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BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIAL MEETING October 20, 2021 Technology Resource Center (C-111)/Hybrid Zoom 3:00 P.M. Join URL: https://rtcedu.zoom.us/j/89850512354

Agenda Item/Subject Information/Action/Presenter

1. CALL TO ORDER Board Chair Unti

A. Notation of Quorum

2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES Action

A. September 22, 2021 – Special Meeting/Retreat

3. COMMUNICATIONS Information A. General Information/Introductions B. Correspondence C. Public Comments from the Audience D. Associated Student Government E. Renton Federation of Teachers F. Written Communication Reports

4. ACTION Action A. 2022 Board Meeting Calendar Approval B. Transforming Lives Scholarship Award Trustees Page and Takamura C. Board Policy Review Trustees Entenman and Unti

5. DISCUSSION/REPORTS Information A. Presidential Search Vice President Hogan B. Administration/Finance

1. Monthly Finance Report Vice President Jackson C. President Dr. McCarthy

Goals: Collaborative Relationships │ Equity │ Succession Planning │ Financial Stewardship

6. TRUSTEES A. ACCT Leadership Congress Report Out Trustees Entenman and Unti B. Monthly Board Survey Board Chair Unti

7. EXECUTIVE SESSION

A. An Executive Session will be held to review the performance of a public employees, in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act (RCW 42.30.110 or RCW 42.30.140).

B. Announcement of time Executive Session will conclude.

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8. DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL ACTION ON PRESIDENT SEARCH COMMITTEE

A. The Board may take action on approving members of the advisory presidential search committee.

9. MEETINGS Information

A. November 17, 2021 – Regular Board Meeting

10. ADJOURNMENT Action

2021-2022 BOARD GOALS Succession · Onboarding · Create Board Dashboard

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Renton Technical College Board of Trustees Meeting October 20, 2021

BOARD CONSIDERATION AGENDA ITEM: 1. CALL TO ORDER

X Information

Action SUBJECT:

BACKGROUND:

Board Chair Unti will carry out the Notation of Quorum, call the meeting to order and share the RTC Land Acknowledgement.

RECOMMENDATION:

None.


BOARD CONSIDERATION AGENDA ITEM: 2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES

Information

SUBJECT: X Action

BACKGROUND:

The following meeting minutes are attached for approval by the Board of Trustees.

A. September 22, 2021 – Special Meeting/Board Retreat

RECOMMENDATION:

Approval as presented.

Board of Trustees – Special Board Meeting and Board Retreat September 22, 2021 Technology Resource Center (C-111)/Hybrid Zoom 8:00 A.M. Zoom Link - https://rtcedu.zoom.us/j/84736161296 or telephone +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

MEETING MINUTES

I. BOARD RETREAT – PART I

1. Dr. Tia Brown McNair was invited to work with the Board and executive leadership in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion work toward succession planning for the college. Dr. McNair shared a slide presentation, and focused on the top three most significant challenges for Higher Education Institutions: 1) Financial constraints, 2) Recognizing and overcoming persistent inequities, and 3) Capacity-building for institutional change/transformation. Guiding questions were developed for engagement during the session.

II. SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

1. CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Board Chair Kirby Unti. A notation of quorum was made, and the RTC Land Acknowledgement was read. Board Chair Unti called for a moment of silence, in honor of Michelle Iko and acknowledgement of her service to the college – her incredible gift to us all.

2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES

Board Chair Unti asked for corrections and/or additions to the following minutes:

A. June 16, 2021 – Special Meeting

Trustee Entenman introduced a motion to approve the meeting minutes for the special meeting held on June 16, 2021 as presented. Trustee Page seconded, and the motion carried.

B. July 12, 2021 – Special Meeting

Trustee Page introduced a motion to approve the meeting minutes for the special meeting held on July 12, 2021 as presented. Trustee Entenman seconded, and the motion carried.

C. August 16, 2021 – Special Meeting

Trustee Entenman introduced a motion to approve the meeting minutes for the special meetings held on August 16, 2021 as presented. Trustee Takamura seconded, and the motion carried.


Board of Trustees – Special Meeting and Board Retreat September 22, 2021

3. COMMUNICATIONS

A. General Information/Introductions Dr. McCarthy took the opportunity to formally welcomed CTS Executive Director Jay Mayer. Mr. Mayer comes to RTC from Seattle Colleges, and hit the ground drowning over the summer.

B. Correspondence Correspondence with respective links were included in the Communications and Marketing monthly report. Board Chair Unti gave a shout out to Katherine Hedland Hansen for the raised profile via Marketing and Communications efforts.

C. Public Comments from the Audience There were no public comments.

D. Renton Federation of Teachers RFT President Donna Maher introduced herself, and informed the Board that because the first formal e-board meeting had not yet taken place, she didn’t have much of a report. RFT President Maher is a Tenured faculty member of the medical office programs. This program includes everything from medical terminology, office 365, and medical coding. She complimented last week’s in-service and the wide-array of opportunities including the DEI session with Erin Jones. She noted that the Board was meeting in a Flex classroom model, which should give a good look of the student opportunity. She is looking forward to growing the future connection with the Board.

E. Written Communication Reports There were no comments or questions about the written communication reports. Board Chair Unti shared his delight of the work completed over the summer, which was very evident in the reports.

Dr. McCarthy noted that there was no formal report from ASG on the agenda, since this was the first week of classes, however Mr. Wade Parrot and Connor Moore were on the call and invited them to share any information they might have. Mr. Parrot informed the Board of Michelle Iko’s Memorial service scheduled on Thursday, October 7 from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm at the Alliance Bible Church located at 19320 SE 240th St, Covington, WA 98042. There will also a college memorial to honor Michelle on campus, which is still in the planning process. Mr. Moore informed the Board that the ASG executive board will continue to operate and were having a meeting today. Board Chair Unti thanked Mr. Parrot and Mr. Moore for their leadership and acknowledged that the Board considers ASG as one of the college’s successes.

Trustee Page requested additional clarification on capital projects. We have received predesign/design money for health sciences. We have also started the process (PRR) for our next building which will be a replacement for Building A. The new proposal is a trades building which will consists of welding, aerospace machining, mechatronics, and commercial building engineering. We will likely request the max square footage of 75K. The proposal for the trades building is due in Dec. to SBCTC. Hopefully we will receive pre-design funds in 23-25. The proposed location according to the master plan for the new trades building is where Bldg. B is currently standing. KM – those are the

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programs we have now and will look into the future to have flexibility for new programs (next 6 years). New architect on this project.

4. ACTION

A. Transforming Lives Committee Selection

Trustees Page and Takamura volunteered to serve on this sub-committee. The award criteria established by ACT for the Transforming Lives scholarship award and the RTC timeline will be sent to the sub-committee.

B. Policy Review Committee Selection (Sections 1 and 2 in October)

Dr. McCarthy reminded the Board that section one will be deleted, as we no longer have core themes, so the review will be for section two only. Trustees Entenman and Unti volunteered for this sub-committee. A Word version of the policies will be shared to allow for suggested modifications.

C. Board Liaison Open Positions 1. Secondary Legislative Action Committee (LAC) – Trustee Takamura volunteered to

serve as the RTC Secondary LAC representative.

2. RTC Foundation Liaison – beginning in October 2021 – Trustee Page agreed to continue serving as the RTC Foundation Liaison on behalf of the Board.

3. RTC Advisory Committee – Dr. McCarthy informed the Board that he is still looking at rebooting this Advisory committee, within the next month or two. A new member from Microsoft Philanthropies has recently been recruited. Board Chair Unti volunteered to serve as the Advisory Board liaison once it is re-established.

D. ACCT Voting Delegate – Trustees Entenman and Unti will be attending the ACCT conference. Trustee Entenman volunteered to serve this role, and will register as the RTC Voting Delegate upon arrival at the conference.

5. DISCUSSION/REPORTS

A. President’s Report

Dr. McCarthy reported briefly on a few of his goals, skipping Accreditation as that immediate goal was effectively achieved.

Collaborative Relationships – This has been a great focus of goals with the Board over the last two-years. The college and the last two-years have been too complex not to do so. This year will have both challenges and opportunities. The written and video reporting from our cabinet members show great collaborative relationships within their divisions and collectively. A large area of focus has been COVID and adapting to the various mandates as they have changed. As a reminder of the basic policy, in July we determined we would be a fully-vaccinated campus, meaning everyone would be

