Classified Senate Minutes – 17 October 2014
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Welcome/Call to Order.
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President's Report
o VP of Student Services hiring committee
 Current classified representatives on committee
 Bella Witt
 Rosen Bondoc
 We’d like more than two classified representatives on
committee because this position works with classified staff
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Vice President's Report
o Meetings with President Sperling—every 2nd Wednesday
 Question asked: Who will do classified work for new
programs being proposed?
 We can hire
 If college-wide program, the president can hire that
person(s)
 PR person was suggested as a possible position
 Classified staff should report back with suggestions
for new positions
 We would like paid overtime to be available;
however, this should not be a substitute for hiring
more people
o Katrin will be absent from the next meeting
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Treasurer's Report
o Absent
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Secretary's Report
o Motion to approve minutes with changes (made by Catherine
Powell, second by Gregory Correa, passed unanimously)
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SEIU Report
o SEIU local
 Updates on negotiations with CLPCCD were provided
 Updated the date for next site meeting
o SEIU at large updates provided
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Classified Prioritization
o Subcommittee from PBRC
o President Sperling was OK with what was shown
 She wants to approve and take to college council
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o In new document, want language to review it each year so it
doesn’t go stale
o Classified staff want to “close the loop” so we give our
information and then we get information back on what was done
with the information that we gave and be able to give feedback
on implementation
o Do we want to include language on timelines?
 We want action, but not all delays happen at the collegelevel
o How does one list roll into a new year?
o When do we pitch it?
o Next meeting for Prioritization is coming on Wednesday from 1-3
pm.
o Agree to meet on Monday, October 20, 1pm, to review Classified
Prioritization document
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Landscaping Marquee
o The new one has been described as “awful”
 People do not like how it looks, the information given on
the sign, and how often it was working
o Should Classified Staff fund some improvements, like plants?
 Response: Facilities Committee is handling it and funding
is set
o Could Classified Senate adopt the sign?
 Response: to be revisited next meeting due to time
constraints during this meeting.
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Charter
o Needs review
o Constitution is correct
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DEMC/CEMC
o Want to build bigger Fall & Spring
o Want to build bigger Summer
o Will come back with a plan to implement at next meeting
o Allocation for 2015/2016 not done yet
o We under-allocated Fall 2014 and will make up for it later
o College is chasing enrollment, especially high productivity
classes
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Budget Committee
o See Addendum One
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PRBC
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o See Addendum Two
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For the Good of the Order
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Adjournment
People who attended meeting:
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Noell Adams
Roland Belcher
JoAnn Cerefice
Greg Correa
Katrin Field
Catherine Gentiluomo
Bill Hall
Heather Hernandez
Debra Kling
Nate Moore
Catherine Powell
Craig Shira
Steve Stevenson
Rachael Tupper-Eoff
Yvonne Vanni
Angela Villasana
Gordon Watt
Chasity Whiteside
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ADDENDUM ONE
Report from Budget Committee
Submitted by Heather Hernandez
The College Budget Committee met on October 7, 2014, to review the
Instructional Supply 2014-2015 requests from each department on campus.
Dean's and administrators forwarded their prioritized list of items and one
list was created for the Budget Committee to review. Almost all of the items
that were requested were able to be purchased from instructional supply
funds and were approved. Check with your administrator about approval and
forward the purchasing documents as soon as possible. A few items not
approved on this date and sent back to administrators for further
explanation and included software for an ESL Lab, office supplies not
requested for instruction, and lighting for the Theater. The committee met
again on October 14, but there was no quorum so no official business was
conducted. In the future be sure to provide a detailed description of the
items that you are requesting for purchase on program review forms or
requests for special funding.
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ADDENDUM TWO
Report from Planning, Review and Budget Council
Submitted by Heather Hernandez
The Planning, Review and Budget Council met on October 8, 2014 and the
agenda included: a brief update on the classified prioritization process,
faculty prioritization, and planning for shared governance retreats. The
classified prioritization committee has been meeting to revise a process for
the 2015-2016 year and finalize a process for the 2016-2017. I presented a
brief update on our progress and asked the PRBC request additional
information on classified positions that are requested through the program
review process. Additional information requested includes: justification for
the position, including any relevant data/or legal mandates, funding source,
is work currently being done by other employees, to whom would this person
report, what are the consequences of not funding the position, and how will
the campus community be positively impacted by filling the position.
The faculty prioritization process is also being reviewed for possible positive
changes to their procedures for this year. The faculty senate president and
chair of the PRBC have been meeting with the VP of Academic Services and
VP of Student Services to work on these changes. There was discussion
about how the PRBC impacts the faculty hiring process and what role they
should or should not play. President Sperling also said a few words about her
vision for the process.
The PRBC is planning three shared governance planning retreats which will
focus on updating our shared governances processes, including how
committees reports to one another, the organizational chart, distinctions
between PRBC and the Senates with the goal being to produces an updated
shared governance document. All interested classified are encouraged to
attend (see Deonne Kunkel's invite via email dated 10/14/14). The first
retreat will be on October 24, the second on October 31, and the third to be
planned.
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