Paula Hawley, Board Member | John Wood Community College
Paula Hawley, Board Member | John Wood Community College
John Wood Community College Executive Committee met July 11.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
The Executive Committee met on July 11, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. in room C252 Student Administrative Center, president’s area. Mr. Bob Rhea and Mr. Andy Sprague; trustees participated via Zoom. Ms. Paula Hawley trustee was absent. Dr. Bryan Renfro, president, and Ms. Leah Benz, executive assistant, note taker participated in person.
July Board of Trustees Board agenda items were reviewed and discussed. They included:
Consent items
June regular meeting minutes
Bills for payment, travel expenditures
Grant items
Two grants are requesting acceptance of funds, and three grant applications are being submitted.
Business items
Discussed the FY25 annual budget adoption – Public Hearing
Heard five RAMP documents proposed for submission are the same as last year’s
Learned revisions were made to 2024-2025 College Catalog for adoption to align with Pathways. Portions were revised for easier navigation.
Heard the below agreements were being presented:
GREDF is to allow for data sharing
Regional Office of Education is a continuation of allowing a presence at the Southeast Education Center
Architechnics, Inc. is to provide renovations for a science lab
Quanada is an annual agreement to support services of the organization
Informed the FY25 dues to ICCTA will be presented for approval
A bid opening is set to award to a vendor with the lowest price to provide services for a door access system to daily lock and unlock all doors with an option of immediately locking all doors and automatically being able to contact the Quincy Policy Department. Bid results were not available at this meeting.
Personnel/Closed Session Items
Discussion was held on personnel items. Cupa data was shared on positions and information was shared of an additional resignation.
Discussion items
Fair Labor Standards Act Impact - Documentation was presented to the committee on the recent federal changes for expanding overtime with potential impact to JWCC. JWCC should not see any impact from the July 1 change, but 15 positions would be impacted as of January 1, 2025, should the additional changes go into effect.
Transcript Holds
In October 2023, the US Education Department announced it is prohibiting withholding transcripts of students in specific situations. The rule went into effect on July 1, 2024, and applies only to students who have used federal financial aid to pay for their education. As a result of this announcement in 2023 JWCC did remove all holds placed on transcripts.
Other
A current FSFA status was requested to share at the Board of Trustees meeting.
https://www.jwcc.edu/about/board-of-trustees/board-agendas-minutes/#executive-committee
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