September 9, 2024 at 6:00 PM - September 2024 EMCC Board of Trustees Meeting

I.  Call to Order

II. Invocation 

III. Pledge of Allegiance

IV. *Approval of Agenda and Adoption of Consent Agenda

V. *Approval of Board Minutes for Meeting on August 12, 2024

VI. Board Chair's Report 

VII. President's Report

VIII. *Approval of Claims Docket and Sole Source Purchases

IX. Old Business
A. Enrollment Update - Dr. Nikita Ashford-Ashworth
B. Strategic Plan Update - Laura Damm

X. New Business
*A. Out of State Travel Requests
1. Approval of out-of-state travel for Alex Caston and Rodney Edwards to attend Vib Xpert Training in Louisiana on October 1-3, 2024. Expenses paid from local funds.
2. Approval of out-of-state travel for Ben Neal and two EMCC percussion students to attend the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in Indianapolis, IN on November 13-November 17, 2024. Expenses paid from local funds.
3. Approval of out-of-state travel for Dr. Abby Jenkins, Dr. Kelly Cantrell, Dr. Shelly Hebert, Khristina Edmonds, and Michael Coffey to travel to Austin, TX, for the 2024 SACS COC Annual Conference on December 7-10, 2024. Expenses will be paid for with local funds.  
4. Approval of out-of-state travel for Dr. Terasa Harpole to serve as an ACEN Peer Evaluator October 21-25, 2024, at George C. Wallace Community College in Dothan, Alabama, and a SACSCOC Peer Evaluator March 23-28, 2025 at Nunez Community College in Chalmette, LA. Expenses will be paid for by the respective accrediting agency. 

XI. Financial Report and Review of Investment Activity (see attachment Ms. Holmes)

XII. Approval of Special Claims (see attachments, Ms. Holmes)

XIII. Approval of Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Memorandum of Agreement for Fall and Spring 2024-2025 for the following schools: Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District, Hebron Christian School, and Lauderdale County School District. (Dr. Rush)

XIV. Approval to award the contract for the Golden Triangle Campus Sidewalk Improvements (Project No.: STP-0044-00(041)LPA / 108819-701000) to ECON Construction Inc (see attachment, Mr. Younger)
 

XV. Approval for East Mississippi Community College to enter into a Timber Management Agreement with Madison Forestry Services, Inc., represented by Stacy Madison. The agreement involves the management and sale of timber on approximately 71 acres of the college’s forested property (see attachment, Mr. Younger)
 

XVI. Approval to award the second-lowest best bid for the replacing of the existing chiller system at the Mayhew Campus Student Union to Terry Services, who submitted a quote for a Trane chiller at $194,500. (See attachment, My. Younger)

XVII. Approval to accept grant funding from the Governor’s Discretionary Grant for Program Year 2023. Working title of the project is Heart of a Lion: Smart Start for Learning and Life. Project will serve 11^th and 12^th grade students enrolled in EMCC’s SSP 1003 course. Funding will provide tuition reduction scholarships, testing fees, management costs, and peer tutoring. The project will begin Nov 1, 2024 and conclude Dec 31, 2025. Total funding is $73,500. Laura Damm will serve as Project Manager; Laura Guthrie will serve as Grant Accountant (see attachment, Laura Damm)

XVIII. Board Attorney's Report (Attorney Rod Hickman)

XIX. Other Business
A. Date for the October 2024 meeting at the Scooba Campus

XX. Approval of Honorarium/Travel and Adjournment (Chairman)