>> -- to be our presenter?
Brian? Marie?
>> Ah, today Marian may because Marian --
they're going to go
to an executive session near the beginning
and then come back afterwards.
>> Okay.
>> Bruce, you can make that change?
>> Yes, I can.
>> Okay. Sounds like you're rolling now.
I apologize for the mix-up.
Sorry.
>> Okay. Well, now we will convene the December meeting
of the Board of Trustees.
I want to welcome everyone this morning.
This has been the end
of a pretty tumultuous year, to say the least.
Do we have any comments from the public?
Hearing none, I'm going to turn the --
I don't know what I'm turning it -- turning the meeting over,
I guess, to President Durant who will issue the Oath of Office
to our new student trustee.
>> Very nice.
Thank you, Marian.
I appreciate it.
Today we get to do one of the things that gives us most joy,
which is to provide the opportunity for a new trustee
to join us and, in this case,
to fill our vacant student trustee spot.
And so, Alaina, we'll go ahead
and begin the -- the Oath of Office.
If you can just take yourself off mute.
You can -- please repeat after me.
I, Alaina Bates, do solemnly swear.
>> Alaina Bates, do solemnly swear.
>> That I will support the Constitution
of the United States.
>> That I will support the Constitution
of the United States.
>> And the Constitution of the State of New York.
>> And that I will faithfully discharge.
>> The duties of the office of student trustee.
>> And the duties of office of student trustee.
>> For Cayuga Community College.
>> To the best of my abilities.
> Congratulations, Alaina,
and welcome to our Board of Trustees.
>> Thank you.
>> We can do ourselves a virtual round of applause
as she joins us, everyone.
That's the spirit, right there.
Appreciate it.
>> Great. Okay.
Moving on.
Welcome, Alaina.
And moving on to our consent agenda.
We have the minutes of the regular session all the way back
in October since we didn't have a November meeting.
We have the signed review of monthly bills
that Chair Hutchinson has reviewed
and signed off on for October.
We had a grand total of $1,290,295.44.
For November, we had a grand total of $947,959.74.
We had stipend list number one through five
for a grand total of $1,046,496.20.
Can I have a motion to approve the consent agenda?
>> I'll make the motion.
>> Okay. We have a second?
>> Second.
>> Okay. Any discussion?
>> Marian, just a correction on the minutes.
6.2 -- there's no "w" at the end of Bob Gallo's last name,
if that could be corrected, please?
>> Okay. You got that, Cathy?
Great, thanks.
Thanks, John.
>> Thank you.
>> Any other discussion?
Motion to approve the consent agenda?
>> Aye.
>> Okay. Thank you.
Moving on to committee meeting notes and recommendations
for Finance and Audit Committee.
Ms. Hutchinson.
>> Hi. The minutes are in the packet
and we do not have any resolutions this month.
>> Okay. Great.
Any comments or questions for Ms. Hutchinson?
Okay. Moving on to Governance and Planning Committee.
Dr. Van Buskirk?
You're muted.
>> Again, the meeting notes are in the packet and I would
like to make some additional comments
that we did have a small meeting of Marian and Cathy and Brian
and me on reviewing the by-laws.
We are going to --
we [inaudible] that exercise, after the first of the year,
and move on to the policies and procedures,
but it looks very hopeful that we will be able
to get those lingering issues of updating by-laws and policies
and procedures taken care of early in the --
in -- in the next year.
So that's a good thing.
And other than that, I really have nothing except
that I will be rattling the boughs of the college
and getting some data on headcount --
the people we've served -- so that I can draft some letters
to go out to our legislators and --
at the beginning of the year and congratulate them
on their election and let them know how important Cayuga
Community College is to -- to our area and, hopefully --
hopefully, get a -- start a pattern of regular contacts
with our legislators -- between our legislators
and our trustees.