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fully-vaccinated or request one of three exemption options. Since then, the Governor has mandated that all employees be vaccinated, whether working on or off-campus, and he also removed the philosophical exemption. The HR department is greatly involved with SBCTC, OFM, and the AAG’s office – not without challenges of clear interpretation. We are doing well in the employee category of vaccinations. Some staff may choose to leave, even though we would hope this does not happen. October 18 is the current deadline. Vice President Hogan has sent the gentle nudge to those that have not yet responded, and is now working on student workers, ASG leaders and LRCC tutors. The challenge of exemptions is interesting. Trustee Takamura thanked Vice President Hogan for taking the lead on this. Vice President Hogan responded that this is a great learning opportunity! On the student side, the major change was students on campus must be vaccinated or claim an exemption, and the interpretation at RTC is that we are requesting attestations from ALL students. Information from the Governor’s office came out late, so we’ve been messaging for five weeks about student attestations, but responses in the first four weeks were slim. This has involved a lot of work from communications and marketing, CTS, security, and cabinet. Security Director Vielbig has recorded his voice for Robo-calls to students, adding that personal touch so it doesn’t feel like a scam. Following up on the data is a bit of a challenge. The ctcLink switch will be better for this. We have about 1800 student attestations; running about 70 percent vaccinated. In checking the King County website today, south King County was running at 72 percent vaccinated (in the county overall, 79.6 percent have completed vaccinations). The 20-29 age group represents the worst age group in the Renton and Kent regions of the county (53-57 percent). Universities are over 90%. We are working to keep the strong mask mandate, and discussed with faculty their need to keep this enforced. It is tough, but the smart thing to do. Dr. McCarthy is on the Higher Ed Reopening Group committee. The universities report that the most trepidation has been faculty, but as the semester began (five weeks in), they have settled in. Regarding students, we have between 400-700 on campus students on different days of the week. Dr. McCarthy shared his delight to see humanity back to campus. We need to stay smart and look at the positives that we’ve put in place to stay safe. IR is now working on a database to pull all this data together, with the assistance of VP Jackson, Executive Director Hansen, Director Vielbig and Executive Director Mayer. The vaccination clinic is in place, on Tuesdays each week, but has not been heavily used. We have increased our on-line presence. Dr. Delaney advised that students enrolled in Flex allows flexibility to students to be on or off campus at their choice, and will be an added bonus in the event of an additional surge. There were questions earlier today about campus culture – this is an opportunity to redefine ourselves and our culture. The message continues to be this is risk-management, hoping to mitigate it the best possible and provide a good education for students. Financial Aid is using some Federal funds to assist where drops for non-payment could get in the way. As of Monday, we were at 105 percent and tuition paying is at 109 percent in enrollment – we are softer in general education programs.

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Questions about the nursing program status have caused a dip in general education programs. CCP enrollment is still occurring Right now, we look better than predicted. Dr. McCarthy spoke with Donna Maher and Rick Geist during their first check-in meeting about inquiring on the decisions of why people are choosing to attend now. There are great job opportunities available. The Instruction team is looking at upskilling. We are appreciative that we are building our capacity in IR. Trustee Takamura inquired if the same trends are reflected at other institutions. Dr. McCarthy responded, yes – although CCP enrollment is stronger at RTC than all others. Last year, we had people attend from out of state. He further shared that we started the quarter with irony – no internet for a couple hours on Monday, but the CTS group is working through that. The ctcLink project has taken tons of time, and by nature the work is unevenly distributed. This is a system issue, but we believe that we have been doing a good job of adding backfill positions to assist. It is basically uncompensated work. ctcLink audits our status and we continue to be “green light” – but it is making people tired. The uncertainties of COVID, workload, and stress causes the need to pause and continue giving grace. Most people will say that each deployment group finds it a little less cumbersome because SBCTC has learned some things. There are still some major issues, lingering and on-going issues. VP Jackson noted that tuition and revenue is kept in Campus Solutions (CS) pillar and the CS and Finance pillars don’t cross, so that is problematic. We need to be creative. He is concerned about the ability of pulling financial data. ctcLink Project Lead Lia Homeister shared that much has changed from the first three waves, DG4 was the first wave that went through fairly well. There will be constant adjustments and improvements that will happen. Change is so different – some will be better, some worse. Until schools are in it, it is hard to adjust. Dr. McCarthy added that we are very lucky to have Ms. Homeister as the project manager on ctcLink. Trustee Page inquired as to the stability of the SBCTC ctcLink staff. Vice President Jackson responded positively, adding that additional staff has been added. There is a dedicated project team to those not yet live, and one in-house support team for those already live. We might lose some key members, which causes concern. We will continue doing the best we can. Dr. McCarthy added that during the design of the Trades building, collaborative relationships will be extremely important to pull teams together. Trustee Takamura suggested bringing in community on these teams. Dr. McCarthy also added that to we are working on the sound system in the cafeteria!

Equity – Dr. McCarthy noted that it was great to have Erin Jones as the keynote speaker for the Fall Kick-off this year. The first session drew 210 attendees and then 148 continued on for the second session of DEI focus. We will continue these discussions and sessions with Ms. Jones quarterly. The future focus is on the three stages of equity, but we will work with her as well on grading, and looking at data in equity work. Board Chair Unti stated that on behalf of the Board, the leadership at RTC has our deep appreciation in facing these challenges and still finding ways to keep forging ahead!

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B. Presidential Search Update – Vice President Hogan noted that in this past month, she has truly appreciated the team that she works with. There are many people supporting her and the HR team. A huge shout-out to Michelle Canzano for her work and support with the application for the search committee to use. There was a bit of slow-down due to vaccinations requirements. The application deadline for the search committee is October 4. The Board should be promoting a community representative. VP Hogan added that today’s meeting with Dr. McNair was fabulous. As the Board looks at the job description in October, please work to incorporate that we are an equity focused institution and also looking for some style, as well. We will be working with Associate Dean of Student Engagement and Retention Wade Parrot and ASG leader Connor Moore for a student representative. VP Hogan will provide a lot of this next month. Trustee Takamura inquired about the process to use in recruiting a community representative. VP Hogan suggested whatever the Board prefers can work. Maybe a follow-up of why they want to serve and what will they bring to the process. It will be important that Board members engage what it means to serve on this committee. Trustee Takakura’s preference would be to be behind the scenes on the process – provide a name to VP Hogan and let her vet them. We want the committee to serve the campus well. Inclusion of the community increases community ownership. A question to community members might be, how do they value the college and what is it they look for in leadership. We want to be very transparent, but extremely confidential until they have been notified as finalists and posted on the website – then it’s game on – exposure to community on campus and externally.

C. Budget Update Vice President Jackson shared information with the Board on the Year-End Financials.

Total revenues of $50.12M, plus $1.39M in other applications of cash, amounted to $51.51M through June 2021. Total expenditures amounted to $48.86M. The net of $50.12M - $48.86M is $1.26M, which is also the increase from our starting cash balance of $6.75M to our ending cash balance of $9.41M. Comparing this year’s starting cash and ending cash through June with last year, last year we had increased the cash amount by $2.66M through the same period. This increase was only due to the federal HEERF funds as well as the GEERS funds that we received. Without this financial help, we would not have been able to add as much to our reserves.

Areas that are significantly underperforming compared to last year are the collection of Food Services revenues and tuition and fees. Food Services are down $799K. Services are down due to closures as a result of the ongoing pandemic. Tuition and fees are down $498K due to lower enrollments through for the academic year.

At the end of June, we had $3.22M in investments (reserves), for a total cash and reserves balance of $12.62M.

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IV. BOARD RETREAT – PART II

1. BOARD AND TRANSFORMING LIVES SCHOLARSHIP DONATIONS

Board Chair Unti noted his encouragement for Board members to donate to the Foundation for these scholarships; $500 Board Scholarship and $50 Transforming Lives Scholarship.

2. FY21 BOARD SELF-EVALUATION

Board Chair Unti led the Board through the review and discussion of their annual Board self-evaluation.

3. PRESIDENT’S FY22 DRAFT GOALS

Dr. McCarthy’s established goals for FY22: 1. Collaborative Relationships 2. Equity 3. Succession Planning 4. Financial Stewardship (emphasis of Scott/Jewett Gift)

4. FY22 BOARD GOALS

The Board of Trustees established FY22 goals: 1. Succession 2. Onboarding 3. Create a Board Dashboard

A. Activities/Priorities/Study Sessions

The Board would like to re-establish program Field trips during FY22 and schedule a mid-year retreat.

5. BOARD MEETING FORMAT DISCUSSION

A. Draft 2022 Board Meeting Calendar for Review/Discussion

Board Chair Unti requested that Board members review the draft calendar for conflicts. The draft calendar will be presented for approval at the October 20, 2021 Board meeting.

B. Board Chair Unti offered a suggestion of using a survey to the Board, immediately following a board meeting, to allow for reflection. A mid-year retreat was also suggested.

6. EXECUTIVE SESSION

No executive session was held.

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7. EXECUTIVE SESSION ACTION

No executive action was taken.

8. MEETINGS

The next regular meeting is scheduled October 20, 2021.

9. ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business, it was moved by Board Chair Unti to adjourn the Board of Trustees’ meeting and retreat at 3:04 p.m. Motion carried.

KIRBY UNTI, Board Chair KEVIN D. MCCARTHY, President Board of Trustees Renton Technical College

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AGENDA ITEM: 3. COMMUNICATIONS

SUBJECT:

BACKGROUND:

A. General Information/Introductions

B. Correspondence – Included in Communications Report

C. Public Comments from the Audience

D. Associated Student Government

E. Renton Federation of Teachers

F. Written (and video) Communication Reports

RECOMMENDATION:

None.

BOARD CONSIDERATION

X Information

Action

Student Leadership Report for Board of Trustees

October 20, 2021

1. Fall Quarter New Student Orientation (NSO) Student Services staff, including Student leadership, hosted our fall quarter NSO via zoom on 9/14 & 9/16. Sessions were offered in the mornings and afternoons to provide each of our new students with flexible timeframes to participate.

