HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Minutes of Open Meeting
April 10, 2012
The Board of Trustees of Harford Community College met on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at
6:00 p.m. in the Chesapeake Center Board Room.
Trustees present: Mrs. Doris G. Carey; Mr. John F. Haggerty; Mr. Bryan E. Kelly; Mr. Richard
D. Norling; Mr. Bradley R. Stover; Dr. James J. Valdes; and, Dr. Dennis Golladay as
Secretary-Treasurer
Trustees absent: Mrs. April L. Fritts; Rev. Cordell E. Hunter, Sr. and Mrs. Susan E. Mull
Staff present: C. Allen, D. Cruise, G. Deal, N. Dysard, W. Ekey, B. Fisler, A. Haggray,
K. Hathaway, C. Henderson, C. Hickson, P. Labe, M. Lieb, J. Mayhorne, B. Morrison,
B. Napfel, A. Pagura, S. Phillips, D. Resides, C. Sherman, J. Shoaff, L. Trusty, A. Ward,
and D. Wrobel
Others: M. Gallo, 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.
B. Kelly announced that at the March 13, 2012, regular Board of Trustees
meeting and at the April 5, 2012, Board work session in accordance with
State Government Article of the Annotated Cost of Maryland, Article 10508(a)(1)(i) and (ii), motion was made, seconded and adopted to move
into closed session to discuss personnel matters.
II.
ROLL CALL
C. Sherman called the roll. Quorum was present.
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III.
CONSENT AGENDA
Motion was made by B. Stover, seconded by R. Norling, and unanimously adopted to
approve the consent agenda. Items included:
Agenda of the 04/10/12 meeting
Minutes of the 03/13/12 regular session
Minutes of the 04/05/12 work session
Candidates for Graduation May 2012 (508 candidates)
Personnel Update (acknowledging receipt of letter of resignation from Deborah
Greener-Orr, effective June 15, 2012)
IV.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Ronnie Walls spoke during the public comment period regarding nature trail and bikeway
on the West campus.
V.
BOARD REPORTS
A.
Chair’s Report
B. Kelly noted that the April 5 work session was well attended.
In addition, B. Kelly announced upcoming events and encouraged participation:
April 11 – Scholarship Reception – 4:30 p.m. – Student Center - Globe
April 27 - Board of Trustees Work Session – 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Chesapeake
Center Board Room
May 8 – Employee Service/Retirement Recognition Event – Chesapeake
Center Dining Rooms preceding the Board meeting
May 10 – Nurse Pinning – 6:30 p.m. – Amoss Center
May 11 – Trustee Day
May 17 – Commencement
B.
Member Reports
J. Valdes reported that he was guest lecturer in Stephanie Hallock’s political
science class. He spoke on biometrics. He also hopes to lecture at the summer
STEM academy hosted by Dean Wrobel and the STEM division.
R. Norling provided a legislative update:
Legislation authorizing the College to borrow money was signed by the
Governor.
Bill supporting the creation of an advisory board for the higher education
center passed.
Nursing building is included in the state capital budget.
A special session may be called to address the FY 2013 budget. If there is no
special session, the “Doomsday” budget will stand; this budget makes
significant reductions to higher education. Reduction to Harford Community
College would be $1M.
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT
A.
Information Items
The Board information packet included a report on the President’s meetings and
activities over the last month. D. Golladay noted specifically:
During the athletics award dinner on April 2, the President’s award was
presented to one member of each team. Each winner was selected by the
members of the respective team.
New trustee orientation session was held on April 5.
Notes of appreciation from scholarship recipients were circulated.
B.
Academic Reports – Black Box Theater – Year in Review
The Blackbox has served as an experimental laboratory and multipurpose
classroom for theater classes and events, while providing a creative home for the
College’s flourishing theater program. Paul Labe, dean for visual, performing, and
applied arts; and Ben Fisler, theater faculty; presented information on the Black
Box Theater/multipurpose classroom's use and provided statistics on the number
of shows, the number of public audience, the number of classes offered, and
enrollment highlights. They also provided details on the use of the space for
rehearsals, special events, and technical theater training.
