Jul 17, 2024 Board Meeting

[1.01 Call to Order and Roll Call]

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WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING JULY 17TH, 2024.

I'D LIKE TO CALL OPEN SESSION TO ORDER. CAN I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? BOARD PRESIDENT SANDRA SALAZAR. HERE. BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.

MARIANA. PACHECO. HERE. BOARD CLERK. DOCTOR. DON GREEN.

HERE. TRUSTEE JAMES CODY. BIRKEY. PRESIDENT. TRUSTEE ZURICH.

LEWIS. PRESENT. TRUSTEE SHIN LIU IS ABSENT. TRUSTEE.

MARISA PEREZ. PIERRO. STUDENT TRUSTEE KATHIE LEE HERE.

AND PRESIDENT. SUPERINTENDENT. PIERRO HERE. 1.02.

[1.02 Pledge of Allegiance]

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE PEREZ. NEXT ITEM 1.03 AGENDA ORGANIZATION.

[1.03 Agenda Organization]

[1.04 Comments from the Audience]

[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]

HI. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AND FOR ALL OF OUR GUESTS PRESENT TONIGHT.

OUR SYSTEM PROCESS FOR OUR INITIAL PROPOSAL HAS BEEN APPROVED BY OUR FIELD OFFICE.

IT WILL BE APPROVED, HOPEFULLY BY OUR MEMBERSHIP NEXT WEEK.

AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THAT COMING TO YOU GUYS FOR FOR OUR PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.

SO HOPEFULLY WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS VERY SOON IN OUR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THAT AS WE GET UNDERWAY FOR OUR THREE YEAR CONTRACT.

SO HOPEFULLY YOU SEE ME SMILING IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

I'M JUST PLAYING. BUT BUT I DID WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

LINDA CASEY. SHE IN IN. IT'S A SHAMELESS PLUG BECAUSE SHE WORKS IN THE COSMETOLOGY.

SHE'S BEEN WORKING FOR THE COLLEGE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

AND I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE OUR LONG TERM EMPLOYEES BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THE HARD WORK THEY DO.

AND SOMETIMES, AS YOU KNOW, WE WE GET OUR AGES AND OUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

WE KIND OF JUST FALL BEHIND. SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE A LONG TERM EMPLOYEE TODAY.

SO SO IT'S VERY EXCITING AND VERY ENDEARING TO MY HEART BECAUSE SHE IS SUCH A LOVELY PERSON.

SHE'S VERY GOOD AT WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS AND OUR CLIENTS THAT COME INTO THE COSMETOLOGY DEPARTMENT.

SHE IS LITERALLY ONE OF THE LIFELINES THERE. SHE HAS SO MUCH EXPERTISE AND IS WILLING TO GIVE SO MUCH BEYOND THE SCOPE OF HER JOB.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT SHOWS WHY SHE'S BEING RECOGNIZED TODAY.

SO AND THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY FOR THAT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE A FACULTY SENATE? TERRENCE MULLINS, NO REPORT FROM HIM.

OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS 2.01 REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM DISTRICT OFFICIALS.

[2.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials]

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS MONTH'S BOARD MEETING.

IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO JOIN US AT OUR SIGN OF.

AT OUR SIGN BEAMING CEREMONY, THEN I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO LET YOU KNOW THIS MEETING MARKS A SPECIAL OCCASION.

TODAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE DOCTOR JOSE FIERRO ON HIS NINE YEAR ANNIVERSARY AS THE PRESIDENT SUPERINTENDENT OF CERRITOS COLLEGE.

TO PUT NINE YEARS INTO PERSPECTIVE, THE AVERAGE TENURE OF A CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE CEO IS 5.1 YEARS.

AND AS TIME GOES ON, THIS AVERAGE IS ONLY DECREASING.

HAVING STABILITY IN LEADERSHIP AT OUR INSTITUTION IS AN INCREDIBLE ASSET TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR COMMUNITY, AND OUR TEAM. TO SHOWCASE HOW MUCH OF AN ASSET THIS IS, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT DOCTOR FIERRO WITH THIS GIFT.

IN THIS GIFT, WE HIGHLIGHT ALL OF OUR INSTITUTION'S ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS.

OVER 44,000 DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES AWARDED.

