MINUTES
Special
Meeting - Board of Trustees
In
accordance with the terms and provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act,
Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, the Board of Trustees of the Austin
Community College District convened in public session on Monday, August 18,
2003, at 6:05 p.m. in the Highland Business Center Board Room (201) 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 Kaplan, Secretary; Lillian J. Davis; Beverly
Watts Davis [arrived at 7 p.m.]; John Hernandez; Nan McRaven
[arrived at 6:07 p.m.]; Beverly S. 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.
Presentations
and Selection of Consultant for Presidential Search Services for the Position
of President of
Mr.
Quintanilla introduced the item and Trustee Barbara Mink provided information
concerning the recommendations of the five search firms by employee association
representatives and selection by Trustees Allen Kaplan, Nan McRaven,
and Barbara Mink. The five search firm
finalists were: Ambler Associates,
Dallas; Association of Community College
Trustees, Washington, D.C.; Gold-Hill
Associates, Ashville, North Carolina; Isaacson-Miller, Boston, Massachusetts;
and The Pauly Group from Illinois. Dr. Mink stated that one firm, The Pauly Group, withdrew from consideration; therefore, four
presentations would be made. Michelle
Cruz Williamson and David Bellshaw of Isaacson, Miller;
John Anthony of Ambler Associates; Bob Barringer,
Gold Hill Associates; and Narcissa Polonio, Association of Community College Trustees, presented to the
Board of Trustees. Each firm was allowed
a total of 15 minutes: 5-minute
presentation on the strengths of their firm; 5-minute response to five
pre-arranged questions; and 5 minutes to respond to questions directly from
Trustees.
Trustees discussed the presentations and their
choices.
Beverly
Silas moved and Allen Kaplan seconded that:
MOTION: The Board of Trustees authorize
Board Chair Rafael Quintanilla to begin negotiations of a contract with
Isaacson-Miller.
John
Hernandez moved and Lillian Davis seconded that:
SUBSTITUTE
MOTION: Ambler Associates be selected as
the firm for the presidential search services.
Trustees discussed the experience and fee
structures of each firm. Trustees
expressed first and second choices of the firms.
Trustees
John Hernandez and Lillian Davis withdrew the Substitute Motion.
FOR:
AGAINST: John Hernandez, Lillian Davis.
Mr. Quintanilla stated he would provide
the Board of Trustees with information following discussion with Isaacson, Miller.
Recess
Chair Quintanilla recessed the Special
Meeting of the Austin Community College Board of Trustees at
Reconvene
The
Mr.
Quintanilla introduced the item.
Trustees Lillian Davis moved and
John Hernandez seconded that:
MOTION: That the Board of Trustees adopt the Fiscal
Year 2004 Operating Budget as proposed by the Administration.
Trustees Allen Kaplan moved and
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: The budget be
amended to include: (1) a twenty-cent
per hour increase beyond what has been proposed in the budget for all
classified and professional-technical employees. The cost would be $416,000 for 1,008
employees; (2) $300,000 to full-time faculty in September 2003 and not in the Spring to bring them only to market for the past year and
not the coming year; and (3) $300,000 for adjunct faculty to bring them closer
to market. This would total
$1,016,000. This would be paid for by
cutting one-half percent of the Capital/ Technology budget ($550,000) and
$500,000 from re-instituted budget from 2003.
The total would be $1,050,000.
Trustees
spoke to the motion.
Trustee John Worley requested a
Friendly Amendment:
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Change the distribution of market adjustments
from $300,000 to $400,000 for adjunct faculty and to $200,000 for full-time
faculty.
Allen Kaplan did not accept the
Friendly Amendment.
Trustee John Worley requested a
Friendly Amendment:
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: To split the Substitute Motion into (1) a
motion for a twenty-cent per hour increase for classified and
professional-technical employees; (2) a motion to cut the Capital/Technology
budget by $550,000; (3) a motion to cut the restorations by $500,000; and (4) a
motion to increase the market adjustments for full-time faculty and adjunct
faculty by $300,000 each.
Trustees Allen Kaplan and Beverly
Watts Davis accepted the Friendly Amendment.
Trustees
agreed to vote on the motions by the reductions first and the increases second.
Allen Kaplan moved and Beverly Watts
Davis seconded that:
MOTION: That the Board of Trustees cut the
Capital/Technology bottom-line funding by one-half percent ($550,000).
Trustee Allen Kaplan withdrew the
motion.
Allen Kaplan moved and Beverly Watts
seconded that:
MOTION: That the Board of Trustees cut $500,000 from
the $1,200,000 dollars in the reduced service restoration.
Trustee Kaplan withdrew the motion.
Allen Kaplan moved and
MOTION: That the Board of Trustees cut $1,050,000
from the $1,200,000 restorations.
Trustees
spoke to the motion and discussed the impact on student services
VOTE: The motion failed on a vote of 2-7.
FOR:
Beverly Watts Davis, Allen Kaplan.
AGAINST: Lillian Davis, John Hernandez, Nan McRaven, Barbara Mink, Rafael Quintanilla, Beverly Silas,
and John Worley.
MOTION: The Board of Trustees approve
an across-the-board increase for all categories at three percent and that the
remaining dollars be used to provide a twenty-cent increase for all classified
and professional-technical employees.
The motion failed for lack of a
second.
Allen Kaplan moved and John Worley
seconded that:
MOTION: The Board of Trustees reduce
the restoration by $500,000 from the $1,200,000 restoration.
