Administrative Services Staff Meeting
February 15, 2011
PRESENT:
 Babs Atane
 Rocky Bonura
Julie Bourlier
 Tom Brown
Tom Connolly
 Janice Ely
 Bob Gann
 Jo Ann Higdon

Bruce Hoerning
Reuben James
Andy Nasatir
Rachelle Sasser
Fred Sturner
 Michael Trevis
 John Wagstaff
 Satish Warrier
Minutes: Minutes from February 8th meeting was approved:
 Jo Ann:
 UPDATE PLAN BUILDER FOR CURRENT STATUS OF PROJECT.
 Will announce at this Thursday, PBC meeting that fund 17 will be designated as the
Irrevocable Post Employee Benefits.
 Bob and Rocky are to do a ten minute presentation at tomorrow’s Management meeting.
 We will know next month if ECC will be taking a $7, $10 or $15 million budget cut.
 Need email from John on which faculty member does not want a laptop.
Committee Reports/Division Issues:
 Mike:
 Yesterday, four arrests were made at the bookstore. Two were turned over to the dean and
two were booked at Torrance Police.
 Babs:
 Meeting has been set for tomorrow to discuss health benefits.
 Will send Jo Ann the final report on the Compton Bond.
 Tom B:
 All of the way finding directories has been put in place.
 Some of the concrete work will be delayed due to soil compaction because of the rain.
 Restroom renovation project has been schedule, but notice to proceed has not been issued
due to paperwork delay from contractor.
 Last Friday took a tour of the stadium at Citrus and Pasadena College to get ideas on what
works and what does not.
 All groups are happy with the design of the Shops building.
 Will be in Negotiations on Tuesdays and Fridays.
 Janice:
 Filled the two vacant positions and they will start on March 1st. This has created a new
vacancy.
 Tom did talk with LACOE regarding SDI, which has to be negotiated with the State.
LACOE suggests getting a company like AFLAC or American Fidelity to do the work.
 Prop 39 Bond audit was yesterday.
 Rocky:
 It is very critical that supervisors complete the online training. They are to set the example
for their employees. All but six have not completed the online training.
 Will be sending out email to everyone regarding the purchase of chairs and furniture from
the equipment list. We have samples of chairs brought in so individual can take a look at
them.
 Bob:
 Warner Bros would like to film on campus in parking Lot F and the LA flood channel.
Meeting will be setup to discuss the concerns and various options. Waiting for Warner
Brothers to send a clean copy of the schedule.
 TBP Architect brought a rendition of the new shops building to the Facilities Steering
Committee yesterday. The members of the committee and the user group are in support of
the design.
 Was notified by Fine Arts that they need the building open for a 6 a.m. Music class. Class
is scheduled for Tuesday & Thursday.
 At yesterdays Facilities Steering Committee meeting, discussion regarding Machine Tool
Technology class being conducted while renovation is ongoing. To decrease the
disturbance to theses classes, it was suggested that ECC’s machine tool tech classes be
moved over to the Center until renovation of the new facility is done.
 John:
 LRC and I&T computer labs are up and running with no problems.
 Next big project is getting the order from the equipment list for the Transfer labs, Tutorial
labs and the Natural Science labs.
 Satish:
 First day of classes there were 47,000 logins.
 Majority of students are using online to add/drop and purchase books.
 No one has called regarding the grade issue at the Center.
 Bruce:
 Major wiring is in ground and the rest of the wring will have a low impact on the students.
 Design Development for the Parking Lighting Security Camera project was presented at
the Facilities Steering Committee yesterday.
Meeting adjourned at 9:45 a.m.