• 631 newly enrolled students were identified and contacted • 384 of these students pre-registered and participated in NSO Sessions (96 students per

session) • Pre-NSO Poll to gauge student concerns • Welcome & Guided Pathways Framework • Focus on Career Services & Exploration • Overview of Student Services areas, staff, and campus resources • Virtual campus tour and program-specific information • Walkthrough of COVID Student Attestation form & Daily Campus Access form • Post-NSO Poll to gauge student satisfaction of content covered in NSO sessions • Lessons learned and improvements to make for future NSO's

2. Student Emergency Grant Funds To directly support campus-wide student engagement and retention, the ASG Senate approved the following emergency grant funds to be administered by the RTC Foundation:

a) $6,500 for the Book & Equipment Grants for students ($500 each) b) $6,500 for Emergency Grant for students ($300 each of gas & grocery gift cards)

3. Student Participation in Campus Committees Upcoming Tenure Track Committees Current Presidential Search Committee ASG E-Team & Senate Recruitment LRCC Student Ambassadors Diversity Equity & Inclusion RTC Foundation Board Phi Theta Kappa

4. ASG Sponsored Events & Activities

Yoga Sessions

Native American Heritage Month

Virtual Halloween Movie Trivia

Finance Total revenues to date for month ending August 2021 were $16.23M. This includes the $5M donation from the Scott/Jewett Foundation as well as $4.69M claimed in loss revenue from HEERF. Without the donation and loss revenue, revenues for month ending August 2021 were $2.85M which is $1.5M more than month ending August 2020. This increase was largely due to an increase in Financial Aid which was $757,483 more than last year. Tuition collection through August 2021 was $862,526 compared to $790,871 in August 2020. This is an increase of $71,655. Fee collection through August 2021 was $393,846 compared to $388,504 in August 2020, or an increase of $5,342. The increase in tuition collect is in alignment with our enrollment projections. Our enrollments and projections are still substantially lower than prior to the start of the pandemic.

Total expenditures year to date for month ending August 2021 amounted to $6.69M. This was $646K more than the previous year. The largest increases were in salaries, $424K, and Financial Aid, $375K. The salary increases were largely due to the pandemic stipend.

For month ending August 2021, sales were up $19K compared to August 2020. However, food services revenues continue to be about $100K per month below pre-pandemic amounts.

For month ending in August 2021, we had $3.22M in investments (reserves), for a total cash and reserves balance of $22.74M.

Business Office

• Staff are completing ctcLink assignments and data cleansing in preparation for Validation Cycle 4.

• Staff are working on the self-paced ctcLink trainings in their respective areas. • Two interviews for the payroll coordinator are scheduled for this week. • Beverly Jensen, Fiscal Specialist, began employment with the Business Office on Tuesday

September 7th. • Cameron Moyer will start in the Print Shop on Monday October 11th.

Food Services & Rentals

• A new rental agreement with Amazon to rent three parking spots in our P12 parking lot has been completed. Amazon is launching their local new Scout delivery system in the Renton Highlands.

• The facility rental agreement with City University to rent classrooms for their Masters in Education program starts this month. Due to COVID concerns, they are starting with one in-person class offering, with plans to offer more classes on RTC campus in the future.

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• Catering business is picking up with individual packaged meals and box lunches being delivered to local school districts and community members.

• The new Smart-n-Go vending is installed in Bldg. I-Campus Center and is being well received by our students. The fresh foods are restocked every other day and has a very nice selection of ready to eat sandwiches, salads, snacks and beverages.

• A partnership with our King County Carpenter Apprenticeship program to build a custom bookshelf in the culinary classroom is completed. This new book shelf will offer our culinary students and department with a super collection of culinary books.

• We added more technology in the reopened Culinaire Room with a new FLEX model screen. Thanks to Yun Moh and his team we have the ability to host Zoom meetings in our dining room during non-lunch hours. The Culinaire Room is now reopened for lunch M-F from 11:15-1 PM. The menus for the Culinaire Room are available on our website.

Facilities & Capital Minor Capital Program Projects for Current Biennium (2021-2023): Projects in this category are more discretionary in nature and are not restricted to repairs.

• Sound System Enhancement in Cafeteria – This project has just been approved, and we are investigating the most advantageous delivery method for procuring and installing a new sound system.

• Campus Irrigation System Upgrades – The second and final phase underway, consisting of upgrading the aged irrigation system in the middle and north sections of campus as well as at the Annex. Procurement is through a purchase order directly to the irrigation contractor so as to maximize the amount of work that can be accomplished within our capital allocation. Work is expected to be completed this month.

Minor Capital Repair Projects for Current Biennium (2021-2023): • Selection of two campus architects has been completed and agreements are being

finalized. The successful firms were Rolluda Architects and Schreiber, Starling, and

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Whitehead Architects. The selection process was overseen by WA State Department of Enterprise Services (DES) with the participation of representatives from RTC. Contracts and agreements are being negotiated.

• A host of Repair Projects may now be planned, designed, and sent out for bids with the assistance of the recently hired architectural firms. The college received funds in excess of the current biennium including funding for a resurfaced roof at the Annex, a new HVAC Boiler in Allied Health Bldg., new flooring in the Dental Lab of Allied Health, and New Mixed Air HVAC units for the Campus Center Building, amongst others. Status: Rolluda Architects have been shown the work needed for the Annex roof and Dental floor repairs and are preparing their project proposals for college/DES consideration.

Minor Capital Repair Projects for Next Biennium (July 2023-June 2025): • The Facilities Condition Survey for the 2023-24 biennium occurred in mid-June of this

year. Over the next two months, we are submitting support material and cost estimates to support and justify our request and to ensure an allocation of a funding level sufficient to execute the projects.

Major Capital Replacement Projects for Current Biennium (2021-2023): • The pre-design and design portions of a new Health Sciences Center has been approved

by the state legislature. Architect selection identified Schreiber, Starling, and Whitehead Architect as the successful firm. Construction may occur as early as next biennium though a delay in the allocation of construction funding is possible due to a large number of projects in the system competing for that yet to be determined level of future funding. Currently, we are in talks with the consultant in establishing a scope so that they may submit a proposal for the Pre-Design services.

Infrastructure Projects for Current Biennium (2021-2023): The college has received funding for the following project, and the DES on behalf of the college is contacting the state on-call civil engineering firm to start investigation and design.

• Replace aging storm water system on campus – currently we are initiating some storm system jetting of lines in order to determine the extent of repairs that may be necessary. Additionally, we are defining the scope with the consultant.

Capital Funding requests: • The College has chosen to submit a funding request for a Replacement Project in the

upcoming budget cycle. The Project Request for a New Trade and Industries Building will be submitted to SBCTC in December of this year. The Project Request Report will be done by Schreiber, Starling, and whitehead Architects. Currently we are defining the scope and timelines of for the project.

Other Projects: • Energize Eastside – The Puget Sound Energy project to replace the high-power electrical

distribution poles and lines that run north and south across the student parking lots on campus has been scheduled and the college has met with PSE and their subcontractors to coordinate the work, which is scheduled to start on September 7th and continue for up to six (6) weeks. Status – work has begun in the PSE right of way. They have begun pouring foundations. Our Grounds crew is working with their sub-contractors to


relocate irrigation lines that are in the way. Campus security has been keeping the college community updated on construction impacts.

• COVID HVAC and Air Filtration Mitigation Project – Funding has been approved to increase air ventilation and to upgrade the HVAC filters to higher MERV rated filters in selected campus buildings. Suppliers are being contacted for availability of the filters. A mechanical engineer has been hired to specify necessary settings and modifications, and the controls contractor hired by the college has had their contract expanded to include revisions in the mechanical ventilation settings and schedule. The first of the revised controls settings is expected this week.


ctcLink Report Renton Technical College Board of Trustees September 22, 2021

ctcLink Staff continue to balance the high demands of ctcLink along with their daily workload. We are currently planning our third round of data validation (Cycle 4), with the data pulled recently on October 15th. Subject matter experts (SMEs) are heavily engaged in self-paced trainings to get acquainted with new business processes. Testing will start next week and will continue until go live, on February 28, 2022. Currently, the state board is slowing down their work with DG6 as they work with DG5 schools, who are all in the process of launching.

Recent Activities: • Data Conversion & Validation

o Many staff have been working “behind the scenes” getting our data ready for the next cycle (Cycle 4) of data conversion and validation. This includes data clean up, resubmission of crosswalks and configuration files, and collaboration with the state board on feedback they provide. The last deadline to complete this work was October 15th, when the state board took a “snapshot” of our current data to use as a practice conversion. Later in December, we will be doing our first “mock run” of the go-live weekend conversion, along with normal data validation activities.

• Parallel Testing o The state board has introduced parallel testing activities to the DG6 schools.

There will be three areas that require parallel testing, where we will test certain processes in both legacy and a ctcLink test environment. Those three areas are Student Financials Tuition Calculation, Financial Aid Dual Processing, and Payroll. For RTC, this phase heavily impacts staff in the Business Office, Enrollment Services, and Financial Aid.

• User Acceptance Testing o We continue to work on preparations for user acceptance testing (UAT). RTC

plans on conducting testing together, on campus, in one of the computer labs. For our SMEs, UAT will be a crucial step in understanding their jobs and how our processes will likely change.

o In preparation for UAT, the DG6 colleges have an October 22nd deadline to complete self-paced Canvas trainings. We have almost 2000 hours of trainings assigned thus far. Some service areas have briefly closed in order to dedicate focused time to these trainings. As staff changes occur, we are updating the testing and training assignments as necessary.

• Security Activities o Closely related to UAT is our security work. Our security team continues to work

through our security workbook to assign individual roles to each of the UAT

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testers. We have a deadline to complete the security roles for UAT by November 1st. Upon completion of the UAT testers, we will begin work on all employees.

