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Board of Trustees of The City University of New York Committee on Faculty, Staff and Administration January 13, 2020 I. ACTION ITEMS A. Approval of the Minutes of the November 25, 2019 Meeting B. POLICY CALENDAR 1. Committee Report 2. Naming of the Helen Frankenthaler Fellowship Fund at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York 3. Naming of the Jeannette Bercovici Coin Group Study Room at Hunter College 4. Naming of The Cooperman Challenge at Hunter College 5. Naming of The Cooperman Dress for Success Program at Hunter College 6. Naming of the Joan G. Masket and Sherman Pincus High Bar at Hunter College 7. Naming of The Johanna and Bridget Brady Excellence in Nursing Endowment at Queensborough Community College 8. Appointment of Miguel Aragon with Early Tenure at the College of Staten Island 9. Appointment of Sean Edgecomb with Early Tenure at the College of Staten Island 10. Appointment of David Schwab with Early Tenure at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York 11. Appointment of Tamara Schneider, Associate Vice Chancellor and University Vice Provost for Research at The City University of New York 12. Appointment of Lester Edgardo Sandres Rápalo as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Bronx Community College BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COMMITTEE ON MINUTES OF THE MEETING FACULTY, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION NOVEMBER 25, 2019 The meeting was called to order by Committee Vice Chair Ken Sunshine at 4:36 p.m. The following people were present: Committee Members: Trustee Staff: Hon. Ken Sunshine, Vice Chair Senior Advisor to the Chancellor and Secretary Hon. Michael Arvanites Gayle M. Horwitz Jill O’Donnell-Tormey Interim General Counsel and Senior Vice Chancellor Pamela S. Silverblatt Faculty Member: Deputy Secretary Anne Fenton Prof. Kerin Coughlin, faculty representative Assistant Secretary Towanda Lewis Ms. Fenella Ramsami Student Member: Mr. Hussein Abdul, student representative University Staff: Chancellor Félix Matos Rodriguez COP Liaison: Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating President William J. Fritz Officer (EVC&COO) Hector Batista Senior Vice Chancellor and Special Counsel Trustee Observers: Glenda G. Grace Hon. Martin Burke Interim Vice Chancellor Margaret Egan Hon. Timothy Hunter Interim Vice Chancellor Andrea Shapiro Davis Senior Associate General Counsel Katherine Observer: Raymond Prof. Kimora Acting University Executive Deputy to the Vice Chancellor Dona Roy Director of Program Management Siva Sivasingam The agenda items were considered and acted upon in the following order: I. ACTION ITEMS: A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF OCTOBER 7, 2019. Moved by Committee Vice Chair Sunshine and seconded by Trustee Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, the minutes were approved as submitted. Mr. Hussein Abdul abstained. B. POLICY CALENDAR 1. Committee Report. Interim Vice Chancellor (IVC) Margaret Egan requested the approval of the Committee on Faculty, Staff and Administration (CFSA) Report that consist of 109 total actions, including 19 appointments and 48 reappointments—59 are instructional and 47 are Executive Compensation Plan (ECP) and 10 were at Vice President level and above. Mr. Abdul inquired about the screening protocol of the CFSA report. IVC Egan responded that the report is a compilation of actions from around the University that meet a certain threshold. In prior years, there had been this behemoth of Chancellor’s University Report, and every Human Resources (HR) action was in the personnel section. As a result of working with the Board and the Office of the Chancellor, the Office of Human Resources Management whittled down the report to what should go before the full Board for approval—senior-level appointments and actions from the colleges and The Central Office. Initially, the actions are put into CUNYfirst then HR pulls that data to generate the 1 BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COMMITTEE ON MINUTES OF THE MEETING FACULTY, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION NOVEMBER 25, 2019 CFSA report and after the report is approved at the committee level for submission to the Board, the actions are approved by the full Board for implementation. Moved by Committee Vice Chair Sunshine and seconded by Trustee O’Donnell-Tormey, and following discussion, the item was approved for submission to the Board. Trustee Michael Arvanites abstained. 