August 16, 2001 Finance Committee Meeting Notice
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NOTICE OF A MEETING
OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
August 16, 2001
Notice is hereby given that a Meeting of the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees
of the Houston Community College System will be held on the sixteenth day of August,
2001, at 4:00 p.m. or after, immediately following the Facilities Committee, at the HCCS
Administration Building, 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 Asset Management/Inventory Control Policy
2. Consider Increasing Capitalization Threshold Policy
3. Consider Revision of Current Purchasing Policy and Increasing
the Bidding/Proposal Threshold of Goods and Services
B. Purchase or Lease of Materials and Services
4. Consider Renewal of Agreements/Contracts over $24,999 for
FY 2001-02
5. Consider Marketing Firm
6. Consider Modification of Employee Parking Program
C. Fiscal Matters
7. Consider Effective and Rollback Tax Rates Calculation and
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Public Hearing for Proposed Tax Rate
8. Consider Tax Collection Services by Fort Bend Tax Assessor
D. Information Items
9. Consider Mir, Fox & Rodriguez Report on Responsibilities for
2000-01 Annual End-of-Year Audit
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:
Section 551.084 &endash; For the purpose of excluding witness or
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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 13th day of August, 2001, at 4:00 p.m., this notice was posted at a place
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convenient and readily accessible to the public at the Administration Building of 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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