑‑ not soon after that, then there was another incident
over at K‑State through an innovation group that is loosely connected with the ‑‑ with
the university, and again, it's those types of things that
draw the ire of some legislators as it relates to higher education. I only mention this because
we're all attached and we're all part of the big happy family, and there are some that
are concerned that the community colleges and
technical colleges did not receive a cut last year
while other areas of higher education did. So I just want to keep ‑‑ keep that information
in front of you so that as you continue to make
budget decisions here, we're aware of what's going
on at the state level. The other thing that we'll be dealing with
next year is continued efforts to cap or change property tax laws. There's another bill that
I'll speak about at the end of my report that came
out late last session that not a lot of people paid attention to because it was so late in
the session, it wasn't heard. It will receive
hearings next year and we'll talk about that in a moment.
I would say, though, by way of good news, I participated in a Johnson County Economic
Development legislative tour also early in September, and there were a half dozen or
so Johnson County legislators on the tour. A
number of stops were made across Overland Park,
but in particular, I just wanted to call attention to the fact that there was great discussion
while the legislators were on the campus over at
Blue Valley in the CAPS program and just discussion about how that translates into
higher education opportunities for those students. The other piece was, we spent some time at
the Prairiefire Development and had a great discussion with Fred Merrill, and the reason
I mention that is because of the Museum of Natural History, this is the first site outside
of New York City, and several times Mr. Merrill commented on how pleased they were to have
Dr. Sopcich's involvement in their board of directors. So congratulations, Dr. Sopcich,
and I do think that that's a great opportunity because
there will be a number of educational opportunities affiliated with the museum once it's up and
running. Back to the coming attractions. House Bill
2413 is the bill that I referenced earlier in my
report. This is an interesting bill that would change the rules of the Board of Tax Appeals
and it's one that we'll need to pay attention
very closely to and will likely want to weigh in on
should it have hearings or if things start to move or change with that bill. And essentially
the bill lays out that if a property owner makes
an appeal or a request to the Board of Tax Appeals
and a decision is not rendered within 120 days, rather, whatever number that is put
forward by that individual becomes the new valuation
for that property. It seems rather ridiculous when
you ‑‑ when you look at it on its face. There's a lot of moving parts that are a part
of that, but that could have a major impact on ‑‑ on
the way our budgets are formulated if significant change in the property values in the county
are ‑‑ are approved under that law if it were
enacted. So I would stop there. It's a rather brief
report. But I know that you have lots of business to do this evening, so I'll see if there's
any questions. >> Chair Jerry Cook: Any questions for Mr.
Carter? >> Trustee Greg Musil: Just the Legislative
Education Committee will get a tour of the Regents schools and one community college
‑‑ >> Mr. *** Carter: They are.
>> Trustee Greg Musil: ‑‑ during the summer. Have they identified which community college
they're going to tour? And when will that occur?
>> Mr. *** Carter: I'd need to look back at the calendar to see. I believe it's in
October when the tour will occur. They were initially
going to visit Eldorado or Butler County. They
are now visiting Ft. Scott. >> Trustee Greg Musil: Thank you.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Any other questions of Mr. Carter? Thank you, sir. Appreciate it.
Time for committee reports and recommendations. Management report. Trustee Stewart.
>> Trustee Jon Stewart: All right. The Management Committee met on Wednesday,
September 4th, and Trustee Musil was in attendance at that meeting. The minutes of the
meeting start on Page 1 and run through Page 13 in the packet. We have five recommendations
to address, and the first one is the proposed Brown & Gold Club changes. And the first
recommendation on Page 2 has to do with the Brown & Gold Club. Dr. Judy Korb reviewed
the current aspects of the Brown & Gold Club's membership and benefits and she described
then the proposed changes. The changes will include the club merging with the Shepherd's
Center, which is an outside organization with a similar mission, and charging a fee of $16
per credit hour, which is equal to the current
rate of student fees being charged to Johnson County
residents over ‑‑ age 60 and over. So that would be a change from 55 and over as
eligible for membership, and previously then there was
no charge, they were eligible to take a free class.
And so those changes are in front ‑‑ or recommendation is in front of us and I'll
make the motion here. It's the recommendation of the
Management Committee that the Board of Trustees accept the College Administration's
recommendation to approve a special rate of $16
per credit hour for Johnson County residents aged 60 and over. Qualifying students will
receive this rate only when they enroll in classes where there is space available on
the published date each semester. And I'll make
that motion. >> Chair Jerry Cook: We have a motion. Is
there a second? >> Second.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Any discussion? Any discussion? All in favor signify by saying
aye. (Ayes.)
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Opposed? Motion carries. Continue.
>> Trustee Jon Stewart: All right. Our next recommendation is on the Sustainability
Initiatives Fund, and it's on Page 2 as well. It's to request the Board of Trustees to authorize
a transfer of funds that were generated as a
result of recycling efforts from the college to the
JCCC Foundation. Revenue that results from materials being recycled is recorded on the
college's books in the Sustainability Initiatives Fund, and this type of transfer to the Foundation
requires the specific approval of the Board. And this is a transfer to the Foundation for
scholarships. So it is the recommendation of the Management Committee that the Board
of Trustees authorize the transfer of $5,000
from the Sustainability Initiatives Fund to the JCCC
Foundation for student scholarships. I'll make that motion.
>> Second. >> Chair Jerry Cook: We have a motion and
a second. Any discussion? Any discussion? All in favor signify by saying aye.
