Notice of a Meeting of the Finance Committee of the HCCS Board of Trustees for May 16. 2002
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NOTICE OF A MEETING OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
May 16, 2002
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 Thursday, the sixteenth (16th) day of May, 2002, at 4:00 p.m. or after,
and from day to day as required, at the System Administration Building, 3100 Main, Chancellors Conference
Room, 12th Floor, Houston, Texas. The items listed in this Notice may be considered in any order at the discretion
of the Chair or Board and items listed for closed session discussion may be discussed in open session and vice
versa as permitted by law.
I. Call to Order
II. Topics for Discussion and/or Action:
A. Board Matters
1. Consider Board Policy on Compensation and Expenses (Travel) for Board Members
2. Consider Board Policy Regulating Student Travel
B. Purchase/Lease of Materials and Services
3. Consider Payment to Bracewell & Patterson for Professional Services for the Period March 16,
2002 through April 15, 2002
4. Consider the Purchase of Trailer Mounted Portable Chillers for the San Jacinto Building, Central
College
5. Consider Vendors to Provide Food and Paper Products for the Neo Market and Bakery and the
Culinary Arts Baking Program
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6. Consider Purchase of Instructional Materials and Supplies for the Industrial Electrical Contractors
(IEC) Apprenticeship Program, Central College
7. Consider Purchase of Instructional Materials and Supplies for the Electricians Apprenticeship
Program, Central College
8. Consider Renewal of Delinquent Tax Collection Contract with Linebarger Heard Goggan Blair
Graham Pena & Sampson, P.C.
9. Consider Payment to Harris County Clerk Beverly Kaufman for Election Services Related to the November
6, 2001 HCCS Trustee Election
C. Fiscal Matters
10. Approve Investment Report for April 2002
11. Approve Resolution and Ordinance Relating to the Continuation of Residential Homestead
Exemptions
12. Approve Amended Resolution of an Additional Penalty for Delinquent Taxes (Tax Code, Sec.
33.07)
13. Approve Amended Resolution of an Additional Penalty for Delinquent Taxes (Tax Code, Sec.
33.08)
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
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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 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 551.084 For the purpose of excluding witness or witnesses from a hearing during
examination of another witness.
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.
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 551.076 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:
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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 May, 2002, 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 System Administration Building of the Houston Community
College System, 3100 Main, 1st Floor, Houston, Texas.
______________________________
Linda Gray, Administrative Assistant
Board Services
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