FISCAL SERVICES DIVISION COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2002
Staff: Rita Bruce, Delores Buerger, Josie Cheung, Stephanie DeWitt, Momi Elliott, Janice Ely,
Pamela Fees, Angie Gardea, Joyce Hopkins, Miriam Ifill, Celia Kang, Estella Lee, Jill McTarsney,
Chintana Mainous, Gay Malpede, Nina Marshal, Petie Moura, Brenda Reilly, Bill Schneider,
Luukia Smith, Marie Stokes, Hong Tran, Gary Turner, Catharina Uebele, Lisa Webb
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Meeting was opened at 10:35 a.m. by Gary. Minutes of June 25 were accepted as written.
Safety Report Topic – “Heat Stress (Sun Stress)!”
This report basically talks about working outside as part of a regular job and precautions to take.
It also mentioned heat exhaustion, sun stroke and how to tell if it is coming on and what action to take. The report will be posted in the Accounting Office.
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Committee Reports
There were no committee reports.
Gary said the topic of the June 27 Area Council Meeting was the bond issue. Bob Gann had architectural renderings of what buildings will look like. Vic talked about pending budget cuts and the State budget.
There was also discussion on mandatory training hours to give more opportunities for classified employees, similar to flex hours available to faculty. It is suggested that the training be tied in to evaluations. Several Fiscal Services staff members have been involved in developing training from this area. Donna Manno will be preparing information to distribute.
Bond Election
At the Board meeting of July 15, there were a number of people from the community in favor of putting the bond on the ballot. Basically, from this point forward there will be a group of citizens, may be employees or not, to form a campaign committee to engage in activities to educate voters and encourage them to vote yes in November. ECC staff can be involved in educating the public and can discuss it during work hours. Employees cannot advocate a position on the bond but can inform. For home owners, there will be an assessment on property tax statements of approximately $19.84 per $100,000 of assessed value that would go to ECC over the next 25 years. The college would be authorized to sell bonds against this money. There will be a structure in place to sell bonds every three years over a 15-year period, and the College would draw against it for up to $394,000,000.
The College is prohibited from taking a stand on the bond. A committee will take care of the expenses, donations. etc. In addition to the bond, ECC will continue to work with the State for available funds and available matching funds for construction projects. A separate fund will be established for bond funds only. Brokerage firms have been contacted to market the bonds
Construction Update
Work on Crenshaw is not related to anything at the College. The MTA is moving its bus benches.
State Budget
The State budget is not yet adopted. This will have an impact on ECC because State apportionments are not coming to ECC as usual. The District has issued TRANs and will use some of it for operations until the State budget is passed.
District Budget
The 2001-02 books are being closed in preparation of fiscal year 2002-03.

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Clothes Program
There was an article in the July 16 Daily Breeze regarding this Job Placement program to lend clothing to students who need them for business interviews. The program is available to current and former students, male and female. Anyone interested in donating clean, pressed clothing can contact Avis Wilson at ext. 6708 or by e-mail, and clothes can be delivered to her attention in
Student Services 204.
Other
Brenda is being published in a book of poetry from international finalists. It can also be seen on the web at poetry.com.
Fleas
The offices will be sprayed for fleas today at approximately 4 p.m.
5. Agenda Development
No discussion. Cat will chair the August 20 meeting.
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The meeting closed at 11:08 a.m.