>> Marian is still struggling in the snow.
I will call this meeting to order
at 8:05, if that's correct.
Are there any comments from the public this morning?
[ Inaudible ]
Yes. Okay.
Then hearing no comments, we will --
I would ask for a motion to go into executive session
for the purposes of discussion of personnel.
>> So moved.
>> Second.
>> Second?
There's a move to second it.
All in favor?
>> Aye.
>> Thank you.
>> Yes.
>> Development.
>> Got you.
>> Don't you get us in trouble, [inaudible].
>> All set.
Thank you.
>> Marian Brown: Okay.
Thanks, Bruce.
So I call this meeting to order.
Do we have any comments from the public this morning?
No? Hearing none, moving on to item 2.0, the consent agenda,
which includes minutes of our regular session all the way
from back in December; 2.2, signed review
of monthly bills -- our chair of the finance
and audit committee has reviewed these.
From December 2019, grand total of
$1,199,279.23.
January 2020, grand total of $1,697,455.58.
Stipend lists eight, nine,
ten and 11 for a grand total of $116,449.91.
Can I get a motion to approve --
>> So moved.
>> I second.
>> Marian Brown: All in favor?
>> Aye.
>> Marian Brown: Okay.
Moving into committee meeting notes, Miss Hutchinson
for the finance and audit committee.
>> Stephanie Hutchinson: We have a few resolutions, 3.1.1,
appointment of healthcare consortium representatives.
Resolved into acting chief financial officer
and treasurer Marie Nellenback, the division chair and president
of the CCC Faculty Association Eric Zizza be appointed
as representatives to the Board of Directors
at the healthcare consortium and that Thomas J Corcoran,
Director of Human Resources, be appointed
as an alternate to said board.
Further resolved that these appointments carry a term
beginning January 1, 2020
and terminating on December 31, 2020.
>> I will move that.
>> Second.
>> Marian Brown: Eric, you want us to approve this?
Just checking.
It's your last shot.
[Inaudible]
>> Eric Zizza: Is it a ten-year appointment, or just one year?
>> It's just one year.
>> Marian Brown: All those in favor?
>> Aye.
>> Stephanie Hutchinson: Okay.
Resolution 3.1.2, resolved that the job description
for information security specialist be adopted
and classified as salary grade five
under the administrative professional group.
I will move that.
>> Second.
>> Marian Brown: Any discussion?
All those in favor?
>> Aye.
>> Stephanie Hutchinson: Resolution 3.1.3.
After our commendation of President Brian M Durant
and in compliance with article 11, section three
of the 2016-2020 contract, Cayuga College Board of Trustees
and the Faculty Association,
the following individual is recommended
for continuing appointment and promotion to assistant professor
for the 2020-2021 academic year at the contractual rate effected
with the fall 2020 term.
Holly Kuhl, Instruction and Assessment Librarian.
I'll move that.
>> Marian Brown: Second?
>> I'll second.
>> I'm sorry.
[Inaudible]
>> Marian Brown: Any discussion?
Anything you want to say, Dr. Cantor, about those --
>> Dr. Ronald Cantor:
These individuals have my full support.
They've made impressive showing, and I heartily endorse.
>> Marian Brown: Okay.
>> I was very impressed with what Sarah Davenport had to say
about Holly Kuhl, I mean,
she sounds like a wonderful addition to staff.
>> Marian Brown: Any other discussion?
All those in favor?
>> Aye.
>> Stephanie Hutchinson: The resolution 3.1.4,
with the recommendation of President Brian M Durant
and in compliance with article 11, section three
of the 2016-2020 contract, Cayuga College Board of Trustees
and the Faculty Association,
the following individual is recommended
for continuing appointment for the 2020-2021 academic year
at the contractual rate effective
with the fall 2020 term, Greg Sevek,
Assistant Professor of English.
And I will move that.
>> Marian Brown: And second?
>> Second.
>> Marian Brown: Any other discussion?
>> Yeah. He sounds really terrific.
>> Marian Brown: All those in favor?
>> Aye.
>> Marian Brown: Okay.
Moving onto governance and planning, [inaudible].
