The Board of Trustees of Illinois Eastern Community College District No. 529 met Tuesday night, December 11th at Frontier Community College, Fairfield, Illinois.

                Dates, times and meeting location were set for regular monthly meetings of the Board of Trustees for the 2019 calendar year.  The Board will meet on the third Tuesday of each month, except December, when it will meet on the second Tuesday of the month.  The dates were approved as follows:

                Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 7 p.m., Olney Central College

                Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 7 p.m., Wabash Valley College

                Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 7 p.m., Frontier Community College

                Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 7 p.m., Lincoln Trail College

                Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 7 p.m., Olney Central College

                Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 7 p.m., Wabash Valley College

                Tuesday, July 16, 2019, 7 p.m., Frontier Community College

                Tuesday, August 20, 2019, 7 p.m., Lincoln Trail College

                Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 7 p.m., Olney Central College

                Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 7 p.m., Wabash Valley College

                Tuesday, November 19, 2019, 7 p.m., Frontier Community College

                Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 7 p.m., Lincoln Trail College     

                Approval was given for agreements with Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, to offer Motorcycle Rider Training courses at all four of the IECC colleges, Frontier Community College in Fairfield, Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, Olney Central College in Olney, and Wabash Valley College in Mt. Carmel. 

An agreement was approved with Fairfield Memorial Hospital in the event the hospital was involved in a disaster, Illinois Eastern Community College/Frontier Community College, would agree to assist Fairfield Memorial Hospital in any way possible. 

Trustees also approved an agreement with Wabash Area Development Incorporated (WADI) for Wabash Valley College’s Small World.  Under the on-going agreement, each party will work collaboratively to screen and select Pre-Kindergarten children and refer children to each other’s programs and obtain parental consent when required. 

                Affiliation agreements were approved with Crawford Memorial Hospital, Clay County Hospital, and Wabash General Hospital for health related programs.             

                The semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes was conducted as required by the Illinois Open Meetings Act.

                 The Board approved employment of Laurie Perry as Administrative Assistant at the District Office, effective January 14, 2019.  Change in status was approved for Ashley Bigard from Academic Advisor at OCC to Title III Advising Specialist effective January 14, 2019.  A change in status was approved for Paul Zeilstra Jr. from Technology Support Specialist at the District Office to Information Systems Technology Specialist, Title III effective January 14, 2019. 

               Three incumbent board members filed for three seats on the IECC Board during the seven-day filing period, which began December 10th.  Filing for the three six year terms up for election are board members John Brooks, Al Henager, and James Lane.  The election will be held April 2, 2019.

                 Next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees will be Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at 7 p.m. at Olney Central College, Olney.