2. Approval of the 2016-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 237 and The City University of New York. Interim General Counsel and Senior Vice Chancellor Pamela Silverblatt stated that this resolution approves the successor 2016-2021 collective bargaining agreement negotiated between The City University of New York and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 237. The agreement covers a fifty-seven month period, and provides for four 2 percent wage increases, as well as increases in welfare fund, uniform allowance, and certain other supplementary benefits. Moved by Committee Vice Chair Sunshine and seconded by Trustee Arvanites, and following discussion, the item was approved for submission to the Board. Committee Vice Chair Sunshine abstained. 3. Distribution of Optional Retirement Plan and Tax Deferred Annuity Plan Generated Fees to Plan Participants. IVC Egan stated that in 2015, CUNY was authorized to establish Revenue Credit Accounts for the Optional Retirement Plan and the Tax Deferred Annuity Plans. Continued negotiations with TIAA led to credits being accrued as a plan Asset and these accruals have resulted in a substantial balance. The University has determined the most equitable course of action is to credit these balances to the participants’ accounts in each respective plan while continuing to allow the use of the fund in each Revenue Credit Account to pay expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan of which it is a part. The five methods that TIAA employs in distributing these revenue credit account balances to participants via Plan Servicing Credits were reviewed, and the options range from allocations based on participants’ balances, number of participants, or variations of pro-rata incorporating the consideration of revenue sharing. To achieve a reasonably equitable allocation for the retirement plan participants, it is recommended to proceed with an asset-based option proportionate to investment revenue share, and continue this practice annually. Moved by Committee Vice Chair Sunshine and seconded by Trustee O’Donnell-Tormey, and following discussion, the item was unanimously approved for submission to the Board. 4. Naming of the Professor Ercument Ozizmir Endowed Commencement Award for Excellence in Mathematics at the College of Staten Island. 5. Naming of the Maralyn G. Cohn LGBTQ Community Space at Hunter College. 6. Naming of the Grateful Auditor Spaces at Hunter College. 7. Naming of the Elise C. Tepper Early Childhood Lab at Hunter College. 8. Naming of the Zankel Arts Hub at Hunter College. 9. Naming of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. Scoreboard at the Aquatics Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Associate Vice Chancellor Elina Gorelik presented for approval consideration, (6) naming of University scholarships and facilities. 2 BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COMMITTEE ON MINUTES OF THE MEETING FACULTY, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION NOVEMBER 25, 2019 Prof. Kerin Coughlin confirmed that the naming determinations were accordance with the revised naming guidelines. Moved by Committee Vice Chair Sunshine and seconded by Mr. Abdul, and following discussion, items I.B.4 through I.B.9 were unanimously approved for submission to the Board. 10. Appointment of Susan Perkins with Immediate Tenure at The City College of New York. 11. Appointment of Alison Griffiths as Distinguished Professor at Baruch College. 12. Appointment of Alexandra Juhasz as Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College. 13. Appointment of Yingli Tian as Distinguished Professor at The City College of New York. 14. Appointment of Joel Hamkins as Distinguished Professor at The College of Staten Island. 15. Appointment of Tyehimba Jess as Distinguished Professor at The College of Staten Island. 16. Appointment of Patricia Smith as Distinguished Professor at The College of Staten Island. Committee Vice Chair Sunshine emphasized that Distinguished Professors are scholars who bring something unique, special, and distinct to the University and the students. Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost José Luis Cruz presented and highlighted the characteristics of the aforementioned candidates for early tenure and as Distinguished Professor of University faculty. Moved by Committee Vice Chair Sunshine and seconded by Trustee O’Donnell-Tormey, and following discussion, items I.B.10 through I.B.16 were unanimously approved for submission to the Board. 17. Appointment of Allen Y. Lew as Senior Vice Chancellor of the Office of Facilities, Planning, and Construction Management at The City University of New York. 18. Appointment of Celia Lloyd as Vice President of Student Affairs at The City College of New York. 19. Appointment Jacqueline Clark as Senior Vice President of Administration and Finance/Chief Operating Officer at Medgar Evers College. IVC Egan and Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer Hector Batista asked the Committee to approve the executive level appointments of Allen Lew as Senior Vice Chancellor of the Office of Facilities, Planning, and Construction Management, Celia Lloyd as Vice President of Student Affairs