(Ayes.) >> Chair Jerry Cook: Opposed, same sign. Motion
carries. Next. >> Trustee Jon Stewart: The next recommendation
is related to our college lobbyist, and on Pages 5 and 6, there's a report and a recommendation
to award an RFP for the services of a college lobbyist. The college invited 16 potential
proposers to bid on these services, and 5 proposal were received. Summary of the fees
that were quoted by the five proposers appears on Page 8. The RFP asks proposers for information
about their project approach, experience, qualifications, fees for both state and federal
activities, and potential conflicts with other clients
that they represent. The review committee ranked the written proposals and determined
that The Carter Group and Polsinelli PC should
be interviewed for further consideration. At the
conclusion of the entire evaluation it was determined that the proposal submitted by
The Carter Group would best meet the needs of the college.
It should be noted as a matter of full disclosure that Trustee Musil, who's associated
with Polsinelli, recused himself from the discussion at the outset due to his conflict
of interest. So he did not have any input into this
recommendation. So it is the recommendation of the Management
Committee that the Board of Trustees accept the recommendation of the College Administration
to approve the proposal from The Carter Group, Inc., to establish.an annual
contract for lobbyist services in an amount not to
exceed $73,078, plus expenses, pursuant to college travel policies. I'll make that motion.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: We have a motion. Is there a second? Is there a second?
>> Second. >> Chair Jerry Cook: We have a motion and
a second. Any discussion? Any discussion? All in favor signify by saying aye.
(Ayes.) >> Chair Jerry Cook: Opposed?
>> Trustee Greg Musil: Abstention. >> Chair Jerry Cook: And one abstention. Motion
carries. Next item. >> Trustee Jon Stewart: Next, master agreement
for learning management system with Desire2Learn Ltd. The next recommendation
is described on Pages 6 and 7, relates to a master
agreement for a learning management system with Desire2Learn Ltd. In June the Board of
Trustees approved the award of an RFP for the college's learning management system and
since that time, the college's Office of General
Counsel and Procurement Services have been negotiating an agreement with D2L. D2L requested
that the modification shown on Page 6 be made to the State of Kansas Department of
Administration Contractual Provisions Attachment. As required by statutes, these modifications
will require this Board of Trustees approval. We've
done this for some other national companies that have a master contract throughout the
states and they are fairly stubborn in wanting to
adjust those contracts for each individual state, so
that's what this is asking. And so it is the recommendation of the Management Committee
that the Board of Trustees accept the recommendation
of the College Administration to approve the modification of the State of Kansas Department
of Administration Contractual Provisions Attachment for the master agreement with Desire2Learn
Ltd. I'll make that motion.. >> Second.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: We have a motion and a second. Any discussion?
>> Trustee Jon Stewart: Mitch, will you ‑‑ what does this software do actually? I mean
it's what the faculty uses to ‑‑ >> (Inaudible)..
>> Trustee Jon Stewart: I just thought that was important that we understand that.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Any other discussion? All in favor signify by saying aye.
(Ayes.) >> Chair Jerry Cook: Opposed, same sign. Motion
carries. Next item? >> Trustee Jon Stewart: I think this is the
final recommendation. Lease renewal with the KU Regents Center. Page 7 of the recommendation,
college for space at KU Regents Center. We've had this space, the same space at this
same rate for 10 or more years. There has been no
increase over that period in the rate charged. The college and KU continue to cooperate to
maximize the educational benefit of the residents of Johnson County. Classrooms will be made
available to JCCC up to the equivalent of 7200 hours of instruction use within the time
frame of 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
from August 21st, 2013, to May 16th, 2014. So it is the recommendation of the Management
Committee that the Board of Trustees approve a lease agreement with KU Regents Center for
the use of classrooms from August 21st, 2013, to May 16th, 2014, for a sum of $30,000, and
I'll make that motion. >> Second.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Any discussion?
All in favor signify by saying aye. (Ayes.)
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Opposed, same sign. Motion carries.
>> Trustee Jon Stewart: That completes our action items.
We did discuss on the agenda ‑‑ Dr. Jay Antle and Michael Rea presented a sustainability
presentation. The college has a goal of becoming a zero waste management ‑‑ or waste campus
by 2025, and information was presented about the college's reduction in trash volume and
the expenses related during the past three years.
Don Perkins presented the fiscal year 2014‑'15 budget calendar, and we also reviewed the
monthly sole source ‑‑ sources report. A $1,000
sponsorship for MOCSA was approved that will be paid for under the contingency amount that
was approved by the Board of Trustees in July. You'll also see the summary of bids between
25,000 and 100,000, and there was two of those, I believe. Those appear on Page 9.
Rex Hays gave us an update on where we're at.
We're proud to say we've opened up the culinary center and I guess we haven't had any issues,
so class is operating. Denise Moore gave us a report on the technology fund objectives
and an update on that, and unless Mr. Musil has anything
to add to that, I think that concludes my report.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Any other questions of Trustee Sharp ‑‑ Trustee Stewart and
Musil? Thank you for that report. Learning Quality. Trustee Cross?
>> Trustee Lee Cross: Yes. We had a Learning Quality Committee meeting on
September 9th, 2013, in this room. Trustee Lindstrom and I were in attendance, along
with the other committee members, and several presentations
were made. We do have one recommendation and action item. It is the
recommendation of the Learning Quality Committee that the Board of Trustees approve the fiscal
year 2013‑2014 Learning Quality Committee Working Agenda as is shown subsequently in
the board packet. And before I formally make that motion, the minutes for the September
9th meeting are at Pages 21 and 22 of the board
packet.So I will go ahead and make the formal motion for the working agenda.
>> Second. >> Chair Jerry Cook: We have a motion and
a second. Any discussion? Trustee Lindstrom?
>> Trustee David Lindstrom: No ‑‑ no questions, but just a comment. Want to commend
Dr. Anderson for putting this together. I think he did a remarkable job.
