MINUTES - Lake Tahoe Community College

LAKE TAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Regular Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Meeting
Lake Tahoe Community College
Room L104
6:00 p.m. Closed Session
6:15 p.m. Open Session
Present:
MINUTES
Molly Blann, Karen Borges, Kerry David, Roberta Mason, Bryan Swartout,
Frederick Wenck
Staff:
Guests:
Call to Order
Recess to
Closed Session
Recess
Reconvene to
Open Session
Opening
Ceremonies
Tom Greene, Diane Lewis, Susan Middleton, Sue Niehoff, Cynthea Preston,
Michelle Risdon, Lori Thorne
Jonathan Moore
Board President Kerry David called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and
announced items to be discussed in Closed Session.
The meeting recessed to Closed Session at 6:01 p.m.
Kerry David called a recess at 6:12 p.m.
The meeting reconvened to Open Session at 6:20 p.m.
Board President Kerry David led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and welcomed
guests in the audience.
Kerry David thanked Susan Middleton for her 25 years of service and for standing
in as both the Interim Vice President and the Acting President roles. Mr. David
wished Ms. Middleton well in her retirement and added that she will be deeply
missed.
Hearing of the
Public on Items
Not on the
Agenda
SB 1440 Update
None
Tom Greene gave an update on SB1440 noting that it passed 73-0. The intent is to
incentivize students to receive AA degrees prior to transferring. Dr. Greene also
noted that CSU campuses have to accept students as juniors and we will finally get
to a point where we will see completion points for community colleges. This bill
goes into effect in fall 2011.

MINUTES - 2 - AUGUST 24, 2010
2009/10 End of
Year Transfers
Update
CEO Search
Consultants
Sue Niehoff reviewed the summary report included in the packets of the 2009/10
End of Year Transfers (Attachment A).
Susan Middleton noted the packets include a letter of inquiry that was used in the
previous search and asked for feedback on the letter (Attachment B). Ms. Middleton
felt the need to add a request that rates be broken down by individual items. The
Board agreed they would like to see this in the return packets. The Board also
requested that the consultant that will be working directly with LTCC be part of the
team that will be interviewed. It was also noted that we need to know what will be
expected of our staff as well as the timeline for the process. The Board will work
directly with Aaron McVean to find out what the perceived needs of the college are.
It was the consensus of the Board to solicit California firms, advertise on our
website and in the newspaper keeping verbiage short to cut advertising costs. It was
also the consensus that the September 14 agenda carry an item to decide the process
for selecting the consultants to interview and the September 28 agenda action will
be taken to select those consultants to interview.
Consent
Agenda
Moved Blann/Seconded Borges/Passed unanimously to approve the Consent
Agenda as presented:
Approval of Regular Monthly Payroll for the Month of July 2010
Approval of Supplementary Payroll for the Month of July 2010
Clearing of Trust Fund “N”—2009/10
Approval of Warrant Batch Number 1004, Revolving Cash Fund
Reimbursement Report Number 1, in the amount of $3,730.24 and Warrant
Batch Number 1016, Revolving Cash Fund Reimbursement Report Number 2,
in the amount of $5,114.63
Approval of Regular Warrant Batch Numbers 151, 154, 1005, 1006, 1009, 1010,
1012, 1015, 1017, 1018, and 1020
Approval of Financial Aid Warrant Batch Numbers 1008, 1011, and 1014
Approval of Modification to PDL Proposal
Approval of Audio Recording of Board Meetings on a Trial Basis
Approval of Certification of Signatures
Approval of Personnel Action Number 3—2010/11
-Employment of adjunct instructors for Adjunct Instructors for Fall Quarter
2010
-Employment of Kurt Green, Interim Dean of Instruction
(Attachments C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L)
Consideration of
Approval of
Revised 2009/10-
2010/11 Board
Goals and
Objectives
Moved Blann/Seconded Mason/Passed unanimously to approve the revised
2009/10-2010/11 Board Goals and Objectives as amended (Attachment M).