>> Yes, I was coming back from Washington at the time
of the meeting, and I thank John Camardo for chairing it.
We have the full notes in the board packet,
and we have one resolution, which I think John wanted me
to read into the record, or did you want to do that, John?
[Inaudible]
Well, I got a message from Pam that said
that you wanted me to do the reading.
>> John Camardo: No, I asked if you wanted
to do the recommendation from the committee or this.
>> Oh, okay.
Well --
>> John Camardo: Refer to me, but anyway,
I just read the heading.
I didn't go into reading all the lines in the committee meeting.
I think everybody read that, so.
>> Okay. Well, why don't I read this into the record here
because it's important?
A resolution 3.2.1, resolution to support permanent funding
for community college base state aid, formula fiscal year 2020,
whereas our community colleges serve as economic engines
that provide a trained workforce and educated citizenry
for the State of New York and the local communities
in which they are located,
and whereas our community colleges are anchor institutions
that help keep [inaudible] strong and vibrant,
communities strong and vibrant by serving as major employers,
community hubs and social centers,
and whereas our community colleges are the primary
catalyst to the middle class by serving more low-income students
than any other sector of higher education,
and whereas our community colleges anticipate and respond
to the emerging needs of their local communities
and remain the most adaptable sector of higher education,
and whereas our community colleges serve nearly half
of all undergraduates enrolled in the SUNY system along
with nearly as many lifelong learners in non-credit classes,
and whereas a level of predictability
in state funding is essential
to provide our community colleges the ability to plan
and budget accordingly
and recognizes each college's annual fixed cost,
and whereas the 98% of the previous year
or $100 increase per FTE, whichever is greater,
language added to the community college funding model
for fiscal year 2019 was a step in the right direction
and appreciated, and whereas the funding floor should be set
in state statute at 100% of the previous year
or $100 increase per FTE, whichever is greater.
Therefore, be it resolved
that the Cayuga Community College Board
of Trustees fully supports the proposal
that New York State change the base aid formula allocation
for each community college to be permanently set at 100%
of the previous year or a $100 increase per FTE,
whichever is more.
I make that as a motion.
>> Marian Brown: I have a second?
>> Second.
>> Marian Brown: Any discussion?
Hearing none, all those in favor?
>> Aye.
>> Marian Brown: Okay.
President reports.
[Inaudible]
>> Dr. Brian Durant:
I appreciate the trustees' consideration
and approval of that resolution.
I think the time of year that we're in,
there's no greater attention to the spirit of advocacy,
and certainly when it comes to funding.
We are currently, as you just read, you know,
as community college presidents, as trustees, as union leaders,
as student assembly, student associations, we all are trying
to have a united voice in our advocacy as we're trying
to reach and connect with our elected officials
and certainly bring our voice to the governor's office.
Last year, it was, I think,
one of the greatest successes we've been able to achieve
as a community college to be able to have language
of a 98% floor of previous year state aid funding
and the enacted budget.
However, that was a one-time legislative decision.
When the governor announced his proposal budget for this year,
the governor's budget reverted back to a flat increase,
a zero-dollar increase to community colleges.
Twenty-eight of 30 community colleges across the state are
down again in enrollment, and that downward trend
in enrollment is beyond just one year.
The concern for that, of course, is from the practical side
of higher education, is that when we talk
about the way we're funded, the way ed law is written,
they talk about it in terms of full-time equivalency.
They do not talk about it in the number
of students in which we serve.
And so when you're looking at enrollment --
you know, Cayuga's enrollment, for example, is not down as much
as 20% in the last five or six years related to FTD
when it comes to head count,
because we've seen a dramatic increase
from being 50% part-time, 50% full-time all the way
up to nearly 70% of our student body now is part-time,
spread around multiple campuses, online, and certainly
with our K-12 partners.
So when it comes to the transactions that are needed,
when it comes to supporting a student for tutoring,
when it comes to supporting a student
through academic advising,
those particular areas are very difficult.
You add on top of that the state vision,
our certainly mission here at the college and our vision
at the college, to have robust workforce development programs
to be able to support local human resource needs
and emerging trends and to be able to be responsive,
not having the predictability of a funding model
from our state aid to be able to ensure that the decisions
and considerations that we make today position us best
for our future really puts us at a real disadvantage
and is very difficult to manage and to plan
for from a funding perspective.