>> Trustee Lee Cross: I concur. >> Chair Jerry Cook: Any other discussion?
All in favor signify by saying aye. (Ayes.)
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Opposed, same sign. Motion carries.
>> Trustee Lee Cross: If I may, Mr. Chair, there were also several other reports and
presentations made that day. One I wanted to touch on was healthcare interpreting and
legal interpreting presentation made by Tina Wolff
and she gave an overview of the Healthcare Interpreting Program and a program that's
designed to give bilingual English and Spanish students the awareness, knowledge, and skills
necessary to serve as entry level interpreters and
translators in the healthcare settings. Due to the great success of this program and a
new program for legal interpreting, which is a
similar program designed to give bilingual students
the skills necessary to serve as entry level interpreters and translators in legal settings,
it was created, and both programs are highly selected
admissions programs that I just wanted to highlight, and I know in my own law practice
there's a tremendous need even in our metropolitan area for bilingual services.
So I just wanted to commend the college for being at
least with the curve, if not ahead of the curve on these issues, so.
So the reports I'll just touch upon. Steve Hansen gave a report, chair of the Educational
Affairs Committee. Clarissa Craig gave a report on educational affairs and CourseLeaf.
Scrolling down here. Rick Moehring gave a report on transfer and articulation projects
that we're working on. And then, finally, Sheri
Barrett gave a report on the status of AQUIP project.
It was a rather brief presentation at the end of our meeting, but all of them were done
well, and I just wanted to report that to the committee
and then probably ask Trustee Lindstrom if he has
anything to add. >> Trustee David Lindstrom: No. I would echo
your comments, and thank you. >> Trustee Lee Cross: Thank you.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Thank you, Trustee Cross. Appreciate the report. Next item is the
Human Resources Report. The Human Resource Committee did meet on September 3rd. One
of the items that was discussed was the performance evaluation update. Dr. Korb presented a
draft of the proposed performance appraisal, which includes five different sections, one
on job objectives, one on core competencies, one
on the overall rating based on job objectives and
core competencies, a narrative section for employee's professional growth, and then Section
5, employee's self‑assessment. I believe that
in your packet you will see a timeline expected. I
would just draw your attention to that, that you can see a number of the items have been
completed. We have some items that are ongoing here in September, finalize and approve
system hopefully by September 31st, which is right around the corner, and then implementation
begins and we begin the individualized performance plans throughout the rest of the year.
Dr. Korb, do you have anything else to say about that?
>> Dr. Judy Korb: We actually have completed the September objectives there and are a
tiny bit ahead of schedule because we've done some of the initial training with the supervisors
and managers as well. So we're on target with where we're headed with that.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: So a new process, a new system, and the training will be I think a
really important part of the process as we implement the performance system.
>> Dr. Judy Korb: It is, because we have to transition this, we have to, you know, kind
of incorporate it with what we've done in the
past with this new one and get people set up so that
next year we'll be fully on the new performance appraisal. So it's a little bit of a transition
period right now. But it's going well. >> Chair Jerry Cook: We reviewed exit interview
reports, which we ‑‑ as I recall, we do that kind of quarterly, and I really appreciate
how the staff is dealing with those exit interview reports and how we're dealing with issues
where in when they are. We have a Benefit Task
Force update. I believe that those recommendations are going ‑‑ are in process and you'll
be working with the Faculty Association in the
discussion as we move through that. Also included is the '13‑'14 working agenda that you find
in your packet, and we do have one action item to
approve that. So it is the recommendation of the Human Resources Committee that the
Board of Trustees approve the Human Resources Committee
Working Agenda for 2013‑2014 as shown in your packet, and I'll make that
motion. >> Second.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: We have a second. Is there any discussion about the agenda? All
in favor signify by saying aye. (Ayes.)
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Opposed same sign. Motion carries. And I believe that that
concludes our report. Dr. Korb, do you have anything else from the Human Resources
Committee? >> Dr. Judy Korb: I don't think so.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Okay. The next item is the audit, and I just point out that you have
the minutes from the Audit Committee. Trustee Musil actually gave a very detailed report
on that at our last meeting, and we didn't ‑‑ I
think maybe a couple meetings ago, but the minutes
missed, so we have the minutes of that meeting for your ‑‑ for your reading pleasure.
There is no action necessary.
President's Recommendations for Action. Treasurer's Report. Trustee Stewart..
>> Trustee Jon Stewart: I think we'll let the treasurer make that report instead of
me, and that would be Trustee Lindstrom.
>> Trustee David Lindstrom: Well, I didn't expect to be here today.
>> Trustee Jon Stewart: Oh, is that why? Okay. >> Trustee David Lindstrom: That's right.
So I would prefer ‑‑ >> Trustee Jon Stewart: I guess I didn't understand
that, so I will make that report, then. You have the report in your packet there and
the State grant payments of 11.1 million were received during August and will be reflected
in next month's report, and expenditures of the
primary operating funds are within approved budgetary limits. So it is the recommendation
of the College Administration that the Board
of Trustees approve the Treasurer's Report for the
month of July 2013 subject to audit, and I'll make that motion.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: We have a motion. Is there a second?
>> Second. >> Chair Jerry Cook: Any discussion? Any discussion?
All in favor signify by saying aye.
