A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges was held through a conference call on Friday, August 11, 2000.

In compliance with the provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 84-1411, printed notice of this meeting was mailed to each member of the Board of Trustees and was posted in the Executive Director’s Office. In addition, copies of such notice were sent to the Associated Press and selected Nebraska newspapers on August 1, 2000. We, each of us, hereby acknowledge due and sufficient service to the above, the foregoing notice of the time and place and object of said meeting, and agree to meet in said meeting at the time and place presented.

Board Members attending:
Alfred Gigstad, Nebraska City
Frances Grimes, Grand Island
Steve Lewis, Lexington
Sheryl Lindau, Wayne
Jeff Renner, Bellevue

Student Board Members present:
Tom Ward, Chadron State College
Sheryl Ehmke, Peru State College

System Office Staff participating:
Stan Carpenter, Executive Director
Larry Schultz, Associate Executive Director for Academic Affairs & Legal Services
Jean Dale, Associate Executive Director for Administration & Finance
Bruce Donelson, Facilities Management and Planning Director
Sheri Irwin, Public Relations Director

Others participating:
Thomas Krepel, President, Chadron State College
Ben Johnson, President, Peru State College
Sheila Stearns, President, Wayne State College
Joyce Hardy, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Chadron State College
Ed Hoffman, Vice President for Administration, Chadron State College
Jerome Martin, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Peru State College
Linda Jacobsen, Vice President for Administration and Finance, Peru State College
Ted Harshbarger, Dean of Student Services, Peru State College
David Fuller, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Wayne State College
Carolyn Murphy, Vice President for Administration & Finance, Wayne State College
Curt Frye, Vice President and Dean of Students, Wayne State College
Mr. Scott Kuehn, Ameritas Investment Corporation

CALL TO ORDER
Chair Renner called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
The meeting agenda for August 11 was unanimously approved.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 29-30 MEETING
The minutes of the June 29-30 meeting were unanimously approved.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION
Academic and Personnel Committee
Personnel Recommendations
A motion to approve the personnel recommendations submitted by the Colleges was unanimously approved.

Fiscal and Facilities Committee
Nebraska Development Youth Network
A motion to approve a $50,000 budget request for a statewide director for the Nebraska Development Youth Network to be housed at Wayne State College was unanimously approved. The request will be separate and apart from the NSC budget request.

LB 309 Capital Construction Requests
A motion to approve the 2001-2003 biennium LB 309 budget requests was unanimously approved.

Wayne State College, Power Plant Project Statement Outline
A motion to approve the Wayne State College power plant project statement outline as amended was unanimously approved, after a discussion of projected costs for building a new power plant as compared to accepting the rate increase offered by Energy Systems.

Wayne State College, Terrace Hall Substantial Completion Ratification
A motion to ratify the inspection committee’s recommendation to accept Wayne State College Terrace Hall as substantially complete was unanimously approved.

Contracts
A motion to approve the following contract submitted by Chadron was unanimously approved:
Memorial Hall renovation ($2,342,855—allocation—Fuller Construction)

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION
Academic and Personnel Committee
Personnel Actions
Personnel actions not requiring Board approval were reported by the Colleges. 

Year-end Personnel Summary
A report on all full and part-time faculty, professional and support staff appointments in the System, as well as all vacant positions that have been budgeted was shared with the Board.

Preliminary New Program Notification
Instructional programs under consideration by the colleges were reported to the Board and will be forwarded to the Coordinating Commission.

Geographic Service Regions
New geographic service regions for Peru and Wayne recently approved by the Coordinating Commission were shared with the Board. With these changes, all counties in the state are now within a geographic service area of a State College, in boundaries contiguous to the existing Community College geographic service areas.

Fiscal and Facilities Committee
Peru State College, Adjustment to Old Gym/Library Request
The Board was informed that the Peru State College 2001-2003 biennial capital construction request for additional funding for the Old Gym/Library project approved at the June Board of Trustees meeting has been increased by $200,000, bringing the revised request to $1,562,343.

Year-end Operating Expenditure Reports
1999-00 year-end operating expenditure reports were provided for information only.

Year-end Financial Reports
The 1999-00 year-end financial reports were also provided to the Board as information.

