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Hill College Board of Regents August 2017 meeting summary
08.30.17
HILLSBORO, TEXAS--The Hill College Board of Regents regular meeting was held Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, at 7 p.m. in the Bob Bullock Room of the Hill College Cafeteria in Hillsboro.
The June 2017 regular, executive and special meeting minutes were reviewed. Vice President of the Board, Bill Galiga moved and Board of Regents Secretary Karen Brackin seconded the motion to approve the minutes. The minutes were unanimously approved.
Vice President of Administrative Services Billy Don Curbo presented the financial reports for June and July 2017. Regent Rick Sullins moved and Regent Dr. William Auvenshine seconded to approve the motion, and the financial reports were approved as presented.
Curbo presented the consideration of Investment Policy CAK (LOCAL). Regent Jennifer Nowlin moved and Regent Dr. Allen Lane seconded to approve the motion, and the motion carried.
Hill College President Dr. Pam Boehm gave a legislative update, discussed ACCT arrangements for the September Trustee Conference, the Cleburne Railroaders baseball game and Education Night sponsored by Hill College and Texas Tech will be Aug. 26. The administration is currently working with its advisory committee for making application to TCOLE for a police academy and is currently advertising of a coordinator for the program. Also mentioned was the upcoming BOF Breakfast of Champions, the summer Career College for junior high students held at the Hillsboro Campus, and the monthly op-ed in the Cleburne Times Review continues. Additionally, Hill College will host the North Texas Community College Consortium fall leadership conference Sept. 15 at the Hillsboro Campus and is expecting participation from over 200 higher education educators.
Athletic Director and Rodeo Coach Paul Brown presented a year-end report of the athletic teams. The volleyball and baseball teams were both named National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Academic teams with a 3.26 and 3.05 GPAs respectively. Three students, one from baseball, volleyball and women’s soccer were named NJCAA Academic All-American First Team with a 4.0 GPA. Four students, two from baseball and one each from volleyball and softball were name Second Team with a 3.8-3.99 GPA. Twelve student athletes were named Third Team with 3.6-3.79 GPA, four men’s soccer, three volleyball, two baseball, one from men’s basketball, softball and one women’s soccer.
The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) named three rodeo athletes as Academic All-Americans with a 3.5 GPA. The North Texas Junior College Athletic Association (NTJCAC) named 19 sophomore athletes as All-Academic Team with GPAs over 3.25 from seven of the eight athletic teams at Hill College.
The women’s rodeo team ended-up fifth in the NIRA Southern Region standings with two contestants finishing in the top 15 with a break-away roping ending in the top three and qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR).
The men’s team were Reserve Southern Region Team Champions with 19 contestants finishing in the top 15, two won regional championships and two won reserved regional championships.
The men’s rodeo team ended up fourth in the nation at the CNFR, winning the bull riding national championship and calf roping reserve national championship. Six men’s rodeo team members qualified for the national finals, one bull rider and two calf ropers made the short go-round and four of them were go-round winners.
Volleyball and men’s soccer also made national competition team appearances. Women’s and men’s soccer teams both made district appearances. Women’s and men’s soccer, women’s and men’s basketball, women’s and men’s rodeo, and volleyball made regional championship appearances. Over 40 different students received recognition for their athletic performance at their regional championship team appearances.
Volleyball ended the season 23-11 overall, 11-1 conference and qualified for the national tournament and placed 11th in the nation. Additionally, one volleyball player received an honorable mention as NJCAA All-American.
Women’s soccer ended the season 9-6-2 overall, 4-0-2 conference and were Region V champions and qualified for district semi-finals. One student was recognized as Region V player of the year, four were named all-region, four received honorable mention and five were recognized for all-tournament team
Men’s soccer ended the season 12-8 overall, 2-2 conference, were Region V tournament champions, were Plains district runner-up champions, region V tournament champions. They qualified for the national tournament and ended up in the top 12 in the nation. In the Region V, one player was named player of the year, five were named all-region, five were received honorable mention, five were named all-tournament team, one was named MVP and Coach Paul Davenport was named coach of the year.
Women’s basketball ended the season 19-12 overall, 8-6 conference, qualified for the Region V tournament and one player was named to the all-region team. In the NTJCAC two players were named to first team and two players received honorable mentions.
Men’s basketball ended the season 18-11 overall, 5-7 conference, qualified for the Region V tournament and one player was named to the all-region team. In the NTJCAC one player was named to the all-conference first team and one to the all-conference second team and three players received honorable mentions.