Of a $29.8 million budget here at Cayuga Community College,
the only funds we can depend on is $3 million
from our county sponsor.
Every other dollar is based on an assumption and based
on [inaudible] particular assumption our targeted
enrollment goal.
If our state can have language within, you know,
the education law that provides us with a buffer and a baseline,
that improves our accuracy and predictability,
it improves our comfort to be able to add programs
or to invest and make new decisions, and ultimately
and most importantly, it gives us the best chance
to allow us to, you know, preserve our services
and supports in place to ensure that our students are set
up for the most likelihood of success.
The failure to do so will have a significant detriment
to our budget, not in this year -- in years to come.
I know I appreciate the letters that the trustees have sent
to elected officials, who've sent them
to the governor's office.
We have other letters from the college being prepared
to go out.
A number of us have met with elected officials.
Our priority over the next month is to continue
to advocate for this funding.
The targeted goal is 100% from previous year,
and the other target goal is
that this becomes a permanent floor,
and so every year we're not starting from zero.
And so, you know, I really appreciate the work
of our trustees and members of our college community.
I know we all have an awareness that's, how important this is,
and ultimately over the next month or so, we'll continue
to lobby and to be able to get our voices out.
You know, on a positive note, I really think that the strength
of SUNY and how we're uniting
with multiple constituency groups has really strengthened
our voice, has really led us to, you know, get ourselves
out there in a consistent way.
CUNY has slightly different agenda or advocacy messaging,
which is okay, but it's really important for us
to not only connect with the leadership of the upstate
that represent SUNY, but that way all those elected officials
that represent districts that have CUNY schools understand
that there are differences between us,
and we have different needs, we have different priorities,
and ultimately, this financing model for us is most important,
regardless of what CUNY thinks is best for them.
>> Brian, could I add two small things?
One is that State Senator Pam Helming did write a strong
letter of support for this resolution,
the [inaudible] resolution.
Also, it has been rumored, and I think it's a pretty good rumor,
that the difference last year was actually personal contacts
with the legislators, particularly, you know,
somebody who was good friends with Carl Hasting [phonetic],
and it made a real difference.
So I think that the more you can haunt your legislature's
offices, I know that Stephanie is lacking a senator right now,
but it makes a huge difference.
And I think we just have to keep pounding away at it.
So make those contacts, even
if you don't think it's going to do any good.
>> Dr. Brian Durant: We can help facilitate that, too.
We have some writing materials ready [inaudible]
and all the contact information, so we can help facilitate that.
>> And just stop into their offices.
I think that that's the key, the local offices.
It's just, knock on the -- go in.
Charlie made it, good.
[Inaudible]
>> Charlie Ripley: Sorry I'm late.
>> Good. Okay, I'm quiet.
>> Dr. Brian Durant: That really concludes my report.
>> Marian Brown: Okay.
Dr. Cantor, [inaudible] Academic Affairs report?
>> Dr. Ronald Cantor: Yes, it's been a wonderful time of year
when our faculty come before me one by one, bringing their best
in the form of big, thick portfolios for promotion,
tenure reappointment, which I try to distill
down to something digestible for you.
And I have to say we have a lot to be proud
of with our faculty [inaudible].
I wish we had time to talk more,
enjoy more of the many accomplishments
on so many fronts that the diversity
of the individual accomplishments is immense,
and as I say, we deserve to be very proud.
Otherwise, I've been working I'd say with three categories
of individuals and groups: our internal academic structure,
our external partnership structure, and a third group
that I will call the -- I'm not sure what to call them,
but the creative types who've had some ideas on how
to do things differently for the changing times.
And my goal is to try to work
with all three groups simultaneously and find
where we can bring them together
to create what we need to for the future.
So that's beginning to get some traction.
>> Marian Brown: Okay.
Great.
>> I have a couple questions, if I may?
>> Marian Brown: Mm-hmm.
>> I was surprised to see
that you signed a comprehensive articulation agreement
with Empire State College.
