HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Minutes of Open Meeting
April 14, 2015
The Board of Trustees of Harford Community College met on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at
6:00 p.m. in the Chesapeake Center Board Room.
Trustees present: Mrs. Doris G. Carey; Mr. John F. Haggerty; Rev. Cordell E. Hunter, Sr.;
Mr. Bryan E. Kelly; Dr. James W. McCauley; Mr. Richard D. Norling; Mrs. Jan P.
Stinchcomb; Mr. Bradley R. Stover; Dr. James J. Valdes, and Dr. Dennis Golladay as
Secretary-Treasurer
Staff present: A. Adams, C. Allen, K. Callan, V. Dodson, N. Dysard, T. Franza, S. Garey,
K. Grimm, A. Haggray, K. Hathaway, C. Henderson, R. Johnson, C. Karwowski,
P. Karwowski, J. Mayhorne, B. Morrison, B. Napfel, Z. Parker, G. Pizzuto, S. Phillips,
L. Preston, D. Resides, C. Sherman, V. Swain, J. Varley, A. Ward, and D. Wrobel
Others: B. Canavan and J. Schmitz, Harford County Public Schools; and D. Anderson, The
Aegis
I.
CALL TO ORDER
J. Valdes 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:
 Agenda of the 04/14/15 meeting
 Minutes of the 03/10/15 regular session
IV.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
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BOARD REPORTS
A.
Chair’s Report
J. Valdes announced upcoming events:
 April 16 – Scholarship Reception – 4:30 p.m.
 April 24 – Board of Trustees Work Session – 9:00 a.m.
 May 12
o Employee Service Recognition/Retirement Celebration – 4:00 p.m.
o Board of Trustees Meeting – 6 p.m.
 May 19 – Nurse Pinning – 6:30 p.m.
 May 21 – Commencement – 6 p.m. (Trustees to arrive at 5 p.m.)
 May 29 – Trustee Day – 10 a.m.
J. Valdes also commented on the grand opening celebration for Darlington Hall
and he congratulated D. Golladay and college staff for the impressive ceremony.
B.
Finance and Audit Committee Report
R. Norling reported the Finance and Audit Committee met on April 3 and
reviewed the financial reports. It is expected that the transfer of funds from the
fund balance will be less that originally budgeted. The committee also received an
update on potential design changes to the college’s health care plan.
R. Norling also announced that the County Executive will present his FY 2016
budget recommendation to the County Council. It includes an additional $300,000
for Harford Community College. The FY 2016 state budget includes restoration
of about $174,000 from the mid-year reduction.
C.
VI.
Member Reports
No reports.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
C.
Program Presentation – Harford County Public Schools/Harford Community
College (out of sequence)
Mrs. Barbara Canavan, Superintendent of Harford County Public Schools, and
Mr. Joseph Schmitz, Executive Director Middle/High School Performance,
discussed the educational partnerships between Harford County Public Schools
(HCPS) and Harford Community College (HCC).
Ms. Canavan commended D. Golladay and the Harford Community College
leadership team for their work partnering with HCPS. Both she and Mr. Schmitz
commented on the HCPS/HCC quarterly leadership team meetings which enable
the organizations to keep abreast of matters of mutual interest. Mr. Schmitz
discussed five key areas of collaboration: student and parent outreach and
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engagement, college access and readiness, career and workforce preparation,
faculty professional development, and shared use of facilities.
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:
 Successes in athletics:
o Harford head tennis coach George Budelis earned his 200th career victory
on March 15.
o Freshmen pitchers Desi Joines and Katie Shultz were the stars of the best
home opener in school history on March 14 as the Harford softball team
(2-1) defeated Cayuga (0-2), 9-0 and 9-1.
o The Harford baseball team had an amazing seven-day stretch the week of
March 9. The Fighting Owls went 11-1 and currently lead the nation in
hitting (.385), slugging (.692), and on-base percentage (.523).
 Academic highlights:
o HCC completed its first Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Challenge
2015 Virtual Qualifiers on March 7 with five students from HCC’s
Cybersecurity and Information Assurance program. Madrice Guy,
cybersecurity and information assurance faculty, is the College’s team
advisor.
o The Maryland State Department of Education selected Harford’s
Assurance and Cybersecurity Degree Program to receive the 2015 Career
and Technology Education Outstanding Postsecondary Career and
Technology Education Program of Excellence award.
o The Harford Community College Destination Imagination (DI) Team
placed third at the regional tournament on March 14. They will compete in
the state tournament in April.
B.
Introduction of New Employees
New employees, Kevin Grimm, maintenance technician II, and John Varley,
application developer; were introduced to the Board.
D.
Enrollment Report
D. Golladay reviewed the credit enrollment dashboards for Summer and Fall
2105. As of the date of the report, summer FTE is at 67% of the strategic
enrollment management goal and fall FTE is at 30% of the strategic enrollment
management goal.
E.
