February 26, 2009 at 5:00 PM - Regular

1. Invocation

2. Members and Visitors Present

3. Public Comments

4. Consent Agenda

4.A. Consideration and Possible Action on Minutes of Regular Monthly Meeting of January 15, 2009

4.B. Consideration and Possible Action on Financial Summary for January 2009

4.C. Consideration and Possible Action on Adding Diversified Specialty Institutes (DSI) Dialysis of Beeville and Alice, Texas to the List of Approved Clinical Sites for Coastal Bend College Nursing Program

4.D. Consideration and Possible Action on Request from Continuing Education Coordinator to Charge Zero Tuition for CJLE 1040, Special Investigative Topics, January 14-16, 2009

4.E. Consideration and Possible Action of Offers to Purchase Tax Sale Properties

5. Financial Reports (These items do not require Board approval.)

5.A. Investment Reports

5.B. Check Register

5.C. American Express Charges

5.D. Out-of-State Travel (January 2009)

6. New Business

6.A. Consideration and Possible Action on Amending the CBC 2008-2009 Annual Operations Budget

6.B. Consideration and Possible Action on Resolution to Join Community College Association of Texas Trustees (CCATT)

6.C. Consideration and Possible Action on Credit Card Procedures

6.D. Consideration and Possible Action on Early College High School at Coastal Bend College

6.E. Consideration and Possible Action on Adopting a Resolution Approving an Application for Tax Abatement at Reinvestment Zone #1 at Chase Field Industrial and Airport Complex

6.F. Consideration and Possible Action on TCOR Proposal for Personnel Services Audit

6.G. Consideration and Possible Action on Four-Day Work Week for Summer 2009

6.H. Consideration and Possible Action on Substantive Change Prospectus on Associate Degree via Distance Education Technologies to be Submitted to Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)

6.I. Consideration and Possible Action on Campus Visits by Board of Trustees

6.J. Consideration and Possible Action on Resolution in Support of Rural Utilities Service Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Application

7. Reports

7.A. Office of the President

7.A.1. President's Activities

7.A.2. Spring 2009 Enrollment Report

7.A.3. Spring 2009 Commencement Update

7.A.4. Oral Presentation of Fall 2008 Campus and Community Conversations

7.A.5. Economic Stimulus Package and CBC Response

7.A.6. Federal Initiatives

7.A.7. Achieving the Dream

7.A.8. EPA Self Audit Program for Region 6

7.B. Board Comments

8. Information

8.A. Part-Time Contracts Signed by College President: Continuing Education and Spring 2009 Upward Bound G.O.S.T. and Upward Bound Program

8.B. Communication Regarding Reallocation of Perkins Funding (2008-2009)

8.C. Communication Regarding FY09 Dramatic Enrollment Growth Funding

8.D. Lieutenant Governor Dewhurst's Letter on Request to Reduce 2009 General Revenue Appropriations by 2.5% and TACC Response

9. District Employees and Officers

9.A. Employment Contracts

9.A.1. Full-Time Contracts

9.A.2. Part-Time Contracts: Part-Time and Overload for Spring 2009 Semester, Title V Bridge Program, and Weekend College Program

9.B. Resignation(s)

9.C. Review College President's Evaluation Instrument

9.D. Economic Development Negotiations

10. Items for Future Agendas

11. Adjournment