2018. EXAMPLES OF EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER FOR CERRITOS COMPLETE AND THE FIRST EVER BACHELOR'S DEGREE APPROVED FOR DENTAL HYGIENE.

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THE WORLD HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS, BUT CERRITOS COLLEGE HAS AND ALWAYS WILL PUT OUR STUDENTS FIRST.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR FIERRO. WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TOGETHER IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

I'D LIKE THE BOARD TO COME AND TAKE A PICTURE, AND IF ANYONE OF OUR MY BOARD COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANY WORDS, THIS IS THE TIME.

WOULD ANYONE? LET'S DO PICTURE FIRST, THEN COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES HERE.

IS THIS ON? IS IT FALCON BLUE? JUST KIDDING.

SO I FEEL LIKE BEATING THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME ON IN THIS POSITION IS A IS ONE SIDE OF IT.

I THINK YOU'VE ALSO. THE REASON WHY THAT'S MEANINGFUL, I THINK, IS NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE STUCK AROUND US WHICH IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN AND OF ITSELF. BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF BEING ABOVE AVERAGE IN TERMS OF THE, THE, WHAT YOU'RE DELIVERING IN YOUR ROLE.

AND OBVIOUSLY ALL THE LISTS OF ACHIEVEMENTS THERE HAVE SPAN A HUGE VARIETY OF PEOPLE.

BUT IN ORDER FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO WORK TOGETHER AND ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING, NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN, YOU NEED TO HAVE GOOD LEADERSHIP. AND SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY MEANINGFUL.

AND I THINK YOU CAN TELL FROM THE LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS THAT IS PROBABLY ONLY PARTIAL, THAT WE'VE WE'VE DONE THAT MORE THAN NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN.

SO I THINK YOU GET YOU GET TO TAKE CREDIT. AND I KNOW YOU'RE SLOW TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THOSE THINGS.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NINE MORE YEARS, PROBABLY 18 MORE YEARS, HOWEVER MANY MORE YEARS HERE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE THERE WAS A TIME DURING COVID WHEN DOCTOR FIERRO AND I SAT DOWN AND HAD SOME REALLY, LIKE, TOUGH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN? RIGHT? THE WORLD WAS SO UNCERTAIN AND IT WAS WASN'T CLEAR, LIKE, WHAT DOES THIS COLLEGE EVEN GOING TO BE AFTER AFTERWARD.

AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A LOT OF THROUGH A LOT OF SOUL SEARCHING AND THEN IDEA MAKING AND THEN PLANNING AND THEN STRATEGY AND MOSTLY ALL ON DOCTOR FIERRO AND THE REST OF THE TEAM'S BEHALF.

LIKE WE CAME OUT THE OTHER SIDE AND WE CAME OUT STRONGER.

AND IT WASN'T JUST THAT WE'VE HAD NINE YEARS, IT'S THAT WE'VE HAD A REALLY DIFFICULT AND REALLY AMAZING NINE YEARS IN THESE LAST PERIOD.

SO KUDOS TO YOU, DOCTOR FIERRO. AND AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE YEARS AHEAD.

I CAME ON THE BOARD SHORTLY BEFORE DOCTOR FIERRO CAME ON, AND I THINK WE ARE LIVING IN THE BEST TIMELINE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES THAT WE MADE AT THAT TIME. THIS IS WHAT SOME MIGHT CALL THE CANON EVENT OF CERRITOS COLLEGE THAT WE GOT PLACED ON A PATH BECAUSE OF DOCTOR FIERRO'S TENACITY, LONGEVITY, VISION, ANY ANY NOUN THAT YOU WANT TO USE, AND I AM JUST MORE AND MORE IMPRESSED, YEAR BY YEAR AT YOUR LEADERSHIP IN MAKING SURE THAT CERRITOS COLLEGE IS NOT JUST DOING ITS JOB,

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I IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE THIS BUILDING, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER TODAY, THAT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A CENTRAL LOCATION IN CERRITOS COLLEGE TO HAVE BEFORE. AND I'VE GONE TO OTHER COLLEGES, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS NOW THAT HAVE THAT.

AND IT'S LIKE, WHY DOESN'T CERRITOS HAVE THAT? AND I THINK THAT NOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ONE AND PROBABLY THE BEST ONE IN ALL OF CALIFORNIA, IF NOT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER REASON, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW AREA.

