LAREDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

Laredo, Texas

The regular meeting of the Laredo Community College Board of Trustees convened on

Thursday May 23, 2002, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in Laird Hall 124.

		MEMBERS PRESENT	OTHERS
	ROLL CALL	Ramiro V. Martinez, President	Ramón H . Dovalina
		Pete Saenz, Jr., Vice President	Juan L. Maldonado
		Carlos Carranco, Jr., Secretary	Daniel Flores, Jr.
		Leonides G. Cigarroa, Jr. Raquel Gonzalez.	Blas Castaneda Horace C. Hall, III
		Gladys C. Keene
		Sabas Zapata, III
		Steve Lewis, Ex-Officio
		MEMBERS ABSENT
		Cynthia Mares J.C. Trevino, Jr.
	INVOCATION	President Martinez called the meeting to order and Mr. Zapata gave the invocation. Mr. Saenz called the roll and a quorum of the members was present.
	MINUTES	Ms. Gonzalez moved to approve the minutes of April 4, 11, 18, and 29, 2002 and Mr. Saenz seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
	PUBLIC TESTIMONY	Mr. John Castro, Students in Democratic Action representative, and several LCC nursing students expressed concerns on a nursing instructor not having her contract renewed. Dr. Hector Farias, Jr. reported that he had concerns on some of the policies that were old and should be updated. Dr. Dovalina scheduled a meeting with the nursing students to discuss their concerns.
	CORRESPONDENCE AND INTRODUCTIONS	Dr. Dovalina introduced Robert Cardenas, who won the flight D tennis national championship and Tomas Mendez, Jr., president of the LCC Police Academy graduating cadet class. The graduating class had a 100% pass rate. New employees introduced included: Adrian Cortez, Jr., K-9 instructor, and Laura Garcia, recruitment academic and career advisor. Mr. Martinez distributed a copy of a letter from the Webb County Appraisal District.
	FACULTY SENATE REPORT	Mr. Steve Lewis, 2002-2003 Faculty Senate President, reported on the tenure and evaluation policy instruments. The instruments will be submitted to the Program/Policy Committee in October.
SSUES RAISED DURING OPEN FORUM PROCESS		Dr. Keene moved to allow the administration to review the Public Testimony policy and submit a recommendation at the June meeting. Ms. Gonzalez seconded and the motion carried unanimously. Dr. Keene moved to allow the administration to develop a policy on placing items on Board agendas. Ms. Gonzalez seconded. The motion carried unanimously. Dr. Keene moved to allow the administration to make Board meeting tapes available to the general public at the library. Mr. Carranco seconded and the motion carried unanimously. Dr. Keene moved to allow the administration to group the different faculty issues into appropriate categories and to take the necessary action to resolve. Ms. Gonzalez seconded and the motion carried unanimously. Dr. Keene moved to approve the administration to initiate and review the College’s organizational structure with the assistance of outside consultant services. Ms. Gonzalez seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
NAMING OF BUILDING AND OTHER HONORARY TITLING		Dr. Keene requested to bring up item 7.c (New Fire Science Technology Program Contract) up for discussion.
NEW FIRE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM CONTRACT		Ms. Alma Hernandez and Mr. Fred Soliz, Jr., College Deans, reported that the city has requested that a formal education and training program be developed for the firefighters and to coordinate the training at the Regional Fire Training Facility. Discussion followed. Dr. Keene moved to accept the contract as submitted and Ms. Gonzalez seconded. The motion carried unanimously. (P. Saenz was not present for the vote). Dr. Keene moved to table item 7.b (Naming of Building and Other Honorary Titling) and Ms. Gonzalez seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
RECOMMENDATION ON GYM FLOOR CONTRACT		Mr. Robert Sepulveda, Architect, reported that negotiations with the first ranked firm were not favorable so negotiations were held with the second-ranked company. Mr. Carranco moved to award the contract to Long Flooring and Ms. Gonzalez seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
RECOMMENDATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE SECOND CAMPUS		Mr. Milton McMurrey reported that eight contractors submitted their packages and a pre-qualification process were followed. The committee reviewed and discussed the proposals. A copy of the rankings was distributed. Discussion followed. Either Mr. Trevino or Mr. Martinez will meet with Mr. Saenz and Mr. McMurrey to review the rankings. A special Board of Trustees meeting will be scheduled at noon on Tuesday to approve the recommendation.
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT PURCHASES		Ms. Gonzalez moved to approve the three emergency equipment purchases and Dr. Keene seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
FY 2002 BUDGET MODIFICATIONS		Mr. Flores reported that the modification to the current budget was to provide an extension to the Baum, Mejia, & Co.’s contract to assist in complying with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements 34 and 35. Discussion followed. Mr. Saenz moved to approve the modification to the budget and Ms. Gonzalez seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL PENALTY ON DELINQUENT TAX PAYERS		Mr. Saenz moved to approve the resolution establishing additional penalty on delinquent taxpayers. Ms. Gonzalez seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT		Mr. Saenz reported that he had reviewed the financial report with the staff.
ACCT SURVEY FOR BOARD MEMBERS		Mr. Martinez requested that the Board review, fill-out, and submit the ACCT survey to Irma Moncivais at the President’s Office.
INITIAL BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS PRESENTATION		Dr. Dovalina provided the trustees information on the 2003 budget which included personnel needs ($1,044,000), revenue less expenses ($1,484,500); 2002 fund balance ($500,000), revenue available (A-$27,500, B-$87,500, C-$287,500), and unfunded items ($471,000). Discussion followed. The budget is still preliminary and is still being worked on by the Budget Committee.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT		The Library, Campus Police, Personnel, Travel, and Second Campus reports were distributed for information only.
NEXT MEETINGS		The next meeting is scheduled for May 28, 2002, at noon. A special meeting is scheduled for June 4 at 6:00 p.m., and the regular meeting on June 20, at 6:00 p.m.
EXECUTIVE SESSION		At 9:25 p.m., the trustees entered into executive session as allowed by Government Code 551.073 to discuss a prospective gift/donation to the College. Mr. Carranco seconded and the motion carried unanimously. At 9:55 p.m., the Board reconvened and President Martinez reported that the Board took no action. Mr. Pete Saenz moved to accept the contribution and name the Fine Arts Center for the Guadaupe and Lilia Martinez family. Ms. Gonzalez seconded and the motion carried unanimously. Mr. Saenz moved to name the LCC Academic Excellence scholarships to be awarded at Martin High school in the name of William “Billy” Hall, Jr., and Ms. Gonzalez seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT		The meeting adjourned at 9:57 p.m.