And while I know that Brian has been excellent at working
with other presidents and making contacts with our legislators,
evidence shows that the more we can --
keep them -- keep the colleges at the front of their minds,
the better off we are.
And, particularly, Alaina, I'm listening --
I'm thinking of you getting student stories
in front the legislators is -- is very, very, very key.
So we hope to have some of that activity moving forward.
And that's all my report.
Thank you.
>> All right.
Thank you.
Moving on to reports.
Mr. President.
>> Thank you.
And good morning, everyone.
You know, as we finish up 2020, it's been, you know,
certainly a year of challenges, a year of, I think,
frustration and despair for many.
But it also is -- has been a time
where we have seen great resiliency from our students,
from our faculty and staff.
We've seen innovation.
We've seen collaboration.
And we've seen a community that comes together as best you can,
even when it's riddled with --
with lots of unknowns and has lots of, you know,
concern emanating from facets of individuals' lives.
And, you know, as we sit here, I was thinking
about it this morning.
We're almost one full year of meeting as a leadership group
with our trustees virtually.
And I don't know if it's gone by fast or if it just feels
like this has become more normalized,
but it's been quite the time.
We're finishing basically our, you know,
second term of being mostly remote and about
to begin our next one.
And so, certainly, as the fall semester has ended, you know,
we need to take a moment and recognize the --
the talented individuals of our faculty and staff,
the commitment that each person has given not only
to the institution, to our students, but to the pride
of themselves as professionals.
To be able to support colleagues,
to be able to have patience with people,
and trying to do the best that we can to -- to serve.
And, you know, certainly, during such, I think,
a challenging time, we get stuck focusing on the resources
at the state level or the pending stimulus packages
that may or may not emerge from Washington.
We get stuck with the realities of, you know,
managing a complex institution like a college.
However, the people of the institution are the ones
that give us strength.
And in moments of challenge,
to be able to see how people have come to the occasion
and excelled is one that has made our jobs during the most
difficult time both rewarding and proud.
So, you know, it's -- it needs to be said over and over again
that I recognize, as we're going into this break here
after today, I really hope that people can unplug
and enjoy a little bit of break from what has been, you know,
a very sort of persistent year of, you know,
making decisions and, you know, creating classroom --
creating classrooms virtually and being able
to deliver education and supporting our students
and so on and so forth.
I really do wish everyone at this institution,
including you all as trustees for your leadership and support,
you know, a wonderful holiday season that, hopefully,
can be a little less adventurous
than perhaps the last several months have been.
That being said, you know, a little bit of business.
We continue to be hopeful and curious
of what the details may be in the, I think,
currently pending stimulus package
that may provide some relief or some investment
into higher education.
We'll be working over the next couple of days, I'm sure,
trying to get briefed and understand
from our federal representatives on what is included in there.
And then what impacts that may have for us.
The timing is good for us as institution
because when we get back in January,
not only will we be refining our projections for year-end
of '20/21, we will begin the building
of our budget for '21/22.
And as we do that, the more variables
that we can have clarity on, the easier it is to be able
to make the decisions with a long-range vision
in mind that's necessary during such a critical time.
And so, for us, that's what we'll be focused
on in the coming weeks.
Trustee Van Buskirk brings up a good point about advocacy
and about being -- making sure that we are able
to update our stories and our presentation
to our elected officials.
And so one of the practical matters for that, I think,
Linda, will be -- perhaps you and I
and Andrew can get together right after break
and advance the governance and planning meeting,
if that's possible -- I'm not sure what the calendar will look
like -- so we can help shape a mini publication
to help reinforce what the trustees will be looking
to do globally, that we can be on one page.
And so we'll try to get a meeting together to flesh
out the data requests and also, I think what you said --
rock the bough of the college.
I think this is what you said.
That's interesting.
And so from there we will --
you know, we certainly want to be aligned
with our advocacy as we go.
I know we've had representation from our --
from our labor unions that have been in touch and advocacy
through their reps as well.