Didn't we have one, or did it just need to be updated, or --
>> Dr. Ronald Cantor: I believe we did some updating.
I believe they approached us with that.
>> Oh, great.
Okay.
>> Dr. Ronald Cantor: Yes.
>> Okay. That makes wonderful sense.
>> Dr. Ronald Cantor: And that is an issue because,
as I was talking with our transfer folks just this past
week, we have an awful lot of transferred maintenance,
and some of them -- not through our fault,
but some other institutions have not kept them up to date,
and curriculum changes on both sides, and a lot of them need
to be kept [inaudible] up to date.
>> Okay. That makes perfect sense.
>> Dr. Brian Durant: The lax
on their residency requirement is one of the gems
of that particular premed.
I think they're willing to take something like in the high 70s
of our credits towards their --
I'm looking towards the two that know much about it.
Seventy-eight is in my head, but that might not be the number.
>> They're up to 80.
>> Dr. Brian Durant: Yeah, so --
>> [Inaudible] 3 plus 1 is the goal.
>> Oh, nice.
>> Dr. Brian Durant: That's one of the distinctions
of the Empire State agreement
that helps create a pathway for them.
Now, making sure financial aid is eligible
through that process is another factor; however,
it generally can try to be accomplished.
>> Okay. Excellent.
And I have one other question.
I was really glad to see the information
about placement after graduation.
So I see that we've got overall, when you add up the people
with jobs and the people going on, 75%;
and I wondered how you were defining employment?
And was that permanent employment?
Were you including, you know -- temporary people were included
in that or people working in temporary jobs for --
>> Dr. Ronald Cantor: I believe [inaudible] temporary positions.
People do [inaudible].
>> Okay. So that often translates
into other employment down the road, yeah.
>> Dr. Ronald Cantor: Mm-hmm.
>> Okay.
>> Dr. Ronald Cantor: And we're facing more of a gig economy,
the more people are holding multiple, temporary
and part-time positions.
>> Right. Right.
Okay. Thank you.
Those are my questions.
>> Marian Brown: Any other questions or comments?
Okay. Moving on to Mr. Rosenthal, Student Affairs,
and role management, and IT and --
>> Jeffrey Rosenthal: Good morning.
>> Marian Brown: Whatever.
>> Jeffrey Rosenthal: You have my report.
Just a couple of highlights.
Enrollment continues to track as expected.
We anticipate exceeding our budgeted enrollment number
of 4280 by perhaps five or ten FTE.
As of this morning, we've received about 15 applications
for our brand-new culinary arts program.
We anticipate some more applications coming in.
Our marketing strategy is
to promote culinary arts as [inaudible].
If any of you have driven past the digital billboard on,
what is it?
The arterial, Route Five.
There's a really beautiful advertisement
for culinary arts that's there.
And so --
>> Marian Brown: Jeffrey,
are you doing some direct marketing also for things
like the culinary program at Boatsee [phonetic] --
>> Jeffrey Rosenthal: Yes, we have.
In fact, what we've done is produced posters and postcards,
and the admissions staff will be distributing those,
not just to Boatsees, but also to local eateries
and food establishments to encourage people
to consider culinary arts as a possibility for them.
>> Dr. Ronald Cantor: We're also visiting the local Boatsees
specifically [inaudible] a culinary focus.
>> Marian Brown: Yeah.
>> Jeffrey Rosenthal: Not in your report,
but an update again, as of this morning,
the Cornell Prison Education Program this spring will see an
additional 20 FTE.
Not an insignificant number;
20 FTE anywhere you can get it is a good thing,
and so that will put our spring, what I categorize it as K-12,
which includes the Cornell Prison Education Program
above our targeted number of 195.
It will probably be around 200 or so.
So that's relatively good news.
There are some fluctuations from semester to semester and year
to year within that program, but we appreciate the 20 FTE
that we're getting this spring.
I do want to note -- again, not in my report --
that senior staff is taking very seriously the
coronavirus situation.
I hope to be gathering a small group of individuals
for the next week or so to engage in a conversation
or what we might call a tabletop exercise
to see what the college could do to ensure continuity
of operations, Doug Kenney [phonetic] says.
It's continuity of operations.