(Ayes.) >> Chair Jerry Cook: Opposed, same sign. Motion
carries. >> Dr. Joe Sopcich: Trustee Cook, if I may,
I'd just like to commend Don Perkins. If you've noticed on your Treasurer's Report,
you'll see the inclusion of a column regarding prior
year activity to‑date applied rather consistently throughout the report. This gives us a good
opportunity to chart our progress, compare it versus a year ago, and you'll also notice
the auxillary funds, a very thorough representation
of that data, as well as including a kind of an
overview of the nets on those different auxiliary initiatives. So thank you, Don, for bringing
all that together. It's very much appreciated
and kind of provides ‑‑ makes this report much more
meaningful. >> Chair Jerry Cook: I concur, Don. Thank
you. It gives us better detail about the line items and really appreciate the work on that.
I know it took some time. Okay. Clinical affiliate agreements, Dr. Sopcich.
>> Dr. Joe Sopcich: Yes, the following affiliate agreement is intended to provide our
students with needed clinical experience in the programs as indicated. This is for their
dental hygiene program, specifically in credit instruction.
The agency we're talking about here is Score 1 for Health, part of the Kansas City
University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas
City, Missouri. The clinical experience itself is related to grade school health screening.
The recommendation is, it is the recommendation
of the College Administration that the Board of
Trustees authorize the college to enter into an agreement with the above agency for the
clinical experiences indicated for the period September
27th, 2013, through June 30th, 2014. >> That's so moved.
>> Second. >> Chair Jerry Cook: We have a motion and
a second. Any discussion? Any discussion? All in favor signify by saying aye.
(Ayes.) >> Chair Jerry Cook: Opposed same sign. Motion
carries. >> Dr. Joe Sopcich: The next agreement is
for Health and Human Services out of Continuing Education & Organizational Development.
The agency is Stark Pharmacy in Overland Park, Kansas, and the experience
is for a pharmacy technician. It is the recommendation of the College Administration
that the Board of Trustees authorize the college to enter into an agreement with the above
agency for the clinical experiences indicated for the
period September 27th, 2013, through June 30th, 2014.
>> So moved. >> Chair Jerry Cook: We have a motion. Do
we have a second? >> Second.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: A motion and a second. Any discussion? Any discussion? All in
favor signify by saying aye. (Ayes.)
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Opposed, same sign. Motion carries. And your monthly report to
the board. >> Dr. Joe Sopcich: Thank you, Trustee Cook.
There are a couple things I'd just like to bring up before we get to our lightning round,
the much anticipated lightning round, I have to
say. First of all, several weeks ago we executed the State of the College. I'd like to thank
Julie Haas and her team for producing and orchestrating
this event and also the crew in the Polsky Theatre for putting it off in perfect fashion.
So thank you very much. Also I'd like to recognize Dr. Cook for his opening remarks, Patrick
Rossol‑Allison for his, and our faculty members, Jim
Leiker, Sean Daley, Andrea Broomfield and Kathy Carver, who all put the best foot forward
with regard to our faculty and as to why we're such an outstanding institution. Perhaps the
highlight of the show is always our students, and Elliot Rogers and Gaelyn McGhee were
outstanding in that capacity. So thank you very much.
Several ‑‑ about the same time, we also had an event called Meet the CEO. This was
put on by the Foundation. We'd like to thank Kate
Allen and the Foundation team for creating this
event. I hope there is no need for another one in the immediate future.
(Laughter.) Also, we had a spontaneous student speaker,
David Moore, he's a member of our Student Senate. Was outstanding and wowed the crowd.
And, so again, when we put our students out there, they always live up to the billing.
So thank you very much. Last week, Trustee Cook and I attended the
Council of Presidents and Trustee meetings at
Cowley County. There were a couple priorities that were discussed by the presidents. I'd
just like to share.
One, the presidents talked about of course benefiting our students, and the big focus
was on making sure that credits and courses ‑‑ credits
for courses and programs can transfer from college to college and from college to university.
The regents are very supportive of this concept, but as we all know, there are many,
many details to be worked out, but there seems to
be a lot of positive momentum in this direction. Additionally, another component of our
discussion regarded state funding of community colleges. It's always the topic of the day.
Many of our colleague schools are supportive of a statewide tax for community colleges.
This is something that our college would not support,
but nevertheless, we were all together hoping to explore ways to increase state funding
for community colleges. Lastly, I'd like to share a little bit from
our League for Innovation meeting that we were at
last week, Dr. Korb and I were able to attend that. It was my first meeting in that group,
and there are 19 member colleges in the League.
It's obviously the most prestigious organization we can be a part of as a community college.
I believe we were a charter member. While there
are 19 member colleges, there are about 200 colleges waiting to get in, membership is
capped at 19. It was my first meeting and the first
order of business I witnessed was the dismissal of
one of the colleges from the league. So now there are 18 community colleges in the league.
It was also interesting to note that I learned
of two application portfolios that were returned to
their schools in need of improvement. So sometimes we think this type of thing is a slam dunk,
and it really isn't. So now the pressure is on Julie Haas, who
is preparing the current application portfolio. I
thought by making this publicly known, it would ‑‑
(Laughter.) >> Dr. Joe Sopcich: But once the application
is submitted, a site visit will be scheduled, and I have to say, as they talked about these
site visits, the most important element of that is
trustee presence. It's critical that we have 100% trustee presence when they come here
to visit and make that assessment of whether or not
we could be in the League. So I just wanted to
reemphasize that with this group and we'll give you plenty of advance notice when that
meeting will be scheduled.
And so now, Dr. Korb, the lightning round. >> Dr. Judy Korb: Okay. I have two things.
Actually, these are from Andy. Andy is gone because he's representing us well on
state committees in Topeka and Manhattan and Hutchison. So he's making a little circuit.
So he's not here. But the first one is that the dental
hygiene department completed their accreditation visit successfully, which means that they
obviously were renewed accreditation. So congratulations go to the dental hygiene faculty and
Margaret LoGiudice for their good work in getting all of that put together and passing
that accreditation.
