North Egypt News

Illinois Community College District No. 521 Board of Trustees met April 22.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

CALL TO ORDER Chairman Manning called the regular Board of Trustees meeting to order at 12:06 in the

Administration Building conference room.

ROLL CALL

Mr. Jeff Jones, Secretary, called the roll.

Those present were:

Mr. Joe Coy

Mr. Ron Daniels

Mr. Jeff Jones

Mr. Larry Manning

Mr. Tony Wielt

Mr. Henry Meinert (Student Trustee)

Those absent were:

Dr. David Asbery

Mr. Brian Dorris

Others present were:

Mr. Terry Wilkerson, Mr. Chad Copple, Mr. John Gulley, Mrs. Kim Wilkerson, Mrs. Lori Ragland, Mrs. Cathy DeJarnette, Mrs. Mary Huggins, Ms. Kendra Gregory

APPROVAL OF MINUTES Chairman Manning recommended approving the minutes of the April 08, 2025 regular Board of Trustees meeting, as presented.

Mr. Joe Coy made a motion to approve the minutes of the April 08, 2025 regular Board of Trustees meeting as recommended. Seconded by Mr. Henry Meinert.

On a roll call vote, all voted yes. Student Trustee voted yes.

ADJOURNMENT OF BOARD sine die The motion to adjourn the Board sine die was made by Mr. Coy and seconded by Mr. Daniels.

SEATING OF NEW BOARD: ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND SIGNING OF OFFICAL

OATHS OF OFFICE

Mr. Wilkerson announced the re-elected Board of Trustee members, Mr. Larry Manning and Mr. Tony Wielt. The elected Board of Trustees signed their Official Oaths of Office.

ROLL CALL OF NEW BOARD

Mr. Jeff Jones, Secretary, called the roll.

Those present were:

Mr. Joe Coy

Mr. Ron Daniels

Mr. Jeff Jones

Mr. Larry Manning

Mr. Tony Wielt

Mr. Henry Meinert (Student Trustee)

Those absent were:

Dr. David Asbery

Mr. Brian Dorris

APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY CHAIR

Mr. Coy nominated Mr. Terry Wilkerson as acting Temporary Chair; seconded by Mr. Meinert.

Mr. Terry Wilkerson, acting as Temporary Chair, announced that we would begin taking nominations for the election of officers.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND APPOINTMENTS

CHAIRMAN

Mr. Wilkerson asked for nominations for the Board Chairman. Mr. Coy nominated Mr. Larry Manning; seconded by Mr. Meinert. All trustees present voiced aye in favor of the nomination.

VICE CHAIR

Mr. Wilkerson asked for nominations for the Board

Vice Chairman. Mr. Jones nominated Mr. Brian Dorris; all trustees present voiced aye in favor of the nomination.

SECRETARY

Mr. Wilkerson asked for nominations for the Board Secretary. Mr. Wielt nominated Mr. Jeff Jones; all trustees present voiced aye in favor of the nomination.

TREASURER

Mr. Wilkerson asked for an appointment for Board Treasurer. Mr. Wielt made a motion to appoint Mr. John Gulley; all trustees present voiced aye in favor of the nomination.

ICCTA REPRESENTATIVE

Mr. Wilkerson asked for an appointment for the ICCTA Representative. Mr. Daniels nominated Mr. Ron Daniels; all trustees present voiced aye in favor of the nomination.

BOARD ATTORNEY

Mr. Wilkerson asked for nominations for the Board Attorney. Mr. Coy nominated Mr. Brian Drew; all trustees present voiced aye in favor of the nomination.

GENERAL INFORMATION

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Thursday, April 24, 2025; 8am-1pm

Children’s Health Fair

Recreation Center

2. Thursday, April 24, 2025; 12:00pm

RLC Foundation Board of Directors Meeting

Student’s Center

3. Friday, April 25, 2025; 9:00am-1:00pm

Kindergarten Day

Event Center and Various Breakout Rooms

4. Tuesday, April 29, 2025; 6:00pm

Upward Bound Honors Banquet

Event Center

5. Friday, May 2, 2025; 8:00am-1:00pm

Career Connections (8th graders)

Event Center

6. Saturday, May 3, 2025; 11:00am-3:00pm

Faculty/Staff Awards & Employee Appreciation

Event Center

7. Saturday, May 10, 2025; 5:30pm

Hall of Fame Banquet

Student’s Center

8. Tuesday, May 13, 2025; 6:30pm

RLC Board of Trustees Meeting

Event Center

9. Thursday, May 15, 2025; 11:30am

Radiology Pinning

RLC Theater

10.Thursday, May 15, 2025; 3:00pm

ADN Pinning

Event Center

11.Thursday, May 15, 2025; 5:00pm

CNA Pinning

RLC Theater

12.Friday, May 16, 2025; 10:00am

PreK Graduation

RLC Theater

13.Saturday, May 17, 2025

Rend Lake College Graduation

8:30am – AA/AS/AES/AFA

11:00am – AAS/Certificate

Outdoors at the Track

MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION

Chairman Manning asked for a motion to move into Executive Session pursuant to Section 2(c)(1)(11)(21). Mr. Daniels made a motion; seconded by Mr. Coy. On a roll call vote, all voted yes. Student Trustee voted yes. The Board went into executive session at 12:15 PM.

RESUME OPEN MEETING

Chairman Manning asked for a motion to reopen the public meeting; Mr. Coy motioned; seconded by Mr. Daniels. On a roll call vote, all voted yes. Student Trustee voted yes. At 12:29 PM, Chairman Manning reconvened the open session of today’s meeting.

CONSENT AGENDA

Mr. Wilkerson recommended approving the Consent Agenda, which included the following items:

1. Approval of April 08, 2025 Regular Board Meeting Minutes;*

2. Approval of April 08, 2025 Closed Meeting Minutes;*

Mr. Meinert made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as recommend; seconded by Mr. Coy. On a roll call vote, those present voted yes. Student Trustee voted yes. Those items marked with an asterisk (*) are a part of these minutes.

PERSONNEL

RESIGNATION OF BUSINESS OFFICE ACCOUNTANT

Mr. Wilkerson recommended to accept with regret the resignation of Ms. Christi Rich, Business Office

Accountant, effective April 25, 2025.

As recommended, Mr. Coy made a motion to accept with regret the resignation of Ms. Christi Rich, Business Office Accountant, effective April 25, 2025.

This motion was seconded by Mr. Meinert. On a roll call vote, those present voted yes. Student Trustee voted yes.

RESIGNATION OF UPWARD BOUND ADVISOR

Mr. Wilkerson recommended to accept the resignation of Mr. Seth McFarland, Upward Bound Advisor, effective May 01, 2025.

As recommended, Mr. Coy made a motion to accept the resignation of Mr. Seth McFarland, Upward Bound Advisor, effective May 01, 2025. This motion was seconded by Mr. Meinert. On a roll call vote, those present voted yes. Student Trustee voted yes.

PUBLIC COMMENT

None

PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS

President Wilkerson made note that the ECMC program coordinator position will be renamed as the SHINE Coordinator at our next meeting. He then allotted his remaining time to Kim Wilkerson to explain the details of the ECMC program.

ADJOURNMENT There being no other business, at 12:41 PM all Trustees present voted aye in favor of adjourning.

The motion to adjourn was made by Mr. Coy and seconded by Mr. Meinert.

 https://19965840.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/19965840/board%20of%20trustees/2025/MAY%202025%20-%20COMPLETE%20BOT%20PACKET.pdf