To be able to leverage the technology that's available
and other resources to ensure that the college continues
to function an operate.
And lastly, the week of March ninth, a film crew will be
on campus to highlight what we're calling a flagship
program, which is our nursing program,
and will be highlighting a young man who's
in the nursing program.
This is part of the joint community college marketing
efforts between Cayuga, Onondaga
and Jefferson Community Colleges.
So I'm excited about that.
The other institutions will also be highlighting the
flagship program.
No one institution will be highlighted.
The purpose is to promote community colleges
and the three community colleges in Central
and Northern New York.
I'd be happy to answer questions.
Brian?
>> Dr. Brian Durant: I don't have a question.
I'll wait if you had a comment.
>> Marian Brown: Any more questions or --
>> Dr. Brian Durant: Guess I'll go now.
Earlier this week -- I should've mentioned it on my report or --
earlier this week, we were able to have lunch
to celebrate a young man who is about to accomplish a feat
for the first time here into our awareness
at Cayuga Community College, and that is, he'll be graduating
from Union Springs High School in June as well
as being a spring-summer graduate
of Cayuga Community College at the same time.
And so lots of work done with, you know,
with Sarah Ya [phonetic], leadership of Union Springs,
a number of faculty supporters here at the college
over the years have created pathways for this to happen.
It was and is an intended goal of Union Springs
to create these pathways for their students,
and ultimately this one student has persevered
and will be graduating.
So we had a nice lunch to celebrate him
and his family earlier this week.
Andrew will be issuing a press release
to that effect soon, right?
>> Yeah, I'm waiting on approvals from several people
who have a draft of it.
>> Dr. Brian Durant: So it's a nice thing for --
obviously for this young man, and ultimately it's something
that we're very proud of and I think it was nice
to have the conversation with him.
So look forward to that, and he will be participating
in our commencement exercise in May.
We'll be celebrating him there as well.
>> Can I ask what his program was?
>> Dr. Brian Durant: I believe his program was liberal arts.
>> Dr. Ronald Cantor: Yes, and he's planning probably to go
on to Bevington [phonetic],
or Hobart Marine Smith [phonetic], or --
>> Dr. Brian Durant: U of R.
>> Dr. Ronald Cantor: U of R. And his intended career path is
to be an English professor.
>> Couldn't be better.
[ Laughter ]
Sorry.
>> Marian Brown: Miss Nellenback,
[inaudible] and facilities?
>> Marie Nellenback: I'm passing out a balance sheet
that I want you to replace with the one you have.
>> Marian Brown: More balanced?
>> Marie Nellenback: Yeah.
Let's talk about that.
>> Marian Brown: Okay.
[Inaudible]
>> Marie Nellenback: A little quality control issue
that we did not catch at the finance committee,
but I figured -- I did want the official record to be correct.
So
So the only difference is there was a late journal entry done
to cash, and it basically -- the balance sheet balances,
as it always should balance, but it also should tie
to your income statement.
So if you look at the income statement and year
to date actual, excess of revenue
over expenses, $6,653,951.
That should tie to your balance sheet and current year
to date revenue less expense.
The journal entry was done backwards.
We didn't catch it at finance,
but when we got the final packet, we did catch it.
I wanted it to be part of the official record.
So I figure I'd fess up, which [inaudible] hear me do.
>> Marian Brown: Okay.
>> Marie Nellenback: All right.
So we did present a comparative balance sheet,
and at the finance committee, we talked about the fluctuations.
Then we went on to the revenue and expense statement.
Basically we're -- right now, I'm projecting
about a break-even budget because we are able
to make our enrollment numbers.
Most of, like, the tuition will come in,
the chargebacks should come in.
We have -- our miscellaneous revenue is definitely trending
under what we budgeted, and I do believe at the very last minute
of budgeting last year, we did figure
that our miscellaneous number was going to be too high.
So that's really where the difference in the revenue is.
Looking at expenses, they are -- we are trending to be on target
with the revenue coming in.
A lot of that is due to the salaries line and we have a lot
of vacant positions right now that we're kind of looking
at strategically to try to figure out what we want
to do with those positions.
