Meeting Place

In general, both regular Board meetings and work sessions are held on the second floor of the College's administrative offices in the Highland Business Center at 5930 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin, Texas 78752.

Posting of Meetings and Agendas

Written notice of the date, hour, place, and subject of each meeting of the Board is posted 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of the meeting. The posting places are at the ACC District Administrative Offices, the Travis County Courthouse at 1000 Guadalupe, and the Williamson County Courthouse at 8th and Austin Street in Georgetown, Texas. In addition, each campus maintains a current posting. This web site also has a schedule and planned major topics for future meetings. Please click on the "Meetings" link on the left hand column for more information.

General Order of Business of Regular Business Meetings

• Call to Order
• Recognitions
• Citizens' Communications
• Reports from Employee and Student Organizations
• Information Reports
• Consent Items
• Old Business
• New Business
• President's Report
• Executive Session (if necessary)
• Announcements
• Adjournment

Duties of the Board of Trustees

In accordance with its governance model, the ACC Board of Trustees chooses and evaluates the College President and adopts strategic policies, priorities, and plans to direct the operation of the College. The Board does not make specific operational decision or approve operational rules: these decisions are made by the President and those to whom he or she delegates authority. The particular topics to be discussed at a specific meeting are posted on this web site prior to the meeting. Specific complaints or grievances are handled by the President and his or her subordinates, not the Board.

Citizen Communication to the Board

Citizens may communicate to the Board or individual trustees via the Confidential Assistant to the Board, Pat Stubbs. They may also address the business meetings of the Board (typically held at 6 p.m. on the first Monday of each month). See the Board's citizens-communication rules or call 223-7613 for details on how and when to sign up to speak.

Citizens are given an opportunity to address the Board early in the meeting. Because Texas open-meeting laws forbid the Board from discussing matters which have not been specifically posted as planned agenda items, Board members will not directly respond to citizens' communications at the meeting.

Input (written or direct) is particularly welcome when it is relevant to a decision the Board will make. Comments from the public about general operational issues often influence the Board's decisions about the policies and the strategic plans it adopts, and may be of use in its evaluation of the administration of the College by the President.