Paula Hawley, Board Member | John Wood Community College
Paula Hawley, Board Member | John Wood Community College
John Wood Community College Board of Trustees met May 21.
Here is the agenda provided by the board:
1. Call to Order/Appointment of Assistant Secretary
2. Roll Call
3. Pledge of Allegiance; Mission Statement - JWCC enriches lives through learning by providing accessible educational opportunities and services at an exceptional value
4. Introduction
∙ Lidia Makin, Coordinator, Student Accounts
∙ Shellie Mittermeyer, Executive Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of Academic & Student Affairs
5. Blazers at their Best
6. Special Report
7. Consideration of Items from the Floor None
8. Public and/or Employee Comment
9. President and Committee Reports
9.1 ICCTA/West Central Region Report – Ms. Paula Hawley, Mr. Don Hess, first alternate None
9.2 Board Executive Committee Report – Mr. Bob Rhea, Mr. Andy Sprague, Ms. Paula Hawley Table Folder
9.3 Board Curriculum Committee Report – Ms. Angela Greger, Mr. Don Hess No meeting
9.4 Board Finance and Audit Committee Report – Mr. Larry Fischer, Mr. R. Kent Snider Table Folder
9.5 Student Trustee Report – Mr. Jacob Davis
9.6 Administration Report – Dr. Bryan Renfro
10. Consent Agenda
Consent business Items
10.1 Request approval of 04.23.2025 regular Board meeting minutes
10.2 Request approval of bills for April payment Finance and Audit Committee
10.3 Request approval of monthly financial statements for April Finance and Audit Committee
10.4 Request approval of trustee & employee travel expenditures for April Finance and Audit Committee
10.5 Request approval of curriculum items as presented
11. Grant items
11.1 Request authorization to submit a grant application to Illinois Community College Board for Adult Education and Literacy Grant Amount: $257,000
11.2 Request authorization to submit a grant application to Illinois Community College Board for FY26 Perkins Amount: $167,769
11.3 Request authorization to submit a grant application to the Community Foundation for Community Foundation AgFoward Amount: $15,000
11.4 Request authorization to submit a grant application to DOT Foods for the Living Lab Garden Project Amount: $5,800
11.5 Request authorization to submit a grant application to ICCB for FY26 PATH Amount: $197,255
12. Business
12.1 Request approval to approve a trust agreement and transfer of $185,900 from the Operations and Maintenance Restricted Fund to this trust for the College’s Parking Lot and Roads Resurfacing project
12.2 Request approval to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Quincy Rush Soccer Club regarding athletic field use arrangement from May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2028
12.3 Request approval of a posthumous degree being awarded in associate in arts degree Psychology to Kaiya Ahern
12.4 Request authorization of acceptance of the bid for a replacement boiler in the Science and Technology building and award to Peters Heating & Air Conditioning in the amount of $83,000
12.5 Request consideration and action on the appointment of interim President
13. Discussion Items
13.1 Calendar of Events Monday, June 16 – Board Retreat - WDC
14. Notices and Communications
15. Personnel Items
15.1 Request authorization to employ new staff and faculty, accept resignations, retirements, terminations, and implement status changes as presented.
16. Other Items
17. Closed Session 30 17.1 A closed session will be necessary to consider the appointment, employment, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, and for the purpose of discussing “the purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired or lease.”
18. Resume Open Session
19. Open Session Matters
Approve any matter discussed in closed session as necessary and limited to those matters authorized for discussion in closed session by motion of the Boards specifically including but not limited to, the hiring, including non-contractual, contract approval, and contract amendment, release, discharge, discipline, transfer, resignation, and retirement of staff
20. Adjournment
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