And the consistency of our voice really does help
to simplify and, I think, strengthen the position
of community colleges across the state and we will,
you know, continue to do that.
>> Okay, if I -- if I can say one thing
that the executive teams of [inaudible]
and [inaudible] have invited me into their meetings
to give me updates on what the --
what the big ask is going to be from the presidents
and the trustees in terms of the budget going forward.
And I also do want to mention that I --
I heard on the PBS NewsHour last night
that the new stimulus package does include a Second Chance
Pell and so we will be able to roll out efforts
to enroll students who are incarcerated,
which could be a very, very big thing for us.
So I think there will be quick action
on that probably across the state.
>> Yeah. It does and that creates programmatic
opportunities as well and, you know, certainly figure out ways
to enhance our current partnerships
to help increase the, you know,
expediency in which we'll be able to roll something out.
So, you know -- you know, that concludes my report.
I'd be happy to answer any questions.
Thank you.
>> Okay. Not hearing anything.
Moving on to Academic Affairs.
Dr. Cantor.
>> Well, thank you.
My report pretty much speaks for itself.
I merely want to call attention to one positive aspect
and apologies if I'm stealing a little bit
of thunder from Jeff Rosenthal.
But Jeff has been chairing a committee of --
an Enrollment Task Force that I co-chair, and I just wanted
to mention that we've had several meetings.
We're nearing our conclusions and recommendations.
We've been focused on the next year or two and I --
I just want to say that it's been a --
a particularly insightful group of people looking
at the realities of how we serve our students,
recognizing that our operations need to become more flexible
to -- to better support student success
and the many realities surrounding that.
And that's not easy -- it's challenging.
But I just want to commend the group for doing that.
I look forward to finalizing the recommendations
and moving from there.
>> Great. Ron, I had one question.
Could you explain the micro-credentialing program.
Is it three separate -- is it one credential program
with that long name or is it three, or is it two, or --
>> Yes. I realize that was a little confusing.
It's actually three separate micro-credentials that --
that came to us in the area of professionalism
and networking and so forth.
And there's three different emphases
but they are separate micro-credentials to add
to our growing pool of micro-credentials.
>> So these are not based -- are these based on courses taken?
I mean, I assume they must be.
>> Actually, it's -- they are non-academic --
they're not for academic credit.
>> Okay. All right.
Thank you.
I wasn't sure about that.
I thought a --
micro-credentialing is not a familiar program for me.
Any other questions for Dr. Cantor?
>> Well, I -- I -- I have one on the -- on the credentialing.
If we give a credential that's not a micro-credential,
those credentials -- without the micro --
have academic courses attached, don't they?
I mean, how --
>> Well, certainly, the degrees and certificates
that we currently offer and traditionally have are based
on -- or include academic credits.
The micro-credentials, some of them are based
on academic credits, some
of them are not based on academic credits.
And some of them are hybrid -- a mix between the two.
The entire country and SUNY and we are wrestling
with where to draw the lines.
Our faculty feels that they -- they --
there should be a distinction, certainly, between those
that are based on academic credit and those that are not.
However, in an interest of student success,
furthering student -- furthering our students' careers, etc.,
we recognize that so many employers and others are looking
for soft skills, essential skills,
etc. that don't qualify the way we see it for academic credit.
However, our faculty still feels an obligation
to enhance those skills for students and recognize them
with a credential of some sort,
even though it doesn't bear academic credit.
>> Okay. That -- that -- that's very --
that's very interesting and good.
And I think that, with the emphasis
on workforce development across the state,
the more we as trustees understand the structures
and the various different levels of the programming
in these areas, the better it will be
and the more effectively we can advocate for our colleges,
if we -- if we really understand.
Otherwise, it's very easy to get foot-in-mouth disease.
>> Dr. Cantor -- Dr. Cantor, this could be a good area
for a presentation for you and a couple of the division chairs
to do at a Governance and Planning Committee now
that we've seen some growth in -- in this particular area.