Softball ended the season 11-39 overall, 5-27 conference. One player was first team all-conference and all-region and three players were named second team all-conference.
Baseball ended the season 32-22 overall, 19-13 conference and were Region v tournament qualifiers. In the NTJCAC one player was first team all-conference and two players were second team all-conference.
Vice President Jessie White presented bids for consideration with an addendum for audio/visual technology upgrades to the Performing Arts Center in the amount of $8,711.52, utilizing Delcom. Lane made a motion to accept the bid, Bryant seconded, the motion passed.
Vice President of Administrative Services Billy Don Curbo presented depository contract bids for consideration with the recommendation of Citizens State Bank-Itasca. Lane motioned to accept the bid, Auvenshine seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.
Curbo presented dining service agreement bids for consideration with the recommendation of Great Western Dining Service, Inc. for continuing a three-year contract. Bryant motioned to accept the bid, Sullins seconded the motion and the motion passed.
Curbo presented athletic insurance bids for consideration with the recommendation of Catlin with the total maximum plan cost of $195,900, $201,766 maximum cost with ten-year catastrophe, and $206,584 maximum cost with lifetime. Regent Tony Marley motioned to accept the bid, Lane seconded and the motion passed.
Curbo presented property and liability insurance bids for consideration with the recommendation of TASB Risk Management Fund of Austin, Texas with the annual premium of $105,631. Sullins motioned to accept the bid, Auvenshine seconded and the motion passed.
Curbo presented copy paper bids for consideration of approval with the recommendation to continue to utilize FasClampitt in the amount of $15,428.64. Auvenshine motioned to accept the bid as presented, Sullins seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Curbo presented office supply bids with recommendation to continue with Quill. Nowlin motioned to accept the bid, Sullins seconded and the motion passed.
Curbo presented property resale bids for delinquent taxes for consideration of approval in Joshua. Nowlin motioned to accept the bid, Brackin seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Curbo presented the proposed tax rate for consideration. Auvenshine motioned and Sullins seconded the motion to accept the effective tax rate of 0.090183/$100. The motion passed.
Curbo presented the 2017-2018 operating budget for consideration of approval. Sullins motioned to accept, Bryant seconded and the motion passed.
Vice President of Instruction Rex Parcells presented an articulation agreement between Hill College and Southwestern Adventist University for consideration of approval. Auvenshine motioned to accept the agreement and Lane seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Parcells presented an articulation agreement between Hill College and Hardin Simmons University for consideration of approval. Regent Dwight Lloyd made a motion to accept the agreement, Sullins seconded and the motion passed.
Parcells presented the architectural agreement with Corgan Associates, Inc. of Dallas, Texas, in the amount of $150,900 for preplanning/preconstruction of a Career Education Center on the Jerry Norton Wallace Campus in Hillsboro for consideration of approval. Regent Marley motion to approve, it was seconded by Auvenshine and a unanimous voice vote, the Corgan Contract was accepted.
Vice President of Student Services Lizza Trenkle presented the Student Handbook for the 2017-2018 school year for consideration of approval. Auvenshine made a motion to accept, Sullins seconded and the motion passed.
Trenkle presented the Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC. for the proprietary Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) assessment testing agreement for consideration of approval. Nowlin made a motion to accept, it was seconded Marley and the motion passed unanimously.
Trenkle presented the 2017-2018 Testing Fees for consideration of approval. Lane made a motion to accept, Lloyd seconded and the motion passed.
Trenkle presented the 2017-2018 Citation and Fines for consideration of approval. Marley made a motion to accept the citations and fines, Sullins seconded and the motion passed.
Human Resources Director Jamie Jaska presented personnel considerations of two new staff replacements, one new faculty/coach replacement and one voluntary resignation for Hill College. Nowlin made a motion to accept, Sullins seconded and the motion unanimously passed.
With no further business to conduct in the regular meeting, Sullins motioned to adjourn, Marley seconded and meeting adjourned to a closed session at 8:24 p.m. The Board adjourned to a closed session at 8:30 p.m. and reconvened into regular session. On a motion from Auvenshine and a second by Galiga the Board voted to add another year to President Dr. Pam Boehm’s three-year contract and a three percent raise in salary.
With no further business to conduct, Brackin made a motion to adjourn, Sullins seconded and the Board adjourned at 8:35 p.m.
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