AGENDA
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BLINN COLLEGE
Board Room
Third Floor, Administration Building
Blinn College, 802 Green Street
Brenham, Texas
Regular Meeting, Tuesday, November 20, 2007, 7 p.m.
The subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are as follows
(Note: Items do not have to be considered in same order as shown on meeting notice):
1.
Call Meeting to Order, Invocation and Pledge to the American and Texas Flags
2.
Public Comment
3.
Review of Financial Statement and List of Checks for the Period Ending October 31,
2007
ACTION ITEMS
4.
Review and Action to Approve Minutes for the October 16, 2007, Regular Meeting, and
October 24, 2007, Public Hearing on House Bill 621
5.
Review and Action to Award Bid #563 for the Abatement of Hazardous Materials in the
Schmidt Building on the Brenham Campus
6.
Review and Action to Award Bid #559 for Sandblasting and Coating of Structural Steel
Under Student Center Building on the Brenham Campus
7.
Review and Action to Authorize the Administration to Seek Bids for the Renovation of
the Schmidt Building on the Brenham Campus
8.
Review and Action to Authorize the Administration to Seek Requests for Proposals
(RFP) for Transportation Services for Student Travel for the Spring Semester
2008
9.
Review and Action to Authorize the Administration to Seek and Award Bids for New
HVAC Control Systems for the Performing Arts, Academic, Library and Band
Hall Buildings on the Brenham Campus
10.
Review and Action to Authorize the Administration to Seek Bids for:
(A) New Chiller Unit for the Bryan Campus
(B) Replacement of Digital Imaging Machine for the Dental Hygiene
Program
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11.
Review and Action to Authorize the Administration to Participate in a Public Auction
With Other Local Governmental Agencies to Dispose of Surplus Equipment and
to Approve a List of College Items to be Sold
12.
Review and Action to Amend the 2007-08 School Year Budget to Reflect Changes in
Tax Revenues and of Increased State Appropriations as a Result of the
Restoration of State Funds Previously Vetoed by the Governor
13.
Review and Action to Include Discussion and Possible Action at the December Board
Meeting on Continuation or Exemption from Property Taxation Certain Goods-inTransit Personal Property as Provided in House Bill 621 Passed by the 80th
Legislature
14.
Review and Action to Rename the Portion of West Second Street Located Between Blinn
Boulevard and Prairie Lea Street on the Blinn College Brenham Campus to
"Walter Schwartz Way"
15.
Review and Action to Revise Board Policy FLB (Local), Student Rights and
Responsibilities, Student Conduct
REPORTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER NON-ACTION ITEMS:
16.
Reports:
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Buildings and Grounds
Proposed Action by the Blinn College Ex-Students Association to Purchase an
Electronic Message Sign for the Brenham Campus
Student Drops from Classes for the Fall 2007 Semester
Campus Crime Statistics for 2006
17.
Administrative Announcements
18.
Recess for Closed Session (As Authorized by Gov’t. Code, Sec. 551.101)
CLOSED SESSION:
19.
Closed Session
(A) Evaluation and Employment of Personnel to Include Employment, Evaluation,
Reassignment of Duties, Discipline, or Dismissal (Gov’t. Code, Sec. 551.074)
(B) Discussion of Possible Purchase, Exchange or Lease of Real Property in
Brenham, Bryan, and Schulenburg (Gov’t. Code, Sec. 551.072)
20.
Reconvene Public Session
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ADDITIONAL ACTION ITEMS:
21.
Action on Closed Session Items
(A) Review and Action on Faculty and Professional Staff Contracts to Include
Employment, Evaluation, Reassignment of Duties, Discipline, or Dismissal
(B) Review and Action to Purchase, Exchange or Lease Real Property in
Brenham, Bryan and Schulenburg
22.
Adjournment
If during the course of the meeting, any discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in closed session, the
Board will convene in such closed session in accordance with the Open Meetings Act, - Gov’t. Code, Sec. 551.101,
et seq.