The Trinity Valley Community College Board of Trustees met in regular session at 7:30 pm on Monday, September 24, 2018 in the Orval Pirtle Administration Building, Athens, with the following members present.

Mr. Ray Raymond               Mr. David Monk                    Mr. Homer Norville

Mr. Jerry Stone                    Mr. Kenneth McGee             Dr. Charlie Risinger

Mr. Ron Day                         Mr. Steve Grant                   

Members not present:         Mrs. Paula Kimball 

       1. Mr. Monk opened the meeting with prayer.

       2. There were no public comments.

       3. The following topics were discussed in the president’s report:

•  Fall enrollment – presented by Wendy Elmore
• TDCJ Pre-Service Program – presented by Sam Hurley
• Residential Housing Report – presented by Jay Kinzer
• Revenue and Expenditure Summary for 2017-18  – presented by Jean McSpadden
• Next scheduled board meeting – October 22, 2018
• ACCT conference in New York – October 24-27

      4. Mr. Stone moved, seconded by Mr. Grant, for the board to approve the August 27, 2018 and September 10, 2018 board meeting minutes.  Motion carried unanimously.

      5. Mr. Norville moved, seconded by Mr. Stone, the college retain and set the tax rate at $.13854 per $100 for the regular tax district and the college retain and set the tax  rate at $.05 per             $100 for the branch campus maintenance tax district.   Motion carried unanimously.

For the regular tax district:

THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S RATE.  THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 6.13%, AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $8.01.

For the branch campus maintenance tax district:

THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S RATE.  THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 1.28%, AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $.63.

     6. Mr. McGee moved, seconded by Mr. Grant, for the board to approve authorizing the president to enter into a new electricity provider contract pending new indicative pricing from                     suppliers beginning with meter read in March 2019 with consultation from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Texas Power Consultants LLC.  Motion carried unanimously.

     7. Mr. Monk moved, seconded by Mr. Day, for the board to nominate presiding director Steve Sanders for directorship of the Henderson County Appraisal District Board of Directors – Place           5 for a 2019-2020 term. Motion carried unanimously.

    8. Mr. Norville moved, seconded by Mr. Stone, for the board to approve a contract for architectural services for the Terrell Health Science Academy with Randall Scott Architects, Inc. as                   presented.   Motion carried unanimously with Dr. Risinger abstaining.

    9. Mr. Day moved, seconded by Mr. McGee, for the board to approve the non- participation of employees in the State Employee Charitable Contribution Program CDDA (LOCAL) policy.                   Motion carried unanimously.

    10.Mr. Grant moved, seconded by Dr. Risinger, for the board to approve the personnel updates presented.  Motion carried unanimously

    11.Dr. Risinger moved, seconded by Mr. Monk,  for the board to adjourn the meeting at 8:54 pm.  Motion carried unanimously.

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