So we're expecting to have savings in that line,
so that kind of makes up for the difference
in the revenue for miscellaneous.
You will see a change next month in that we are going
to have a change in accounting
on the way we calculate our rent expense in terms of the payment
that we made in October for River Glen.
So it will show less rent expense.
We're going to take that expense and bring it in over ten years,
which is the proper accounting way to do it.
It will make us break even, but there is an assumption
with these expenses that are projected that we will have
to get some budget savings from managers, because the numbers
that are projected are based on what was spent last year,
and last year, as you remember,
we did not make enrollment numbers.
We needed to get a lot of budget savings.
So my assumptions are we're going to be able to stick
within those numbers this year.
So it's pretty much about break-even right now
with the revenue and expense.
>> John Camardo: How much do you think it'll be under?
What are you going to be looking for: 10%, 5%?
Do you have any idea what you're going to be looking at?
>> Marie Nellenback: Yeah.
I think we're probably okay in the general line.
If you see what we spent last year, the $2 million; 1875 --
$2 million, it's probably within a few percent
of what we normally spend.
But that had 150,000 of financial aid [inaudible] in it.
I think the general line is close
to what we typically are at.
The instructional line is
where we're really going to have to work.
That's probably, we're probably going to have to find about,
I would say about 10% savings in that.
Because that typically has come in higher.
But you see that last year we really worked hard
with those budget managers to get -- we only spent 678.
So I'll continue to monitor it.
We did meet with the budget managers yesterday
and supervisors.
We had a leadership training,
and we went over this information with them,
and their EPs and department heads
and division chairs are going to be working with them
to come up with some savings.
Now, we also at the finance committee meeting presented the
first pass at the revenue.
It's probably pretty close to what it needs to be,
as we talked about at finance committee.
We're now working on expenses,
and we actually did show a high-level expense report
for 2021 to the budget managers yesterday,
showing that just keeping things the same
with the projected fixed costs we had,
we're going to probably be looking for $700,000 to $800,000
in the budget expense-wise to balance.
So that's where we're at with that.
>> John Camardo: : How about health insurance?
Do you see a projection in health insurance next year also?
>> Dr. Brian Durant:
We're already budgeting up at least 10%.
>> Marie Nellenback: Ten percent, at least, yeah.
And being on the consortium, that's probably going
to be pretty accurate.
It will --
>> John Camardo: So you're going to be looking
for 800,000 plus 10% increase in that line item?
>> Dr. Brian Durant: No.
>> Marie Nellenback: No.
That's included.
>> John Camardo: That's included?
Okay.
>> Marie Nellenback: Yeah.
Yeah. And the budget managers' budgets are due March second.
So we'll see how much more they'll be looking for.
But like I said, we did do a pretty -- Dr. Durant and I,
we did a presentation yesterday, and it was definitely reality
that we're facing this year, so.
>> Dr. Brian Durant: I think to add to that, if I may, yeah,
I gave the, you know,
these projections are obviously, I think, accurate.
What's most important, though, when you look at them,
to add another context to what Marie's saying,
in the approved '19-'20 budget on the second column,
so instructional, for example, the allowable expenses
for people to spend is only 710,000,
and we're projecting it to be 700, right?
So if you go down to general, we have it at 1.96,
and we're projecting 1.87.
The directive that we're working
with that other senior officials are going to be working
with the budget managers underneath their umbrellas is
to find the specific savings that are going to be there
so we can identify them, hold them and put them aside,
so that way we know the capital available to spend is going
to help reinforce these projections
to meet the particular goal.
And as always, our goal is to do better
than what we project today, because each year we want
to position ourself in a stronger way
for the following year.
And so I do appreciate the work and the effort that goes
across the college to do this.
Our budgets are more accurate.
They're tight, but ultimately, in the end,
although we can compare previous years' spending,
which obviously we do, is our line item budgets that we build
from the ground up each year.
So each person believes they have a line item that's needed,
and it often is.
But we have to make the decisions that are best for us
and how then it can impact next year's realities
in talking with you.
So over the next month, we're going to be doing a lot
of internal work to identify this and, you know,
make some assumptions for next year
and build upon the ones we've already shared
with finance committee.
