NOTICE OF MEETING
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
MEETING AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
April 17, 2003
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees of the Houston Community College
System will meet as a Committee of the Whole on the seventeenth (17th) day of April,
2003, at 2:00 p.m., at the System Administration Building, Executive Conference Room
12D11, 3100 Main, 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.
B.
Marketing Committee
1.
Quest Campaign Update
2.
Willie Lee Gay Hall Update
3.
Review Drafts of Introductory Bios of the Board of Trustees
Board Operations Committee
4.
Approve Policy Project Budget Adjustment
5.
Approve Honorary Degree Recipients
6.
Discussion of Policy on Board Correspondence – Mr. Aiyer
7.
Discussion of Policy on Reimbursement of Trustee Travel
Expenses – Mr. Oliver
C.
Finance Committee
8.
Approve Extension of System Architect Contract with Hermes
Architects
9.
Approve Elimination of Optional Benefits for Part-time Employees
10.
Approve Investment Report for March 2003
11.
Approve Resolution Providing for the Imposition of an Additional
Penalty of Delinquent Taxes, Sec. 33.07
12.
Approve Resolution Providing for the Imposition of an Additional
Penalty of Delinquent Taxes, Sec. 33.08
13.
Approve Exemption of Harris County from Taxation and
Assessment of Value on the Sweeny and Pillot Buildings in
Houston, Texas
14.
Approve Vendor to Provide Housekeeping Services for the
System
15.
Approve and Ratify Acceptance of Gifts and Donations
16.
Approve Payment to Bracewell & Patterson for Professional
Services Rendered for the Period March 1, 2003 through March 31,
2003, in the Amount of $39,371.57
17.
Approve Payment to Bracewell & Patterson for Government
Relations Services Rendered for the Period January through April
2003, in the Amount of $41,000
18.
Approve Payment to Rolando L. Rios for Professional Services
Rendered for the Period January 7 through March 27, 2003, in the
Amount of $11,111.66
19.
Approve Payment to Feldman and Rogers for Professional
Services Rendered for the Period January 1 through February 28,
2003, in the Amount of $4,344.92
20.
Approve Payment to Locke Liddell & Sapp for Professional
Services Rendered for the Month of February 2003, in the Amount
of $15,089.75
21.
Approve Payment to Brackett & Ellis for Professional Services
Rendered Through March 25, 2003, in the Amount of $4,327.31
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22.
D.
E.
F.
Approve the Payroll and Holiday Schedules for Fiscal Year 20032004
Legal/Legislative Committee
23.
Legal Update
24.
Legislative Update
Facilities Committee
25.
Approve Interlocal Agreement with City of Stafford to Resurface
Parking Lot at 9910 Cash Road
26.
Update on Central College Construction Plan
27.
Approve Renewal of Lease at Palm Center for the Period April 1,
2003 through December 31, 2005
28.
Approve Southeast College Summer Construction Contingency
Plan
Academic & Student Services Committee
29.
Approve Certificates and AAS Degree in Public Administration
30.
Approve AAS Degree in Culinary Arts
31.
Approve Adult Education Grant Funded Subcontracts for Fiscal
Year 2002-2003 (Increases)
32.
Review of Bracewell & Patterson 1991 Opinion concerning Board
Members’ Authority and Relationship with Staff, Role of Chancellor
and Governing Board, September 26, 1991 and Bracewell &
Patterson letter dated February 2, 2000 concerning Board and
Chancellor Authority
33.
Report on Student Success Model at Southeast College – Diana
Castillo – to be presented on April 24, 2003
34.
Report on the Board Transformation and Orientation to
Successfully Create a Learning Community – to be presented on
April 24, 2003
35.
The Hartford Learning Corridor Model and the Maricopa
Community College District, Phoenix Think Tank – to be presented
on April 24, 2003
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III.
Adjournment to closed or executive session pursuant to Texas
Government Code Sections 551.071 and 551.074, the Open Meetings Act,
for the following purposes:
A.
Consultation with legal counsel concerning matters on 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 duties of and evaluate or hear complaints against individual
board members, the chancellor members of the executive staff
IV.
Reconvene in Open Meeting
V.
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,
inclusive, of the Open Meetings Act, including, but not limited to:
Section 551.071 – 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 – 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 551.076 – 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.
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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:
VI.
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.
Adjournment
Certificate of Posting or Giving of Notice
On this the 14th day of April, 2003, at or before 2:00 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, First
Floor, Houston, Texas 77002.
Linda Gray, Executive Administrative
Assistant, Board Services
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