The Board of Trustees of Illinois Eastern Community College District #529 held its regular monthly meeting at Wabash Valley College, on July 19, 2022.                       

Board members John Brooks and Jan Ridgely were appointed to the Board audit committee.  The committee is charged with oversight of the District’s annual audit.

Trustees conducted a semi-annual review of closed session minutes.  Under the Open Meetings Act, the board is required to examine closed session minutes at least twice a year. 

            Updates to the 2022-2023 IECC catalog were approved.  The catalog is considered a contract with the student body of IECC.  Catalog revisions approved by the Board throughout the year were reviewed and approved for posting to the IECC website and for publication. 

            IECC must have confidential advisors available to a student or employee who experiences sexual violence, should they choose to seek their services. To meet this requirement, trustees approved agreements with the CAISA organization and with the SAFE organization to provide counseling to those who are victims of sexual violence. 

            Affiliation agreements were approved between the District and Embarras River Basin Head Start, Embarras River Basin Senior Center, Happy Day Express, and Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens.

            A lease agreement was approved between the District and the LTC Foundation for the usage of a 2022 Chevrolet Express G3500 Passenger LS Van.

            The following personnel were employed.

              Andrew Cougill, District Librarian, DO, effective July 21, 2022.

              Alexandra Mahrenholz, Agricultural Technology Instructor, WVC, effective August 10, 2022.

              Alexis Garner, Assistant Director, TRIO Upward Bound, DO, effective September 1,     2022.  

              Jeremy Ellis, Head Softball Coach, FCC, effective August 8, 2022.

              Aaron Biddle, Interim Head Baseball Coach, WVC, effective July 20, 2022.

              Amy Tarr, Director of Instructional Services, OCC, effective July 25, 2022.

              Cameron Ireland, Coordinator of Marketing & Graphic Design, CETL, DO, effective July 25, 2022.

              Erin Powers, Purchasing Coordinator, DO, effective July 25, 2022.

              Sara Newkirk, Student Services Specialist, DO/WVC, effective July 25, 2022.

              Rachel Doan, TRIO Upward Bound Counselor, DO/WVC, effective July 25, 2022.

              Cleo Ziegler, Custodian, LTC, effective July 25, 2022.

            The employment status for Jay Zwilling was changed from Systems Administrator, DO, to Manager of Data Systems, DO, effective August 1, 2022.

            Notice of Reassignment was approved for Steve Hnetkovsky, Associate Professor Agriculture Production, WVC, to Associate Professor, Chemistry, FCC, effective January 3, 2023.

            Five personnel resignations were accepted.

Cori Stringfellow, Nursing Instructor, OCC, effective August 10, 2022.

            Robert Fournier, Head Men’s Baseball Coach, WVC, effective July 8, 2022.

            Cole Carter, Broadcast Services Specialist, WVC, effective August 10, 2022.

            Clarence Burwell, Custodian, WVC, effective June 22, 2022.

            Raymond Gillette, Custodian, WVC, effective June 30, 2022.

            All trustees were present at the July meeting.

            Next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held at Frontier Community College, Fairfield, Tuesday, August 16, at 6:15 p.m.