Quincy Reporter

John Wood Community College Executive Committee met Feb. 13.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

The Executive Committee met on February 13, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. in room C252 Student Administrative Center, president’s area.  Mr. Bob Rhea, Ms. Paula Hawley, and Mr. Andy Sprague trustees participated via Zoom. Dr. Bryan Renfro, president, and Ms. Leah Benz, executive assistant, note taker participated in-person. 

February Board packet items were reviewed. 

Consent items:

Minutes, bills, travel expenditures, and financials and curriculum items were noted.

Grant items:

Five grants were discussed on the Board of Trustees agenda.  Four of the grants are for acceptance of funds from ICCB and one grant is requesting authorization to submit a grant application to the Department of Justice/Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Business Items:

The committee heard four faculty are being recommended for tenure.  They are Bethany Beeler, Ag Science; Chris Koetters, Truck Driver Training; Heather Keller Giltner, Communications, Language, Literature; and Austin Roberts, Fine Arts, Humanities.

The second item on the agenda was a recommendation to increase out-of-district / out-of-state tuition by $15.00 with a $0 increase of tuition for in-district.

Personnel

Personnel items discussed will be noted in closed session.

Closed Session Items - None

Discussion items

Office space lease for FBFM at Ag Center - The Illinois Farm Business Farm Management Association approached the college requesting to lease office space at the Agricultural Center for a term of four months. The agreement was reviewed by legal counsel.   Space was granted and an agreement signed by the president.

Contractor agreement between JWCC and College for Life - This contract allows a contractor to work with College for Life program/employees to design a Certified Transition Program to draft an application to be submitted to the Department of Education to earn this status.  Funding was received for this project through the Tracy Family Foundation.

Master Plan proposal from Klingner BLDD Architects - Klingner and Associates met with Dr. Renfro to discuss their firm to provide a proposal to update the 2019 JWCC facility master plan.  JWCC facilities consist of 11 buildings.  The firm will review all pertinent background material and meet with JWCC personnel to understand the scope of the proposal.  A proposal outlining the details was shared with the committee.

Federal grants - Dr. Renfro shared data of JWCC’s federal grants.  Since all federal grants are being analyzed by the federal government currently, the committee was provided an update of what grants JWCC receives, their status and purpose.

March BOT meeting - The current March Board of Trustees meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 19 in Mt. Sterling.  With the college receiving notification of being selected as one of 13 colleges to participate in Pathways project, the March board meeting now conflicts with leadership attending this event.  The committee recommends to the Board to change the March meeting from March 19 to Tuesday, March 18.  This will be finalized at the February meeting.

Caring Campus - The committee heard an update on Caring Campus activities.  A data sheet will be shared in the February table folder.  The faculty portion of Caring Campus is being integrated.

Presidential evaluation/timeline -   The committee heard the presidential evaluation is normally done prior to the start of the new fiscal year budget.  A copy of a proposed timeline for his evaluation and a copy of the previous evaluation document used was shared with the committee.  This information will be included in the February table folder.

https://www.jwcc.edu/about/board-of-trustees/board-agendas-minutes/#executive-committee