And I know that there's visioning in this area as well
that could help kind of lay out how they can all interact
or not, both non-credit/credit, micro-credential
through certificate, and so on.
>> We'll look forward to doing so.
>> Yeah. I was going to throw in --
it would be interesting how the WorkKeys program integrates
with this -- that was being integrated in the Fulton Campus.
>> Yes, I -- I think WorkKeys and our growing flexibility,
when it comes to workforce training,
that doesn't fit the traditional credential or semester mode.
We -- we'd love to tell you more about that and we will.
>> Great. Thank you.
Anything else for Dr. Cantor?
Boy, with some trepidation, I move on to Dr. --
Mr. Rosenthal's report because, boy,
has he given us a lot of data to chew over.
>> Good morning.
It's nice to see everybody.
I -- you do have my report and I'm happy
to answer any questions.
I do share in Dr. Cantor's excitement and enthusiasm
about the enrollment task force.
It is a great group of professionals
and it gives me confidence in the future of the college.
I think there's been some great ideas that have been shared
and we're going to move to make those recommendations
and give them to the President as quickly as we can and hope
to implement some of them to support enrollment.
Yeah. The data in my report tells the tale, I think,
both locally and statewide, particularly with regard
to community colleges.
It -- it -- it has been a challenging year
and you can see the trend in terms of what's happening
with enrollment across the SUNY system.
You know, I think my job and --
and I know Dr. Durant supports this -- it's to be, you know,
as truthful and honest and transparent
as possible, to share the data.
It is what it is.
And to do what we can to support the students that we have
and encourage people to consider Cayuga as --
as a, you know, a possible choice for them.
So --
I will add that I want to thank the Foundation for their support
in providing $28,500 for students
who need some support during these difficult times.
We, as of this morning actually, were successful in awarding all
of those funds to students in need and so I --
I'm really grateful for the Foundation and I hope
that those funds help students get
through what I think is probably very challenging situations
for them as well.
Be happy to answer questions that folks have.
>> Nope? Hearing none,
we'll move on to the acting CFO Treasurer report -- report.
Ms. Nellenback?
>> Good morning, everyone.
>> Morning.
>> We -- we will start out by saying,
we do go into the financial statements at the Finance
and Audit Committee in-depth, so I'm not going to get
into as much detail at this meeting.
I will skip the balance sheet and just go
over the highlights of the statement.
Nothing -- actually, I reviewed all
of the revenue numbers from last month.
As you know, we reduced our enrollment projections
from 2,000 down to 1,860.
So that affects most of our revenue categories,
but I did not change them -- the projections in November.
I reviewed all of them and, so far, we're waiting
to see what spring enrollment will finalize at.
But at this point, the revenue number stood.
Our spending numbers I did not change either,
although we are monitoring them closely and it does look
like most of the spending in the major lines --
instructional, general --
the ones that the budget managers have control
over -- are down.
The spending is definitely decreased, so --
but I did not reduce the projections yet.
We are looking, hopefully,
to spend strategically our fund balance allotment this year.
And as though of you who --
you know, if you're looking at the statement,
you can see that we are planning on using about $300,000
of our CARE funds to balance the budget.
We -- and that is based on the state aid
that we anticipate will be cut eventually.
We're working with our auditors to ensure that we spend
that money in the proper ways because,
as you know, it's federal money.
It will be subject to a federal audit.
It's looking like the financial statements will be going
to the board in February.
As you know, we have an entry that has to be made
and it waits, it holds, it's a GASB --
a Governmental Accounting Standards Board entry --
that we have to make and it's --
it's reliant on the TRS retirement system.
It has a fiscal year end of June 30th.
The information did come out, but it seems --
it becomes difficult with the holidays
to get those statements done in January.
But we are working.
The auditors prepare the financial statements.
I prepare a lot of the schedules.