This next one I have to read this, because I'll miss something if I don't read it. So
in an effort to bring the campus together in the
spirit of service, JCCC has partnered with Stop
Hunger Now to host a meal packaging event for international hunger relief. So tomorrow
more than 80 students, faculty, and staff will
work side‑by‑side to package 14,000 highly nutritious
meals. The meals will be sent to Stop Hunger Now's international distribution partners,
many of which are children's aid organizations
which send the food to schools. Over the past month,
JCCC has raised $3,500 to pay for the meals thanks to a number of generous community
donors, including the Mitchelsons, and to the fundraising effort of the Nursing Club,
Nutrition Club, Inner Varsity Club, Phi Theta Kappa,
the Student Sustainability Committee and Academic Support. The initiative has also
included a local hunger focus raising awareness about JCCC's own food pantry and encouraging
food and monetary donations toward that cause.
The project has been a cross‑department collaboration spearheaded by Mary Smith in
Service Learning, Anna Page, professor of Dietary Management, and Kim Criner in the
Center for Sustainability..
So a really neat example of a service learning project that has pulled together really the
entire campus and part of the community. So it's a highlight that event is taking place
tomorrow. Dennis, you're next. >> Dr. Dennis Day: Good afternoon. This is
my second most favorite time of the year in the academic year, it's the start of classes
and it's a lot of energy, so we create activities that
create engagement for students. I want to highlight two of those. One of which was a
Cup of Joe. Our new president was out one morning
visiting with students ‑‑ two mornings, that's
right. Two mornings. He was actually visiting with a lot of students and escorting them
to their classes as well, helping them find their
way. It's just another piece of that welcoming that
students get. So thank you for doing that. That was ‑‑
>> Dr. Joe Sopcich: It was fun. It was terrific. >> Dr. Dennis Day: And he was I think a little
tired that afternoon. >> Dr. Joe Sopcich: Yeah, but it was well
worth it. It was a great experience. >> Dr. Dennis Day: It was good. It was well
received by the students, too, and a couple of them had some kind of funny looks on their
faces when this guy in a suit says, well, I'll take
you there. Oh, aren't you the president of the college? Yeah, but we'll take you there.
So that's the neat part of the whole exercise.
The other part was the campus kickoff went on and there's hundreds of staff and students
that help out with the campus kickoff. What it is, it's a time where we all had it in
our universities, where it was time where everybody
comes outside and just gets to know people. So it's designed to create certain engagement
opportunities not only with clubs and organizations, but with departments, with
different offices, and even four‑year schools help
with it as well. So both courtyards were full of activities and it's just a neat engagement
time for a lot of students getting to know the
campus.. Lastly, I will invite you to a very ‑‑ if
you're tired of football for the weekend, which
some of you are not, but there's another sport going on during the fall, it's volleyball.
We happen to have the number 3 ranked team in
the country and they're playing this weekend in a
tournament with five other teams, three of which are also ranked in the top 20 in the
country. I don't think you'll ever see another tournament
like this unless you go to post‑season somewhere where there's a lot of ranked teams. It kicks
off tomorrow at 3:00 and they'll be playing through Saturday as well. So number 3 ranked
volleyball team in the country, Johnson County Community College, and we'll take on some
of the top 20 teams, so thank you. >> Ms. Karen Martley: Well, good evening.
On the Workforce Development side, there is so much going on out at the intermodal
if you've been driving south on I‑35, and so I want to
update you on a few things we've been doing this past month on the economic development
side. In the city of Edgerton, they've been hosting events on Monday nights this month
called Intermodal 101 where they've been educating
companies coming into the area, as well as people that already live in the area, and
we were fortunate enough this last Monday to
present on educational opportunities to support the intermodal growth. They had around 150
people at that event and we've continued to have numerous calls over the past couple of
days. We spoke specific to the commercial driver's
license program that we are partnering with MCC
and Kansas City Kansas Community College on, as well as the supply chain logistics
programming that we also have on the workforce side. In our partnerships over the last month
with Gardner, we worked with the Southwest Johnson County EDC, as well as the Gardner
Chamber to do an event, a joint event over the same thing, to educate the people in the
area about what types of education is available
to prepare the workforce, the activity is really going
very steady down there. Tom Reeder, most of you know, has really had a lot of inquiries,
and so now the questions are what's the workforce
look like, what are you doing to get people ready. So we spoke about our programs at that
joint piece in Gardner, as well as met with Mr. Brady at the Gardner‑Edgerton high school,
he's the principal there, and his counseling team to talk about the program and the opportunities
as well for their students who are graduating that may want to go directly into
the workforce. So we talked about the entry level
logistics, you know, the OSHA, hazardous materials, any of those entry level to get them
started, and then when they get in those companies, we know there's more funding for them to
take the next step, so. So a lot going on out south that we're really
excited about. Any questions? Okay. Thank you.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Thank you. >> That's it.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: One of the outcomes of our board retreat a couple of weeks back
was how we can become better advocates of the college, and I know that the lightning
rod probably takes a little extra special effort,
but I've had people in the community say we really
appreciate hearing those kinds of stories. Julie and I have talked a lot about how we
can increase our efforts on the public relations
side, and while we have InfoServ and while we do a
lot of communicating internally, we have a community out there that just thrives on hearing
the good work of the faculty, the good work of
our departments and the programs like this. So I for
one really appreciate the time you take to tell us what may be little details to you,
but to the community they're very, very important to
keep aware of what's going on. So thank you very
much. I do not believe we have any old business
tonight nor do I believe we have any new business, and so we will move to reports from
board liaisons. I will start with the Kansas Association of
Community College Trustees. Dr. Sopcich referenced that earlier that we were in Cowley
Community College. This is ‑‑ this was one of
our meetings in the year where we spend a considerable time on strategic planning and
we had a five‑hour session Friday afternoon into
the evening on strategic planning and we followed up
Saturday morning with it. And Mr. Carter alluded to this in his report as well, we have 19
community colleges, and I think it's important for us to remember that while we are all focused
on student teaching and learning and students come first, the needs of the community colleges
are quite ‑‑ are quite different and we have some community colleges that are just
really trying to survive. And so when we get into discussions
about the Kansas Association of Community College Trustees, it's important for us to
represent our own colleges, but to remain and practice
some humility and understand what's going on around the state and as a state association
how we might ‑‑ how we might raise the level
of community college impact across the state. And
sometimes when we have the programs we have, we lose sight of the challenges that some
of our friends have around the state.
