MEETING OF THE
BOARD GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
February 10, 2011
Minutes
The Board Governance Committee of the Board of Trustees of Houston Community
College held a meeting on Thursday, February 10, 2010, at the HCC Administration
Building, 3100 Main, 2nd Floor, Seminar Room A, Houston, Texas.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT
Bruce A. Austin, Committee Chair
Eva Loredo, Committee Member
ADMINISTRATION
Mary S. Spangler, Chancellor
Art Tyler, Deputy Chancellor/COO
Doretha Eason, Executive Assistant to the Chancellor
Charles Cook, Vice Chancellor, Instruction
Diana Pino, Vice Chancellor, Student Services
Fena Garza, President, Southwest College
Willie Williams, Chief Human Resource Officer
OTHERS PRESENT
Kimberly James, System Counsel, Bracewell & Giuliani
Alan Ainsworth, President, Faculty Senate
Other administrators, citizens and representatives from the news media
CALL TO ORDER
Mr. Austin called the meeting to order at 12:44 p.m. and declared the Committee convened
to consider matters pertaining to Houston Community College as listed on the duly posted
Meeting Notice.
REVISION TO HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY
Motion – Ms. Loredo moved and Mr. Austin seconded.
Dr. Spangler apprised that the policy relating to employee complaints and grievances was
inadvertently left out of the Human Resources policy previously approved by the Board.
Mr. Austin inquired if there is a checklist of the policies required for the SACS accreditation.
Mr. Willie Williams informed that Board Counsel reviewed the policies listing and apprised
that all the policies have been approved.
Mr. Austin requested a summary of the policies approved for review of any outstanding
policies that need to be approved.
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Mr. Williams informed that the policy was inadvertently removed when the procedures were
extracted from the policies.
Ms. Kimberly James informed that there is one additional change to the policy, which would
be to change the reference from System to College.
Vote – The motion passed with a vote of 2-0.
ADJOURNMENT
With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 12:49 p.m.
Recorded, transcribed and submitted by:
Sharon R. Wright, Manager, Board Services
Minutes Approved: _________________________________