BUT IT'S JUST BEEN AN INCREDIBLE TIME, DOCTOR FIERRO, TO NEARLY DOUBLE THE AVERAGE OF A SUPERINTENDENT.

YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE THAT WEIGHT ON THE OTHER END, PUSHING THE MEDIAN OR PUSHING THE MEAN.

SOMEONE WHO'S A DATA ANALYST, JUST TELL ME IF I'M WRONG.

BUT IT'S BEEN GREAT, DOCTOR FIERRO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY, MANY MORE YEARS OF YOUR LEADERSHIP IN MAKING OUR COLLEGE EXEMPLARY IN THE NATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? OKAY, DOCTOR FIERRO. ROUND TWO. IS IT ANYTHING ELSE COMING? BECAUSE THEN I SHOULD BE SAVING MY MY MY SPEECH.

I THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU. I TRULY APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.

AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A CAMPUS WIDE EFFORT. THE BOARD AND EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE, YES, WE CAN USE THAT BUILDING, BUT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE VOTERS.

RIGHT. AND YES, WE CAN DESIGN THE BUILDING, BUT WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE INPUT OF ALL THE USER GROUPS AND THE IDEAS THAT COME FROM EVERYONE THAT SITS AROUND THE TABLE TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT THE BUILDING SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND WE COULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THE STUDENTS TO SAY, HEY, I THINK THINGS COULD BE A LITTLE BETTER FOR US IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT THINGS THIS WAY.

SO I THINK IT TAKES A COMBINATION OF PEOPLE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND. I CONSIDER MYSELF INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE OF BEING HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE. I NEVER IMAGINED DOING A JOB LIKE THIS.

AND HERE WE ARE. NEVER IMAGINED STAYING THIS LONG.

AND HERE WE ARE. AND AND AND EVERY DAY IS BETTER.

OF COURSE WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT DIFFICULT DAYS.

WE ARE NOT A PERFECT PLACE. BUT I DON'T THINK PERFECT PLACES EXIST.

AND THE GRASS IS NOT ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THE GRASS IS GREENER WHERE YOU WATER IT. AND I THINK WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

SO OUR GRASS IS GREENER BECAUSE WE WATERED THAT GRASS, AND I JUST CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER THE DAYS IN WHICH I DON'T WANT TO COME TO WORK. I LIKE TO COME TO WORK HERE.

I LIKE TO DO WHAT WE DO WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON WHY I FEEL SO FORTUNATE, BECAUSE OF COURSE THE JOBS ARE HARD.

BUT IF YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T LIKE.

I ASSUMING IT WILL BE THAT MUCH HARDER. NOW, I HAVE NO BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT NINE YEARS BY CONTRADICTING MY BOSSES. BUT I GUESS I'M GOING TO TAKE SOME LIBERTIES SINCE EVERYONE IS IN A GOOD MOOD TODAY.

AND 5.1 WAS THE WORK THAT HAPPENED TO TO UP TO 2019.

SO WHEN I FIRST CAME IN, I FOOLISHLY JUMPED INTO A STATEWIDE COMMITTEE THAT I WASN'T SURE WHAT IT WAS.

AND PART OF THE WORK WE DID WAS A LOT OF TRAINING AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR TRUSTEES AND CEOS, AND MARISA EVENTUALLY ENDED UP GETTING INTO THE SAME COMMITTEE.

BUT FROM THE BOARD SIDE AND THROUGH A LOT OF WORK DURING THAT TIME, THE TENURE OF PRESIDENTS INCREASED IN CALIFORNIA.

SO AT THE TIME WHEN WE CAME IN, IT WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS.

IT WENT CLOSER TO FIVE OR SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

BUT AFTER COVID ACTUALLY IS RIGHT BELOW THE TWO, THE THREE YEAR MARK.

