May 17, 2001 Finance and Facilities Committee Notice
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NOTICE OF A JOINT MEETING
OF THE FINANCE AND FACILITIES COMMITTEES
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
May 17, 2001
Notice is hereby given that a Joint Meeting of the Finance and Facilities Committees of
the Board of Trustees of the Houston Community College System will be held on the
seventeenth day of May, 2001, at 4:00 p.m., at the HCCS Administrative Center, 3100
Main, Chancellor's Conference Room, 12th Floor, Houston, Texas.
I. Call to Order
II. Topics for Discussion and/or Action:
A. Board Matters
1. Consider Adopting a Financial Stability Policy
B. Purchase or Lease of Materials and Services
2. Consider Purchase of TV Production and Lighting Equipment,
Southeast College
3. Consider Purchase of Instructional Materials and Supplies for
the Electricians Apprenticeship Program, Central College
4. Consider Purchase of Work Stations for Information
Technology
5. Consider Extension of Contract Technical Services with
Operating Systems, Inc. for PeopleSoft Projects
6. Consider Extension of Contract Technical Services with
Interface Management Services for PeopleSoft SPIN Projects
7. Consider Agreement with Infosol, Inc. to Provide Technical
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and System Performance Analysis
8. Consider Engagement of Mir, Fox & Rodriguez, P.C. as
Independent Certified Public Accountants to Perform the Fiscal
Year 2001 Financial Audit
C. Real Estate and Property Matters
9. Consider Competitive Bid Contract Form for Procurement for
the Library Expansion Project at the Northline Mall Center,
Northeast College
10. Consider Competitive Bidding as the Standard Construction
Contract Method
11. Consider Contract for an Outdoor Student Study Area for
the West Loop Center, Southwest College
12. Consider Authorizing the Chancellor to Execute an
Agreement with HEAT Treatment Services Inc. to Provide
Hazardous Waste Disposal Services
13. Consider Authorizing the Chancellor to Execute an
Agreement with Clark-Tech Environmental Systems to Provide
Asbestos Abatement Services
14. Consider Authorizing the Chancellor to Execute an
Agreement with JK Inc. to Provide Professional Consulting
Services for Environmental Health and Safety Services
15. Consider Ratifying and Approving Commitment to Carter &
Burgess for Environmental Remediation, Central College
16. Consider Change Order for 3100 Main Construction Project
D. Fiscal Matters
17. Consider Allied Interstate, Inc. and Southwest Credit
Systems as the Providers of Collection Agency Services for
HCCS
18. Consider Budget Priorities for the Fiscal Year 2001-2002
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E. Other
19. Consider Katy Mills Child Care Contract, Northwest College
20. Report on Reliant Energy Project &endash; Central College
21. Report on Carter-Burgess Project &endash; Central College
III. Adjournment to closed or executive session pursuant to Texas Government
Code Sections 551.071, 551.072 and 551.074, the Open Meetings Act, for the
following purposes:
A. Consultation with System attorney concerning matters in which the
attorney's duty to the System under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of
Professional Conduct clearly conflicts with The Texas Open Meetings laws
B. Deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property for
Agenda items if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental
effect on negotiations
C. Deliberate the duties of and evaluate or hear complaints against
individual board members, the chancellor or members of the executive staff
RECONVENE IN OPEN MEETING
IV. Consider Directives or Action for Recommendations to the Board Regarding
Agenda Items
V. Additional Executive Session Authority
If, during the course of the meeting covered by this Notice, the Board
should determine that a closed or executive meeting or session of the Board
should be held or is required in relation to any items included in this notice,
then such closed or executive meeting or session as authorized by Section
551.001 et seq. of the Texas Government code (the Open Meeting Act) will
be held by the Board at that date, hour and place given in this notice or as
soon after the commencement of the meeting covered by the Notice as the
Board may conveniently meet in such closed or executive meeting or
session concerning any and all subjects and for any and all purposes
permitted by Sections 551.071, inclusive, of the Open Meetings Act,
including, but not limited to:
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Section 551.084 &endash; For the purpose of excluding witness or
witnesses from a hearing during examination of another witness.
Section 551.071 &endash; For the purpose of a private consultation with the
Board's attorney on any or all subjects or matters authorized by law.
Section 551.072 &endash; For the purpose of discussing the purchase,
exchange, lease or value of real property.
Section 551.073 &endash; For the purpose of considering a negotiated
contract for a prospective gift or donation.
Section 551.074 &endash; For the purpose of considering the appointment,
employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a
public officer or employee or to hear complaints or charges against a public
officer or employee.
Section 551.082 &endash; For the purpose of considering discipline of a
student or to hear a complaint by an employee against another employee if
the complaint or charge directly results in a need for a hearing.
Section 551.076 &endash; To consider the deployment, or specific occasions
for implementation, or security personnel or devices.
Should any final action, final decision, or final vote be required in the
opinion of the Board with regard to any matter considered in such closed or
executive meeting or session, then such final action, final decision, or final
vote shall be at either:
A. The open meeting covered by this notice upon the
reconvening of the public meeting, or
B. At a subsequent public meeting of the Board upon notice
thereof, as the Board shall determine.
VI. Adjournment
Certificate of Posting or Giving of Notice
On this the 14th day of May, 2001, at 4:00 p.m., this notice was posted at a place
convenient and readily accessible to the public at the Central Administrative Offices of
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the Houston Community College System, 3100 Main, 1st Floor, Houston, Texas, and
readily accessible to the general public at all times.
Linda Gray, Administrative Assistant
Board Services
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