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Shawnee Community College District #531 Board of Trustees met Oct. 19.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

A regular meeting of Shawnee Community College District No. 531 Board of Trustees was held October 19, 2023 in the Education Center and via Zoom. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Steve Heisner at 6:00 pm

I. Call to Order

II. Pledge of Allegiance

III. A Few Moments of Voluntary Prayer and Reflection

IV. Roll Call

The roll call was as follows:

Present	Trustee		Present	Trustee
√	Mr. James Darden			Ms. April Moore, Secretary
√	Ms. Deborah Shelton-Yates		√	Ms. Andrea Witthoft, Vice Chairperson
√	Ms. Nancy Holt		√	Mr. Enrico Esguerra (Advisory Vote)
	Ms. Tiffany Schultz		√	Mr. Steve Heisner, Chairperson

Others Present:

Dr. Tim Taylor, President

Dr. Lisa Price, VP-Student Affairs

Dr. Darci Cather, VP-Academic Affairs

Chris Clark, VP-Administrative Services

Dr. April Teske, ED-Institutional Effectiveness

Felicia Rouse, ED-Human Resources

Kevin Hunsperger, ED-Public Information & Marketing

Tina Dudley, Executive Assistant

John Schneider, Attorney

Amanda Hannan, Dean-Allied Health & Nursing

Dr. Kristin Shelby, Dean-Transfer & Adult Education

Kristy Stephenson, Dean-Career & Technical (Zoom, Joined at 5:56pm)

Jesse Smith-Fulia, S.C.E.A. President (Zoom, Joined at 6:08pm)

Becky Hawes, Executive Assistant (Zoom, Joined at 6:02pm)

Sabrina Black (Zoom, Joined at 6:21pm)

Craig Bradley (Joined at 6:56pm)

V. Agenda & Addendums

ACTION – 1 A motion was made by James Darden and seconded by Nancy Holt to accept the agenda and addendums as presented. On roll call vote, the members voted as follows: J. Darden, D. Shelton-Yates, S. Heisner, N. Holt, A. Witthoft all voted Yea. A. Moore and T. Schultz were absent. The Chairperson declared the motion carried.

VI. Recognition of Guests and Public Comment

• Carrie Davis, Advisor/Recruiter

• Hunter Boyd, Student Ambassador

• Matthew Wright, Student Ambassador

• Gavin Osman, Student Ambassador

• Reese Reynolds, Student Ambassador

• Janyia Williams, Student Ambassador

• Allie Koch, Student Ambassador

• Jordyn Cummins, Student Ambassador

• Braden May, Student Ambassador

• Gabriella Lyas, Student Ambassador

VII. Communications

Trustee Esguerra presented the Student Trustee Report

Jesse Smith-Fulia highlighted additional areas of the Faculty Report

VIII. Monitoring Reports

A. Presentation of the Adult Education Monitoring Report (Ginger Harner) B. Presentation of the College Readiness Monitoring Report (Dr. Kristin Shelby)

IX. Approval of Consent Agenda

ACTION – 2 A motion was made by Andrea Witthoft and seconded by Deborah Shelton-Yates to accept the agenda and addendums as presented. On roll call vote, the members voted as follows: J. Darden, D. Shelton-Yates, S. Heisner, N. Holt, A. Witthoft all voted Yea. A. Moore and T. Schultz were absent. The Chairperson declared the motion carried.

As part of the Consent Agenda approval, the following actions were taken: 

A. Disposition of Minutes from September 21, 2023, Regular Board Meeting Approved

B. Consideration for Approval of Interfund Transfer-Approved

C. Acceptance of Treasurer’s Report-Accepted

D. Acceptance of Personnel Report-Accepted

E. Consideration for Ratification of September Bills-Approved

F. Consideration for Approval of Fleet Vehicle Purchase-Approved 

G. Acceptance of the Clery Report-Accepted

H. Consideration for Approval of Cybersecurity Improvement Plan & Purchase Approved

I. Consideration for Amending Policy 1008 College Readiness (noted in VIII-A) 

J. Consideration for Amending Policy 1009 Adult Education (noted in VIII-B)

X. Shared Governance – Administrative Update

Acceptance of Federal & State Mandated Reports List-Accepted

XI. Presentations, Discussion, and Action Items

A. Presentation of CCBO Leadership Academy (Chris Clark)

B. Consideration to Schedule a Board Finance Committee Meeting-Accepted 

C. Review of the Estimated CY23 Tax Levy

XII. EXECUTIVE SESSION

ACTION – 3 A motion was made by James Darden and seconded by Enrico Esguerra for the Board to go into Executive Session under exceptions (c)(1) and (c)(11) of the Open Meeting Act (5 ILCS 120.2). On roll call vote, the members voted as follows: J. Darden, D. Shelton-Yates, S. Heisner, N. Holt, A. Witthoft all voted Yea. A. Moore and T. Schultz were absent. The Chairperson declared the motion carried.

The Board resumed the regular meeting session at 8:30 pm.

ACTION – 4 A motion was made by Andrea Witthoft and seconded by Enrico Esguerra to approve the minutes of the Executive Session held on October 19, 2023. On roll call vote, the members voted as follows: J. Darden, D. Shelton-Yates, S. Heisner, N. Holt, A. Witthoft all voted Yea. A. Moore and T. Schultz were absent. The Chairperson declared the motion carried.

XIII. EXECUTIVE SESSION ACTION ITEMS

ACTION – 5 A motion was made by Deborah Shelton-Yates and seconded by Nancy Holt to approve the hire of Jeff McGoy for the position of Vice President of Student Affairs. On roll call vote, the members voted as follows: J. Darden, D. Shelton-Yates, S. Heisner, N. Holt, A. Witthoft all voted Yea. A. Moore and T. Schultz were absent. The Chairperson declared the motion carried.

XIV. TRUSTEE COMMENTS – None

XVI. ADJOURNMENT

ACTION – 6 A motion was made by Enrico Esguerra and seconded by Nancy Holt to adjourn at 8:37 pm. On roll call vote, the members voted as follows: J. Darden, D. Shelton-Yates, S. Heisner, N. Holt, A. Witthoft all voted Yea. A. Moore and T. Schultz were absent. The Chairperson declared the motion carried.

https://shawneecc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/23.10.19-Board-Minutes.pdf