• Campus Solutions (CS) Production Workshops o We have completed the second of five CS Production Workshops. This one

focused on the class schedule. We currently have six staff building out the Winter 2022 and Spring 2022 schedules in ctcLink.

o We have assigned SMEs to the remaining workshops who will prepare for each workshop in advance. Our next production workshop will take place at the end of November.

• Reporting Activities o Our Institutional Research (IR) team, business analysts, and members of IT have

been preparing the changeover of our reporting dashboards from legacy to ctcLink. A new local server will be created to accommodate the new dataLink Oracle database.

• Training & Communication Activities o Faculty have begun their trainings for ctcLink which include three self-paced

Canvas courses targeted towards faculty, employees, and students. Trainings for staff end users will be launched later this fall.

o Our training and communications team are working on videos, simple PDFs, and a new support system/knowledge base to support our students and staff upon go-live.

ctcLink Adjustments As to be expected, there will be changes due to ctcLink implementation. The first large one being our registration for next winter and spring quarters. We will be registering for both quarters starting this fall, in an attempt to enroll as many students as possible before the conversion. Kudos to our Instruction and Student Services staff for making this work.

Project Risks Turnover due to the state vaccination mandate will impact key areas. The level of impact is still unknown. This, along with the number of project activities and hours of training, may cause burnout and low morale.

Project Issues Workload remains an issue for the project. Even with additional backfill positions, project work is increasing and pressure is rising. However, executive leadership continues to be supportive and our SMEs continue to be rock stars.

What’s Next Contingency planning is in the works to avoid unnecessary surprises. The DG6A colleges will be working closely together with the state board to make the transition as smooth as possible.

Administration and Finance Report to Board of Trustees, Page 2

Communications and Marketing and Institutional Research Renton Technical College Board of Trustees October 2021

Institutional Research The Office of Institutional Research (IR) has continued its efforts to improve institutional effectiveness by supporting programs, units, cabinet, and committees for their planning, assessment, and data-informed decision makings for RTC Mission fulfillment:

• IR has prepared the Institutional Characteristics Survey for IPEDS. This survey requires information about RTC programs, tuition, and student services. Results will be used by College Navigator, and other external websites that provide information to potential students.

• The IR Director supported Deans to make their unit plans meaningful and useful for their annual goals and priorities. The Director provided an individual feedback meeting to each Dean based on their questions and needs.

The IR Manager worked with the Nursing Program, Allied Health Department, and Advanced Manufacturing to support their required data for program accreditation.

• The Director and Manager of IR participated in the first workshop for the Strategic Data Project (SDP) Fellowship by the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University. The workshop was held from September 21 to September 24 focused on diagnosing systemic challenges. During the workshop, they could reflect on and strengthen analytic capacity at RTC by team activities. Also, they learned a problem-solving sequence that leads them through a process of using institutional data to articulate a problem statement, investigate the root causes of the problem, and develop an analysis plan.

• The IR team worked with the Instruction Group and other campus units for on-demand or routine weekly or monthly data requests and survey supports. Those requests and reports include weekly enrollment reports, student evaluation surveys, financial aid lists, health limitations list, specific enrollment lists for workforce Education, and CCP Placement data.

Institutional Advancement Report to Board of Trustees, Page 1

Communications and Marketing Renton Technical College Board of Trustees October 20, 2021

NEWS Communications and Marketing staff were thrilled to announce the news that instructor DonMee Choi received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, also known as a “Genius Grant.” The announcement was promoted to the media, on our website, and on social media. Selected press coverage:

Meet the MacArthur ‘genius’ calling attention to South Korea’s violent imperial past NBC News

Meet the MacArthur Fellows for 2021 Forbes

Two Seattleites win MacArthur Genius Grants Seattle Times

‘Genius Fellows’ have strong ties to Academe Inside Higher Ed

Don Mee Choi named 2011 MacArthur Fellow Northwest Asian Weekly

Two ‘geniuses’ in Seattle The Stranger

Other news coverage:

A Chef Dinner with Shota Nakajima

Other new web content:

Testing Center earns national certification

2021 Celebrity Chef Dinner with Shota Nakajima

ctcLink home page

MARKETING: Communications and Marketing worked with Outreach to create a new landing page to help entry advisers track and follow up with students interested in registering for Winter and Spring Quarters. The college will soon launch campaigns geared toward Career Training, Gen Ed, and CCP programs.

We launched the college’s first Snapchat ad designed to attract Running Start and CTE Dual Credit opportunities. This is just beginning, but we will closely follow the analytics to track effectiveness and ROI.

Communications and Marketing Report to Board of Trustees, Page 1 of 2

https://www.rtc.edu/choi-genius-grant

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/meet-macarthur-genius-calling-attention-south-koreas-violent-imperial-rcna2421

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2021/09/29/meet-the-macarthur-fellows-for-2021/?sh=6ef6464741c0

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/two-seattleites-an-infectious-disease-scientist-and-a-poet-win-macarthur-genius-grants/

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2021/09/29/%E2%80%98genius%E2%80%99-fellows-have-strong-ties-academe

https://nwasianweekly.com/2021/10/don-mee-choi-named-2021-macarthur-fellow/

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2021/09/28/61517762/slog-pm-a-comeback-in-sodo-two-geniuses-in-seattle-and-one-hannah-krieg

https://www.425magazine.com/eat-drink/a-chef-dinner-with-shota-nakajima/article_0eddad7e-26dd-11ec-934f-23f7dac4a535.html

https://www.rtc.edu/NCTA

https://foundation.rtc.edu/2021-celebrity-chef-event

https://www.rtc.edu/ctclink

https://www.rtc.edu/start-now

PUBLICATIONS: Ken created postcards, programs, and other collateral to promote the Celebrity Chef Event. Design of the Foundation’s Annual Report is also underway.

SOCIAL MEDIA: Top Facebook posts: Don Mee Choi, 2,500K reach; Adam Smith Visit: 1K reach

STAFFING UPDATE: I am pleased to announce two changes to our department:

• Evyson Beasley assumed a greater role in our office as Creative Services Director, effective Oct. 1. This reflects both his talent and increasing responsibilities and more clearly defines his scope of work.

• Matt Stephen joined us Oct. 11 as Web Content Specialist. He will work closely with Evyson and Katherine to create and update web content and complete the Drupal upgrade.

Communications and Marketing Report to Board of Trustees, Page 2 of 2

College Technology Services - Information Technology Report Renton Technical College Board of Trustees October 20, 2021

We are continuing to support the dynamic technology needs of our institution, and are striving to introduce and/or improve current technologies, and partner with stakeholders. I have re-forged the RTC Technology Council as a community wide forum that will serve as a more granular approach to discussing the major projects that CTS is working on, as well as engagement with stakeholders at every level to work through issues that may not be immediately seen by my team. We are looking into new ways to enforce security protocols that are necessary to protect the college’s digital resources, as we have seen an uptick in some digital attacks on the college through phishing and whaling attempts through the college email infrastructure.

CTS is continuing to provide a hybrid format of service for both the members of our community here on campus, and the one’s still working remotely. We are continuing to improve our service offerings both on premise and in the cloud. The start of this fall quarter, we hit a snag in the form of a campus wide data outage on the first day of classes in the middle of the day. The hardware responsible had a faulty power supply that put the device into low-power mode and cut the campus off from the internet for approximately 2 hours. We are looking at options to replace that hardware. We have been test driving new High Availability hardware that will make our campus infrastructure more stable/tolerant of outages. In addition, we are continuing to recommend to our faculty an expansion of our service offerings in Microsoft’s Cloud. These services were not affected by the outage, which means that only our on-premises students were unable to access these resources during the outage.

The CTS team is continuing to work with community stakeholders to provide equipment to students. Right before the start of the fall quarter, we took possession of almost 300 Chromebooks, to refresh our aging fleet, and to make sure that we have enough hardware to distribute to those most in need of the hardware in our campus community. We are in the process of replacing the Cellular hotspots for students to a more cost-efficient solution from AT&T wireless. This will reduce the expense per device from $40+tax per line to $17+tax per line.

There are many projects that are competing for IT resources. The campus ctcLink implementation is pulling more resources as we work to assist the project team in standing up hardware and working on configuring our current set of automated tools to communicate with ctcLink.

The partnership that we have forged with our sister institution, Lower Columbia College has continued to flourish. They have been eager to assist our DBA in moving projects forward that have stalled due to lack of team members that are skilled with these projects.

College Technology Services Report to the Board of Trustees Page 1 of 2

CTS is continuing to strengthen our security standards. We are doing this by requiring domain login to college resources, except where necessary, i.e. Orientation, Entrance Testing, upgrading security tracing, firewall hardware, and reconfiguring the campus network infrastructure. The End User Support team is working on the project plan for our roll out for a self-service password reset portal for our student user accounts. We are ready to turn it on, but there was no time to communicate it before the start of Fall quarter. I have tasked the team with working with our PIO to communicate this out to the campus community during the fall quarter, and we plan to bring it online right at the end of fall quarter.

We are completing the migration from some legacy management product to more modern cost-effective tools. Our old imaging system, Altiris, is being replaced by a Microsoft Solution called Configuration Manager. We are moving away from Symantec Anti-Virus to Microsoft Endpoint Protection. We are standing up a new virtual cluster based on Microsoft Hyper-V technology to replace our older VMware infrastructure for hosting Virtual Machines on premise.

