MINUTES
Regular
Meeting – Board of Trustees
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, November 4,
2002, at 6:03 p.m. in the Board Room (201) of the Highland Business Center of
Austin Community College located at 5930 Middle Fiskville
Road, Austin, Texas, with the following members present: Rafael Quintanilla,
Chair/Presiding Officer; Barbara Mink, Vice Chair; Allen H. Kaplan, Secretary;
Beverly Watts Davis [arrived at 7:20 p.m.]; Lillian J. Davis; John F. Hernandez
[arrived at 6:35 p.m.]; Nan McRaven [arrived at 6:20
p.m.]; Beverly Silas; and John Worley.
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.
Recognitions
Erica
Breedlove, Staff Employment Supervisor in the Human Resources Department,
introduced new employees:
·
Dean Johnson, Director of Buildings and Grounds,
Facilities and Operations Department
·
Amy Evans, Project Coordinator, Facilities and
Operations Department
·
Robert McGoldrick,
Workforce Coordinator, Continuing Education Department
Citizens Communication
·
Terry Perrin, Full-Time Faculty Senate
Compensation Committee, spoke regarding full-time faculty compensation.
·
David Bodenman,
Downtown Austin Alliance, introduced Wade Cooper, President of the Downtown
Austin Alliance, and spoke regarding the
·
Guadalupe Sosa, South Austin Campus Advisory
Committee, spoke regarding the South Austin Campus.
·
Mark Goodrich, ACC/AFT, distributed information
and spoke regarding police dispatchers.
·
John Cise, Full-Time
Faculty Senate Compensation Committee, spoke regarding student excellence and
tax issue and distributed information.
Reports from
Associations
·
Adjunct Faculty Association – Don Morris,
President, spoke regarding association activities and health benefits for
adjuncts.
·
Classified Employees Association – Judy Doyen,
President, provided a letter and spoke regarding once-a-month pay checks and
possible tax referendum.
·
Full-Time Faculty Senate – Stacey Thompson,
President, spoke regarding the purchase of the Albertson’s Building and the
Riverside Golf Course.
·
Professional-Technical Employees Association –
Marilyn Lee-Taylor, President, spoke regarding Association activities.
·
Student Government Association – No report was
presented.
Trustee
Community Organization Reports to the Board
·
Trustee Nan McRaven reported on a July joint
meeting of Williamson County Chambers of Commerce:
·
Trustee Beverly Silas reported on recent meetings with the Pflugerville
Chamber of Commerce, Coronoda Hills Neighborhood
Association, and Windsor Hills Neighborhood Association.
·
John Hernandez reported on a recent meeting of the Texas Association of
Community College Trustees.
Reports to the
Board
·
Report on Achievements and Recognitions – Steve Kinslow,
Executive Vice President, distributed information and recognized recent
awards/recognitions received by faculty/programs, staff, students, Austin
Community College.
·
Financial Update-September 2002 – Ben Ferrell, Vice President for Business
Services, provided a financial report for the month of September detailing
year-to-date expenditures and revenues against the budget and a revised
fiscal-year projection of expenditures and revenues. He stated that the College would have a
positive balance of revenues versus expenditures for the current fiscal year
and would meet the expectations of the minimum reserves level policy (G-6) or
the corrective action plan requirements, based upon the best estimates and
projections provided in the report.
·
Internal Budget Committee – Dr. Terry Perrin and Ben Ferrell, Committee
Co-Chairs, expressed appreciation to members of the Internal Budget Committee
and distributed information concerning the Internal Budget Committee meeting on
·
Business Services Operations – Ben Ferrell presented an ACC Business Operations
Report, Fall 2002, regarding staff, functions, business cycle, SoCo Consulting reviews and implementations prior to
September 1, 2001 (FY01), SoCo Consulting
implementations continued into FY02, Business Services initiatives for FY03,
focus on budget process, and continuation of improvements/enhancements of
Business Services.
·
Developmental Education Plan – Donetta Goodall, Associate Vice President for Academic Programs,
distributed information and reported on developmental education effectiveness
measures for Academic Year 2001-02 and the Austin Community College
Developmental Education Plan. Constance
Elko, Developmental Mathematics Departmental Task Force Chair and Dolores
Segura, Developmental Communications Departmental Task Force Chair, provided
information and responded to questions from Trustees.
