The Board of Trustees of the Illinois Eastern Community College District No. 529 met Tuesday night, August 20th at Olney Central College, Olney, Illinois.

The Board approved the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting held on July 16, 2024.

The Board accepted the 2024-2025 Dual Credit Model Partnership Agreement with Mission III Academy in Albion, IL. The Board also approved an agreement with Northern Illinois University to allow IECC to host OSHA training.

Board waived a second reading and approved revisions to the following policies:

• Ethics Policy for Employees that includes a category change from 100.27 to 400.32 due to the policy being specific to employees only.

• Prevailing Wage Law Policy 100.7 to reflect IECC’s commitment to be in compliance with the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act.

• Holiday, Leave, and Benefit Policy-Non-Bargaining Unit Employees 400.4 to reflect changes to Bereavement Leave benefits.

• Tuition Waiver Policy 500.14 to better outline IECC’s current and aspirational practices related to the use of tuition waivers.

The Board selected Trustee Browning and Trustee Ridgley to serve as members of the Audit Committee to review the annual audit and complete the Audit Report.

The Board authorized Dr. Gower to proceed with the execution of an amendment to the Trust Agreement with the State of Illinois for the construction of the Applied Technology Center at Olney Central College to proceed with this Capital Development Board project.

The IECC Program Review Report FY24 was accepted by the Board and will be submitted to the Illinois Community College Board.

The Board approved an amended personnel report that reflected the following changes:

• Removal of a Board proposed Memorandum of Agreement with the Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Education Association on certain retroactive economic items for AY 2024.

• Removal of a request for outside employment to allow Trustees to vote on that personnel item independently from the other items in the Personnel Report.

The following personnel were employed: Abigail Holdrieth, English/Speech Instructor at Lincoln Trail College effective August 26, 2024; Bart Nation, TRIO Upward Bound Academic Counselor at Wabash Valley College effective September 2, 2024; Colin Walls, Custodian at Lincoln Trail College effective August 26, 2024; and Caleb Kamplain, TRIO Student Support Services Counselor at Lincoln Trail College effective August 26, 2024.

Changes in employment status were approved for Julie Dehart from Health Science Specialist, FCC to Medical Lab Technical Instructor, FCC effective October 1, 2024; Danyelle Ayres from Part-time Adult Education Adjunct Instructor to Coordinator of ICAPS & Instruction effective August 26, 2024; Taryn Bunting, Trina Dunkel, and Justn Young from Financial Aid Coordinator to Financial Aid Specialist effective September 2, 2024; Stephanie Corley, Brittany Longbons, and Sara Newkirk from Student Services Specialist to Financial Aid Representative effective September 2, 2024; and Annie Matthews from Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Instruction, OCC to TRIO Student Support Services Academic Advisor, OCC effective August 26, 2024.

Previously approved pay increases for Full-time Non-Bargaining Unit Employees were reviewed and accepted for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.

A special assignment was approved for Jane McCormick as Lead Instructor.

The Board approved position title changes for the following TRIO Upward Bound Counselors to TRIO Upward Bound Academic Counselors: Rachel Carter, Grae Drake, Rusty Foerster, Kristie Markman, and Jade Colclasure. Additionally, position titles changes were approved for the following TRIO Upward Bound Coordinators to TRIO Upward Bound Academic Coordinators: Candice Young, Julie Auteberry, and Christy Morley.

Proposed non-college employment was approved for Angelia Williams at Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, IN; Dustin Wiggins at Centerpoint Energy in Evansville, IN; Rob Mason at SIUC School of Physics & Applied Physics in Carbondale, IL; Megan Bunnage at St. Vincent Hospital for Women and Children; and Vanessa Lowe at Deaconess in Evansville, IN.

Educational level changes were approved for Phil Thorsen, Carrie Brown, Steve Hnetkovsky, and Becky Coleman.

Resignations were approved for Kyrah Buchanan as Program Advisor, Allied Health, LTC effective July 19, 2024; John McCarty as Music Instructor, LTC effective August 2, 2024; Andrea Loll as Director of Enrollment Management, LTC effective August 30, 2024; Ken Pryor as of Emergency Preparedness and Director of Safety and Emergency Preparedness effective August 16, 2024.

The next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees will be Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 6:15 p.m. at Wabash Valley College, Mt. Carmel, IL.