August 9, 2021 at 12:00 PM - Regular Meeting

Description:  Colin Archer was appointed at the June Board meeting.

Description:  Unless removed from the consent agenda, items identified within the consent agenda will be acted on at one time.

Description:  Attached are Four (4) Tax Deeds and Property cards for Trust Properties in the City of Borger.
 
Parcel 4332, winning bidder Noee Robles for the amount of $400.00.
Parcel 12656, winning bidder LAND4LESS, LLC for the amount of $308.00.
Parcel 13210, winning bidder Michelle Evans for the amount of $1,500.00.
Parcel 17067, winning bidder Alice Samantha Esparza and Johnny Juvert Gomez for the amount of $2,000.00.

Attached are Two (2) Property Bids for Hutchinson County.

104-220 Parr Ave. 222-224 Sandtrap St. 106-112 Eagle Ln. Borger, TX, winning bidder Ian Larson for the amount of $900.00.
114, 116, 118, 120, Eagle Ln. Borger, TX, winning bidder Ian Larson for the amount of $200.00.

Description:  Discussion on use of contingency.

Description:  The Frank Phillips College 2021-2022 Mission Statement is established in order to provide a guideline for the months and years ahead.

Mission Statement:  Frank Phillips College is a comprehensive two-year, community-based educational organization committed to providing high-quality learning experiences and services.

Description:  The Frank Phillips College 2021-2022 Plan for Sustainability and Growth is established in order to provide measurable guidelines for the months and years ahead.

Description:  Attached is the 2021-2022 Proposed Institutional Budget.

Description:  The Frank Phillips College Investment Policy has been reviewed and it has been determined that no changes or corrections are needed.  The policy is presented annually for Board approval and then posted on the Frank Phillips College website.

The Frank Phillips College Investment Policy is located on the FPC website at www.fpctx.edu; About FPC; Financial Reports.

Description:  No-new-revenue tax rate:  $0.22281/$100
Voter-Approval tax rate:  $0.24080/$100
Proposed tax rate:  $0.22/$100

Tax hearings are not required.

The Tax Rate will be adopted at the Board of Regents' meeting on Monday, September 13, 2021.

Description:  The Frank Phillips College Regents approved a 2 percent increase in tuition and fees at the April 2021 Board meeting.  Since that time, information technology, utilities, professional services, and other costs have increased more than anticipated.  In addition, the final valuation of assessed property values decreased resulting in a loss of ad valorem tax revenues.

Budget Information:
To compensate for the additional cost increases and reductions in ad valorem revenues, an additional $4 increase in tuition beginning with the Spring semester will provide an additional $64,000 based on projected enrollment.  The attached Texas community college tuition and fee comparison indicates that FPC will still be competitive with area community colleges with the tuition increase.

There is no recommended increase in fees for the Spring 2022 semester beyond what the Board previously approved at the April 2021 meeting.
 

Description:  Frank Phillips College has operated cosmetology programs in Dumas and Hereford for several years.  Naturally, since the inception of the program, the expenses to operate the facilities have continued to increase each year.  Unfortunately, the number of students enrolled in the programs have declined.  During the Spring 2021 semester the Hereford facility had only 5 students, the Dumas campus had 15 students.

There are no students currently enrolled at the Hereford center.  There are six students at the Dumas campus who are finishing at the end of August or shortly thereafter.  Any Dumas student who has not finished the required number of hours will be offered the opportunity to finish at the Borger campus and housed in college housing at no cost.

The faculty member teaching at Dumas lives in Fritch and will begin teaching at the Borger campus.  The faculty member teaching at Hereford will earn a barbering instructor license to instruct Borger faculty so that barbering courses can be offered in the future.

Budget Information:
A fiscal analysis of continuing the cosmetology programs at Hereford and Dumas indicates that the programs result in a net loss to the college system of approximately $100,000 per year. During times of fiscal exigency, these resources can be better used to help pay for other rising college costs.

Description:  With the approval of the closure of the Dumas Cosmetology program, it is no longer necessary to maintain a bank account in Dumas.

Description:  Policy Update 41 for the Board Policy Manual from TASB contains (LEGAL) and (LOCAL) policy changes.  (LEGAL) policy changes should be reviewed.  (LOCAL) policy changes, which are recommended by TASB Commuity College Services, must be added, revised, or deleted.  See attachments for details regarding the updates.