CONSENT AGENDA
Agenda Item
7609
Minutes of
Recommendation: That the minutes be approved as presented.
Agenda Item
7610
Videoconference
Expansion and Upgrade
Recommendation: That the Board of Trustees authorize the
Administration to award a contract to VideoCall for
videoconference equipment, installation and maintenance in the amount of
$269,067.
Agenda Item
7611
Contract for
Media Buying Services
Recommendation:
That the Board of Trustees approve a contract
with MQ&C Marketing and Advertising, Inc., of
Trustee
Beverly Watts Davis requested Agenda Item 7611, Contract for Buying Media
Services, be pulled from the Consent Agenda for
discussion.
Trustees Barbara Mink moved and Lillian Davis
seconded that:
MOTION:
The Board of Trustees approve Agenda Items 7609
and 7610 as presented.
VOTE: The
motion passed on a vote of 8-0.
FOR:
The Chair did not vote.
Agenda Item
7611
Contract for
Buying Media Services
Trustees
discussed the proposed contract.
Trustees Lillian Davis moved and Barbara Mink
seconded that:
MOTION:
The Board of Trustees approve Agenda Item 7611
as presented.
VOTE: The
motion passed on a vote of 7-1.
FOR:
AGAINST:
Beverly Silas
The Chair did not vote.
Agenda Item
7612
Agenda Item
7613
Agenda Item
7614
Proposed Board
Policy A-2, Intended Results
Agenda Item
7616
Downtown
Education Center
Mr. Quintanilla introduced the item and Sandy Gaskin, Dean of Continuing Education, called attention to the interim report on the Downtown Education Center and the marketing plan. Trustees requested that updated information be presented at the March 2003 meeting.
Dr. Fonte distributed a Report on Group D Board Policies. He requested information from Trustees
regarding agenda items for February – July 2003. Dr. Fonte provided
information regarding the faculty’s concern regarding a possible policy
revision by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. He also distributed Board Policies D-3,
Faculty Workloads, and F-10, Employee Compensation, and discussed
interpretation of full-time faculty compensation. Chair Quintanilla asked Trustee Allen Kaplan,
Board Secretary, to provide an interpretation.
[Board Secretary Allen Kaplan
left the meeting at
The Board of Trustees of
Austin Community College recessed into Executive Session at 9:55 p.m. pursuant
to Government Code 551.072 to consider the sale of real property—Riverside Golf
Course.
The Board of Trustees of
Austin Community College reconvened in public session at 10:45 p.m. pursuant to
Government Code 551.
Agenda Item
7615
Consideration
of Sale of Real Property – Riverside Golf Course
Mr. Quintanilla
introduced the item.
Vice Chair Barbara Mink moved and Trustee
Beverly Silas seconded that:
MOTION:
The Board of Trustees not sell the
VOTE: The
motion passed on a vote of 6-0-2.
FOR:
Lillian Davis, John Hernandez, Barbara Mink, Rafael Quintanilla, Beverly
Silas, and John Worley.
AGAINST:
None
ABSTAINING:
Beverly Watts Davis and Nan McRaven
Chair
Quintanilla expressed appreciation to the staff for their work on this item and
to the City of Austin, City Council Members, and City staff for presenting an
offer which was considered very seriously.
Meeting Review
Trustees
commented regarding the meeting:
What we did well rated as 1-5 (with 5 being very
satisfied): 5; 5, liked
discussion on issues facing the College and Donetta’s
presentation ; really appreciate that you give everyone a chance to say what
they want to say; appreciated openness and flexibility to get into issues .
What we can do better: Meeting went way too long; Need more work on
the agenda to keep it from being so lengthy; placed too many reports into one
meeting, maybe we need to have a separate meeting to receive reports and ask
questions; we do not have a realistic expectation on length of items; too many
things on the agenda.
Adjournment
Having
no motion before the Board, the November 4, 2002, Regular Meeting of the Austin
Community College Board of Trustees was adjourned at 10:55 p.m.
Approved By
Allen
H. Kaplan, Secretary