Employment issues, an enrollment report and an update on the “Invest in the Vision” campaign were topics of discussion during a meeting Thursday night of the North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees.
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Employment issues, an enrollment report and an update on the “Invest in the Vision” campaign were topics of discussion during a meeting Thursday night of the North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees.
The board approved the employment of Chris Farmer of Columbia as mathematics instructor, beginning with the fall semester at a salary of $30,201 and also approved the employment of Nola Stone of Brookfield as a part-time clinical instructor in the nursing program. She will be paid $165 per day as compensation. Pam Monteer of Trenton was hired as a custodian, replacing Annette Donohue, whose resignation was accepted. Also resigning was Lori Wuertz, payroll and benefits officer, whose resignation is effective March 2.
Following an executive session held at the end of the regular meeting, the board voted to hire Lisa Hostetler of Chillicothe as the Workforce Development Manager for the Workforce Development Act Program, effective March 13. She will be paid $30,233 annually.
In Head Start personnel issues, the board accepted the resignations of two-long time home visitors, who are retiring. Carolyn Marsh is retiring as Harrison County Home Visitor after serving families for nearly 34 years, while Shirley Martin is retiring from her position as Livingston County Home Visitor, after serving for more than 24 years. Both retirements are effective July 1.
The resignations of Head Start teacher aides Kelly Huffman, Gallatin Center; Stephanie Nixdorf, Hamilton Center; and Pam Neis, Chillicothe “A” Center, were accepted. Janet Richardson of Kidder was hired to fill the position at the Hamilton Center. NCMC President Dr. Neil Nuttall said the Head Start Program has been notified that it will see a reduction in funding of about $17,000 this year. Dr. Nuttall said the majority of this loss will be made up by not filling all of the open positions at this time.
Dean of Student Services Joanna Anderson gave a report on spring enrollment, noting that enrollment is down 4 percent in head count over last spring and down 5 percent in credit hours over last spring. Compared to fall figures, enrollment is up 1 percent in head count and 3 percent in credit hours.
Mrs. Anderson also announced that Daniel Cummins, a student from Chillicothe, was recently honored with a luncheon on the campus for being named the Tech Prep Student of the Year. She also discussed the “One Community, One Book” program and said the NCMC basketball teams will be starting regional play next week.
Sharon Barnett, chief fiscal officer, said the audit report “looks quite good” and in a memo to board members noted that a comparison of the 2005 and 2004 financials indicates a 7.5 percent increase in total net assets, with an increase in total revenue of 8 percent and total operating expenses increasing by 7.3 percent. She said she will seek approval of the report at the March meeting.
In other business, the board:
• approved a resolution allowing the CFO to administer the e-banking account, removing and adding users as needed.
• reviewed proposed policy changes to the board policy manual in regard to employment contracts and to the classified staff policy manual in regard to employee definitions, contract renewal and the performance evaluation schedule. Human Resources Manager Gene Moyers said these changes will be reviewed with classified staff and brought back to the board for approval at the next meeting.
• heard an update from Dr. Nuttall on the sale of some assets of the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority and its effect on community colleges. Dr. Nuttall said officials from the state’s community colleges feel they have made about 60 percent of the organization’s investment and should receive some of that investment back.
• heard updates from Dr. Nuttall on efforts to provide services at the new correctional facility to be constructed in Chillicothe, recent meetings with officials from Premium Standard Farms and that company’s effect on the local and regional economy (2,300 jobs and a $68,000,000 payroll, plus $2.6 million paid in property taxes) and the progress on a trust modification to allow an agricultural learning center to be established on land located southeast of Trenton that was donated to the college by the Arthur Barton Estate.
• learned that Phil Hamilton, a 1977 graduate of NCMC, will be the commencement speaker. Hamilton, a graduate of the nursing program, is the chief executive officer at Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield.
• learned that the “Invest in the Vision” capital campaign is nearing the $3.2 million mark and that the Hazel and Everett Frey Estate has donated $50,000 to the general scholarship fund in their honor and provided $50,000 to the NCMC Foundation for scholarships. In addition, 20 percent of the residual of their estate will be donated for unrestricted use. Dr. Nuttall said it will be about a year before the funds will be received and at present, the amount of that gift has not been determined.
In addition to the executive session held for personnel, the board also discussed legal matters and real estate during an executive session. No other announcement was made.
The next board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 28.