So in that discussion, as Dr. Sopcich indicated the presidents talked about, the trustees
also spent a lot of time talking about the financial piece. We talked a lot about advocacy
and I think we boiled down after all those hours
of discussion that the trustees representing KACCT
are also interested in somehow finding commonness in closing the financial gap and so the ‑‑
that financial goal will be really important. I found it interesting that they were all
interested in and want to learn more how they can
become better advocates not only for their own college, but for the state system, the
Kansas Association of Community College Trustees.
And, again, for the benefit of those that weren't
aware of it, Julie Haas has put together little cards for the trustees and as an outcome of
the trustees saying can you give us some more
information so that it's easy for us if we're out in
public and a topic comes up, we can pull out our cards and know something about it. I think
we all believe that we should be engagers, connectors, if you will. It's not our intent
to micro‑manage or know the detail, but if
we can begin to know a little bit about a program and
be able to connect someone in the community with the department or the person here on
campus, then ‑‑ then we think we're helping a little bit spread the great story. I shared
these at KACCT Saturday morning and they all wanted
to see what we were talking about and I know that a number of them are going to try and
follow a similar activity because we all want to be
better advocates in supporting our college in spite of the challenges that we have.
In that advocacy role, we've also asked ‑‑ I ‑‑ some of us believe that if you're a
trustee you should be able to talk a little bit about
a program, and so as a model at KACCT, we've now
incorporated that we'll try and have two presentations from colleges so we can learn more about
the colleges. And so I volunteered to do the first one, and again, I want to thank Julie
and staff for putting together ‑‑ actually it was
the PowerPoint presentation on our Health Simulation
Program, and again, I ‑‑ it wasn't a matter of trying to be bragadocious about that wonderful
program and how it's impacting not just locally, I believe we're anticipating a shortage of
some 80,000 and maybe it's ‑‑ I forgot the
zero, 800,000 nurses by 2030 or 2020, and so this
simulation lab that our college is the beneficiary of in part because we've had some great
philanthropists in Dr. Zamierowski with a base grant, and that led to other donations.
So now we not only have an impact in Johnson County
and in the state of Kansas, but we have an impact nationally and we have an impact internationally
with our outreach in Uganda. And the message was forget about the amount of ‑‑ because
it's ‑‑ it's not that common that you have
people come along and say here's $750,000 or here's $250,000, but even if you have someone
that is interested in donating a thousand or two thousand or seed money, it will spur
interest in others. And I was really amazed at the interest
of the trustees at that meeting saying tell me
more about how the philanthropy works and how we can ‑‑ how we can get engaged.
Two of them asked for the presentation, Julie, and
I didn't bring it back because I gave it to them and
said, here, you can take the disk, you can take the ‑‑ because they wanted to use
it as a model when they present. We only meet four times
a year, and so if we have two presentations a time,
there's eight opportunities we have in a year to learn more about the programs in our
community colleges. And so it's another extension of that advocacy that we think is so
important. Our next meeting is in Coffeyville December
8th and 9th. That's a Sunday‑Monday. We invite any of the trustees to join us for
that experience, and then I think the following time will
be in Topeka when we do the luncheon, Phi Theta Kappa luncheon in our event in Topeka.
So while Coffeyville might be a stretch, you
might think about Topeka in February. So unless there are any questions, that concludes
my report for the Kansas Association of Community College Trustees.
Research Triangle. Trustee Musil. >> Trustee Greg Musil: The Research Triangle
Board will meet this coming Monday at 7:30 at the KU Edwards Campus. Just we have
‑‑ we get a monthly report on the sales tax
receipts that have been received. They are slightly above last year, reflecting the overall
economy being slightly better this year. We've ‑‑ J‑CERT has received some notoriety
in the news simply because Jackson County has its
transitional medicine tax on the ballot on November 5th. It will be a half cent sales
tax for 40 years. Johnson County passed a 1/8‑cent
sales tax in November of 2008, which is perpetual, but raised about a third of what the Jackson
County tax would raise. I think most of the J‑CERT folks see if the Jackson County vote
passes, that will simply strengthen the overall metro area's ability to demonstrate its leading
edge in clinical research and application of peer research for the health of people
in the area and beyond. So I'll have a report next month about
our meeting on Monday. >> Chair Jerry Cook: Thank you. Any questions
of Trustee Musil? Faculty Association. Dr. Williams and I think Dr. Clark.
