February 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting
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I. Determination of Quorum and Call to Order
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II. Pledge of Allegiance
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III. Reading of the Minutes
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III.A. January 28, 2025 Special Called Board Training Meeting
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III.B. January 28, 2025 Board of Trustee Regular Meeting Minutes
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IV. Citizens' Comments (revised by legal counsel on 08-05-2022)
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During the Citizens’ Comments section of the agenda, any citizen/taxpayer (that is, any member of the public, including college employees) may request to address the board in open meeting. This is an open forum for those persons who wish to make presentations to the board and who have signed up to do so following the procedures in Board policy BDB (Local). Except as otherwise permitted by Board policy and procedures, an individual’s comments to the Board shall not exceed five minutes.
If any speaker’s presentation contains complaints or concerns about an individual employee or officer of the district, the Board may require that the presentation be conducted in executive session with the board members pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act. Specific factual information or recitation of existing policy may be furnished in response to inquiries, but the Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the Board from deliberating or taking action on any subject that is not included on the agenda posted with notice of the meeting. |
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V. Special Items
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V.A. Reports from Board Committees
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V.B. Approval to change March 18, 2025 Board of Trustee meeting to March 25, 2025
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V.C. Report on visit to Texas A&M University - Paul Pope
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V.D. Presentation on how programs and degrees are developed for the institution - Leigh Ann Collins
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VI. Presentations, Awards, and/or President's Report
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VII. Student Success
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VIII. Reports to the Board
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VIII.A. Financial Reports
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VIII.B. Management Reports
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VIII.B.1. Financial Aid Report
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VIII.B.2. Testing Report
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VIII.C. Reports from College Governance Councils
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VIII.C.1. February 4, 2025 Faculty Council Minutes
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IX. CONSENT AGENDA
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By consent of the board of trustees, the following items may be acted on in a single motion "to approve the consent agenda as presented." If, however, any trustee wishes to discuss a particular item or for any reason wishes to act on any given item separately, he or she may simply notify the board chair to remove that item or items from the consent agenda, and that item will be removed and acted on separately. A trustee may remove an item from the consent agenda for any reason, and he or she is not required to justify the removal or explain the reason for the removal. |
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X. Matters Relating to General Administration
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X.A. Recommend approval of the Resolution of Support prepared by the Texas Association of Community Colleges and the Community College Association of Texas Trustees for presentation during the 89th Legislature (N/A)
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X.B. Approve the creation of a new Security Officer position to be housed on the WCJC Sugar Land off-campus instructional site ($18,000 (current operating FY 2025); $39,975 - $43,225 (budgeted FY2026))
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X.C. Approve proposed hiring of AGB Search, LLC to provide recruitment services for the Vice President of Administrative Services ($62,500 - current FY 2025 operating budget)
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XI. Matters Relating to the Office of the Executive Vice President
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XI.A. Notify the Board of Trustees that WCJC is the recipient of a grant through the Gulf Coast Medical Foundation for the purchase of equipment for the EMS program ($50,000.00 - award amount; no cost to the institution)
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XII. Matters Relating to Academic Affairs
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XII.A. Approve new EMS positions, effective immediately ($64,736-$71,403 plus benefits X 2 = $129,472-$142,806 AY25 from unused salaries from vacant positions)
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XII.B. Approve increased pay rate for EMS Part-Time Instructors ($50/hour) and Lab Assistants ($35), effective March 1, 2025 (Additional $23,280 for the Wharton program; additional $18,000 for the Richmond program)
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XIII. Matters Relating to Administrative Services
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XIII.A. Approve TexPool Resolution Amending Authorized Representatives (N/A)
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XIII.B. Approve attached resolution concerning Ad Valorem Tax Exemptions ($0.00)
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XIV. Matters Relating to Information Technology
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XIV.A. Approve Statement of Work from Strata Information Group to extend support hours of DBA to cover the period from February 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025 ($91,440 - Transfer from the MIS Fund)
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XV. Matters Relating to Personnel
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XV.A. Board of Trustees
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XV.B. Office of President
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XV.C. Office of Executive Vice President
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XV.D. Office of Academic Affairs
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XV.D.1. Approve Spring 2025 Division Chair Compensation
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XV.D.2. Approve Spring 2025 Department Head Compensation
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XV.D.3. Approve Spring 2025 Overloads
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XV.E. Office of Administrative Services
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XV.F. Office of Information Technology
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XV.F.1. Sai Prasad Tamminana employed as regular, full-time system administrator, AA-1-1 effective March 19, 2025
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XV.F.2. Edward Daly employed as regular, full-time director of enterprise systems, CA-15-6, effective March 3, 2025
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XVI. END OF CONSENT AGENDA
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XVII. Paid Professional Assignments
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XVII.A. Information Item:
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XVII.A.1. Paid Professional Assignment for Kerri Novak, additional duties related to HR vacancy, February - April 2025 - $2,400.00
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XVII.A.2. Paid Professional Assignment for Doug Baumgarten, additional duties related to facilities management - $1,200.00
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XVII.A.3. Paid Professional Assignment for Amanda Shelton, AA/AS Program Director, AY25 - $2,100.00
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XVII.A.4. Paid Professional Assignment for Mozammel Hussain, online PHYS 2425 Master Course development, Spring 2025 - $2,100.00
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XVII.A.5. Paid Professional Assignment for Mozammel Hussain, online PHYS 2426 Master Course development, Spring 2025 - $2,100.00
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XVII.A.6. Paid Professional Assignment for Julieta Wolesagle Rodriguez, online ENGL 2311 Master Course development, Spring 2025 - $2,100.00
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XVII.A.7. Paid Professional Assignment for Julieta Rodriguez, Assistant Department Head - English, Spring 2025 - $2,100.00
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XVII.A.8. Paid Professional Assignment for Jessi Snider, online ENGL 1302 Master Course development, Spring 2025 - $2,100.00
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XVII.A.9. Paid Professional Assignment for Jessi Snider, Assistant Department Head - English, Spring 2025 - $2,100.00
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XVII.A.10. Paid Professional Assignment for Sharon Gregory, online COSC 1301 Master Course development, February 2025 - $2,100.00
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XVIII. Executive Session: According to the Texas Government Code (Chapter 551, Open meetings), the Board may conduct a closed executive session for the following reasons: Consultation with attorney (551.071), deliberation regarding real property (551.072), deliberation regarding prospective gift (551.073), personnel matters (551.074), deliberation regarding security devices, or a security audit (661.076), deliberation regarding economic development negotiations (551.086).
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XVIII.A. Discuss succession plan and impact on key positions in college administration
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XIX. Consideration and possible action on items discussed in closed session
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XX. Discuss Matters Relating to Formal Policy
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XXI. Adjourn
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