Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at
12:03 p.m.
Roll Call
Present: Holden, Jeffries, Patterson,
Pelleran
Absent: Canady, Heywood, Rasmusson
Trustees Heywood and Rasmusson arrived
at 12:04 p.m.
Limited Public Comment Regarding
Agenda Items
There were no comments from the
public.
Public Hearing on 2001-2002 Revised
Budget
Chairperson Jeffries stated that the
Board published a notice on November 8, 2001 of this public
hearing on the revised budget for the 2001-2002 fiscal year,
which the College proposed to levy 3.8926 mills. This millage
rate is the amount of millage to be levied to support the fiscal
year 2001-2002 and the approval of the budget by the Board will
meet the requirements of the truth in taxation statute for levy
of the proposed mills.
Chairperson opened the floor for
comments.
There were no comments from the
public.
Adoption of Millage Resolution
Vice President Barbara Larson stated
that this millage resolution outlines the necessary steps for
the Board of Trustees to take to levy 3.8926 mills effective
with the December tax bills. Therefore, Board action is needed
to levy that new amount and to adopt the revised revenue budget
as presented.
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Pelleran and
supported by Trustee Holden to adopt the millage resolution.
Trustee Heywood asked what were the
unmet needs.
Vice President Larson responded that
the unmet needs are those described in the information campaign
in terms of faculty equity, debt service on the construction of
the buildings, technology, and financial assistance.
Trustee Heywood stated that those are
the things that are listed, but the information campaign also
stated that there are "other unmet needs" and he asked
what those were.
Vice President Larson stated that a
more detailed reconciled budget will be brought before the Board
in the spring once more information is collected regarding
enrollment and the State budget.
Trustee Heywood thanked Vice President
Larson for answering his questions.
Trustee Rasmusson stated that he
attempted to contact Ms. Sally Pierce to find out if the faculty
supported this and he did not hear back from Ms. Pierce. He said
that he assumed the faculty is completely supportive of this.
President Cunningham stated that this
was no different than what had been campaigned for and all of
the seven unions were supportive of the millage.
Chairperson Jeffries stated that the
passage of the millage would accelerate the contracts containing
equity.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Heywood, Holden, Jeffries,
Patterson, Pelleran, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady
Motion carried.
Public Comment
Trustee Pelleran - I would like to
thank everybody for everything that they did to make this
millage pass. In light of the news that I heard this morning a
local community college just had to last night raise their
tuition rates two and half dollars per credit hour. They are now
seven dollars over what we at Lansing Community College pay for
credit hour for tuition.
President Cunningham - Which one was
that?
Trustee Pelleran - that's in
Jackson. I would just like to thank the President, the Board,
every one of the union representatives, the faculty, the
administration, the students, who worked so diligently to pass
this. Madame President, Mr. Chairman, I want to commend you for
the class act of putting that nice thank you in the newspaper
the other day. I ran out to get my Sunday newspaper and it was
just absolutely wonderful. I think that Lansing Community
College is not only where success begins. It really is an
example of success through everything that everyone has invested
here. I just want to say thank you for all you did.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 12:08
p.m.
