MINUTES

Monthly Work Session - Board of Trustees

June 17, 2002

 

In accordance with the terms and provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of Texas Government Code, the Board of Trustees of the Austin Community College District convened in public session on Monday, June 17, 2002, at 6:07 p.m. in Room 8100 (Lecture Hall) of Building G of the Riverside Campus located at 1020 Grove Boulevard, Austin, Texas, with the following members present: Lillian Davis/Presiding Officer; Beverly Silas, Vice Chair; John Worley, Secretary; Beverly Watts Davis [arrived at 6:50 p.m.]; Allen Kaplan, Barbara Mink, and Rafael Quintanilla.  Trustees Della May Moore and Carol Nasworthy were absent from the meeting.

 

It is further found and determined that in accordance with the policies and orders of this Board, the notice of this meeting has been posted and return thereof made pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, and there has been full compliance with the terms and provisions of said act, including the timely posting of the subjects of this meeting.

 

Swearing-In of Board Members – Places 1, 2, and 3

Justice of the Peace Elena Dias administered the Oath of Office to recently elected Austin Community College Trustees Lillian J. Davis, Place 1; John F. Hernandez, Place 2; and Nan McRaven, Place 3.

 

Election of Board Officers

Trustee Beverly Silas moved and John Worley seconded that:

MOTION:  The Board of Trustees appoint Rafael Quintanilla as Board Chair; Barbara Mink as Board Vice Chair; and Allen Kaplan as Board Secretary.

VOTE:  The motion passed on a vote of 8-0.

FOR:  Lillian J. Davis, John Hernandez, Allen Kaplan, Nan McRaven, Barbara Mink, Rafael Quintanilla, Beverly Silas, and John Worley.

Trustee Beverly Watts Davis was absent for the vote.

 

Items for Discussion/Possible Action

 

Agenda Item 7541

Recommendations from South Austin Campus Advisory Committee

Dr. Martha Oburn, Associate Vice President for Institutional Effective and Co-Chair of the South Austin Advisory Committee, and Guadalupe Sosa, Co-Chair of the South Austin Advisory Committee, provided a report of recommendations of the South Austin Advisory Committee.  Dr. Oburn and Ms. Sosa responded to questions from Trustees regarding the report.

 

Agenda Item 7542

Proposed Resolution – Master Plan 2003-2005

Dr. Steve Kinslow, Executive Vice President, distributed information and responded to questions from Trustees regarding the proposed resolution providing direction to the administration regarding the FY03-05 Master Plan.  This item will be on the July 1 Board agenda.

 

Agenda Item 7543

Fiscal Year 2003 Budget

Dr. Gerry Tucker, Associate Vice President for Human Resources, distributed information and discussed the Annual Compensation Survey including cost-of-living, survey results for Full-Time Faculty, and Classified and Professional/Technical employees, and recommendations from the Compensation Study.  John Cise and Terry Perrin, Full-Time Faculty Senate, distributed and presented information on full-time faculty salaries.  Mark Goodrich, President of the Classified Employees Association, spoke regarding staffing/salaries for classified employees.

 

[Allen Kaplan asked to be recused from discussion of the Professional/Technical Employee positions.]

 

Agenda Item 7544

Proposed Calendar of Board Meetings for Fiscal Year 2003

Dr. Fonte called attention to the proposed schedule for Board meetings for August 2002 – July 2003.  Trustees were asked to review the proposed schedule and provide any requested changes prior to the July 1 Board meeting.

 

Agenda Item 7545

Proposed Board Work Plan for Next Six Months, August 2002 through January 2003

Dr. Fonte called attention to the proposed Board Work Plan and stated that the listed was composed of the items which were not completed during the present six-month work plan and items which primarily relate to the Master Plan.  Trustees were asked to determine if other topics should be included.  This item will be on the agenda for the July 1 Board meeting.

 

[Beverly Silas left the meeting at 8:55 p.m.]

 

Executive Session

There was no Executive Session.

 

Announcements

There were no announcements.

 

Meeting Review

There were no comments.

 

Adjournment

Having no motion before the Board, the June 17, 2002, monthly Work Session of the Austin Community College Board of Trustees was adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

 

Approved By

Allen H. Kaplan, Secretary