Notice of Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees for December 6, 2001
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NOTICE OF A REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
December 6, 2001
Notice is hereby given that a Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Houston
Community College System will be held on the sixth (6th) day of December, 2001,
beginning at 4:00 oclock p.m., and from day to day as required, at the HCCS
Administration Building, 3100 Main Street, Second Floor - Auditorium, Houston, Texas
77002.
I. Call to Order
II. Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance
III. Hearing of Citizens
IV. Chancellors Report
A. Financial Report Gloria Walker
B. Report on National Articulation and Transfer Network (NATN)
Dr. Charles Cook
C. Report on Common Book Activities Dr. Charles Cook
V. Chairmans Report
VI. Standing and Ad Hoc Committee Reports
A. Audit Subcommittee - Dr. Michael P. Williams
B. Board Operations Committee - James R. Murphy
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VII. Approval of Minutes
Approve Minutes from the Regular Meeting of May 24; Special Meeting
of June 20; Board Operations Committee Meeting of June 21; Facilities Committee
Meeting of October 23; Finance Committee Meeting of October 23; Regular
Meeting of October 30; Board Operations Committee of November 1-2; and the
Special Meeting of November 12, 2001
VIII. Consideration of Consent Agenda
A. Board Matters
1. Approve Board Bylaws
2. Approve Amendment to BBB (Local) to Clarify Board of Trustees Rotation
Policy
B. Purchase or Lease of Materials and Services
3. Approve Payment to Bracewell & Patterson for Professional Services for the
Period September 16, 2001 through November 15, 2001
4. Approve Purchase of Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer for Various
Programs at Northeast College
5. Approve Purchase of TV Production, Master Control and Lighting Dimmer
Systems for HCC-TV Facilities, 3100 Main
6. Approve Vendor to Operate Katy Mills Child Care Center
7. Approve Oracle Software Agreement
8. Approve Purchase of Fifteen Low Vision Video Magnification Systems for
System Libraries
9. Approve Purchase of Truck for Facilities Department
10. Approve Termination of Delinquent Tax Collection Contract with Perdue
Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott, L. L. P.
11. Approve and Ratify Emergency Replacement of Two Cooling Towers at the
Theatre One Building, Central College
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12. Approve and Ratify Emergency Authorization to Replace Boilers at the San
Jacinto Building, Central College
C. Real Estate and Property Matters
13. Approve Municipal Channel Lease
14. Approve Amendment to Westgate Lease, Northwest College
D. Fiscal Matters
15. Approve Investment Report for October 2001
16. Approve Annual Audit
E. Other
17. Approve Payment to Redistricting Consulting Team
18. Approve and Ratify Acceptance of Gifts and Donations
IX. 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. Personnel Matters
1. Consider Employment of Non-Faculty Permanent
2. Consider Employment of Grant-Funded, Contracts and Enterprise Funds
New Hires
3. Information Items Resignations
4. Information Items - Retirements
5. Deliberate the duties and evaluate or hear complaints against individual
board members, the chancellor or members of the executive staff
B. Litigation and Legal Matters
1. Consultation with legal counsel concerning matters on which the attorneys
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duty to the System under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional
Conduct clearly conflicts with the Texas Open Meetings Laws
2. Consideration and Approval of Settlement Agreement and Full and Final
Release in the Matter of Temperature Systems, Inc. v. Houston Community
College System; Cause No. 14-01-00689-CV, in the Court of Appeals for the
Fourteenth Judicial District
Reconvene in Open Meeting
X. Consider Approval of Agenda Items, including Closed Session Matters
XI. Establishment of Next Regular Board Meeting
Tuesday, January 29, 2002, 4:00 p.m., 3100 Main Street, Second Floor Auditorium, Houston, Texas 77002.
XII. Additional Closed or 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 Meetings 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 through 551.086, inclusive, of the Open
Meetings Act, including, but not limited to:
Section 551.071 For the purpose of a private consultation with the Boards
attorney on any or all subjects or matters authorized by law.
Section 551.072 For the purpose of discussing the purchase, exchange,
lease or value of real property.
Section 551.073 For the purpose of considering a negotiated contract for a
prospective gift or donation.
Section 551.074 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.
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Section 551.076 To consider the deployment, or specific occasions for
implementation, or security personnel or devices
Section 551.082 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 551.084 For the purpose of excluding a witness or witnesses from a
hearing during examination of another witness.
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.
XIII. Adjournment
Certificate of Posting or Giving of Notice
On this the 3rd day of December, 2001, at or before 4:00 p.m., this Notice was posted
at a place convenient and readily accessible at all times to the general public at the
Administration Building of the Houston Community College System, 3100 Main, First
Floor, Houston, Texas 77002.
Linda Gray, Administrative Assistant
Board Services
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