A new master plan for the campus of North Central Missouri College will be developed following action taken during a meeting of college trustees Tuesday evening.
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A new master plan for the campus of North Central Missouri College will be developed following action taken during a meeting of college trustees Tuesday evening.
Trustees authorized NCMC President Dr. Walt Nolte to negotiate with Parsons, Harden and Bartholomew and Associates of St. Louis, a landscape architecture engineering firm that specializes in community, institutional and site development planning. The firm submitted a bid of $29,500 to develop the plan, but Dr. Nolte was authorized to negotiate with the firm to bring the price down to $25,000. If that is not possible, he will negotiate with the firm of PGAV. Dr. Nolte said that the bids received were like comparing ?apples to oranges? in the scope of what their plans would entail and that the decision to recommend Parsons had a lot to do with how he and the executive staff feel the firm will work with the college in developing a viable master plan. The deadline for the submission of the completed plan is Nov. 15.
Trustees took care of several personnel items, including the employment of Jamy Preul of Columbia as the Technology Coordinator for the Missouri Adult Education and Literacy Center that will be located on the campus. The center will be established using funds secured through a $219,998.10 grant through the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Other employees hired include the following part-time personnel: Jeanine Snethen-Bradley of Maryville, who will teach nursing classes in the Level II program at Maryville; Jeff Morelock of Browning, who will teach dual credit courses at Linn County R-1 Schools; Glenn Palmer of Winigan, who will teach dual credit music appreciation over ITV at Green City; Julee Reese of Brookfield, who will teach government classes at Brookfield; Justine Ward of Princeton, who will teach AEL courses at Gallatin; Debbie Herring of Maryville, who will teach nursing classes at in the Level II program at Maryville; Gina Graham of Trenton, who will teach courses in the office systems technology department on campus; Eric Davis of Trenton, who will teach manufacturing technology courses on campus; Harold Baskett of Newtown, who will teach dual credit math at Newtown-Harris R-3 School; Christina Henggler of Guilford, who will teach clinic classes in the Level II program; Teresa Doss of Brookfield, who will serve as a part-time clinical instructor in the nursing department; Kelly Claycomb of Ridgeway, who will serve as a part-time clinical instructor in the nursing department; and Toni Woodring of Gilman City, who has been hired as the permanent part-time staff assistant at the Ketcham Community Center.
The board also accepted the resignation of Brenda Brown, who has served as half-time job placement coordinator and half-time student support services program coordinator.
Resignations were accepted from Head Start personnel, including Linda Hulett, teacher/FSA at the Trenton B site; Sherri Caponetto, driver/aide at Milan; Debbie Dorsey, teacher aide at the Chillicothe A site; and Sandy Stevens, health/nutrition aide at the central office. Donna Parn of Brookfield was hired as a teacher aide at the Brookfield B Center and Tammy Taylor of Milan was hired as a teacher aide at the Milan Center.
Development Director Steve Maxey announced the receipt of a $100,000 gift from Allen Moore III and Anne B. Moore of Green Valley, AZ. The Moores, formerly of Chillicothe, made the donation earlier this month, with the stipulation that $50,000 be designated for scholarships to Livingston County students to attend NCMC and the other $50,000 being unrestricted, with no specific project or effort in mind.
In other business, the board:
? set the tax levy at 38.41 cents on the $100 assessed valuation, up slightly from last year?s rate of 38.13 cents.
? adopted a resolution to support the upcoming Trustee?s Forum and urging the governor and general assembly to avoid further withholding and reductions in funding during FY03 and to approve funding for higher education in FY04 to repair the damage sustained in FY02 and FY03 due to withholdings.
? heard a review on the agriculture program by instructor Bill Hinkebein.
? accepted a bid from Solutions 4 Sure of $10,630.76 for the purchase of seven laptop computers to be used with the E-Commerce Program. It was the lowest of five bids received.
? heard a report from Dean of Instruction Marlene Tignor on staff inservice activities and the growing number of on-line courses being offered at NCMC.
? heard an enrollment report from Dean of Students Joanna Anderson, who said preliminary enrollment figures for the fall semester show an increase of 5 percent in head count and credit hours over this time last fall. She also reported on back-to-school activities such as new student orientation and parent orientation.
? were presented reports on Kids College, which had a total enrollment of 73 students and learned that the college has received an $8,016 ?Improving the Quality of Child Care and Education? Child Development Associate grant.
An executive session was held during the regular meeting, as well as following it, with no announcement made.
The next regular meeting of the trustees is scheduled for Sept. 26.