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EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE
Budget & Planning Advisory Committee
 Monday, May 23, 2005
Library Conference Room
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.



 

PRESENT David Senensieb Daniel Judge
Rich Guy John Long
Ernest H. Moreno Olita Tulifua
Richard Moyer Ted Strinz
Robert Isomoto James Cadman
Renee Martinez Erlinda de Ocampo
David Beaulieu Selina Chi
Michael Simone Kathleen Burke-Kelly
Brenda Baity Wendy Bass
Kathie Kingett
     
ABSENT RC Williams III Norma Cardenas
Rin Kahla Wendy Bass
Lawrence Powell Leonor Perez
  Katherine Pfeiffer  
     
GUESTS Gary Johnston Alex Immerblum
Al Rios Gonzalo Mendoza
  Ramon Miramontes  

CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER
Co-Chairperson, Rich Guy, called the meeting to order at 1:07 p.m.


APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
M/S/P  (Moyer/Beaulieu) to approve the minutes of May 9, 2005 with revisited clarification to this point:
President’s Report

  • East is almost at a hundred percent of its target, but will require work in the area of non-credit basic skills.
Note: After revisiting the May 23, 2005 EBPAC minutes, Mr. Moreno provided the following clarification.
  • The district office is substantially below its non-basic skills target (by almost 2000). Even moving the enrollment for the first session of summer school to this year will not allow the college to meet its target.
Opening Remark
Mr. Senensieb informed the committee that his term as academic co-chairperson of EBPAC is coming to an end and advised the committee members to forward any nominations via email to the classified co-chairperson, Rich Guy. The election will be put on the agenda for the next EBPAC meeting.


PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Mr. Moreno provided the following budget report:
  1. As a result of the district having unfunded FTES over cap, ELAC will be a major contributor to the other colleges that have not reached their goals. It appears that the state has potentially more money to hand out for FTES which makes our potential for growth better.
  2. Recent statistics indicate that ELAC is not much different from the other colleges in the district and it does not have 100 percent of its identifiable growth. The district office is substantially below its non-basic skills target (by almost 2000). Even after moving the enrollment for the first session of summer school to this year will not allow the college to meet its target.
  3. More information regarding FTES will be obtained tomorrow (5/24/05) and will be reported at the next EBPAC meeting.
  4. The college is committed to continue to hire the number of faculty (28) scheduled to hire, though it will be an ongoing cost that will need to be supported by continuous growth.

    Mr. Beaulieu asked how far off was East from meeting its target and Mr. Moreno replied that from preliminary information he obtained, ELAC is roughly 1000 (of 18,500) short of its estimated goals. The difference is its goals versus what is the actual. The college had anticipated a certain growth and that growth is above its unfunded FTES cap.

    Dr. Burke-Kelly asked how much over cap is the college over, and Mr. Isomoto replied that it is approximately 1200-1400 hundred over the base, which means the college did not meet the larger target the district had set.

    Ms. Martinez informed the committee that positive attendance is handled at the end of the semester, which needs to be taken into consideration.
    Mr. Moreno shared the following information:
  1. Lurelean Gaines will be honored by the American Diabetes Associations, Los Angeles Chapter, for advocate of the year on June 29, 2005 at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel. We are honored to have her as a member of our faculty.
  2. Any practice of sharing computer passwords is strongly discouraged. The directive was sent via email from the district office.
  3. The ELAC Scholarship Dinner, which was co-sponsored by the ELAC Foundation, Student Services and Academic Senate, turned out very nice thanks to all the faculty and staff that participated. He urged continued support for the coming years to build support from various departments in developing more scholarship money.
FACILITIES REPORT

Gary Johnston gave an overview of “ELAC Bond Project Highlights (5/20/05). (PDF small icon see attached click here to view).

Design Highlights-RWGPL
Mr. Senensieb asked where would the on-site water storage tank will be located on the college campus. Mr. Johnston answered that it would be located anywhere from the high end of the campus (where Jacobs is currently located), at the Southeast portion of the stadium, at the northwest parking lot, or some other locations will be considered.

Guest Immerblum asked if EBPAC was the appropriate committee to discuss the temporary usage/placement of space in the F5-Building by the English Department as a writing center.

Mr. Beaulieu also requested for clarification as to what committee will be in charge of discussing temporary facilities issues, since the last time he expressed his concern there was no conclusive response.

In response to Mr. Immerblum’s and Mr. Beaulieu’s inquiries, the following discussion took place:
  1. Guest Immerblum stated that he attended the Work Environment Committee to request the usage of the F5-Building and he was then directed to the EBPAC committee.
  2. The EBPAC committee members discussed which committee would be designated to handle the issues pertaining to temporary usage of facilities and/or swing space.
  3. Mr. Moreno informed the committee that where buildings are temporarily placed will depend on a variety of moves. There are options that are not yet defined and will depend on other factors.
  4. Dr. Kingett asked who was in charge of temporary moves due to construction and received no answer. The Facilities Committee did not feel that temporary moves are in their jurisdiction.
  5. Mr. Isomoto informed the committee, as he had also mentioned to the Work Environment Committee when the issue was initially brought up, that the EOP&S Department is tentatively scheduled to be placed in the F5-Building to accommodate the department need for capacity.
Mr. Senensieb finalized the discussion by suggesting that the discussion be tabled until a Work Environment Committee representative is present and can assist to determine which venue is best.

Mr. Immerblum requested that he be included in the discussion along with the English department to be informed of the final decision as to what committee would handle the matter.

Future Relocation/Demolition”- Move Management
Dr. Burke-Kelly gave an update where it indicates “No New Activities” informing the committee that Photo will be moving to the Technology Center and the Mente Lab to the F5 Building from the N2 Building, which are intended to be completed by June 13, 2005.

DBC Report

Mr. Beaulieu informed the committee that the next DBC meeting was to be held on Wednesday (5/25/05) when discussion on the May revise will take place.

BUDGET UPDATE
Mr. Isomoto provided the following report:

  1. The May revise is good news for ELAC. There is more money to be given out.
  2. The Operational Plan for 2005-06 is being finalized. Once it is finished, two copies will be made available in the library for everyone to view. The document is too large for individual distribution.
Ms. de Ocampo distributed “2005-06 Payroll Calendar” and Project Maestro Newsletter No. 17 and provided the following report:
  1. She urged employees to submit travel expense claims by the deadline of June 15, 2005. Mr. Senensieb requested that Ms. de Ocampo send out reminders and Ms. de Ocampo agreed to do so.
  2. As of May 1st, mileage reimbursement increased from 36 cents to 40 cents per mile.
  3. Effective July 1st, paychecks will be given out on new payroll calendar.
  4. Project Maestro is posted on the web.
  5. Mr. Senensieb inquired as to how STRS is applied to the 10-month employees versus the 12-month employees. Ms. de Ocampo replied that she would address that question to Jim from Maestro along with other concerns that have been expressed to her and then relay that information.
WORK ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT
Dr. Kingett brought up the following motions/recommendations:
  1. Dr. Kingett motioned to change the location of the EBPAC meetings. The committee agreed to have the next EBPAC meeting in the Vocational Education Conference Room 315 in the Technology Building, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Mr. Senensieb suggested that a formal motion be tabled until the next meeting.
  2. M/S/P (Kingett/Baity) that EBPAC meeting time be changed so that the time does not cross two teaching blocks.
  3. The committee discussed time options. Mr. Senensieb tabled the motion until the next meeting and provided the following times for consideration.
      1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
      1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (current time)
      12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Adjournment
M/S/P  to adjourn meeting at 2:35 p.m.
 

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