The Board of Trustees of the Illinois Eastern Community College District No. 529 met Tuesday night, September 17th at Wabash Valley College, Mt. Carmel, Illinois.

IECCEA Representative Rob Mason presented the Board with results of a faculty survey. Chancellor Gower updated the Board on capital projects and solicited Board direction on Procedure 300.17 pertaining to usage of IECC facilities.

The Board approved the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting held on August 20, 2024.

The 2024 Annual Security Report, 2024 Emergency Response Plans, and an updated Violence Prevention Plan were accepted by the Board. The Board approved the SAFE (Sexual Assault and Family Emergencies) Memoranda of Understanding, PREVAIL (Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act) Memoranda of Understanding, and a Memorandum of Understanding with Wabash General Hospital for a Paramedic Education Program.

Affiliation agreements were approved with Deaconess Gibson Hospital; DeveloPeds Therapy LLC (PTA); Edwards County Ambulance Service; Hella Healthcare of Olney LLC; Oakview Nursing and Rehab; ProRehab, Inc (PTA); Providence Medical Group; Richland County TB and Health Office; Richland Nursing & Rehab; Wayne County Ambulance; Healthcare Therapy Services, Inc. (PTA); Lawrence County Memorial Hospital; The Carle Foundation; Hospital Sisters Health System; Indiana University Health, Inc. (PTA); and Select Rehab (PTA).

The Board received official notice of the dates concerning the elections to the Board of Trustees that will occur on April 1, 2025. Nominating petitions may be picked up at the District office and the filing period is from November 12 to November 18, 2024. The IECC Board has three Trustees who have terms that are expiring. Trustees will be running for two 6-year terms and one 3-year term. The Board approved the appointment of Sonja Wease as the Election official and the appointment of Sheryl Childers to be the Assistant Election Official.

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

• State Gift Ban Act Policy 100.20. 2

• Background Check Determination Policy 500.22 to improve clarity, and the authority references were updated.

• New Prohibiting Sex Discrimination Policy 100.42 to align with the implementation date of the new regulations and deletion of Preventing Sexual Misconduct Policy 100.31.

The Board approved support for the amendment to the Robinson Crawford Enterprise Zone.

The following was approved as part of the personnel report: Approval of employment for Mandy Grepares as Coordinator of Academic Affairs effective September 23, 2024 and position title change for Jamie Carman from Director of Academic Advising and Records to Director of Academic Advising effective September 23, 2024.

Proposed non-college employment was approved for Joseph Brown at JB Express Transportation LLC in Cisne, IL and KTDA Trucking in Mt. Erie, IL.

Resignations were approved for Phil Britton as Head Baseball Coach at Olney Central College effective September 13, 2024; Amanda Kotch as Distance Learning Specialist, Title III effective September 20, 2024; Trevin Milner as Coordinator of Public Information and Marketing at Frontier Community College effective September 27, 2024.

The next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees will be Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 6:15 p.m. at Frontier Community College, Fairfield, IL.