Date: Monday, August 8, 2022
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: WITCC Campus - Sioux City, Board Room A507

WITCC Mission

As a comprehensive community college, our mission is to provide quality education and to economically enhance the communities we serve.

Board Members

Russell Wray, President | Neal Adler | Bill Anderson | Blanca Martinez | Linnea Fletcher | Jeremy Ogle | Al Aymar | Derrick Franck
Brenda Wright, Board Secretary 
Absent: Tricia Sutherland

Administration:

Terry Murrell, College President | Juline Albert, VP of Learning | Troy Jasman, VP of Finance and Administrative Services | Darin Moeller, Executive Dean of Instruction | Mike Logan, Dean of Information Technology | Jackie Plendl, Dean of Human Resources | Tawnya Beermann, Dean of Students | Christina Brandon, Interim Dean of Outreach and Information Technology

Presenters:

Dr. Erin Volk, Director of Institutional Research and Resource Development | Dr. Teri Peterson, Associate Dean – Health Sciences | Carmen Wilson, Associate Dean – Corporate College | Laura Grell, Career Navigator-Project Director

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Meeting was called to order at 4:00 pm by President Russell Wray.

Roll Call of Directors was taken by Brenda Wright

Colby Drey – student in Physical Therapist Assistant program, addressed the board during Oral Communications.  Oral Communications ended at 4:05 pm

There were two thank you notes for Written Communications. There was a thank you from the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce and from Rob and Pat Denson, regarding the conference held in July.

Motion to approve consent items by Jeremy Ogle and seconded by Neal Adler.  All in favor. Motion carried.

Terry Murrell reported the survey results for the Employee Climate Survey Results (PACE) This survey is geared more towards college/higher education. It was done in March during staff development.

Laura Grell is requesting additional funds for the GEAR II grant for the Adult Education and Literacy Digital Initiative. WITCC is the fiscal agent for this grant which is shared among the Iowa community colleges and the Iowa Department of Education. These funds would develop a Canvas course shell and professional development needed for instructor. Derrick Franck made a motion and Jeremy Ogle seconded the motion.  All in favor, motion carried.

Darin Moeller and Teri Peterson talked about the many different clinical partners that we worked with this past academic year. It has been a challenging year but are working hard to add additional partners to fulfill our needs.

Darin Moeller also presented a College Now Contract for Woodbine High School.  They are in the Iowa Western service area.  Iowa Western gave us permission to offer this contract in order to offer courses not available through Iowa Western Community College.  Linnea Fletcher made a motion to approve the contract.  It was seconded by Neal Adler.  All were in favor.  Motion carried.

Darin Moeller and Carmen Wilson introduced a 260E Preliminary Agreement for Superior Industrial Mechanical, Inc. They are looking to expand their workforce. Neal Adler made a motion to approve and it was seconded by Linnea Fletcher. All were in favor and motion was carried.

Darin Moeller and Carmen Wilson and also  presented a 260E Preliminary Agreement for L&L Builders Co. L&L is also looking to expand.  Jeremy Ogle made a motion to approve and it was seconded by Blanca Martinez.  All were in favor.  Motion carried.

Darin Moeller introduced the ICCOC 28E Agreement. WITCC is a founding member in the ICCOC partnership. With concerns when working with third party vendor, it was decided by Ahler’s Law Firm that we should create a 28E Agreement.  Derrick Franck made a motion to approve and it was seconded by Jeremy Ogle.  All were in favor and motion was carried.

Troy Jasman presented the FY23 Budget for the 2022-2023 Academic year. Jeremy Ogle made a motion to approve and it was seconded by Neal Adler.  All were in favor and motion carried. 

Troy Jasman brought forward the Bank Depositories. This shows the maximum amount we can have in each account.  Linnea Fletcher motioned to approve and it was seconded by Derrick Franck.  All were in favor and motion carried.

Troy Jasman presented the FY22 Annual Report Balance Sheet. This is the unaudited balance sheet.  We will get the final once the audit is done. Derrick Franck made a motion to approve and it was seconded by Neal Adler.  All were in favor and the motion was carried.

Troy Jasman also presented Contingency Change Order #3 for Cherokee Nursing Simulation Lab Project. We had to make a little change with the fire extinguishers.  These funds will come of the contingency funds.  Bill Anderson made a motion to approve and it was seconded by Derrick Franck.  All were in favor and motion was carried.

Terry Murrell presented the 2023 Board Meeting and Conference Schedule. Jeremy Ogle made a motion to approve and it was seconded by Linnea Fletcher.  All were in favor and motion was carried.

Derrick Franck reported on Community College for Iowa Conference. He said he heard a lot of positive comments about the conference.  He wanted to tell Terry and his staff that they did a great job.  There were plenty of staff on hand to help out with whatever was needed.  

Derrick Franck also gave the Audit and Finance Committee Report. The committee met before the board meeting and they reviewed the procedure for assigning adjunct faculty.  They were very satisfied with the process.  They also spot-checked some of the bill.  The committee wanted to thank the staff for being so cooperative.

Derrick Franck gave his report from the Community Colleges for Iowa meeting held during the conference.  The approved the June financials and discussed a self-evaluation survey. 

Terry Murrell gave a President’s Report

  1. 2022 Fall Semester Enrollment
    We are currently down 4.5%.  
  2. CARES Act Funding - We had opportunity to apply for additional CARES act funding.  We had to meet certain criteria. We applied and got $900,000. Half has to be distributed to students. Half will be used for costs or loss due to COVID. 
  3. Closed on land purchase in Denison last Friday.  
  4. Retreat in November – if you have thoughts on how you want it to run please talk to Russ or Terry. 

Linnea Fletcher made a motion to adjourn the meeting and it was seconded by Jeremy Ogle.  All in favor and motion was carried.  Meeting was adjourned at 4:45 pm.