SO THE, THE THE FUNNY PART OF THIS YEAR IS I WAS SPEAKING THIS MORNING WITH A COLLEAGUE AND WE WERE TALKING

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AND HE SAID, WELL, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. AND I SAID, WHY US? AND HE SAID, WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE THE SENIOR PEOPLE. AND WE STARTED LAUGHING BECAUSE BOTH OF US ARE HAVE BEEN AT THE SYSTEM AS CEOS FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THEY I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK NINE YEARS IS A LONG TIME FOR YOU TO BECOME A SENIOR PERSON ON ANYTHING, BUT THERE IS ONLY. I THINK IT'S 15 OF US.

THEY HAVE BEEN, SIX OR MORE YEARS AT THE ENTIRE STATE.

AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, I THINK IT TAKES LIKE 60% OF ALL CEOS TO MAKE THE TOTAL TENURE OF YEARS. THE DOCTOR VANHOOK. DIANE VANHOOK THE COLLEGE OF THE CANYON HAS BEEN SERVING.

WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE CEOS AT THE STATE LEVEL ARE ONE YEAR, FIRST YEAR CEOS. THE SECOND LARGEST GROUPS ARE TWO YEAR CEOS.

AND I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO BE HERE BECAUSE I FEEL THAT STABILITY IS NOT JUST GOOD FOR THE INSTITUTION, BUT I FEEL THAT YOU'RE ALSO HELPING ME BY GIVING ME A STABILITY AND A SENSE OF BELONGING.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR FIERRO.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. OKAY. NO ONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING.

[3.01 Institutional Presentation: State Budget Update]

AGENDA 3.01 INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION, STATE BUDGET UPDATE.

SO WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON THAT.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE OBVIOUSLY, WE APPROVED THE TENTATIVE BUDGET LAST LAST BOARD MEETING, AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE SCENES WE HAVE RECEIVED. THE GOOD NEWS THAT OR FUNDING FOR HOUSING NOW IS A REALITY.

SO WE ARE WAITING FOR THE DETAILS AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE MONEY AND SPEND THE MONEY AND SO ON, BUT NOW IS ACTUALLY A DONE DEAL. SB 155 WAS ALREADY APPROVED, SIGNED, AND NOW WE'RE JUST SIMPLY WAITING FOR THE DETAILS. SO UNLESS SOMETHING REALLY DRASTIC HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

WE ARE VERY SAFE TO CONTINUE WITH THE PLANNING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NEW STUDENT HOUSING FACILITY.

SO, PHILIPPE. YEAH, AND AS DOCTOR WOULD KNOW, THE BILL HAS BEEN SIGNED.

NOW WE'RE JUST WORKING OUT THE DETAILS AND THE MECHANICS BEHIND THAT. SO THE STATE JUST PUBLISHED UPCOMING WEBINAR EARLY AUGUST TO LEARN MORE DETAILS ABOUT EXACTLY HOW THE STATE THE STATE LEASE REVENUE BOND WOULD WORK.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN SB 155. IT DOES REQUIRE THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT, BECAUSE THERE IS GOING TO BE AN ACTUAL AGREEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BETWEEN THE US, THE DISTRICT THE STATE AND I BELIEVE I FORGET THE, THE BODY THAT'S ACTUALLY OVERSEEING THE STATE LEASE REVENUE BOND.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT DIVISION THAT IS THAT'S ACTUALLY CONTROLLING CONTROLLING THAT.

BUT THOSE THREE PARTIES WILL HAVE TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT ON THAT WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED.

SO MORE INFORMATION OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO COME WILL IT WILL REQUIRE FOR US TO EVEN PROCEED.

WE'LL REQUIRE THE BOARD TO APPROVE THAT AGREEMENT.

SO AS WE DEVELOP MORE DETAILS, WE'LL BE PROVIDING AND SHARING THAT WITH YOU AS THOSE AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE TO US TO SHARE, TO PUT YOU ON NOTICE WHEN WE SHOULD EXPECT THOSE AGREEMENTS TO START KIND OF MAKING ITS WAY TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL ON THAT.

SO BUT BEYOND THAT, WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT SOME DETAILS AND LANGUAGE AND, AND WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN NOW AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO LIKE ANY LAW THEY PUBLISH A LAW. AND NOW WE SPEND THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE EVERYTHING WORK. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL SPEND ROUGHLY PROBABLY WE ALL OF JULY AND AUGUST DOING IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE DETAILS ON THE MECHANICS BEHIND THE BILL ITSELF. ON A RELATED NOTE, WE WE APPROVED AT AN EARLIER MEETING TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRESS ON THE PREDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.

