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CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER
Co-Chairperson, Rich Guy, called the meeting to order
at 1:11 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
M/S/P (Isomoto/Kingett) to approve the minutes of June 13, 2005 as
corrected.
M/S/P (Moyer/Kingett) to approve the minutes of
June 27, 2005 as corrected.
EBPAC Meeting- Time Change
Dr. Kingett reintroduced the motion to change the EBPAC meetings to a new time,
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. The committee members agreed that there was not enough faculty
representation to proceed with the motion and vote. The motion was then tabled
to allow more faculty representation.
Various EBPAC members mentioned they would be unable to attend the next EBPAC
meeting; therefore, the EBPAC meeting scheduled for Monday, August 8, 2005 was
canceled and will meet on August 22, 2005.
PRESIDENT'S
REPORT
Mr. Moreno gave the following report:
College Presidents
- City College has a new president, Steve Maradian.
- Dorisz Givens is acting president at West LA College.
- It is still unknown who will be president at Pierce College, but the vice
president is acting president.
- Trade Tech College is looking for an acting president. The board rule is that
individuals in acting assignments cannot compete for permanent assignments,
although in the past the acting positions were sometimes moved into regular
positions.
Mr. Moreno commended the Office of Academic Affairs for their outstanding job
in meeting our goals. East surpassed its FTES enrollment for this year and met
the credit goal which was approximately eight and a half percent increase over
this current year’s accomplishment. There will be additional work required to
reach a significant goal of 20,000 FTES as a result of shifting the summer
session. The district will be funded for the first time the unfunded amount
which will beneficially build our base and provide funding for at least another
year.
Mr. Beaulieu expressed his concern that the high FTES goals would be used as a
rationale for not letting us spend more of our budget balance. Mr. Isomoto
commented that the goal is only a target. Dr. Moyer remarked that the fire
department will generate a significant amount of FTES which is a contribution
we did not have in the past.
Dr. Burke-Kelly mentioned that since we are starting 1200 down, we are actually
requesting 2500 FTES to achieve the goal, which is substantial.
Mr. Moreno informed the members on the process of hiring 31 faculty should be
completed by the spring semester, which is the largest number of hires. The
fall schedule has been completed and we are currently working on the spring and
winter schedules.
Compton College
The district will approach the issue with Compton College by taking the
“hands-off” approach. We will not volunteer our efforts to assist Compton
unless our district is called upon, although there are contingency plans still
being discussed.
Mr. Beaulieu added that he had been told that legislators in that area will do
everything possible to keep Compton College operating. An email was sent from
Mark Drummond to Rocky Young stating that if no district assisted Compton then
the Compton district would be divided up.
FACILITIES REPORT
Mr. Johnston gave a brief overview of ELAC Bond Project
Highlights (Week Ending 7/22/05).
Mr. Moreno reported that we received a positive response to the application
submitted for the $14 million bond monies for the replacement of E3 and E5
(Humanities Building). This is the first year that every request has been
fulfilled and our request has not been challenged. There is high probability
that the request will be approved with that argument being used.
Mr. Beaulieu followed up on a previous suggestion of north siting the E-5 & E-7
buildings. Mr. Moreno replied that after considering the option of north
siting for the purpose of saving building space, it was concluded that by doing
so would take up even more space; hence not resolving the problem. There are
more benefits derived from the current approach being used that will use the
total amount of space and save us a substantial amount of money. We hope that
will meet the amount of demand for square footage without another new building.
DBC REPORT
Mr. Beaulieu did not provide a report since there has not been a DBC
meeting. However, local college balances and issues along with policy
discussion will be put on Wednesday’s agenda.
Mr. Moreno informed the members that Rocky Young said that colleges can access
25% access of their balance, but anything over $2 million will require written
approval. Ms. de Ocampo commented that the fire department program
contract will require funding of at least 1.3 which is not enough. Mr.
Moreno commented that because East has already grown, our new base will add
more funds than ever before which means we’re going to build on our current
allocation even beyond the level expected and also have access to the $2
million. ELAC and Pierce College were the only colleges that met their goal.
BUDGET UPDATE Mr. Isomoto reported that the district is using a new
payroll system (SAP).
New Payroll System – EBPAC members expressed the following:
- Many difficulties have been experienced with the implementation of the new
payroll system and consequently creating double work requiring that data be
inputted manually into ten screens. The data is now expressed in FTE instead of
hours.
- The scheduled pay date is July 29, 2005, so it is important that all the
information on the check stubs be verified to insure that mistakes were not
made.
- Questions concerning the new payroll system are currently being addressed by
Norman Cheung in Academic Affairs. However, Ms. de Ocampo expressed that Mr.
Cheung is being overworked as a result of the implementation.
- Mr. Isomoto said it might take at least a month to rectify errors.
- Mr. Powell informed the committee that some faculty are not getting paid, so
the labor and credit union has offered loans.
STRATEGIC PLANNING REPORT
Dr. Perez reported the following:
- Aria Razfar was hired as the new Associate Dean of Research. Mr. Razfar has
generated a list of schools in our outreach program along with percentages and
other demographic data that will be presented to the president.
- oA senior research analyst will be hired to work on the main planning
activities that will take place over this next year.
- Two informational workshops for South Gate process in applying for center
status were held last week. The workshops were helpful as they provided
information about the center status process.
WORK ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT
Dr. Powell reported that a new committee had been set up to look into space
allocation which will be chaired by Wendy Bass.
Adjournment
M/S/P to adjourn meeting at 2:25 p.m.
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