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State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education SBCCOE Regular Meeting - August 14, 2019 SBCCOE Minutes Regular Meeting of June 12, 2019 STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION Meeting Minutes June 12, 2019 Colorado Community College System 9101 E. Lowry Blvd., Denver, CO 80230 Board Room – 2nd Floor I. CALL TO ORDER (2:33 p.m.) A. Pledge of Allegiance B. Roll Call Rollie Heath, Vice-Chair, called the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education (SBCCOE) to order at 2:33 p.m. MST, at which time a quorum of the board members were present. Members Present: Pres Askew Hanna Skandera Rollie Heath (Vice-Chair) Daniel Villanueva (telephonically) Dr. Landon Mascareñaz Kelly O’Dell (SFAC) Terrance McWilliams Emanuel Walker (SSAC) Dr. Russ Meyer Members Absent: Giugi Carminati (Attended Work Session) Dr. Byron McClenney (Chair) II. GENERAL BUSINESS A. Approval of Minutes Terrance McWilliams made a motion to approve the May 8, 2019 regular session meeting minutes. Dr. Russ Meyer seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. B. Approval of Agenda Dr. Russ Meyer made a motion to accept the agenda for the June 12, 2019 regular session. Terrance McWilliams seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. III. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS Vice-Chair Heath asked the board members if, after having had a full discussion of all the consent agenda items in the work session, there were any other comments to add. There were none. A. Student Fee Approval for Lamar Community College B. Area Technical College Allocation Approval C. Local District College Appropriation Certification D. Request for Approval to Refinance CNCC Energy Performance Contract E. First Amendment to System President’s Employment Contract F. Request Approval of Pueblo Community College Advisory Council Nominees: i. Ron Wiley for Appointment to a Full Term Commencing June 1, 2019 and ending May 31, 2023 ii. Dr. Velia Rincon for Appointment to a Full Term, Commencing June 1, 2019 and ending May 31, 2023 iii. William Wilcoxin for Reappointment to a Full Term, Commencing June 1, 2019 and ending May 31, 2023 G. Request Approval of Morgan Community College Advisory Council Nominee: i. Dr. William Wilson to fill the remainder of the term vacated by Gary Bruntz, Commencing June 12, 2019 and ending May 31, 2020 ii. Linda Roan for Appointment to a Full Term, Commencing September 1, 2019 and ending August 31, 2023 Terrance McWilliams made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda. Pres Askew seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. IV. REPORTS A. Board Vice-Chair, Rollie Heath: • Appreciated the changes made to the process for orientation of new Board members that provided an opportunity for the Chair and Vice-Chair to meet with the new members. • Stated that he is an advisor to the Business Experiential-Learning (BEL) Commission on which Chancellor Garcia serves as the Chair of the Education & Training Steering Committee of the Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC). This Commission provides CCCS with an opportunity to gain knowledge about workforce issues and work with employers to meet workforce needs. • Attended a recent Leadership Breakfast with the Chancellor. • Thanked everyone in attendance for all of the budget presentations given during the Board’s work session. B. Audit Committee Report, Daniel Villanueva: • Financial Statement Audit - The annual financial statement audit performed by BKD is underway. • Risk Assessment Update - The annual entity-wide risk assessment is in process. Internal Audit is meeting with each of the 11 functional groups to update top risks. C. Student Representative: • Emanuel Walker, the new SSAC Representative from Community College of Denver introduced himself and spoke about coming to America from Liberia and becoming a citizen in 2011. • Stated that the retreat with officer elections was very successful. D. Faculty Representative, Kelly O’Dell: • SFAC did not have a meeting in June due to faculty being off contract. • Tommy Williams introduced himself. He will succeed Kelly in the role beginning with the August meeting. E. System Chancellor, Joseph Garcia: • Officially welcomed Dr. Rhonda Epper, new President at Trinidad State Junior College. Rhonda was previously the Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs at Community College of Denver. • Officially recognized and welcomed the new State Student Advisory Committee (SSAC) representative, Emanuel Walker from the Community College of Denver. • Spoke about the recent Leadership Breakfast, which was the second one. The purpose is to bring together thought leaders form a variety of industries to discuss how the community colleges can continue to best serve Colorado and meet workforce needs. Adams Cermak, Executive Director of the CCCS Foundation has been working on planning these breakfasts. The most recent one was hosted by George Sparks at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. A few of the executives attending were Kelly Brough, President & CEO, Denver Metro Chamber; Sarah Leahy, Colorado Rural Health Center, Director of