Our webmaster, is working closely with our PIO team, has had to reprioritize projects due to external changes to application support. The team is in the final stages of migrating our foundation site to Drupal 9. The main college website has been updated to Drupal 8, and the team is engaged in the arduous task of uplifting the main RTC website to Drupal 9.

We are looking at our BackUp/Disaster recovery strategy. We are taking a two-step approach in the revamp of this strategy. We are going to leverage the discounts we receive from Microsoft as a Higher Education institution and keep a long term, cold storage backup for the college data center in the cloud. We are also reaching out to our sister institutions in the SBCTC to find a college to rent rack space from, or maybe offer some off campus space to their institution in exchange for hosting ours. We will mount a server off site that continuously gets warm backups but will be geographically removed from campus should something occur with our datacenter.

College Technology Services Report to the Board of Trustees Page 2 of 2

Board of Trustees Report - Human Resources October 20, 2021

The following personnel actions occurred during September 2021 and are presented for the Board of Trustees' information.

AFT Effective Date Position Department - Hires / Changes in Position Monteith, Justin Palanclue, Ana

9/1/2021 9/20/2021

Facilities Specialist (change in position) Dining Room Service Captain (temporary position )

Facilities & Grounds Food Service

-Separations None WFSE Effective Date Position Department - Hires / Changes in Position Farino, Amber Jackson, Ebony Jensen, Beverly

9/1/2021 9/16/2021 9/1/2021

Administrative Assistant V Administrative Assistant V (temporary position) Fiscal Specialist (temporary position)

Advance Manufacturing & Workforce Instruction Business Office

-Separations Gaeta, Angelica 9/15/2021 Enrollment Services Generalist Enrollment Services Prof Tech Effective Date Position Department - Hires / Changes in Position None -Separations None Exempt / Administrative Effective Date Position Department - Hires / Changes in Position Abeyta, Alexandra Sandoval, Lisa

9/27/2021 9/7/2021

Director of I-BEST (temporary 1 year appointment) LRCC Director

College & Career Pathways Student Services

-Separations Holmes, Sherrie Iko, Michelle

9/1/2021 9/7/2021

WorkFirst Reporting Coordinator Student Leadership Program Coordinator

Workforce Education ASG

RFT Effective Date Position Department - Hires / Changes in Position Dalrymple, Taylor Donnelly, Jill Durette, Mary Kate Emery, Joshua Kendrick, Scarlet McDonald, Christopher

9/13/2021 9/13/2021 9/13/2021 9/13/2021 9/13/2021 9/13/2021

Adjunct faculty - ESL Adjunct faculty - ESL Full-time faculty Full-time faculty Full-time faculty Adjunct faculty

College & Career Pathways College & Career Pathways RN Computer Science Dental Assistant Survey Engineering

Trinh, Wheeler Valibeigi, Ali Williams, Ephron Wynne, David

9/13/2021 9/13/2021 9/13/2021 9/13/2021

Adjunct faculty Adjunct faculty Full-time faculty (temporary 9 month appointment ) Full-time faculty

Automotive Technology Nursing Welding Culinary Arts

-Separations None

Monthly Total Hires % of Diverse Hires YTD Full time 10 46% Part time 7 42%

Instruction Report Renton Technical College Board of Trustees October 20, 2021

This month, as part of our ongoing rotation of instructional areas, you have an update from the Library and the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning. In the CITL report, you will learn about the successful Fall 2021 Faculty In-Service.

Also, just a note about enrollments. During Spring quarter, I met separately with faculty, deans and advisors from all 36 of our programs to discuss our Data Dashboards. We were joined by JP Birbal and Jichul Kim from the IR department, who explained the dashboards in detail and worked with the faculty to come to consensus that the information provided in the dashboards accurately reflected what they were seeing in the classroom.

With that foundation, we are moving into Fall with a second round of meetings with each program. In this round, we will explore enrollment targets, with a keen focus on retention and on transition from College and Career Pathways. We will also explore up-skilling and have honest conversations about what we need to do to provide solid career (not just job) opportunities for our students in each area. I will have an update for you in my December report, but plan to update you specifically on Information Technology Programs in November’s report.

Instruction Report to Board of Trustees, Page 1

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RTC Foundation Report Renton Technical College Board of Trustees October 20, 2021

Scholarships and Events Winter Quarter Scholarship Cycle: Scholarship applications are now being accepted through Nov. 1 via the Foundation’s online portal called AwardSpring. Virtual workshops, classroom visits, and one-on-one consultations are being conducted during the month of October.

2021 Celebrity Chef Dinner and Virtual Event: In-person dinner tickets are sold out! 425 Magazine has stepped up to be the media sponsor for the event. Marketing of the virtual tickets, planning, and production of the livestream continue for the Nov. 10th event with Chef Shota Nakajima. This is the first year a virtual cook-in and livestream of Chef Shota’s demonstration has been added. The in-person event includes a silent auction. Students are very excited to work with Chef Shota! Viet-Wah is the presenting sponsor with Team Reba RE/MAX, Hobart Service, and Hyatt Regency Lake Washington as additional sponsors.

New Endowment: RTC Faculty and former Foundation Board member Michele Lesmeister and her father have established a new endowed scholarship. The scholarship is in honor of her late mother Thresa Smart-Benjamin. Since 2017, Michele and her father have funded a scholarship for women who transfer from College & Career Pathway classes to college programs. The endowment is in addition to their annual scholarship.

Grants and Major Gifts: The Foundation is on track to see a 23% increase over 2020 in student requests for emergency assistance. Funds for the Book & Equipment Support grant have now been exhausted for Fall quarter. Plans are underway to re-engage donors for continued support for winter quarter.

Longtime Renton community and business leader Harry Blencoe made a $10,000 unrestricted donation. Large gifts for established endowments were generously provided by RTC faculty member Francisco Martinez and Ellen-Marie Rystrom. The Associated Student Government is partnering with the Foundation to support the Book & Equipment Support grant and the Emergency Assistance grant during the 21-22 academic year.

Grant proposals are being prepared for Benaroya Foundation, Murdock Trust, and the Arcora Foundation. The grants focus on funds for emergency assistance, capacity building and establishing a new alumni engagement program, and dental program/clinic support.

Community Engagement: Presentation to Renton Rotary Club; Planning committee for the Renton City Council candidate forum, sponsored by the Renton Chamber. Education Committee co-chair for the Kent Chamber and sponsorship of the Back to Business gala. Attended networking event for the Women in Manufacturing with new Board member from PACCAR.

Operations: The Finance Committee met with the investment team from Badgley and Phelps to review the Q3 Report for the Foundation’s portfolio.

Student Services Report Renton Technical College Board of Trustees October 20th, 2021

ctcLink User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

In this phase of the project, we are in a test version of ctcLink. This gives us an opportunity to test out the system with our data before we go-live. In order to prepare for UAT, student services staff have participated in hundreds of hours of SBCTC required homework. This has followed on the heels of data validation that occurred over the summer. The homework comes in advance of two “sprints” in the UAT phase: Sprint 1, is mid-December through mid-January, and Sprint 2 is late-January through mid-February. Our go-live date is February 28. Teams of staff will work collaboratively together either in-person or remotely to complete the tests during each sprint. Staff have been remarkable in the investment of their time and energy to do this work. The ctcLink team at RTC is full of committed team players who are working as a cohesive unit to do this work.

Winter and Spring Quarter preparation

The Student Success Center and Enrollment Services have been involved in heavy planning for winter and spring registration. Typically, we would not enroll students for spring quarter until February. However, we’ve decided to collapse the two enrollment periods in order to register as many students as possible before switching over to ctcLink. If we wait, we would have a very narrow window to enroll students for spring. We prefer to not take a risk with potential system transition challenges. The departments are organizing a series of group registration sessions for both current and new students. We believe that doing this heavy lift now will benefit us in the coming months. Financial Aid is also gearing up for the last two quarters of the academic year. As we transition to ctcLink, in order to ensure we maintain student financial aid awarding and packaging for winter and spring, the department will have to “dual process.” This means they will have to do their work in both the legacy system and ctcLink simultaneously.

Student Services Report to Board of Trustees, Page 1 of 1


BOARD CONSIDERATION AGENDA ITEM: 4. ACTION ITEMS

Information

SUBJECT: A. Trustees X Action

BACKGROUND:

A. 2022 Board Meeting Calendar

The draft Board meeting calendar is submitted for approval.

B. Transforming Lives Student Award

Trustees Page and Takamura will provide a recommendation for the RTC Transforming Lives award, from the essay’s submitted.

C. Policy Review Committee Selection (Sections 1 and 2 in October)

Board Chair Unti and Vice Chair Entenman will open the discussion with the Board regarding suggested changes to Sections 1 and 2 of Board Policy.