Grant Awards
The following grant award was submitted by Wayne for information. 
Early Childhood Care and Education ($20,000—Nebraska Department of Education)

LB 309 Progress Reports
The colleges submitted progress reports on projects being undertaken on their campuses that are funded by the Building Renewal task Force.

Capital Construction Reports
The colleges provided progress reports for the following capital construction projects:

Chadron State College

1. Miller Hall Renovation and Conversion -- final report
2. Burkhiser Technology Complex Renovation – interim report

Peru State College

1. Campus Services Building Renovation – initial report
2. Campus Water System Renovation – initial report
3. Hoyt Science Building Renovation – initial report
4. Centennial Complex Renovation – initial report
5. T.J. Majors Renovation – initial report

Wayne State College

1. Studio Arts Building Renovation -- interim report
2. Connell Hall Renovation -- interim report
3. Terrace Hall Renovation – interim report

Contingency Maintenance Progress Reports
The contingency maintenance progress reports were provided to the Board for information only. 

Contracts
The following contracts were reported by Peru State College:
Wheeler Sidewalk ($25,516—LB 309 funds—Rogge Davis)
Theater Niches / Loft / Exterior Modifications ($26,601—LB 309 funds—Rogge Davis)
Hoyt / Campus Services Building ($48,000—LB 1217 and cash funds—McGill)
TJ Majors Third Floor ($5,656—cash funds—Fiscus Construction)
TJ Majors Third Floor ($2,871—cash funds—Fiscus Construction)
TJ Majors Third Floor ($6,656—cash funds—Fiscus Construction)
Library Building ($14,670—Clark Enersen Partners)
Wheeler Sidewalk and Storm Drainage Repair ($965—LB 309 funds—Clark Enersen Partners)
Theater Exterior Modifications ($1,115—LB 309 funds—Clark Enersen Partners)

Change Orders
The following change orders were reported for Board information:
Peru State College Centennial Complex:
#3--oak enclosures ($17,090—BANS—Rogge Davis)
#4—labor to install wall covering ($16,124—BANS—Rogge Davis)
#5—framing and drywall ($12,876—BANS—Rogge Davis)
#6—kitchen cabinets and countertops ($19,532—BANS—Rogge Davis)

Wayne State College Terrace Hall:
#4—kitchen cabinets and piping changes ($9,950—revenue bond surplus funds—Sioux Contractors,
 Inc.)
#5—Light fixture changes and insulation to cover exposed piping ($9,930—revenue bond surplus
 funds—Sioux Contractors, Inc.)

Campus Physical Plant Status Reports
The colleges provided physical plant status reports to the Board for information purposes. 

Year-end Revenue Bond Operating Expenditure Reports
The colleges provided expenditure reports for the 1999-00 fiscal year for information.

Miscellaneous Items
System Marketing Plan
Sheri Irwin recently completed visits to each of the colleges and she shared a number of ideas for marketing efforts. A system newsletter will be published, with input from each of the colleges, and will be sent to media, legislators, the Governor, alumni, and selected college staff. A new NSC exhibit will be on display at the State Fair at the end of August, which will include the new NSC logo. The NSC web site is being updated to be more beneficial and friendly to students and other users. New radio public service announcements have been aired to complement the colleges’ recruiting efforts. An analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of the NSC is in process. The public relations officers from the system will be working with Ms. Irwin to set up student and alumni focus groups to assist us as we develop a system marketing plan.

Executive Director’s Report
Mr. Carpenter has met with the PK-16 Committee to talk about the NSC involvement. He has also been attending meetings with the CCPE regarding the Revised Statewide Comprehensive Plan. And the Executive Director’s office staff is preparing the budget request supporting document.

Presidents’ Reports
Chadron President Krepel reported that attention is focused on the start of school. The college is also preparing to host the Board meeting in September.

Wayne President Stearns reported that meetings have been held with representatives of Central Community College in Columbus. Vice President Fuller attended the meeting to discuss distance learning collaboration. Additional conversations with Central Community College in Hastings will be forthcoming.

Student Trustee Reports
Sheryl Ehmke reported that Peru had five students return from the Phi Beta Lambda National Conference where three placed. Freshmen orientations continue on campus, and a new student weekend is scheduled. A "back to school" bash will be held the first week of school.

Tom Ward invited Board members to stay an extra day following the September meeting to attend a home football game.

Next Meeting
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges will be held on September 21-22, 2000 at Chadron State College.

ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10:50 a.m.