C.
Introduction of New Employees
New employee, Jonita D. Shoaff, program coordinator – DSS/WAGE
Connection, was introduced to the Board.
ACTION ITEMS
A.
Classification Study
The College contracted with Waters Consulting Group, Inc. (WCG), a
management consulting firm from Dallas, Texas, that specializes in
comprehensive classification and compensation studies, to review the College’s
classification system and salary scales for full-time staff, administrators, and
tenure/tenure-track faculty members. The College also asked the WCG to develop
a salary scale for nine-month faculty members, update job descriptions, and
review the exempt/non-exempt status of selected positions. In addition, WCG was
asked to examine the compensation system for part-time employees.
T. L. Cox from WCG provided an overview of the firm, discussed the elements of
an effective job classification analysis, and reviewed the deliverables of the study.
He commented on the job evaluation factors, market survey, methodology of
analysis, and structure development for general positions and faculty positions.
As a result of the study, WCG recommends the Board:
Adopt the proposed pay structures.
Place general jobs in grades based on internal evaluation and market data.
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Place faculty positions into pay structures based on market data.
Increase employees’ pay to minimum of proposed range.
Total cost for implement is $74,338.
The recommendation of WCG is supported by the President.
Motion was made by B. Stover, seconded by D. Carey:
The Board of Trustees of Harford Community College accepts the Waters
Group’s classification study recommendations, including the adoption of a
new classification system and salary scales for staff and administrators,
the adoption of new salary scales for term faculty, and revised scales for
tenure-track and tenured faculty positions at a total implementation cost
of $74,338.
Vote: adopted unanimously.
Trustees complimented WCG on their fine work on this project.
B. Morrison advised that employee information sessions have been scheduled and
all changes will be effective July 1.
B.
Sabbatical Requests
Two faculty members have requested sabbaticals. Dr. Susan Muaddi-Darraj,
associate professor of English, has requested a one semester sabbatical for the
spring 2013 semester to conduct research related to writing and presenting
ethnicity and culture. Dr. Ellen Avitts, associate professor of art history, has
requested a one-year sabbatical for the Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 semesters. Dr.
Avitts has received a one-semester Winterthur National Endowment for the
Humanities Research fellowship (in-residence) at the DuPoint Winterthur
Museum and Research Center in Wilmington, Delaware. This is a prestigious
award offered to one to two scholars per year. Her project will focus on an
analysis of house merchandising literature from the mid-nineteenth through the
twentieth century. For Spring 2013, Dr. Avitts requested to remain at Winterthur
as a Research Fellow. She will conduct research on architectural history, focusing
on the history of single family housing in America.
The sabbatical requests are supported by the respective dean, the vice president
for academic affairs and the president.
Motion was made by J. Haggerty, seconded by D. Carey:
The Board of Trustees of Harford Community College approves the sabbatical
requests of:
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Dr. Susan Muaddi-Darraj, associate professor of English, for the Spring
2013 semester;
and
Dr. Ellen Avitts, associate professor of art history, for Fall 2012 and
Spring 2013.
Final approval is contingent upon funding which occurs when the Board of
Trustees approves the annual budget in June.
Vote: adopted unanimously.
VIII.
BOARD REVIEW
A.
Policies – Financial Exigency 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
“Financial Exigency” policy was reviewed.
By consensus, the Board agreed that the policy would remain unchanged.
IX.
CLOSED SESSION
B. Kelly asked for a motion to go into closed session to discuss personnel matters.
In accordance with State Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
Article 10-508(a)(1)(i) and (ii), closed sessions permitted, motion was made by
J. Haggerty, seconded by R. Norling to move into closed session to discuss personnel
matters. Six voted in favor of the motion; no one opposed the motion; motion adopted.
At 7:00 p.m. the Board moved into closed session. The closed session adjourned at
7:20 p.m.
X.
ADJOURNMENT
The Board meeting adjourned at 7:21 p.m.
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Dennis Golladay
Secretary-Treasurer
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Bryan E. Kelly
Chair