Date: September 12, 2022
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: WITCC Campus - Mapleton
A Community Event will take place at 3:00 on the Mapleton Campus
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 I Tricia Sutherland, Vice President I Linnea Fletcher I Jeremy Ogle I Derrick Franck
Brenda Wright, Board Secretary
Absent: Bill Anderson, Blanca Martinez, Al Aymar
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 | Jessica Garcia, Director of Denison Campus and Southern Service Area
Item
Meeting was called to order by Russell Wray at 4:00 pm.
Roll Call of the directors was taken by Brenda Wright
Comments for Public Hearing – Bookstore Relocation Project were opened. No comments presented. The notice of Public hearing was published in the Sioux City Journal on August 26, 2022.
The floor was opened for Oral Communications. No oral communications were presented.
Written Communications presented to the board were as follows:
A. Thank You Notes – Girls Inc.
B. Thank You Note – Teammates
C. Thank You Note – Women Aware
Motion to approve Consent Items (including amended Meeting Minutes from 8/8/2022) by Derrick Franck and seconded by Jeremy Ogle. All were in favor and motion was carried.
Juline Albert introduced Erin Volk and Jessica Garcia to give a Mapleton Campus update. This campus initially served as the location for the electrician program. Starting in 2018, we started CNA classes. We will be expanding with dual enrollment with the area high schools. We are looking to add an Ag lab. Possibly adding a test plot.
Terry reported on the Fall 2022 Enrollment Report. We are down in both headcount and credit hours. We are hearing similar stories from other Iowa community colleges. Future Ready Iowa helped keep our CTE program students.
Darin Moeller presented the Quality Faculty Plan to the board. Since 2003, we have had a Quality Faculty Plan approved by the board. We have a Quality Faculty committee comprised of Faculty and administration who develop procedures to carry out the Quality Faculty Plan. One revision to the plan is that we are reassigning the responsibility to maintaining the data. We are now using ACE (Academic Center for Excellence) instead of HR. Once approved, we will make some procedural changes to take to Department of Education. Motion to approve the Quality Faculty Plan was made by Jeremy Ogle and seconded by Linnea Fletcher. All were in favor and motion was carried.
Troy Jasman and Christina Brandon reported the Funding for WITCC Scholarship Programs 2023-2024. We look at the total package of students and we look to see how we can help them. We look at programs with large tool purchases need. By getting scholarships, they will be able to help pay for their tools. Tricia Sutherland made a motion to approve and it was seconded by Derrick Franck. All were in favor and motion was carried.
Troy Jasman presented the FY23 Open Purchase Orders. This list includes any Purchase Order of $40,000 or greater. It is very consistent as previous years. Jeremy Ogle made a motion to approve and it was seconded by Neal Adler. All were in favor and motion was carried.
Troy Jasman also reported the ISCAP Solvency Ratio This is unaudited. The auditors are still reviewing the numbers. We have come a long way since we started this. Auditors said we should be between 12-17%. We are at 16.41%.
Troy presented three Change Orders for 2022 Water Curtain Project. These changes were needed to complete the water curtain project. The water curtain has been a hotspot for students. They are loving it and take a lot of selfies in front of it. This is a great “wow” factor for our college. Tricia Sutherland made a motion to approve and it was seconded by Neal Adler. All were in favor and motion was carried.
Troy also presented the Closeout for the Water Curtain Project. The project is now complete. Derrick Franck made a motion to approve and it was seconded by Neal Adler. All were in favor and motion was carried.
Christina Brandon presented the Cyber Security Incident Response Services Contract with Christy Kleve from FR Secure. This is a 5-year renewal contract with FR Secure. Cyber security is a high focus for everyone. Jeremy Ogle made a motion to approve the contract and Tricia Sutherland seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion was carried.
Jackie presented a first reading for Board Policy – 400.42 – Child Abuse Reporting. Jackie explained the changes recommended. This better reflects the changes recommended by Iowa Code. This is be brought to the board again for a second reading.
Jackie also presented a first reading for Board Policy – 400.43 – Abuse of Children by College Employees. This better reflects the changes recommended by Iowa Code. This is be brought to the board again for a second reading.
Terry Murrell presented Board Policy – 400.51 – Shared Governance for a second reading. Jeremy Ogle made a motion to approve the new board policy and Derrick Franck seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion was carried.
Derrick Franck reviewed the Community Colleges for Iowa Report Derrick said that they also had a nice discussion with our lobbyists. He foresees changes in education committee chairs.
Terry Murrell gave a Presidents Report.
- FY23 Budget. We are not down as much as we thought. We have some Cares Act money. We fully expect to meet the budget.
- We wrote a Title III grant a year ago and it was reviewed and we did not get funded. This year they are funding down. We have the opportunity to get some of that funding. The focus is arts and sciences and DEI initiatives. We should find out in October if we get it.
- Also had opportunity to talk to you about athletics. All 9 board members said they were open to the idea. We would like to put in an application NJCAA. Deadline is October 1.
- We are looking to expand our childcare on campus. Will talk about it more in our retreat. If you have questions or ideas, please talk to Terry.
- Retreat in November – We may need to find a time so that we can get with all nine board members.
Tricia Sutherland made a motion to adjourn and it was seconded by Linnea Fletcher. Meeting adjourned at 4:43 pm.