1) Section 1 – Core Themes 2) Section 2 – Executive Limitations (EL 1 - 10)

RECOMMENDATION

None

2022 Board of Trustees Meeting Calendar DRAFT 9/22/21

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COLLEGE HOLIDAYS

Board Meeting Date

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December 31, 2021 New Year’s Day Observed January 17, 2022 Martin Luther King Day February 21, 2022 President's Day

May 30, 2022 Memorial Day June 20, 2022 Juneteenth Observed July 4, 2022 Independence Day September 5, 2022 Labor Day

November 11, 2022 Veterans Day November 24-25, 2022 Thanksgiving December 26, 2022 Christmas Day Observed January 2, 2023 New Year’s Day Observed

Notes: FY22 First Day Fall Quarter: Sept 20, 2021 │ACCT Leadership Congress: Oct 13-16, 2021│ACCT NLS: Feb 6-9, 2022 │ Final Day Spring Qtr: June 22, 2022│

Adopted: November 9, 2010 Revised: June 16, 2021

Renton Technical College

Board of Trustees Policy Manual

SECTION 1: CORE THEMES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT

CT-1: STUDENT SUCCESS

CT-2: WORKFORCE EDUCATION

CT-3: BASIC SKILLS EDUCATION

CT-4: INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINABILITY




POLICY TYPE: CORE THEMES VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT

POLICY TITLE: VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT INTRODUCTION

POLICY NUMBER: INTRODUCTION

The purpose of Renton Technical College’s Strategic Plan is to chart the College’s direction by articulating a future that is visionary, yet realistic. It provides a structure to guide decision-making and resource allocation, and ensure follow-through. The RTC Strategic Plan is composed of the following elements: the mission, vision, and values; core themes, core theme objectives, and indicators of achievement, institutional goals and priorities; and indicators of effectiveness.

VISION

Renton Technical College will be a locally, regionally, and nationally recognized leader in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the purpose of for improving lives and inspiring lifelong learning.

MISSION

Renton Technical College engages a diverse student population through educational opportunities for career readiness and advancement, serving the needs of individuals, the community, businesses, and industry. We are dedicated to serving the educational, workforce and cultural needs of our diverse community.

CORE VALUES

Renton Technical College is committed to the following values as we fulfill our mission and move towards our vision:

Community create an inclusive environment where all are affirmed and welcomed.

Empowerment promote strength and confidence to embrace challenge, creativity, and intellectual risk.

Equity nurture an academic and work environment that identifies and addresses systemic and institutional barriers and promotes fairness.

Integrity foster an ethical environment of trust and honesty.

Learning pursue excellence through critical thinking, problem solving, and technical expertise.

Respect value humanity and the diversity of people, perspectives, and ideas.

Stewardship build a stronger, accountable institution for future generations.


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POLICY TYPE: CORE THEMES

POLICY TITLE: STUDENT SUCCESS

POLICY NUMBER: CT – 1

Renton Technical College provides student access that reflects the diverse demographic makeup of its community. Equity is achieved by high success and completion rates of all students, data-informed decision making and student-centered policies and practices throughout the institution.



Board of Trustees Policy Manual POLICY TYPE: CORE THEMES

POLICY TITLE: WORKFORCE EDUCATION


Renton Technical College delivers workforce education programs that fulfill student and industry needs through preparation for viable career pathways. Industry needs are met through competency and outcomes-based teaching, learning, and hands-on training facilities that reflect workplace best practices. Students become resilient workers by completing innovative educational programs that incorporate current industry trends.



Board of Trustees Policy Manual POLICY TYPE: CO RE THEMES POLICY TITLE: BASIC SKILLS EDUCATION POLICY NUMBER: CT – 3

Renton Technical College offers basic skills courses that support the transition of students to college level study and career pathways. Student progression is supported through ESL instruction, high-school completion options, college-readiness instruction, and integration of basic skills instruction into workforce programs.



Board of Trustees Policy Manual POLICY TYPE: CORE THEMES

POLICY TITLE: INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINABILITY


Renton Technical College cultivates, manages and prioritizes its financial human & physical resources to advance the mission of the college. An optimal learning environment is created through a diverse and innovative faculty and staff, deployment of technologies that enhance teaching and student engagement, and financial planning that supports the college’s strategic priorities.




SECTION 2: EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EL-1: GLOBAL EXECUTIVE CONSTRAINT

EL-2: TREATMENT OF PEOPLE

EL-3: FINANCIAL PLANNING/BUDGETING

EL-4: FINANCIAL CONDITION AND ACTIVITIES

EL-5: EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE SUCCESSION

EL-6: ASSET PROTECTION

EL-7: COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

EL-8: COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT TO THE BOARD

EL-9: TENURE

EL-10: NEGOTIATED AGREEMENTS



Board of Trustees Policy Manual POLICY TYPE: EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS

POLICY TITLE: GLOBAL EXECUTIVE CONSTRAINT

POLICY NUMBER: EL-1

1. The Board of Trustees delegates to the President of Renton Technical College the authority to exercise in the name of the Board (RCW 28B.10.528) all of the powers and duties vested in or imposed upon the Board by law, except such powers and duties as the Board expressly reserves for the Board.

2. The College President will allow within the college, practices, activities, decisions, or organizational circumstances that are lawful, prudent, and in compliance with commonly accepted business and professional ethics and practices, and in agreement with the provisions set forth in the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges policy, Office of Financial Management policy, the Renton Technical College Board of Trustees’ Policy and/or take into account any executive order of the Governor of the State of Washington.




POLICY TITLE: TREATMENT OF PEOPLE

POLICY NUMBER: EL-2

With respect to treatment of students, employees, volunteers, community members and visitors, the President will promote conditions that are humane, fair, dignified, and non-discriminatory.

Accordingly, the President will:

1. Operate with policies or procedures that a. clarify rules for students, employees, volunteers, community members and visitors, b. provide for effective handling of grievances, c. protect against wrongful conditions, such as nepotism and grossly preferential treatment for

personal reasons, and d. ensure due process procedures for students, employees, volunteers and visitors.

2. Comply with all laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to students and employees, including those pertaining to discrimination.

3. Acquaint students and employees, with their rights and responsibilities.

4. Take prompt and appropriate action when the President becomes aware of any violation of federal laws, state laws, rules, regulations, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges’ policy, Office of Financial Management policy, any executive order of the Governor of the State of Washington, or Renton Technical College Board of Trustees’ policy.

5. Interact with community members or external stakeholders in a manner that creates good will towards the college.

6. Protect the academic freedom of the institution, its faculty and its students.

7. Promulgate rules and provide for sanctions that provide a civil and non-disruptive learning environment.

8. Ensure that staff is prepared to deal with emergency situations.




POLICY TYPE: EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS

POLICY TITLE: FINANCIAL PLANNING/BUDGETING

POLICY NUMBER: EL-3

The President will promote and allow financial planning and budgeting for general, capital, student body, and other funds in any fiscal year or the remaining part of any fiscal year to be in accordance with the Board’s policies, to protect fiscal integrity, to be derived from a multi-year strategic plan, and to be realistic in projections of income and expenses.


1. Uphold those situations or conditions described in the Board Policy “Financial Condition and Activities.” (Policy No. EL-4)

2. Develop a budget with credible projection of revenues and expenses that separates capital and operating items and that discloses planning assumptions.

3. Plan that expenditure of funds in any fiscal year will not be more than the sum of a) what is conservatively projected to be received during that year and, b) what has been approved by the Board to be carried over for expenditure from previous years.

4. Develop budget processes that provide opportunities for information and feedback from a broad base, including administrators, faculty, staff and students.

5. Develop a budget that takes into account the Board priorities.





POLICY TITLE: FINANCIAL CONDITION AND ACTIVITIES

POLICY NUMBER: EL-4

With respect to the actual, ongoing financial condition and activities, the President will promote fiscal integrityand avoid material deviation from Board-approved priorities while demonstrating how the budget reflects RTC’s commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.).


1. Expend only those funds that have been approved by the Board in the fiscal year, unless the Board’sapproval to do otherwise has been obtained.

2. Not incur debt in an amount greater than that which can be repaid by certain and otherwise unencumbered revenues within the current year, or can be repaid from accounts specificallyestablished for such purpose.

3. Not make any single purchase or otherwise commit the College to any expenditure greater than one half (1/2) of one percent (1%) of the College’s current approved operating budget that deviates from theBoard-adopted budget, without notifying the Board within 45 days of such expenditure. Splitting orders or obligations to avoid this limit is not acceptable.

4. Maintain a cashflow reserve of at least one payroll cycle, plus one financial aid disbursement amount, plus one average month worth of non-payroll expenses.

5. Maintain an operating reserve for two months of expenditures based on general operating budget funds.

6. Maintain an emergency reserve of at least two weeks of operating expenditures to support business continuity and operations during and after natural or manmade disasters, system failures, infrastructure failures, insufficient major capital-project funding, or unexpected revenue shortfalls.

7. Maintain an initiative reserve of at least two weeks of operating expenditures for future institutional growth opportunities and investments which help advance the college’s mission, objectives, and goals.

8. Maintain a variance reserve of surplus funds above those set aside for the cashflow, operating, emergency, and initiative reserves outlined above; variance funds can be expended at the President’s discretion and shall be reported to the Board.

9. Promote fiscal integrity by expending College funds in a manner that will result in a zero or


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POLICY TITLE: FINANCIAL CONDITION AND ACTIVITIES

POLICY NUMBER: EL-4 (CONTINUED)

10. Promote comprehensive facilities planning and execute the resulting plans for the use of the College’s physical plant in order to: a. contribute to student learning, b. assist in the attraction of new students and retention of existing students, c. optimize the use of taxpayer-provided capital assets, d. extend the useful life of existing structures to the greatest practical degree, and e. promote a safe and healthy environment for students and staff.

11. Provide to the Board, monthly and annual reports of the College’s current financial condition that willcontinually enhance the Board’s ability to meet its fiduciary responsibility.

Accept only gifts or grants that are in the best interest of the College, and not obligate the College tomake future expenditures using funds other than those created by the gift or grant without Board approval.