Capital Projects Update
R. Johnson shared information on capital projects:
 Susquehanna Center roof project is completed.
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Work on Hickory Center continues. Concrete for the main floor will be
poured on April 16. The building is expected to be turned over to the College
in early July.
ACTION ITEMS
A.
New Program: AA – Communication Studies
A. Haggray, vice president for academic affairs, and K. Hathaway, dean for
humanities, discuss a proposed new Communication Studies Associate of Arts
degree. The degree supports the career goals of students who wish to work in
business, human resources, public administration or other fields requiring strong
verbal and written communication skills, effective interpersonal interactions,
decision-making and problem solving.
The Communication Studies AA degree was developed in partnership with
Towson University. Students will be able to complete their associate degree at
Harford Community College and transfer for the last two years of a four-year
Communication Studies program to Towson University or other four-year
institutions.
Motion was made by B. Stover, seconded by B. Kelly:
The Board of Trustees of Harford Community College approves the new
program Associate of Arts – Communication Studies.
Vote: Unanimously adopted.
B.
Contract Authorization: Grandstand and Pressbox for the New Synthetic Turf
Baseball Field
In October 2013, Greene Construction Company constructed a new artificial turf
baseball field. The project included a sub-base with sediment control measures, soil
removal and disposal, excavation and refill, grading, installation of field subdrainage, electrical conduit and wiring, storm drain piping, dugouts, base stone,
synthetic turf with field striping and logo, fencing, lighting, and brick veneer
backstop. As part of the design for this project, Frederick Ward Associates used
Southern Bleacher as the basis for the grandstand.
The grandstand and pressbox were quoted as an option by Greene Construction at
$281,610. Funding would not allow the College to add the option at that time.
However, since the entire area would be re-asphalted, it was agreed to install the
concrete support structures knowing that the grandstand and pressbox would come
later. Not doing the work at that time would create significant damage later. The
support structures were installed to support the originally designed Southern Bleacher
system at a cost of $45,000.
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The Greene Construction option price quoted in 2013 was $281,610 using Grandstand
Design Enterprises, from Annapolis Maryland, as the authorized distributor for
Southern Bleacher. With the support structures already completed, a proposal was
received directly from Grandstand Design Enterprises to furnish and install the
complete system for $195,000. Funds have been identified through one-time funds
from auxiliary sources and athletic department savings for the project.
Motion was made by D. Carey, seconded by J. McCauley:
The Board of Trustees of Harford Community College approves the award of
a contract to Grandstand Design Enterprises of Annapolis, Maryland, for the
construction of a complete grandstand and pressbox at the new synthetic turf
baseball field at a firm cost of $195,000. The installation will be completed in
approximately two months after award.
Vote: Unanimously adopted.
VIII.
PERSONNEL
A.
Personnel Update
Staffing changes are reported to the Board as an information item. The Board
approves personnel activity related to administrators and tenure-track faculty. No
personnel items reported this month require Board action.
Appointments
 Kevin J. Grimm, maintenance technician II, effective March 2, 2015
 Dawn N. Grissom, project director TAACCCT grant, effective April 11, 2015
(grant funded position; formerly Administrative Assistant IV)
Separations
 Mark Bosley-Smith, maintenance technician I, effective February 26, 2015
 Julie C. Rozankowski, development specialist, effective April 2, 2015
 Jakia L. Walker, webmaster, effective April 3, 2015
VIII.
BOARD REVIEW
A.
Policies – Alcohol
Each month the Board reviews a policy to reaffirm currency as written or to
identify changes/revisions that need to be made. Currently, there is a Board policy
on Drug Abuse Prevention and Drug-Free Workplace and another policy on
Alcohol, however, there were no procedures for these policies. Recently, human
resources staff reviewed the policies and established a Drug and Alcohol
procedure. As the procedures were developed, some changes to the Board
Alcohol policy were noted. These proposed revisions were discussed with and
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supported by College counsel. The new wording for the policy is more precise
and provides more flexibility. The current policy with proposed changes follows
(underlines indicate new text; strikeouts indicate text to be removed):
It is the policy of Harford Community College that the college is committed to
providing a safe and healthy workplace. While the College generally prohibits
employees from consuming alcoholic beverages in the course of business,
responsible consumption of alcoholic beverages may be permitted at wellness and
personal responsibility in the use of alcoholic beverages and limits the
consumption of alcoholic beverages to receptions and other occasions generally
associated with cultural events and corporate sponsorships. events associated with
cultural and corporate sponsorship primarily intended for employees, community
or business patronage. Further, use, possession or consumption of alcoholic
beverages is prohibited at student events on or off campus that are organized or
sponsored by college College personnel or its agents.
Motion was made by B. Stover, seconded by B. Kelly:
The Board of Trustees of Harford Community College approves revision
to the Alcohol policy as presented.
Vote: Unanimously adopted.