Business Development; Taylor Merritt, Chairman and CEO of Merritt Aluminum Products Company; Jandel Allen-Davis, President and CEO of Craig Hospital; Jason Sharpe, CEO of Namaste Solar, and Senator Rollie Heath. • Expanding and improving Concurrent Enrollment is a high strategic priority for the Board. Tammy Ward, Director of Concurrent Enrollment Initiatives, held a strategy workshop focusing on best practices in order to improve student success outcomes and increase matriculation and completion rates across the system. • The OER (Open Educational Resources) Conference was held on Friday, May 31, 2019. It was hosted by the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) at the Lowry Conference Center. Governor Polis and Congressman Neguse attended for a brief time. There were 235 people registered for the event. Tina Parscal and Brittany Dudek from our system’s CCCOnline were members of the inaugural OER Council. Competitive grant process and several of our colleges received 18-19 awards including; ACC, CCCOnline, CCD, FRCC, PCC, PPCC, RRCC. Both NJC and TSJC were awarded travel funds. • Recognized and thanked Lance Bolton and Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC) for hosting Governor Polis as he stopped in Colorado Springs last week to hold a press conference highlighting his first legislative session. Many students were in attendance and several of them quoted in the news coverage. • Announced that he will travel to meet with each of the College Presidents on their campus for their individual performance evaluations. • Indicated that he will participate as a panelist at the Inside Higher Education conference on The Future of Public Higher Education, being held July 8-10 in Baltimore, MD. F. Presidents’ Reports • No verbal reports were given at this meeting. Written reports were included in the Board materials. PUBLIC COMMENTS None V. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS A. Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 College and System Office Budgets • Dr. Russ Meyer made a motion to approve the FY 2019-20 Budgets. Terrance McWilliams seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. B. Board Policy 3-60, Employee Benefits • Terrance McWilliams made a motion to approve the Board Policy 3-60, Employee Benefits. Dr. Landon Mascareñaz seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. C. Front Range Community College Approval of Custodial Contract • Hanna Skandera made a motion to approve the FRCC Custodial Contract. Dr. Landon Mascareñaz seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. D. Pikes Peak Community College Marketing and Software Contracts • Pres Askew made a motion to approve the PPCC Marketing & Software Contracts. Terrance McWilliams seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. E. IFB System Communications Platform • Dr. Landon Mascareñaz made a motion to approve the IFB System Communications Platform. Terrance McWilliams seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. F. WAN/Internet Connectivity and Bandwidth for the System • Dr. Russ Meyer made a motion to approve the WAN/Internet Connectivity and Bandwidth for the System. Hanna Skandera seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. G. Five-Year Capital Construction/IT Plans and Request Priorities for FY 2020-21 • Terrance McWilliams made a motion to approve the Five-Year Capital Construction/IT Plans and Request Priorities for FY 2020-21. Dr. Landon Mascareñaz seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. VI. EXECUTIVE SESSION No Executive Session required. VII. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to bring before the Board, Pres Askew made a motion to adjourn the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education meeting. Terrance McWilliams seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 3:14 p.m. MST. SBCCOE Meeting Agenda STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION Work and Regular Session Agenda August 14, 2019 Front Range Community College 3645 West 112th Avenue, Westminster, CO 80031 8:30-9:45am – Executive Session C0577 Timberline Room 10:00am-2:00pm – Work and Regular Sessions C0770 Rocky Mountain Room All times are approximate I. CALL TO ORDER (8:30-8:35am) A. Roll Call II. EXECUTIVE SESSION (8:35-9:45am) The Board may convene in Executive Session pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes sections 24-6-402(3)(a)(I), 24-6-402(3)(a)(II) and 24-6-402(3)(b)(I), to discuss the purchase of property for public purposes, to confer with the Board’s attorney for the purpose of receiving legal advice, and to discuss personnel matters. BREAK (9:45-10:00am) WORK SESSION (10:00-11:40am) III. Welcome to Front Range Community College Andy Dorsey, President IV. Discussion Items A. Outstanding Program – TRIO Programs Liz Schwebach, TRIO SSS Director and Koreeña Montoya, TRIO Upward Bound Director, Front Range Community College (10:00-10:15am) Work Session IV.A. B. Refunding of Series 2010D Bonds on Behalf of Community College of Denver and Pueblo Community College Mark Superka, Vice Chancellor for Finance & Administration (10:15-10:45am) Work Session IV.B., Discussion & Action X.A., Page 1 C. Annual Developmental Education Report Dr.