POLICY TITLE: EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE SUCCESSION

POLICY NUMBER: EL-5

To protect the Board from sudden loss of presidential services, the President will have at least two executives sufficiently familiar with board and presidential issues and processes to enable either to take over with reasonable proficiency as an interim successor.




POLICY TITLE: ASSET PROTECTION

POLICY NUMBER: EL-6

The President will protect and maintain College assets.


1. Insure adequately, to the extent appropriate for a state-owned institution of higher education, against a. theft and casualty losses in amounts consistent with replacement values, and b. liability losses to the College itself, Board members, and employees.

2. Ensure that un-bonded personnel do not have access to funds in amounts considered material for audit purposes.

3. Promote the proper care and sufficient maintenance of physical plant and equipment.

4. Protect the College, the Board, and employees against claims of liability.

5. Receive, process, and disburse funds under controls that are sufficient to meet standards used by all auditors at various federal, state, and local levels that may be reasonably expected to assess the College’s controls.

6. Invest funds in accounts or in investments only as permitted by Washington state law.

7. Acquire, encumber, name, and dispose of real property only with Board approval.

8. Protect information, files, and intellectual property from loss, damage, and misuse.

9. Protect the College’s name and maintain its identity in the community.

10. Submit the facilities master plan to the Board for approval.




POLICY TITLE: COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

POLICY NUMBER: EL-7

With respect to employment of, compensation for, and benefits to employees, consultants, and contract workers, the President will protect the financial integrity and public image of the College, and is in accordance to the Ethics and other State Laws.


1. Not change his/her own compensation and benefits, except when they are consistent with a package for all other employees.

2. Not establish or change the compensation and benefits of other employees except in accordance with collective bargaining agreements negotiated by the Board or in accordance with salary schedules or plans adopted by the Board, except as allowed in EL7.4.

3. Not promise or imply permanent or guaranteed employment beyond that provided in Board adopted contractual agreements or Board approved contractual templates.

4. Provide the Board an annual accounting of any employee fringe benefits granted outside of Board adopted collective bargaining agreements or Board approved contractual templates.




POLICY TITLE: COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT TO THE BOARD

POLICY NUMBER: EL-8

The President will inform and support the Board in its work.


1. Submit monitoring data required by the Board in a timely, accurate, and understandable manner that directly addresses provisions of the Board policies being monitored.

2. Inform the Board Chair of relevant trends, anticipated adverse media coverage, actual or anticipated legal actions, or material external and internal changes, including changes in the assumptions upon which any Board policy has been established.

3. Tell the Board that, in the President's opinion, the Board is not in compliance with its own policies on Governance Process and Board-President Relationship, particularly in the case of Board behavior that is detrimental to the working relationship between the Board and the President.

4. Not present information that is knowingly inaccurate or incomplete.

5. Provide a mechanism for official Board communication.

6. Deal with the Board in a way that indicates no favoritism and privilege towards certain Board members, except when: a. fulfilling individual requests for information, or b. responding to officers or committees duly charged by the Board.

7. Submit a consent agenda to the Board containing items that although delegated to the President, are required by law, regulation, or contract to be Board-approved, along with applicable monitoring information. ? Do we use a consent agenda as indicated here? Commented [BD1]: We do not use a consent agenda, so this

could be modified.




POLICY TITLE: TENURE

POLICY NUMBER: EL-9

The Board of Trustees reserves the authority to grant tenure, deny tenure, and to issue a final order for dismissal of tenured faculty at Renton Technical College. Additionally, the Board reserves the authority to renew or not renew contracts for probationary faculty and to issue a final order to dismiss probationary faculty.


1. Submit recommendations to the Board to grant, deny or tenure faculty.

2. Submit recommendations to the Board to issue the final order to dismiss tenured faculty.

3. Submit recommendations to the Board for the renewal or non-renewal of contracts for probationary faculty.

4. Submit recommendations to the Board to issue the final order to dismiss probationary faculty.




POLICY TITLE: NEGOTIATED AGREEMENTS

POLICY NUMBER: EL-10

The Board of Trustees reserves the authority to ratify negotiated agreements between the Board of Trustees and any bargaining unit representing the employees of Renton Technical College.

Accordingly,

1. The President will not ratify any such negotiated agreements on behalf of the Board.



BOARD CONSIDERATION AGENDA ITEM: 5. DISCUSSION/REPORTS

X Information

Action SUBJECT:

BACKGROUND:

A. Presidential Search Update

1) Vice President Hogan will provide a brief update on the status of the presidential search, and the search committee.

B. Budget Update

1) Vice President Jackson will provide an update from August 2021.

C. Dr. McCarthy will provide a report subsequent to the September 22, 2021 Board meeting.

RECCOMMENDATION:

None.

PRESIDENTIAL PROFILE – 2021

The Renton Technical College Board of Trustees invites applications and nominations for the position of President. This is an exciting leadership opportunity at a nationally recognized technical college. Candidates should be passionate about serving a diverse study body, eliminating systemic inequities, and continuing the college's commitment to innovation that removes barriers for more students. The President is the college's chief executive officer and reports to the five-member Board of Trustees. The President will succeed Dr. Kevin McCarthy, who has provided distinguished leadership to the college since 2015 and will retire in June 2022.

This position offers a unique opportunity to lead one of the outstanding technical colleges in the country as it faces the challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century. Our 66 percent completion rate is the highest in the state among community and technical colleges – and among the highest in the country. And 82 percent of our graduates are employed nine months after graduation. The successful candidate will enthusiastically embrace the mission, vision, and values that guide Renton Technical College's commitment to equitable educational opportunities for career readiness and advancement, serving the needs of individuals, the community, businesses, and industry.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Renton Technical College's Board of Trustees will consider educational background, professional experience, accomplishments, reputation, and character in selecting a new President. Successful candidates will possess an equity-focused mindset and the ability to lead institutional change that promotes the college's growth. Leading candidates will understand the important role of technical education in preparing learners for employment and meeting workforce needs. A strong record of achievement, including senior-level administrative experience in technical colleges, comprehensive community colleges, other post-secondary institutions, and/or business, industry, government, or nonprofit organizations is required. Earned Doctorate preferred; Master's required.

The new President of Renton Technical College will be:

• A visionary leader with a record of successful senior-level experience in a college or other complex organization, who is able to expand the role of the college in a highly competitive environment and who can ensure that services are distributed to best meet the needs of all district citizens;

• A communicator capable of fostering and enhancing mutual respect and diversity of opinion in a climate of accessibility, trust and collegiality; a decision-maker who is fair, ethical and responsive;

• An advocate for the value of equity, diversity, and inclusivity; • A partnership builder with business, industry, labor, government and educational institutions;

active in the community and able to assume the role of community leader; an articulate, politically sensitive and savvy spokesperson who will seize opportunities to share Renton Technical College's mission and successes with the broader communities;

• A risk-taker who inspires creativity and innovation and who recognizes the efforts and achievements of staff, administrators and faculty; a team player and team builder who is able to develop effective teams throughout the college and to motivate others to achieve success;

• A skillful manager with business acumen who exercises thoughtful stewardship of fiscal, capital, and human resources and who has experience with collective bargaining agreements; a decision-maker who can analyze problems, develop alternatives, make difficult choices among competing interests and set a strategic course of action;

• An educational leader who is accessible and visible to students and staff, who is sensitive to the needs of others, who bases decisions on the needs of students, the college and the communities served, and who is sophisticated in the use of technology and innovative developments for learning and teaching, administration and management, and professional development of faculty and staff.

PRESIDENT SEARCH CONSIDERATIONS Renton Technical College Board of Trustees October 20, 2021

TIMELINE

The following lists and/or describes the process (actions, issues and other considerations) that typically takes place as a college recruits and hires a president; included as well is approximate timing and who has ownership of each step. While an effort has been made to list the process in order, some issues are overarching and may overlap, therefore, could/should occur periodically or throughout the recruitment process. It’s important to also note that this is an estimated timeframe and may be accelerated or delayed.

Process Step Timing Trustees Search Committee

Human Resources √

Decision regarding need for Consultant & RFP

August X √

Decision regarding make-up and involvement of search/screening committee

August X √

Job Description reviewed October X Applications for search committee distributed and committee members identified

September/ October

X X

Search committee meeting schedule determined

October X X

Reports to Board and campus community commence

October X X

Refine Process and schedule October/ November

X X X

Compensation package review October X Special arrangements to funnel campus/community feedback (email address, website)

October/ November

X X

Gather input from campus/community

Throughout X X X

Define ideal competencies/profile to be basis of promotional materials

October X

Determine materials required of applicants

October/ November

X X

Promotional material developed November X X

Process Step Timing Trustees Search Committee

Human Resources √

Campus/Community Forum Scheduled

November/ December

X X

Promotional materials produced by Communications & mktg.