>> Dr. Deborah Williams: Thank you very much. Well, I guess I'll just start by saying
there's been much activity this month regarding the faculty and Faculty Association. As you
know, there's a lot of attention and interest remaining on the budget, focused on the budget
and efforts that the faculty might, you know,
what role the faculty may play in working cooperatively with the administration and
the trustees on addressing some of those challenges. After our last Board of Trustees meeting,
I had the opportunity to meet with our Faculty Association research team and because of our
meeting last month, I had a few questions and I
posed those questions to the research team, and they generated a nice document that I
shared with Joe and I believe by now all the trustees
have received. This Faculty Association research team report answered a few questions that
I had initially that essentially surrounded questions
that examined the, you know, costs concerns or costs that could be attributable to faculty
in particular I asked them to take a look at
rates of inflation over a period of time about ten years,
also data with historic trends associated with mill levies and just to have a better
sense of, again, what faculty contributions may have
been to the current budget concerns. And could I ‑‑
could I confirm that you all have received that document by now? So I don't want to spend
a lot of time, you know, going through the document,
but I think if you look at the two conclusions that the team reached, I would
like to underscore those by examining costs attributable to faculty and other groups.
It led to two important conclusions for faculty. One is, there's no reason for the faculty
to be apologetic about the salaries that they've
received over the period of time in question, which
was from 2006 to current, 2012, actually, was the focal point of that report, and also
that faculty were in fact the lowest source of expenditures
during that period of time examined. Since then,
the data team has produced some information associated with mill levy trends and I'd be
happy to make that available to the trustees and
to Dr. Sopcich as well, but just in short, I think we
wanted to agree really with some of the comments the trust's had made in the last meeting that
best decisions are made by those who have the best information. I think that was a quote
that I can attribute to Trustee Cook, and we actually
looked at the information that we've all been looking at throughout this period of time
and just ‑‑ we just looked at it in a slightly more
refined way and with an eye particularly on the faculty contributions to those challenges
and that can hopefully better inform us as to
the ‑‑ the decisions that have to be made going
forward. I also had a note, you know, that Trustee
Musil, you know, made a statement that it's important to responsibly handle other people's
money, and we certainly would agree with that statement as well, as well as Trustee Stewart's
comment that you can't throw money at a problem or continuously raise the mill levy,
and so we would certainly agree that those statements are in fact correct, but it's important
to understand if we are throwing our money anywhere, where that money is being thrown
and, again, to emphasize that I think that on
behalf of the faculty, it's important to underscore that the faculty are indeed the recipients
of the lowest source of that ‑‑ of expenditures
over the period of time in question, and I would just call
your attention to Tables 3 and 4 in that report to have a better understanding as to where
some of the other expenditures, what might explain
some of the other ‑‑ where the costs actually are
generating. I think, again, the purpose is, as I stated
in the communication to Dr. Sopcich and to the
trustees, I know that Dr. Sopcich communicated to you as a co‑endorsed document, so he
was well aware of the work that was done, and
our purpose was to inform, really not to be confrontational, but rather take a look at
that data a little bit more closely, and hopefully that
will guide decisions that need to be made over the next several months as we embark
on the endeavor to address those considerable budget
challenges. To switch gears just a little bit, I'd like
to call your attention to some faculty focused events and activities that are going on, including
one that's going on this evening. First, I'll spend a little bit of time talking about Darwin
Lawyer, who we celebrated the long career of
Darwin Lawyer yesterday actually in the counseling center. He ‑‑ it struck me that we were
celebrating 40 years of his service to this institution as a counselor, 40 years in this
location, almost as long as I've been alive. So it's
kind of interesting to me to see his ‑‑ >> That's the meanest thing you've ever said.
(Inaudible).. (Laughter.)
>> Dr. Deborah Williams: Oh, well, it just struck me that I've moved around a lot in
my 46 years, but I certainly appreciate the dedication
that it takes and the commitment it takes from
an individual to dedicate 40 years of his career to one institution and certainly Darwin
has made a significant contribution to this institution.
We also welcomed back Marilyn Jones to a counselor position that was vacated by Kris
Downing in May, and we look forward to welcoming back Nancy Longhibler in November to
replace Darwin as he ‑‑ as he enjoys his retirement.
We also look forward as a Faculty Association in working with legal counsel and deans
and faculty to complete the task of better defining and clarifying the master agreement
with regard to the reduction in force section,
and that I think is going to be something that we all
benefit from as we have those discussions which have already actually begun and we work
towards achieving that in the most timely of manner, but also according to an appropriate
and achievable timeline.
Tonight I mentioned there's an interesting activity going on. This is a colleague,
Stephanie Sabato, Professor of Graphic Design, will deliver her college scholar talk called
"Morocco: The Exquisite and the Challenged" in the Hudson Auditorium of the Nerman
Museum, and so she will talk about actually some of her experiences as a Fulbright Scholar
while in Morocco, and again, her presentation is part of the College Scholars Program that
showcases faculty excellence in research fields and that goes beyond the classroom. And so
I hope to see some of you there tonight. What
time is it? We actually can make it to the reception, but 6:30 there's a reception and
at 7:00 p.m. Stephanie will talk about her experiences in Morocco.
So with that, I will take questions. And again, Vin Clark is here from Faculty Senate. He
asked to have some time ‑‑ of my time to make a statement on behalf of the Faculty
Senate, and so I'd like to let him say what he needs to
say with regard to that as I ‑‑ as I exit. But before
that, if you have any questions for me, I'd be happy to take them at this time.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Deb, I would say that I continue to believe that better information
makes better decisions. Appreciate the effort and the work. We'll ‑‑ we have not had
an opportunity to discuss that as a board, but
that will be ‑‑ go through the management process,
and appreciate that effort being done. With that, I'd like to hear from Dr. Clark.
>> Dr. Deborah Williams: Absolutely. Thank you so much.
>> Dr. Vin Clark: I just want to read you a brief statement that was adopted unanimously
by the Faculty Senate in light of the research that the faculty research team did, and it
reads as follows. The Faculty Senate supports the
findings of the Faculty Association research team
and wishes to communicate that the administration and the trustees its belief that the college's
top priority at this time is the preservation of instructional resources. So that was passed
and I commend that to you.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Thank you. Thank you very much.