VOTE: The motion failed on a vote of 4-5.
FOR:
Beverly Watts Davis, Allen Kaplan, Beverly Silas, John Worley.
AGAINST: Lillian Davis, John Hernandez, Nan McRaven, Barbara Mink, and Rafael Quintanilla.
John Worley moved and Beverly Silas
seconded that:
MOTION: That non-district tuition be
increased $3 beginning in Spring 2004.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MOTION: That the Board of Trustees target
lower-income students from poorer districts so that the impact on them is
lessened.
Trustee Worley accepted the Friendly
Amendment.
VOTE: The motion failed on a vote of 4-5.
FOR:
Beverly Watts Davis, Allen Kaplan, Barbara Mink, John Worley.
AGAINST: Lillian Davis, John Hernandez,
Barbara Mink moved and Nan McRaven seconded that:
MOTION: The hourly rate be
raised by twenty cents per hour across-the-board for classified and
professional-technical employees who earn $30,000 or less per year. The cost would be $151,000 and would be taken
from the restoration.
John Worley moved and Beverly Watts
Davis seconded that:
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: The proposed increase be
phased out as the income increases. If
you make less than $25,000 per year, you get a 25-cent increase per hour;
$25,000 per year, you get a 23-cent per hour increase; $26,000 per year, you
get a 21-cent increase per hour; and on reducing by two cents until you get to
$37,000 at which point it phases out altogether. The cost would be $220,292.80 and would be
taken from the restorations.
VOTE ON SUBSTITUE MOTION: The motion failed on a vote of 3-4-1.
FOR:
Beverly Watts Davis, Allen Kaplan, John Worley
AGAINST: Lillian Davis,
ABSTAIN: John Hernandez.
VOTE ON ORIGINAL MOTION: The motion passed on a vote of 8-0-1.
FOR:
Beverly Watts Davis, Lillian Davis, Allen Kaplan, Nan McRaven, Barbara Mink, Rafael Quintanilla, Beverly Silas,
John Worley.
AGAINST: None.
ABSTAIN: John Hernandez.
Nan McRaven
moved and Beverly Watts Davis seconded that:
MOTION: The Board of Trustees approve
a three percent across-the-board increase with the remainder to be used in
market adjustments in areas in which agreement could be reached. This would be about $400,000-$500,000 that
could be used for faculty or adjunct market adjustments.
Trustees
spoke to the motion.
Nan McRaven
withdrew the motion.
Rafael Quintanilla moved and Nan McRaven seconded that:
MOTION: The Board of Trustees add
$100,000 for market adjustments for each faculty group and that the
Administration be authorized to find the areas to make the cuts.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: The Original Motion remain
as stated but instead of the Administration deciding where the cuts would be,
that the issue of out-of-district tuition be revisited.
Beverly Watts Davis was not on the
prevailing side and, therefore, could not make the motion.
VOTE ON ORIGINAL MOTION: The motion passed on a vote of 7-1-1,
FOR:
AGAINST: Lillian Davis
ABSTAIN: John Hernandez
John Worley moved that:
MOTION: The Board of Trustees reduce
the transfer to reserves by $300,000 and allocate that amount of money to additional
market adjustments for adjunct faculty.
The motion failed for lack of a
second.
VOTE ON MAIN MOTION, AS AMENDED: The motion failed on a vote of 4-4.
FOR:
Lillian Davis,
AGAINST:
Beverly Silas did not vote.
Nan McRaven
moved and Beverly Watts Davis seconded that:
MOTION: That the Board of Trustees reconsider
out-of-district tuition and increase out-of-district tuition by $3 beginning in
Spring 2004.
VOTE ON MOTION: The motion passed on a vote of 5-3-1.
FOR:
Beverly Watts Davis, Allen Kaplan, Nan McRaven,
Beverly Silas, John Worley.
AGAINST: Lillian Davis, Barbara Mink, Rafael Quintanilla.
ABSTAIN: John Hernandez.
John Worley moved and Beverly Watts
Davis seconded that:
MOTION: The Board of Trustees allocate, of the
$315,000 brought in, $100,000 for full-time faculty and $215,000 for adjunct
faculty who are farthest away from their goal.
VOTE: The motion failed on a vote of 4-4-1.
FOR:
Beverly Watts Davis, Allen Kaplan, Barbara Mink, John Worley.
AGAINST: Lillian Davis,
ABSTAIN: John Hernandez.
MOTION: That the Board of Trustees approve the Fiscal
Year 2004 Operating Budget as presented (Exhibit A) by the Administration with
the three approved amendments approved by the Board of Trustees: (1) The hourly rate be raised by twenty cents
per hour across-the-board for classified and professional-technical employees
who earn $30,000 or less per year. The
cost would be $151,000 and would be taken from the restoration; (2) addition of
$100,000 for market adjustments for each faculty group and that the
Administration be authorized to find the areas to make the cuts, and (3)
increase out-of-district tuition by $3 beginning in Spring
2004.
VOTE: The motion passed on a vote of 6-3.
FOR: Beverly Watts Davis, Lillian Davis,
Nan McRaven, Barbara Mink, Rafael Quintanilla,
Beverly Silas
AGAINST: John Hernandez, Allen
Kaplan, John Worley.
This
item was delayed until the next Board meeting.
Having
no motion before the Board, the August 18, 2003, special meeting of the Austin
Community College Board of Trustees was adjourned at 10:40 p.m.
Approved By
Allen
H. Kaplan, Secretary