(Current policy, revised policy with markup notations, and revised policy without
markup notations is attached to file copy of the minutes.)
B.
Policies – Pets on Campus
After several years of a dog prohibition on campus, the College administration
feels that it is time to reevaluate that ban and allow dog owners to once again visit
the campus with their canine companions. Dogs are considered personal property
in the State of Maryland and this revised policy would in no way relieve the
owners from controlling their dogs at all times. Further, it would be expected and
required that all owners would be responsible for any clean up. The privilege
would extend to the entire campus with the exception of buildings, offices,
laboratories and athletic fields.
The current policy with proposed changes follows (underlines indicate new text;
strikeouts indicate text to be removed):
It is the policy of Harford Community College to prohibit all pets from all campus
buildings, offices, laboratories and open spaces.athletic fields with the No
animals, exception of service animals, and those animals used as bona-fide
instructional aids, or animals used for contracted entertainment purposes.should
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be on the premises, tethered outside or left to wander the grounds at any time
(day, evening or weekends). Dogs that are properly controlled (leashed) and
licensed will be permitted in open campus areas. Owners will be responsible for
all pet clean-up.
Motion was made by J. Stinchcomb, seconded by J. Haggerty:
The Board of Trustees of Harford Community College approves revision
to the Pets on Campus policy as presented.
Vote: Eight voted in favor of the motion; one opposed the motion; motion was
adopted.
(Current policy, revised policy with markup notations, and revised policy without
markup notations is attached to file copy of the minutes.)
X.
CLOSED SESSION
J. Valdes asked for a motion to go into closed session to discuss a personnel matter.
In accordance with State Government Article 10-508(a)(1)(i) and (ii) of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, closed sessions permitted, motion was made by B. Kelly, seconded by
J. McCauley to move into closed session to discuss a personnel matters. Nine 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
7:10 p.m.
IX.
ADJOURNMENT
The Board meeting adjourned at 7:11 p.m.
____________________________________
Dennis Golladay
Secretary-Treasurer
Attachments: Alcohol Policy
Pets on Campus Policy
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James J. Valdes
Chair
Current Policy
Alcohol Policy
It is the policy of Harford Community College that the college is committed to
wellness and personal responsibility in the use of alcoholic beverages and limits
the consumption of alcoholic beverages to receptions and events associated with
cultural and corporate sponsorship primarily intended for employees, community
or business patronage. Further, use, possession or consumption of alcoholic
beverages is prohibited at student events on or off campus that are organized or
sponsored by college personnel or its agents.
Revised policy below with markup notations shows proposed changes.
Alcohol Policy
It is the policy of Harford Community College that the college is committed to
providing a safe and healthy workplace. While the College generally prohibits
employees from consuming alcoholic beverages in the course of business,
responsible consumption of alcoholic beverages may be permitted at wellness and
personal responsibility in the use of alcoholic beverages and limits the
consumption of alcoholic beverages to receptions and other occasions generally
associated with cultural events and corporate sponsorships. events associated with
cultural and corporate sponsorship primarily intended for employees, community
or business patronage. Further, use, possession or consumption of alcoholic
beverages is prohibited at student events on or off campus that are organized or
sponsored by college College personnel or its agents.
For ease in reading, the revised policy without markup notations is shown below.
Alcohol Policy
It is the policy of Harford Community College that the College is committed to
providing a safe and healthy workplace. While the College generally prohibits
employees from consuming alcoholic beverages in the course of business,
responsible consumption of alcoholic beverages may be permitted at receptions
and other occasions generally associated with cultural events and corporate
sponsorships. Further, use, possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages is
prohibited at student events on or off campus that are organized or sponsored by
College personnel or its agents.
Current Policy
Pets on Campus Policy
It is the policy of Harford Community College to prohibit all pets from all campus
buildings, offices, laboratories and open spaces. No animals, except service
animals and those used as bona-fide instructional aids, should be on the premises,
tethered outside or left to wander the grounds at any time (day, evening or
weekends).
Revised policy below with markup notations shows proposed changes.
Pets on Campus Policy
It is the policy of Harford Community College to prohibit all pets from all campus
buildings, offices, laboratories and open spaces.athletic fields with the No
animals, exception of service animals, and those animals used as bona-fide
instructional aids, or animals used for contracted entertainment purposes.should
be on the premises, tethered outside or left to wander the grounds at any time
(day, evening or weekends). Dogs that are properly controlled (leashed) and
licensed will be permitted in open campus areas. Owners will be responsible for
all pet clean-up.
For ease in reading, the revised policy without markup notations is shown below.
Pets on Campus Policy
It is the policy of Harford Community College to prohibit all pets from all campus
buildings, offices, laboratories and athletic fields with the exception of service
animals, animals used as bona-fide instructional aids or animals used for
contracted entertainment purposes. Dogs that are properly controlled (leashed)
and licensed will be permitted in open campus areas. Owners will be responsible
for all pet clean-up.