October/ November

X

Sourcing (outreach) efforts identified and responsibilities assigned

October/ November

X X

Initiate formal recruitment November/ December

X

Screening of application materials/candidates

January/ February

X X

Possible Screening Interview and candidate field narrowed

February X X

Final Candidates tour college and meet with constituency groups and/or open forums

March/April X X

Final Interviews March/April X

Finalist list narrowed to short list April X

Campus visitation(s) of finalist (short list) candidates

April X

Reference/Background Checks of Final candidates

April/May X

Decision and offer made; contract discussions

May X (and AAG)

Board Action in Public Meeting May X Communicate decision to internal/external communities

May X X

Transition May until start

X X X

On-boarding plan developed for New President

October until start

X X X

New President begins July 1 X X

Implement on-boarding and monitor progress

Start date through 1st

Anniversary

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PRESIDENT SEARCH COMMITTEE - 2021 NOMINATIONS

Constituency Group Number of Representatives Nomination

Students 1 Victoria Woodenlegs

Faculty 3 (2 from RFT, 1 at-large) Anthony Knox (at-large, self nom)

Camille Pomeroy (at-large, self nom)

Celinda Wilson (at-large, self nom)

Rick Geist (nominated)

Sarah Hoaglin (nominated)

Classified employees 3 (from each bargaining unit) Prof Tech – none submitted

WFSE – Keyth Sokol

AFT –

Exempt employees 3 (at-large) Self nominations:

Stephanie Delaney

Chelsea Paulson

Carrie Shaw

Warren Takata

Eugene Shen

DEI Council Member 1 Sarah Hoaglin

Steve McKinnon

Huma Mohibullah

Foundation Board 1 June Stacey-Clemmons

PRESIDENT SEARCH COMMITTEE - 2021 NOMINATIONS

Community Member 1 (recruited by Board) Peter Aiau

Advisory Board Member 1 (recruited by Board)

Ex-officio – Board of Trustees 1

Ex-officio – Campus Liaison 1 Liaison (HR)between campus/committee Lesley Hogan

Total 14 + 2 Ex-Officio

RENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE MONTHLY OPERATIONS REPORT

FISCAL 2021‐22 For the Month of August 2021

Year to Date ‐

Beginning Cash Balance Add ‐ Revenues:

August 2021 ‐

Actual $ 15,566,997

August 2021 ‐

Actual $ 9,407,669

Prior Year to Date ‐ Variance ‐

August 2020 ‐ Actual Increase (Decrease) $ 6,747,881 $ 2,659,789

Tuition & Fees ‐ Funds 060 148 149 561 Grants and Contracts

Donation Received Student Government

Bookstore/Childcare Security/Parking Culinary Arts ‐ Food Services Interest Income Rental Income ‐ Excluding 569 Scholarship and Student Loan Funds Received

CRRSA Net Operating Revenues Add ‐ State Allocation ‐ Payroll & Benefits

State Allocation ‐ VPA Expenses Capital Allocation

Total State Funding

$ 827,537 $ 201,522 $ ‐$ 57,942 $ ‐$ 17,371 $ 19,499 $ 6,666 $ 13,818 $ 670,736 $ 3,257,768 $ 5,072,859 $ 1,583,642 $ 141,496 $ ‐$ 1,725,138

$ 1,386,000 $ 198,112 $ 5,000,000 $ 109,496 $ 160 $ 34,050 $ 32,110 $ 10,566 $ 41,119 $ 1,040,756 $ 4,696,042 $ 12,548,411 $ 3,429,071 $ 252,659 $ 149 $ 3,681,880

$ 1,283,621 $ 102,378$ (440,289) $ 638,400 $ ‐ $ 5,000,000$ 96,250 $ 13,246 $ 5,229 $ (5,070)$ 32,992 $ 1,058$ 12,330 $ 19,780$ 11,353 $ (787)$ 60,346 $ (19,227)$ 283,273 $ 757,483 $ ‐ $ 4,696,042 $ 1,345,106 $ 11,203,305 $ 3,277,904 $ 151,168$ 161,782 $ 90,878$ 262,173 $ (262,024) $ 3,701,858 $ (19,979)

Total Revenues $ 6,797,996 $ 16,230,291 $ 5,046,965 $ 11,183,326

Less ‐ Expenses: Salaries ‐ A Benefits ‐ B Contracts ‐ C

$ 1,398,824 $ 506,861 $ ‐

$ 3,215,064 $ 1,081,998 $ ‐

$ 2,790,818 $ 1,066,611 $ ‐

$ 424,246$ 15,387$ ‐

Goods and Other Services‐ E Cost of Goods Sold ‐ F Travel ‐ G Equipment ‐ J Computer Equipment ‐ K Financial Aid ‐ N Debt Service ‐ P Bad Debt ‐ W

Total Expenses

$ 367,126 $ 1,758 $ 1,103 $ 74,105 $ ‐$ 549,132 $ ‐$ 216 $ 2,899,125

$ 693,182 $ 5,955 $ 1,517 $ 99,308 $ ‐$ 1,599,007 $ ‐$ 282 $ 6,696,313

$ 747,201 $ (54,019)$ 7,062 $ (1,106)$ 161 $ 1,356$ 209,414 $ (110,107)$ 4,521 $ (4,521)$ 1,223,979 $ 375,028$ 1,517 $ (1,517)$ (652) $ 934 $ 6,050,633 $ 645,681

Net Operating Surplus (Deficit) $ 3,898,871 $ 9,533,977 $ (1,003,668) $ 10,537,645

Other Sources (Applications) of Cash: Changes in Petty Cash; Accts. Receivable & Accts. Payable; Inventory Decrease/ (Increase) in Investments & Bond Amortization Payment of Bldg, Innovation Fee, and VPA Advance to State Land Purchase

$ 138,267 $ 700,105 $ 2,151,122 $ $ 3,377 $ 6,294 $ (2,315) $ $ (70,973) $ (111,507) $ (92,340) $ $ ‐ $ ‐ $ ‐ $

(1,451,016)8,609

(19,167)‐

Total Other Sources (Applications) of Cash $ 70,671 $ 594,892 $ 2,056,467 $ (1,461,574)

Adjustments to Cash ‐ Posting Errors $ ‐ $ ‐

Ending Cash Balance $ 19,536,539 $ 19,536,539 $ 7,800,679 $ 11,735,860

Add College Reserves: Local Government Investment Pool (LGIP) Investment Bonds held in trust by US Bank

Total Reserves

$ 984,998 $ 2,225,257 $ 3,210,255

$ 984,998 $ 2,225,257 $ 3,210,255

$ 983,679 $ 2,232,094 $ 3,215,772

$ 1,319$ (6,836) $ (5,517)

Total Cash and College Reserves $ 22,746,794 $ 22,746,794 $ 11,016,452 $ 11,730,342

Actual % Year to Date Prior Year to Date Variance Total Current State Allocation 100% $ 26,420,837 $ 24,663,009 $ 1,757,828 Allocation Used ‐ Year to Date 14% $ 3,681,730 $ 3,439,685 $ 242,045 Remaining State Allocation 86% $ 22,739,107 $ 21,223,324 $ 1,515,783

RTC Month End Cash and Reserves Balances ‐ FYR 1516 to 2021

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun 2015‐2016 $15.056M $15.298M $13.954M $14.700M $14.910M $15.611M $14.003M $15.524M $15.126M $15.739M $14.102M $11.526M 2016‐2017 $11.082M $11.857M $12.569M $12.093M $11.886M $12.037M $12.906M $12.231M $11.897M $12.636M $10.343M $8.531M 2017‐2018 $7.490M $8.100M $7.599M $9.081M $6.473M $6.106M $6.887M $7.121M $7.129M $8.519M $8.708M $7.338M 2017‐18 w COP $7.490M $8.100M $7.599M $9.081M $8.473M $8.106M $8.887M $9.121M $9.129M $10.519M $8.708M $7.338M 2018‐2019 $6.772M $8.059M $8.096M $8.783M $8.768M $7.853M $9.965M $9.740M $9.611M $11.186M $8.833M $7.823M 2019‐2020 $7.135M $7.958M $8.126M $8.817M $8.834M $8.245M $10.404M $10.311M $9.896M $10.895M $11.302M $9.961M 2020‐2021 $9.645M $11.017M $11.342M $10.791M $10.790M $10.343M $11.811M $12.022M $11.922M $12.327M $12.986M $12.624M 2021‐2022 $18.781M $22.747M

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AGENDA ITEM: 6. DISCUSSION/REPORTS

SUBJECT: A. Board of Trustees

BOARD CONSIDERATION

X Information

Action

BACKGROUND

A. ACCT Leadership Congress Report Out

Board Chair Unti and Vice Chair Entenman attended the ACCT Leadership Congress in San Diego, CA, October 13-16 with Dr. McCarthy and will report out on the conference and the sessions attended.

B. Monthly Board Survey

During last month’s Board retreat, Board Chair Unti suggested a survey to follow-up each Board meeting. A sample survey has been created. Board Chair Unti will share the scope, benefit and expectation for the survey.

RECOMMENDATION:

None.


BOARD CONSIDERATION AGENDA ITEM: 7. EXECUTIVE SESSION

X Information

SUBJECT: Action

BACKGROUND:

A. An Executive Session will be held to review the performance of a public employees, in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act (RCW 42.30.110 or RCW 42.30.140).

B. Announcement of time Executive Session will conclude.

RECOMMENDATION:

None.


AGENDA ITEM: 8. EXECUTIVE SESSION BOARD CONSIDERATION

SUBJECT: A. Action Information

X Action

BACKGROUND:

DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL ACTION ON PRESIDENT SEARCH COMMITTEE

A. The Board may take action on approving members of the advisory presidential search committee.

RECOMMENDATION:

None.


AGENDA ITEM: 9. MEETINGS

SUBJECT:

BOARD CONSIDERATION

X Information

Action

BACKGROUND:

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees will be November 17, 2021.

RECOMMENDATION:

None.


AGENDA ITEM: 10. ADJOURNMENT

SUBJECT:

BACKGROUND:

RECOMMENDATION:

Motion required.

BOARD CONSIDERATION

Information

X Action

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