That takes us to the Foundation. Trustee Cross. >> Trustee Lee Cross: Yes. There's been a
flurry of activity, Trustee Cook, Chair Cook, going on with the Foundation. And we ‑‑ on
September 4th the Foundation held its annual scholarship luncheon in the Regnier Center
to recognize the Foundation scholarship winners and more than 200 people attended the event
and a special thanks to Trustees Musil and Sharp
and President Sopcich and the Foundation director Tom Mitchell for leading the special event.
September 11th, the Foundation held a CEO reception welcoming leaders of local companies
to campus to meet our new president and learn
about opportunities to partner with the college. The response to the event was terrific and
there was more than 100 people in attendance. In September, Friends With Taste members were
given an opportunity to attend the JCCC culinary team practice dinners in preparation
for the team's upcoming culinary competition in
Korea. Sixty seats were available at three separate dinners, and each dinner sold out
quickly. The membership actually continues to grow
now to more than 400 participants with $38,000 raised to support the Hospitality and Culinary
Program, and at a low level, but my wife and I
are members, and I encourage ‑‑ I'm assuming a lot of you are, and members in the audience
and watching online to participate. It really is a fabulous facility and breathtaking that
was done I believe through public and private
contributions. So, again, I am amazed at the wonderful things we do here.
The Foundation directors actually met this past Tuesday. Trustee Sharp and I attended
the meeting in which the Foundation's financial report for fiscal year 2013 was a primary
focus of the meeting. One highlight was that the
Foundation was able to set an all‑time record in
providing 963,000 in scholarship funds that were successfully matched with nearly 900
college students here.
The directors also received an update on Some Enchanted Evening, which is, as you
know, our signature scholarship gala to be held on November 9th. Mary Birch, who is leading
that event, gave us a report with a tremendous amount of donors coming forward this year,
new donors, including Dr. Sopcich and his wife
making a substantial contribution, and the event is
almost sold out, so we're looking forward to honoring Lynn Mitchelson, who is actually
going to be recognized as the 2013 Johnson Countian
of the year. October is going to be another busy month
for the Foundation as the trustees are invited to three Foundation events in early October.
First, there's going to be a Foundation ‑‑ the Foundation will host a donor recognition luncheon
at 12:00 p.m. in The Cube prior to the Hospitality and Culinary Academy dedication
on October 6th. And then, next, there will be a
Foundation board ‑‑ the full Foundation board will come together again at 6:00 p.m.
on October 8th in the Regnier Center for its
annual dinner. And, finally, we hope the trustees will
join us for the annual Johnson County Leader Luncheon at noon on October 10th in the
Hospitality and Culinary Academy. All past Johnson Countians of the year are invited
to this event and thanks to ‑‑ to the college
and the trustees for their continued support of the
Foundation, and this concludes my report. >> Chair Jerry Cook: Thank you, Trustee Cross.
Any questions? Trustee Musil? >> Trustee Greg Musil: I'd just make the comment
that the scholarship luncheon, if you haven't been able to attend that, to hear
the students tell about how important the $500
scholarship is to their education, the fact they can get six credit hours at Johnson County
Community College, and to hear the variety of stories and the people that come from Nevada,
Missouri, to come to our culinary center, the people that take online courses in Lawrence,
the number of single parents that couldn't attend
any higher education but for Johnson County Community College, it is the most inspiring
hour or hour and a half that I ever spend each year.
So I would encourage everybody, if they're invited to it, to get the chance to come,
because it is very, very much an energizing part of this
college's work. >> Chair Jerry Cook: Dr. Sopcich.
>> Dr. Joe Sopcich: Thank you. I just want to add, Trustee Cross was very
complimentary of the Foundation in distributing almost a million dollars in scholarships,
but that actually, the credit for that matching
up the scholarship dollar to students to the Financial
Aid Department do an incredible job of that every single year, to take a million dollars
and try to match that up in increments of 500 to $1,000,
it's quite a consuming effort. So credit goes to
the Financial Aid Department as well. >> Chair Jerry Cook: Thank you very much.
The next item is the Consent Agenda. It's an item where we deal with a number of routine
items that can be taken in one motion. Does any trustee wish to pull any item off of the
Consent Agenda? Any trustee want to pull an item
off? If not, I'll entertain a motion to approve the Consent Agenda.
>> I'd so move. >> Chair Jerry Cook: Do we have a second?
>> Second. >> Chair Jerry Cook: We have a motion and
a second. Any discussion? Any discussion? All in favor signify by saying aye.
(Ayes.) >> Chair Jerry Cook: Opposed, same sign. Motion
carries. We do have an Executive Session tonight. 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 in the attorney‑client relationship in order to protect the privilege and the
board's communications with its attorney on legal
matters. This session will last no longer than 20
minutes and no action will be taken during this session. We would like to invite Ms.
Wilson, Ms. Schlicht, Dr. Korb, Dr. Sopcich, and our
Board of Trustees. Mr. Ferguson? You want Mr. Ferguson or not necessary? Okay, in this
session. With that ‑‑ >> So moved.
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Thank you. Is there a second?
>> Second. >> Chair Jerry Cook: All in favor signify
by saying aye. (Ayes.)
>> Chair Jerry Cook: Opposed, same sign. Motion carries.
(Executive Session.) >> Chair Jerry Cook: We are out of Executive
Session. The Executive Session started at 6:15. We came out of Executive Session at
6:26. No action was taken. We are back in our
regular meeting. With no further business at hand, we are adjourned.
(Adjournment.)