So we are working on that right now.
So we do anticipate that in February.
I did provide almost final year-end numbers
on the income statement this month.
And, as you know, we did have a very successful '19/20 year.
Given all of our challenges, it --
it really turned out to be a very good year
and it will make our fund balance
in a good position going forward.
But given all of the unknowns
and the challenges we have this year, it --
it will definitely be much needed at that level
and it will be about 4.5 million.
I just really want to say that --
I just wanted to publicly thank Doug Kinney and his staff
because they've really stepped up this year.
It's been a long year.
They've made sure that our campus is clean and safe
and any time that we've had deep cleaning needs they've responded
almost immediately.
So I just did want to say, publicly,
thank you to all of them.
And if anybody has any questions,
I'd be happy to answer them.
>> Nope. Hearing none, we'll move on to --
>> Marian.
>> Pardon me?
>> I'd just like to add a comment as additional context
for the great report that Marie just made.
I think it's important to recognize that it's --
that it's intentional by us to wait until January and February,
once we knew what happens with stimulus package,
once we heard more finality of pending withholdings to cuts
from the state, for how we're best positioning
for the last eight months of this fiscal year
and the creation of the '21/22 budget.
So all the work we've been doing since last February and March
to weather the storm for year-end for '20,
to get through '20/21 and then now to build upon
for our future is really about waiting for the things
that we cannot control to come to a clearer picture,
to then allow us to make the decisions accordingly
to keep the momentum going to support as much of our services
as we can with budget declines at the state,
enrollment declines that have been experienced
across the nation, and then being able to continue
to reach our strategic national initiatives,
certainly our vision, and uphold our mission.
And so, you know, even though we are --
continue to give updates that are about, you know,
these are the things we are seeing,
this is what we're talking about,
this is what finance staff is evaluating,
as we get into late January and early February,
the tactical approach to how we're going to go
through the rest of the year and look ahead to the next year
and following year will be rolled out.
And that way, it's clear how the new information that's emerging
and the resource decisions that have been made outside
of our control are now going
to impact internal decision-making and planning.
[ Silence ]
I just feel --
>> Okay.
>> -- I just feel compelled to always [inaudible].
>> Okay. Thank you.
Moving on to Human Resources and Public Safety.
Mr. Corcoran?
[ Silence ]
>> Tom?
>> Tom, I think you're muted.
>> Good morning, everyone.
Just a couple of small things to add
to my report regarding the open enrollment season.
November and December is -- is a high activity month for HR and,
in particular this year,
we installed a new dental plan -- college dental plan.
Employees have a choice of a college plan and a county plan.
And the carrier has changed for the college and the county plan.
Lifetime Benefits exited the market so we went to open market
and secured a new plan from MetLife which is much better
than the college plan.
A tad more expensive but it does --
utilization was so low with the college plan, we had concerns
about people getting quality dental care.
And, as we all know, dental --
dental care contributes to your overall wellness.
So we -- we migrated over 175 employees
to the new college plans and about 20 people opted
to stay with the county plan.
So it was a very successful migration.
It was well-received by our --
our collective bargaining partners and people will be
under these new plans for the beginning of the new year.
So we're kind of excited about that.
This -- the college dental plan has --
has been on a list of things that we've needed
to deal with for a while.
So very successful and employees really embraced the new product.
The other big change [inaudible] was migrating retirees aged 65
and over to the Medicare Advantage Plan.
And -- and I should say this is not
like the Medicare Advantage Plans you see advertised on TV
and that seniors this time of year get buckets of mail about.
It's -- it's a plan administered through our relationship
with a consortium and it is a College Advantage Plan.
And 130 people were migrated to this plan and we had about 40
in the plan already, so going forward all our retirees will be
offered this plan.
It went very well and I think I reported
in the past we had a Zoom meeting for retirees back then,
December -- excuse me, November.
