1. General Delegation of Authority for Board Procedure
The Board Chair shall decide any questions of Board procedure which are not addressed by, or which require interpretation of, law, Board policy, or specific Board resolutions.
2. Board Officers and Committees
2.1 The Board shall elect from among its
members a Board Chair as its presiding officer,
who shall preside over Board meetings and shall coordinate
policy-development activities and the Board-President relationship;
a Board Vice-Chair to serve as chair, who
shall coordinate the community-linkage activities of the Board
and shall preside in the absence of the Board Chair; and
a Board Secretary to, who shall
oversee and certify the records of the Board
and shall coordinate monitoring of compliance with Board policy.
These officers shall be elected at the first Board meeting after
a Trustee election is completed, a year later, and
when a vacancy in an office exists or is created by Board
vote. No trustee may serve in the same office for significantly
more than half of any four-year period two
of any four consecutive years.
3. Board Meetings
3.1 Official meetings of the Board or its committees
can be called, within the notification limits imposed by law,
by the Board or committee Chair or by any three
Trustees. The Board will normally take final votes on items
only at its first meeting in a month, and only on items which
had been discussed at a previous meeting.
3.2 The College President shall develop proposed agendas for Board
meetings in accordance with priorities set by the
Board as directed by the Board Chair or by Board vote,
and shall cause all required legal postings of Board meetings.
Subjects for meetings shall also be placed on agendas as requested
by any Trustee, provided that the request is made
proposed action and its rationale are submitted in written
form at least 8 12 days
prior to the meeting. The College President shall cause all Trustees
to be sent the agenda and all supporting materials at least 5
days before the meeting. Only subjects on the agenda shall be
considered at a meeting.
3.3 Robert's Rules of Order shall be used to conduct meetings of the Board and its committees, subject to these bylaws and applicable law. Final approval of any non-procedural motion requires affirmative votes in a public session from a majority of the full current membership of the Board. For procedural motions, amendments, and committee votes, the majorities required by Robert's Rules of Order shall be of members present and voting.
3.4 The College President shall cause to be kept all legally-required records of Board meetings. Minutes of the full Board shall accurately reflect the actions taken by the Board and the vote of each Trustee on those actions. When approved by the Board and signed by the Secretary, the minutes shall become the official record of a meeting.
4. Board Advisory Committees
2.2 Board committees consisting primarily
(or entirely) of non-Trustees may be established by the Board
to advise it on specific issues. if any, are
to be used to prepare matters for consideration by the
full Board, and shall not direct college operations. Any trustee
may participate in any meeting of a Board committee.
The College President shall meet reasonable committee requests
for information and assistance.