MINUTES - 3 - AUGUST 24, 2010
Consideration of
Adoption of
Resolution
Number 3--
2010/11,
Determination of
10/11
Appropriations
Limit
Board Member
Reports and
Comments
Moved Blann/Seconded Wenck/Passed unanimously to adopt Resolution Number
3—2010/11, Determination of 2010/11 Appropriations Limit as presented
(Attachment N).
Bryan Swartout commented on the following items:
apologized for being out of the loop over the last month as he was relocating and
lost Internet connections
was unable to attend the Student Trustee workshop but has been in contact with
those who did attend
attended Region II meeting last Friday that included basic strategic planning,
statewide advocacy as well as statewide issues
started student orientation tours, excited for incoming students, balls are starting
to roll and he is eager to jump in
Karen Borges commented on the following items:
wondering about fuel reduction project. Sue Niehoff responded that they are
close to finishing up in front of the campus but may not be in the back. She also
noted they will leave tracks behind and will not clean it up.
thanked Susan Middleton for years of service - will miss her very much
Dr. Wenck commented on the following items:
will miss Susan Middleton after 25 wonderful years
Molly Blann commented on the following items:
echoed Dr. Wenck and Dr. Borges’ comments regarding Ms. Middleton
thanked everyone for their participation in the interim search
Roberta Mason commented on the following items:
thanked Susan Middleton for the many years and many services she has
performed over the last few years – she will be remembered fondly
Dedication to Ledbetter Interpretive Center will be September 12 at 11:00 a.m.
Kerry David commented on the following items:
contributions made by Susan Middleton to the Board and the college are much
appreciated, she is very supportive of students and the community and will be
missed.
spoke with Steve Maradian and he will be on campus around 9:00 a.m.
tomorrow and noted he is excited and looking forward to meeting more staff
tomorrow
echoed Ms. Blann’s sentiments that the interim selection went very smoothly

MINUTES - 4 - AUGUST 24, 2010
Classified Staff
Organization
Comments
Administrator
Comments
Diane Lewis commented on the following items:
on behalf of CEA wished Susan Middleton well
all feedback has been positive regarding the interim search
thank you for signed negotiations and thanks to Sue Niehoff and Cynthea
Preston for their perseverance
there has been a lot of very negative responses to pulling Paul Killpatrick’s
portrait; classified consider him part of college and would like his portrait to be
part of other presidents
Cynthea Preston commented on the following items:
thanked Susan Middleton for all the years of working together; it will difficult to
lose her but looking forward to working with the new team
retirement party will be at Cynthea Preston’s house Saturday, August 28 from
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Leona Allen met with Jon Sanchez whose son did not get in to the Fire
Academy but his best friend did. He attended the graduation ceremony and was
so touched that their family will be donating ongoing $30,000 scholarships.
Tom Greene commented on the following items:
so nice to work with Susan Middleton again after his seven year departure;
appreciate all the support and thanked everyone for the warm welcome
provided a graph the gives an early indication of pre-enrollment activity;
applications since January are up 57% for new and returning students; just new
students who have never enrolled previously are up 42%. This helps guide our
plan in the future (Attachment O).
Sue Niehoff commented on the following items:
word out of Sacramento is that they are working towards budget by mid-
September; a tentative date has been set for September 17 for the Annual
Northern Region meeting. Several staff members participate in a conference
call regarding the budget every Wednesday morning.
have had to kick out a bear on campus and have a coyote problem as well
Jonathan Neff is working on a lot of projects in the nine weeks he has been here
including dealing with some code violations that have not been noticed to date
will be talking with the County to make sure they will still be able to provide
assistance to us through October based on the K-12 issue that has come up
Acting
President
Report
and Comments
Susan Middleton commented on the following items:
an update will be needed at Convocation regarding the progress of the
Presidential search – Kerry David will provide this
received TRIO Grant $1.2 million over five years - over 1,400 applications and
only 100 new applications were awarded; great job done by our grant writer and
the team that worked on it
Datatel implementation is on track for the launch date of July 2011. It has been
quiet for all except the IT staff and core user group but that will change as we
begin assessing our processes and timelines and continue to move forward. This
will be discussed at Convocation. The team will provide regular updates.

MINUTES - 5 - AUGUST 24, 2010
Acting
President
Report
and Comments
Next
Meeting
Date
Adjournment
[Susan Middleton comments continued]
budget resolution provided to you (Attachment P) has been sent out by the
League to all districts for consideration as to whether action is warranted to
approve a budget that is kind to California Community Colleges
the compensation packages at the city of Bell have brought about six different
bills that will require public notice of CEO compensation, possibly Board
compensation as well. More updates will be provided as these progress.
thank you to everyone for kind comments, working with Tom Greene again has
been wonderful and the college is being left in great hands with Dr. Greene and
his team
The next regular meeting of the Lake Tahoe Community College District Board of
Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at 6:00 p.m., in room L104
on the College campus.
The meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
Signed by Steve Maradian in lieu of Susan Middleton
Secretary
Board of Trustees
Lori Thorne
ADOPTED AND ORDERED INTO THE MINUTES
______________________________________ September 14, 2010
Steve Maradian in lieu of Susan Middleton, Secretary
Date