And we expect the cards to be issued in time for the new year
and everyone to be migrated over.
So another positive feature of --
of our enrollment this particular season.
With that, I'll open it up for any questions that anyone has.
[ Silence ]
>> No questions?
Okay. Well, we're going to Alaina on the spot this morning.
I don't know, Alaina, if you have any kind of report
since we've just put you in to chair?
>> Um, I don't really have much of a report report,
but I will say with SGO,
since I'm not sure how much you guys are keeping up with SGO,
the Auburn and Fulton campuses have combined SGOs,
so there's only one SGO.
>> Oh.
>> Since everything is virtual,
and then we also did not have much student participation,
so this semester we did not have a secretary.
So Gabby [assumed spelling], the VP,
and I split the secretary position.
We do have one set up for next semester.
And we do have a freshman officer set
up for next semester as well.
And that's basically it, really.
We've been setting up virtual events like bingo
and I drew a holiday card that was sent
out to all the students.
Gabby did a presentation on her experience with COVID.
And that's kind of been it.
We've just been trying to send
out positive things to the students.
>> Thank you.
Hey, Alaina, can I ask you to tell us a little bit
about yourself because, gosh, I don't know very much about you
or your goals and I would love to.
>> Yeah, yeah.
Um, so this is my second year at CCC.
I graduated from Auburn High and I changed my major
to health sciences with a concentration
in med tech and medical bio tech.
And I'll have everything to graduate in May,
except organic chemistry.
And I planned on transferring to UB, but COVID!
[laughing] So I'm thinking about just taking a year off
and then go to UB because I don't want to deal
with the whole moving because I know this is not going
to be settled by fall of '21.
And then -- oh, I -- so I live two blocks away
from the Auburn Campus and I work as a tutor.
And I think -- I think that's basically it.
I have a lot of cats, so you might see cats.
[laughing]
>> Yeah. [laughing]
Well, thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank you and -- and --
and, you know, we wish you all the best of luck in the future
and hope that everything gets resolved quickly
so you can continue your education as you plan.
So thank you.
>> Me, too.
Thanks for -- thanks for --
>> All right.
Thank you.
>> Okay. Moving on to the Foundation.
Mr. Cosentino.
I think I saw on the line.
>> Good morning, everyone.
Can I fill in some blanks for Ms. Bates
that she might have missed.
She is a several award winners
for the Foundation, we should say.
She is the Fox Curtin Award winner.
She is the Foresman Family Scholarship winner.
She is the Alumni Association winner of a scholarship.
She is one of our best and brightest and we'd
like to welcome her to the Board of Trustees.
As several of you, hopefully, have run or have started
to receive your annual reports,
the first ones we've done in many years.
I know the Chair has received two in the mail,
which was not a deliberate accident on our part.
Ms. Bates is most likely sprinkled in that report more
than anybody else's name, so -- other than some donors.
So she -- you will see some pictures of her in there
and she's just one of the great additions in that annual report.
We sent that out to 400 --
we sent 400 of the annual reports out.
Three hundred of them to our friends and family
of the college who have been either donors
or support scholarships.
We've also done statements to 100 plus individuals so we're
out -- on Friday, we put 400 plus in the mail.
We've sprinkled some others during the week.
So those are out.
The first time we've done one, I think,
since 19 -- or, excuse me, 2014.
We're currently working with Mr. Poole on the Foundation putting
out the Spartan, which we hope will be in the next two weeks.
We have a third version draft.
We have to update a couple of things
but it will be thanking our donors as well and also putting
out there, as we expand out there for the project
that [inaudible] as we try to raise funds for that.
And that will go out to more than -- I think we're --
mailing list of about 24,000 individuals.
So we're excited about getting that done and getting
that off our [inaudible] as well.
I did mention the Foresman Family Scholarship.
We did, unfortunately, lose Dr. Foresman
who was an integral part of the Foundation.
And we just want to take a moment to -- to recognize him.
