NMC Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda

Monday, April 28, 2008
at NMC Oleson Center

5:30 p.m. Board Dinner in Room C
6:30 p.m. Regular Meeting in Rooms A & B

1. GENERAL BUSINESS
   1. Call to Order
   2. Roll Call
   3. Pledge of Allegiance
   4. Review and Approval of Agenda to include additions, deletions, or rearrangements
2. REPORTS
   5. Traverse Bay Give Kids a Smile (TBGKAS) video—Alison Collins, Health Occupations Instructor
   6. Website Content Management Systems—Paul Heaton, Director of Public Relations
   7. Monthly Financial Report—Cathy Jones, Vice President of Finance and Administration
   8. Fund for Transformation Investments—Timothy Nelson, President
   9. Presidential Performance Committee—Elaine Wood, Chair
   10. President’s Compensation Committee—Ross Childs, Chair
   11. Foundation Finance and Audit Committee Report—Ross Childs, Board Representative
   12. Foundation Report—Doug Bishop, Board Representative
   13. Board Policy Committee Report—Jay Hooper, Chair
   14. Board Chair Report—Jay Hooper, Chair
   15. President’s Report—Timothy Nelson, President
3. PUBLIC INPUT
4. CONSENT ITEMS (Pursuant to Policy A-105.00 Consent Agenda Items)
   These items will be adopted as a group without specific discussion. When approving the meeting agenda, any board member may request that a consent agenda item be moved to the regular agenda for discussion or questions.
   Recommended that the following items be approved:
   16. Minutes of the March 17, 2008, March 24, 2008, and April 21, 2008, meetings
   17. Contributions for March 2008
   18. Grant Notifications for quarter ending March 31, 2008
   19. Summary Report for General Fund Accounts as of March 31, 2008
5. ACTION ITEMS
   20. Tuition Rates (Pursuant to Policy A-106.00 Finances)
       Recommended approval of tuition and general fee rates for the 2008-09 academic year on a contact-hour basis as follows:

       $77.40 $142.00 $180.40 $11.00 $20.00 $0.00

       for In-District for In-State Out-Of-District for Out-Of-State General Fee (no change) Health Fee Graduation Fee

   21. Fund for Transformation Investments (Pursuant to Policy A-106.00 Finances)
       Recommended that administration be authorized to use funds from the Fund for Transformation to make the following FY09 investments:

       Director-LPL Program Advancement Director GLWSI Grants Officer Program Coordinator-EES (1/2)	$ 84,841 84,841 69,009 34,889
       	$273,580

   22. Website Content Management System Vendor (Pursuant to Policy A-106.00 Finances)
       Recommended that administration be authorized to contract with Hannon Hill Corporation to license their Cascade Server content management system, and provide technical training and implementation services, for a cost not to exceed $61,200.
   23. Vessel Fuel Purchase (Pursuant to Policy A-106.00 Finances)
       Recommended that administration be authorized to purchase up to $60,000 of fuel for the TS State of Michigan training cruise in May 2008, to be funded as follows:

       GLMA Vessel Fund Great Lakes Research Initiative MARAD	$42,000 5,000 13,000
       	$60,000

6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
   24. Early College Pilot at Suttons Bay—Stephen Siciliano, Vice President for Educational Services
7. ADJOURNMENT

*** Board information packet ***

Upcoming Regular Board Meeting Dates:
May 19, 2008, (third Monday due to Memorial Day), Regular meeting, Oleson Center
June 2, 2008, Study Session, location tbd, 8:30 am-1:00 pm (tentative)
June 23, 2008, Regular meeting, Oleson Center
July 28, 2008, Regular meeting, Oleson Center
August 25, 2008, Regular meeting, Oleson Center
September 22, 2008, Regular meeting, Oleson Center
October 27, 2008, Regular meeting, Oleson Center
November 24, 2008, Regular meeting, Oleson Center
December 22, 2008, Regular meeting, Oleson Center

Meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. with a dinner for Board members provided at 5:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted. All board meetings are open to the public.