HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Minutes of Open Meeting
April 9, 2013
The Board of Trustees of Harford Community College met on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at
6:00 p.m. in the Chesapeake Center Board Room.
Trustees present: Mrs. Doris G. Carey; Mrs. April L. Fritts (arrived at 6:05 p.m.) ; Mr. John F.
Haggerty; Rev. Cordell E. Hunter, Sr.; Mr. Bryan E. Kelly; Mr. Richard D. Norling;
Mr. Bradley R. Stover; Mrs. Jan P. Stinchcomb; Dr. James J. Valdes; and, Dr. Dennis
Golladay as Secretary-Treasurer
Staff present: C. Allen, C. Brown, D. Cruise, G. Deal, V. Dodson, N. Dysard, S. Garey,
A. Haggray, K. Hathaway, C. Henderson, R. Johnson, P. Labe, J. Mayhorne, J. Mancine,
B. Morrison, B. Napfel, S. Phillips, L. Preston, D. Resides, C. Sherman, L. Trusty,
A. Ward, and D. Wrobel
Others: E. Stark and Harold Goldberg, counsel; J. Parks and M. Porter, students ; D. Anderson,
The Aegis
I. CALL TO ORDER
B. Kelly called the meeting to order.
The following is noted for the record:
The business of the Harford Community College Board of Trustees, as empowered by Maryland law, is to oversee all personnel, programs and facilities. The Board employs its president to implement and to interpret its policies. The Board directs the president to establish guidelines, procedures, and practices that flow from and support the policies of the
Board of Trustees as contained in the Board Manual for By-laws and
Policies. The Board meets the second Tuesday each month (except July) to consider and transact public business.
II. ROLL CALL
C. Sherman called the roll. Quorum was present.
III. CONSENT AGENDA
By consensus the Board approved the consent agenda. Items included:
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Agenda of the 04/09/13 meeting
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Minutes of the 03/12/13 regular session
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Personnel Update
IV. PUBLIC COMMENT

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One individual addressed the Board during public comment; Machelle Porter spoke on discussion and decision with the administration related to financial aid with which she disagrees.
V. BOARD REPORTS
A.
Chair’s Report
B. Kelly announced upcoming events and encouraged participation:
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April 10 – Foundation Scholarship Reception – 4:30 p.m. – Student Center
Globe Café
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April 26 – Board of Trustees Work Session – 9 a.m. – Chesapeake Center
Board Room
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May 14 – Annual service/retirement awards celebration – 4 p.m. –
Chesapeake Center dining rooms
B. Member Reports
J. Valdes reported that he attended AAUW Dr. Judith Resnick luncheon hosted at
Harford Community College. The event recognizes one 11 th
-grade girl from each of the County high schools for achievements in math and science. Dr. Valdes’ daughter, Leah, was one of the recipients. He also shared an article from The Wall
Street Journal calling for major changes on awarding of Pell grants.
R. Norling reported that he attended the Hosanna School Museum "Celebration of
146 Years of History in the Making" at the Richlin Ballroom on April 5. During the evening Trustee Doris Carey was recognized for her years of service as treasurer of the Hosanna School Museum Board of Directors.
VI.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
A. Information Items
The Board information packet included a report on the President’s meetings and activities over the last month. Dr. Golladay noted specifically:
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He attended the inauguration of Dr. James Conneely, President of Notre Dame of Maryland University. Dr. Conneely has the distinction of being the first male president in the 117 year history of the school.
 The College’s Marketing Department received two Paragon Awards from the
National Council for Marketing and Public Relations. The Paragon Award recognizes outstanding achievement in communications at community and technical colleges. It is the only national competition of its kind that exclusively honors excellence among marketing and public relations professionals at two-year colleges. Harford's award winning entries were
“Giveopoloy” which received a Gold Award in the fundraising/annual campaign category and “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are!" which earned a Silver Award in the postcard category.

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He attended the athletic awards banquet. Over 40% of Harford’s studentathletes achieved a 3.0 GPA or better.
B. Capital Projects Update
R. Johnson, vice president for finance and operations, provided a capital projects update. He noted:
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The Susquehanna Center renovation project is concluding. Tennis courts should be ready for play within the next three or four weeks. Close out date for Finance and Accounting is June 1.
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Bids on Harford Sports Complex entrance have been issued. Recommendation to award the construction bid will be submitted at the May Board meeting.
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Request for proposal for design work for the baseball stadium complex will be issued by the end of the week.
C. Program Presentation – Owl Magazine
Claudia Brown, Assistant Professor of Mass Communications and Adviser to Owl
Magazine , and John Parks, student Editor-in-Chief, provided highlights from the last two years of production of the magazine. They shared the reasons for the transition from a college newspaper to a magazine and discussed how the transition was accomplished. In addition, they noted the two awards the publication earned from the College Media Association – “2 nd
place in the nation” for the best magazine cover (Winter 2012 edition) and “2 nd
place in the nation” for the best magazine spread (Summer 2012 edition). In addition to print copy, the magazine is available in electronic format.
E. Introduction of New Employees
New employees Deborah Ezell, coordinator for health and physical education, and
Julie Mancine, senior library associate, were introduced to the Board
VII. BOARD REVIEW
A. Policies – Political Activities Policy
The Board continued the review of policies to reaffirm currency as written or to identify changes/revisions that need to be made. For the April meeting, the
“Political Activities” policy was reviewed.
B. Kelly noted that the policy prohibits the use of public funds for participation in partisan political activities, but does not address use of college resources, i.e., facilities.
By consensus, the Board agreed that policy should be broadened to include resources. The revised policy follows (change shown in bold print) :

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Political Activities Policy
It is the policy of Harford Community College that the president, the
Board, and any college employees may not use public funds or resources for participation in partisan political activities nor for attendance at or support of fund raising events for elected officials and candidates for elective office.
IX. CLOSED SESSION
B. Kelly asked for a motion to go into closed session to discuss personnel, consult with counsel, and discuss contents of a competitive bid. In accordance with State Government
Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland , Article 10 Section 508(a)(1)(i) and (ii),
Section 508 (7) and Section 508 (14) closed sessions permitted, motion was made by
C. Hunter, seconded by A. Fritts. Nine voted in favor of the motion; no one opposed the motion; motion adopted.
At 6:45 p.m. the Board moved into closed session. The closed session adjourned at
7:25 p.m.
X. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
The Board returned to open session at 7:25 p.m.
Motion was made by D. Carey, seconded by C. Hunter:
The Board of Trustees of Harford Community College rejects all bids for the construction of a new nursing and allied health building because they exceed the budget. Further, the Board directs that a request for re-bids be initiated immediately. The results of the re-bid solicitation, with a recommendation, is to be presented to the Board of Trustees at its meeting on April 26, 2013.
Vote: unanimously adopted.
XI. ADJOURNMENT
The Board meeting adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
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Dennis Golladay
Secretary-Treasurer
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Bryan E. Kelly
Chair