Then in March, we'll have lots of information
about what that's going to mean and what actions
and steps we're going to need to take as an organization.
>> What's our audit schedule?
>> Dr. Brian Durant: Audit will be next month.
>> Marie Nellenback: Yeah, that was my last,
that was the last thing on my report.
>> I'm sorry, Marie.
>> Marie Nellenback: Is the audit will be presented
to finance committee at their March 12th meeting
and [inaudible] board next month.
>> Marian Brown: Great.
Any other questions or comments?
Good. Mr. Corcoran --
>> Thomas Corcoran: Yes, good morning.
Just a couple of things to highlight about training.
March 11th, our program and professional development day
for all [inaudible] partner
and staff [inaudible] second year in a row.
Working with the committee who's putting the final touches
on the agenda.
[Inaudible] faculty focused largely on program activities.
Everybody else is [inaudible] series of workshops
that are offered throughout the day, again, March 11th.
This is part of a two-year pilot, program
and professional development day,
after which will be evaluated and we'll look to see,
measure the success of it and look
at how we might continue that going forward.
On a second training item is April 20th.
I've been working with the HR leads
at Onondaga Community College and [inaudible] college
as a shared service and collaborate training event.
There will be leadership training and hosted by OCC
with involvement by employees.
Those in leadership positions
or high-potential employees will be invited to participate
in this April 20th event.
It's a day of training,
leadership training [inaudible] kind of a first for all of us,
and I'm working with two HR people at the other schools
and we're really -- we've met a lot
and you'll probably see something --
I presented to senior staff an outline this past week,
and over the next week or two, we'll see that offering firm up
and then we'll get [inaudible] invitations
out to employees here on campus.
And then the last one I want to mention was public safety
and public safety training.
Doug rebooted our offerings of active shooter training
for [inaudible] or group sessions, and we're also looking
at some sort of a drill on campus, and I'll wait
to hear more from public safety in terms of how
that might come together and be offered
to [inaudible] workforce, probably starting
with one campus and then moving onto the next.
>> Marian Brown: Okay.
>> Thomas Corcoran: Any other questions, I'd be happy
to answer them at this time.
>> Very well.
Thank you.
Mr. Charles?
>> Good morning, everyone.
Just a quick update.
I just wanted to let everybody know
that the student government will be hosting a comedy night
at 8:00 PM at Auburn Public Theater.
Students will be getting [inaudible].
There's going to be two comedians there.
It's going to be a very fun show.
Other than that, the student government is brainstorming
and working on ideas on ways to raise money
for new water bottle fountains, water bottle filling stations.
Me and President Marcus Oliver have been working
with President Durant, working on ways
that we can get that going.
>> Dr. Brian Durant: We have a vendor coming out to take a look
at what would fit, and that way we'd know what they would cost,
and so we'll get back to you soon.
>> Marian Brown: Thanks.
Great. I know Constantino couldn't be here today.
He did send a reminder of the [inaudible]
about the event coming up, so [inaudible].
Moving on, we don't have any old business.
[Inaudible] we don't have any new business [inaudible].
Communications, thank you
to the Flint [phonetic] family for their kind note.
And again, we express our condolences to the family.
In the area of information, we have the attendance schedule
for the upcoming meetings, and if I look,
it was Mr. Camardo's firm up next?
Well, actually you just went this week.
[Inaudible]
>> Dr. Brian Durant: He was there anyway.
>> Marian Brown: I know he was there anyway.
Anything -- [inaudible] put you on the spot, anything to report
that we should know about?
>> Not at this time.
>> Dr. Brian Durant: I waxed
on about state funding for [inaudible].
>> Marian Brown: Good.
Mr. Camardo is on next.
We have our contact list, our conference procedure,
meeting dates coming up is, know what they are.
We are going to need to move into executive session again
for personnel real estate [inaudible]
and collective bargaining.
Okay, so moved.
Second movement?
>> Second.
>> Marian Brown: Okay.
Thank you all.
>> No more business, right?
>> Marian Brown: No more business
after the meeting [inaudible].
>> Dr. Brian Durant: I'm all set.
>> Marian Brown: [Inaudible] today.