NOTICE OF A REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
April 22, 2004
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 first (22nd) day of April 2004, at
3:00 p.m., at the System Administration Building, 2nd Floor Auditorium, 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 may be discussed in
open session and vice versa as permitted by law. The Board may take final action with
regard to items listed in this Notice without further action at a Regular Board Meeting.
I.
Call to Order
II.
Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance
III.
Presentation by Construction Program Management Services
(CPMS) Firms
IV.
Awards and Presentations
V.
A.
HCCS Resolution – Approve/Present Resolutions for Former Trustee John
Fonteno, Jr. and Resolution for Helen Orman, HCCS Instructor and
Department Chair
B.
Paragon Award – Presented to Mr. Vidal Ramirez, Sterling Bank Chief
Executive, for demonstrating outstanding commitment to higher education
C.
Cinco de Mayo Observance – Randy Watson, HCC-Central English
faculty, published “Delaciones del Sueño”; a book of bilingual poetry
Hearing of Citizens
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VI.
VII.
Chancellor’s Report
A.
Film Program
B.
Financial Report
Chairman’s Report
A.
Board Calendar/Upcoming Events
VIII. Approval of Minutes
Approve Minutes from the Meeting of the Committee of the Whole of January 15,
2004.
IX.
Consideration of Consent Agenda
A.
Finance
1.
Approval to Exempt Harris County from Taxation and Assessment
of Value on the Sweeny and Pillot Buildings in Houston, Texas
2.
Approve Resolution Providing for the Imposition of an Additional
Penalty on Delinquent Taxes Sec. 33.07 of the Texas Property Tax
Code
3.
Approve Resolution Providing for the Imposition of an Additional
Penalty on Delinquent Taxes Sec. 33.08 of the Texas Property Tax
Code
4.
Approve the Resolution and Ordinance Relating to the Residential
Homestead Exemptions
5.
Approve Subcontracts between Houston Community College
System and Designated Community Partners to Provide Adult
Education Services to Eligible Clients through the Federal,
Corrections and TANF Adult Education Programs
6.
Authorize Chancellor to Negotiate and Approve Contracts for Food,
Dairy and Paper Products; Project #04-22
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7.
Authorize Chancellor to Purchase One (1) Steinway Model “D”
Concert Grand Piano for an Amount not to Exceed $80,720 for a
New Piano or $73, 900 for a Used Piano for the Fine Arts
Department at Northwest College
8.
Approve Purchase of Textbooks and Related Instructional Materials
for the Houston Fire Training (HFT) Program from Griffin-Tabor,
Inc. on an “as Needed” Basis at a Discounted Rate of 27.5% Off
Publisher’s List Price. The Contract will not Exceed $93,656 per
Year
9.
Approve Payment to Bracewell & Patterson for Professional
Services Rendered for the Periods of:
1. January 16 through February 15, 2004 and Invoices
Dated March 11, 2004 in the Amount of $48,075.73; and
2. February 16 through March 15, 2004 and Invoices Dated
April 11, 2004, in the Amount of $53,210.26
B.
10.
Approve Investment Report for the Month of February 2004
11.
Approve Investment Report for the Month of March 2004
Facilities
12.
C.
Academics
13.
X.
Authorize Chancellor to Negotiate Contract for Construction
Program Management Services (CPMS); Project #04-28
Approve Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Houston
Community College System and Houston Independent School
District for Operation of Challenge Early College High School
Prior Action Item
A. The following item was approved by the Board of Trustees meeting as a
Committee of the Whole on February 19, 2004 and constitutes final action by the
Board; subject to it’s right at this Meeting to amend something previously
adopted:
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Finance
Approved renewal of the Governmental Relations contract with Locke,
Liddell & Sapp LLP and Paul Colbert.
XI.
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. Employment of Faculty – Permanent
2. Employment of Faculty – Interns
3. Employment of Non-Faculty – Permanent
4. Resignations
5. Deceased
6. Retirements
7. Terminations
8. Credentials and Selection Process
9. Deliberate the duties and evaluate or hear complaints against individual
board members, the chancellor or members of the executive staff or other
employees
B. Litigation and Legal Matters
1. 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
2. Deliberate the duties of and evaluate or hear complaints against individual
board members, the chancellor and members of the executive staff
Reconvene in Open Meeting
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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 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.
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
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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 19th day of April, 2004, at or before 3:00 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.
Erica Carmen Delvalle
Board Services
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