North
Central State College
Board
of Trustees=
Meeting
November
15, 2001
Minutes
1.
CALL TO ORDER
The Chairman, Mr. Brad Preston, called the meeting to order at 7:05
p.m.
2.
CALL TO ORDER
The Secretary called the roll.
Present: Dr.
Ford
Dr. Kafer
Mr. Kehoe
Mr. Preston
Dr. Ressallat
Mr. Ross
Mr. Schmid
Absent: Mrs. Humphrey
Mr. Wiseman
3.
INTRODUCTION OF
GUESTS
Dr. Abrams recognized and welcomed, Bill Despain and Molly Hockenberry,
representing the Faculty Assembly.
4.
NEW BUSINESS
Dr. Abrams thanked the Board for being able to attend the special
meeting. He presented Resolution
R-2001-32 - Consideration of Approval to Amend FY 2002 Operating Budget. Dr. Abrams stated that revenue for the State
is going to fall short of projection.
The Governor has proposed a plan to reduce all State agency budgets by
6% with a few exceptions. The Senate is
recommending a possible 2% cut in addition to the 6% for state agencies with
higher education being the exception.
There has also been some discussion about another possible cut of 1 - 3%
in January 2002. We have already been
informed to prepare for a 6% cut in preparation for FY 2003. Dr. Abrams went on to discuss how the
college=s expenses and revenues compare with our
sister institutions. Dr. Abrams then
went over recommendations to reduces costs and increase revenue. The Board then discussed the budget and the
recommendations.
CONSIDERATION
OF APPROVAL OF 2001-2002
OPERATING
BUDGET AMENDMENT #1
R-2001-32
WHEREAS:
North Central State College has reviewed its 2001-2002 Operating Budget based
upon Ohio Board of Regents Instructional Subsidy allocation revisions and the
results of revised revenue and expenditure projections, and
WHEREAS:
based upon this review, North Central State College needs to amend its
2001-2002 Operating Budget, and
WHEREAS: the
Board of Trustees of North Central State College has reviewed the income and
expense portion of the 2001-2002 Operating Budget Amendment #1, and
WHEREAS: the
Board of Trustees approves the income and allocation of payroll and non-payroll
expenditures of this budget amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: by the Board of Trustees that the 2001-2002
Operating Budget Amendment #1 of the College is hereby adopted as presented.
BUDGET
AMENDMENT #1
REDUCING
EXPENDITURES
Hiring Freeze
(current vacancies)
$134,100
Shared Services
reduction - 6% reduction
78,800
Adjunct/Overload -
6% reduction
59,000
Salary reduction of
1% for all employees making over $45,000
31,000
Custodial Service -
replace with our own employees
15,000
Selected Operating
Budgets - reduce by an average of 27%
237,343
Subtotal $555,243
INCREASING
REVENUE
Contact Hour Fee -
increase by $5.00/hour beginning winter quarter
$ 63,000
Contact Hour Fee -
increase by $5.00/hour again in spring quarter
37,000
Tuition - increase
by 4.1% (to $57.95) beginning winter term
108,000
Subtotal 208,000
Total $763,243
ACTION TAKEN: Dr.
Ford moved approval of R-2001-32 but to table the insurance portion until the
December meeting and to implement the tuition increase beginning with winter
quarter instead of spring quarter. Mr.
Schmid seconded the motion and the motion carried unanimously.
5.
BOARD CHAIRMAN=S REPORT
The Chairman had nothing to report at this time.
6.
PRESIDENT=S REPORT
Dr. Abrams informed the Board that he will hold a college-wide meeting
next Tuesday to discuss budget matters.
He is encouraging all employees to attend.
7.
TIME AND PLACE
OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Board of Trustees is scheduled for Wednesday,
December 5, 2001, at 7:00 p.m. in Room 168 of the Fallerius Technical
Educational Center.
8.
ADJOURNMENT
The Chairman called for any additional business requiring Board action.
ACTION TAKEN: As
there was no further business for Board approval, a motion was made by Mr. Ross
seconded by Mr. Schmid to adjourn the meeting at 8:57 p.m. The motion carried unanimously, and the
meeting adjourned.
Respectively submitted: Mr. J.
Bradford Preston, Chairman
Lisa A. Kitts, Secretary