We have also added two new Foundation members.
Elmer Cherry, who is the --
controller at Nucor Steel, has joined our board,
as well as Judge Timothy Rice who is an alum,
who is a federal magistrate in Pittsburgh
and who has very strong ties to our campus,
including being the winner of this year's Alumni --
one of the co-winnners of this year's Alumni Award.
He has also joined the board and, as Mr. Klink knows,
he's already joined one of our committee meetings,
even though we haven't had our first board meeting as of
yet since they've joined on.
And I do want to reference what Mr. Rosenthal mentioned.
We are delighted that 28 -- more than $28,000 will have gone
out the door by the end of today, hopefully.
We'll sign some checks and get them out.
That couldn't have been done without the staff and the help
of Mr. Rosenthal and his staff to help students with anything
from transportation to food security
and housing and medical bills.
But the backbone of that -- and many of you that I'm seeing
on the screen, in fact, the vast majority of you on the screen --
were part of more than nearly a hundred people who donated money
to that fund back in the late spring/early summer.
So from the Foundation's point of view, we want to thank you
for your support and continued support.
We wish everybody a safe holiday season and a great New Year.
And I'd be happy to answer any questions any of you have.
>> I just want to say my preliminary review
of both my copies of the annual report, it's very nice to have
that information available.
I appreciated that.
Anything else for Mr. Cosentino?
Okay. Moving on to old business.
The reason for our activity here is that we discovered,
to our chagrin, that votes taken back
in the summer did not conform to Section 41
of the general construction law and so we need
to take revotes on these aspects.
These will all be roll call votes.
And I -- I will bring up each one in turn, so it --
item 5.1, the executive salary increase.
Whereas, in compliance with Article X,
Section 1 of the Policy Handbook for Executive Staff,
the Board of Trustees determines salary
for each employee by annual resolution.
Resolved that the salaries for Executive Staff be increased
by 2 -- 2.0% to an employee's base salary effective September
1, 2020 to be allocated on a biweekly payroll basis.
And again, this requires a roll call vote.
Ms. Bates.
So you'll have to unmute yourself.
>> Yes, I approve.
>> Okay.
>> Marian.
>> [Inaudible] -- yes?
>> Marian, do you want to get a -- a --
a motion and a second on those, please?
>> Oh, yeah.
Okay. Can I have a motion?
Thank you.
Have a motion?
>> I'll make the -- I'll make the motion.
>> I'll second.
>> -- want to second?
>> I'll second.
>> Okay. Thank you.
All right.
Roll call vote.
Ms. Bates.
>> Yes.
>> Okay. Ms. Brown.
Yes. Mr. Camardo.
>> Yes.
>> Mr. Franceschelli.
>> Yes.
>> Yes. Ms. Hutchinson.
>> Yes.
>> Mr. Klink.
>> Yes.
>> Ms. Van Buskirk.
>> Yes.
>> Okay. And the motion passes.
Okay. Item 5.2, Managerial and Confidential Salary Increase.
Whereas, in compliance with Article IX,
Section 1 of the Policy Handbook for Managerial
and Confidential Employees,
the Board of Trustees determines salary
for each employee by annual resolution.
Resolved that the salaries for Managerial
and Confidential Staff be increased by 2.0%
to an employee's base salary effective September 1,
2020 to be allocated on a biweekly payroll basis.
Can I have a motion to approve?
>> So moved.
>> Have a second?
>> Second.
>> Any discussion?
All right.
This, again, requires a roll call vote.
Ms. Bates.
>> Yes.
>> Okay. Ms. Brown.
Yes. Mr. Camardo.
>> Yes.
>> Mr. Franceschelli.
>> Yes.
>> Ms. Hutchinson.
>> Yes.
>> Mr. Klink.
>> Yes.
>> Dr. Van Buskirk.
>> Yes.
>> All right.
And we are carried.
All right.
Item 5.3. Tuition and fees resolution for 2020/21.
Whereas the Board of Trustees
of Cayuga County Community College has endeavored
to maintain tuition and fee rates
at the lowest possible levels.
And whereas the Board of Trustees
of Cayuga Community College must establish tuition and fee rates
which will insure the fiscal stability of the College.
And whereas the tuition and fee rates must be established
at this time to allow students
and the families the opportunity to plan accordingly.
Now, therefore, be it resolved
that the Cayuga County Community College Board
of Trustees does hereby set the following tuition
and fee rates for 2020-2021.
I'm not going to read all of those.
Do I have a motion to approve?
>> So moved.
>> I'll make it.
Second.
>> Do I have a second?
>> Second.
>> Okay. Thank you, John.
>> Again, roll call vote.
>> Marian, could I just ask a question, please?
>> Yes.
>> The increase in tuition.
We're sitting on a $4.5 million fund balance.
It's probably just under 20%.
Recommended by the state is five to ten percent.
Why is there need for increase in tuition?
Somebody answer that question, please?
>> I would argue that we're going to be drawing
down significant portions of that fund balance, likely,
over the upcoming years to compensate for state aid cuts.
>> Well, wouldn't we re -- reexamine that in --
in our upcoming budget when we do draw that down?
>> I think it's important to know
at this particular time that, you know,
this budget has been approved by the state.
It was -- it was voted
with significant majority support originally.
And our tuition and fee schedule had been --
had been planned accordingly
and actually has been in through mid-year.
So this is an affirmation vote of the original approved budget.
Tuition and fees in relation to future years in consideration
where we're at, Trustee [inaudible],
I think is the appropriate action at this time.
And we'll be having those discussions
with you as early as February.
So I think -- I think when it comes
to what next year should look like in relation
to all the variables that you mentioned, I think that --
that -- you know, that makes a lot of sense.
At this point, you know, we're through our two --
we're through our two major billing cycles already
for this year and this -- this vote is looking to get,
you know, affirmation of compliance
and has already been approved by the State of New York.
>> Any other questions?
Okay. Again, it requires a roll call vote.
Ms. Bates.
>> Yes.
>> I'm sorry.
I didn't hear that.
>> Yes.
>> Thank you.
Ms. Brown.
Yes.
>> Mr. Camardo.
>> I originally voted no
and my vote is going to be no also again.
>> Okay. Thank you.
Mr. Franceschelli.
>> Yes.
>> Ms. Hutchinson.
>> Yes.
>> Mr. Klink.
>> Yes.
>> Dr. Van Buskirk.
>> Yes.
>> Okay. And we're carried.
Thank you.
All right, last revote.
Item 5.4. Resolution to adopt the operating budget
for fiscal year 2020/21.
Resolved that the operating budget, September 1st
through 2020 -- September 1st, 2020 through August 31st, 2021,
of Cayuga County Community College in the amount
of $28,570 -- twenty, excuse me --
$28,570,000 with a County of Cayuga Sponsor's share
of $3,076,197 be adopted.
Can I have a motion to approve?
>> So moved.
>> Do we have a second?
>> Second.
>> Any discussion?
Again, this is a procedural revote,
just to make sure we're in compliance.
All right.
Hearing none, we'll move on to a roll call vote.
Ms. Bates?
>> Yes.
>> Ms. Brown.
Yes. Mr. Camardo.
>> No.
>> Mr. Franceschelli.
>> Yes.
>> Ms. Hutchinson.
>> Yes.
>> Mr. Klink.
>> Yes.
>> Dr. Van Buskirk.
>> Yes.
>> Okay. And we're -- we are carried.
Thank you.
All right.
At this time, I would like to move
into executive session very briefly.
There will be business afterwards.
This is for the -- the purposes of personnel.
>> I move we go into executive session.
>> Second.
>> -- a second?
>> Second.
>> Okay. Thank you.