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YEAH. SO WE HAVE JUST CAME OUT A SCHEMATIC DESIGN ON THAT.

SO WE'RE IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW. IT'S GOING GREAT.

WE DO PLAN TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD KIND OF ON THAT AND SHOW BECAUSE THE DESIGN HAS FROM WHAT ORIGINALLY WAS IN THE PROPOSAL WHICH WAS SHARED WITH THE BOARD BECAUSE OF THE MODULAR CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE UTILIZING.

SO THE DESIGN HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF PRESENT THAT TO THE BOARD AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE DESIGN OF HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING TO FLOW IN THE BUILDING. AND PART OF OUR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DOING AN EXTENSIVE BUDGET REVIEW AS WELL.

AND AS WE DID ONE IN, IN SCHEMATIC DESIGN, WE'LL DO ANOTHER EXTENSIVE ONE IN BUDGET DEVELOPMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS STILL IN PLACE IF WE HAVE TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS ON THAT. AND SO SB 155 DOES HAVE CONTINGENCY LANGUAGE BUILT INTO IT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE DELAY, THEY KNOW COSTS KEEP INCREASING AND ESCALATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE'LL KIND OF HAVE TO WORK THROUGH WHAT DOES ALL THAT MEAN TO OUR PROJECT.

ON THAT. AND SO AS WE KIND OF GET THROUGH KIND OF THOSE AREAS, BUT TECHNICALLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE TRYING TO PROBABLY WRAP THAT UP BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, EARLY AUGUST.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE HAVING EXTENSIVE REVIEW ON BUDGET BEFORE WE PROCEED ON TO THE NEXT, NEXT PHASE. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU. PHILIPPE.

[3.02 Institutional Presentation: Recognition of Classified/Confidential Employee of the Month]

CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. THE OUTSTANDING CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE SELECTION COMMITTEE HAS NAMED LINDA CASEY DISPENSARY CLERK, COSMETOLOGY DEPARTMENT AS A RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR JUNE 2024.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE AGAIN. SO WE ARE HERE TO RECOGNIZE LINDA CASEY, WHO HAS WORKED FULL TIME IN THE COSMETOLOGY DEPARTMENT AS A DISPENSARY CLERK SINCE 1997.

LINDA IS A FACE. LINDA IS AN ALUMNUS OF CERRITOS COLLEGE AND BEGAN HER JOURNEY AS A COSMETOLOGY STUDENT, ATTENDING HER COSMETOLOGY LICENSE AND WORKING IN A SALON SETTING THAT ENABLED HER TO PROVIDE HER EXPERTISE TO HER COSMETOLOGY STUDENTS.

LINDA IS CARING, IS KIND, AND ALWAYS SHOWS COMPASSION FOR THE STUDENTS AS THEY LEARN HOW TO FORMULATE COLOR, COLOR, COLOR, PRODUCTS NEEDED FOR THE SKINCARE SERVICES, AND SO MUCH MORE.

LINDA IS A GO TO FOR THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY WHAT THEY NEED ASSISTANCE.

LINDA HAS VOLUNTEERED DURING LOCKS OF LOVE EVENT AND IS PROMINENT IN ASSISTING WITH RECRUITMENT EVENTS.

HER DEDICATION TO THE COSMETOLOGY FIELD IS SHOWCASED DAILY AND THE COSMETOLOGY DEPARTMENT IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER ON HER TEAM.

LINDA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, COMMITMENT, AND WILLINGNESS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR THE STUDENTS AND STAFF.

THE ADMINISTRATION, STAFF AND STUDENTS APPRECIATE YOUR ATTRIBUTE, ATTRIBUTES AND OUTSTANDING EFFORTS.

WE ARE PROUD THAT YOU ARE A CERRITOS COLLEGE EMPLOYEE AND WE COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND DEDICATION.

THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, CERRITOS COLLEGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY HOME.

AND DURING MY YOUTH TIME THAT I WAS GROWING UP AND COMING TO, YOU KNOW, TO SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING, I ALWAYS SAID, I'M GOING TO BE BACK. AND I LOOKED FORWARD TO IT.

AND I, YOU KNOW, I WORKED IN JOB PLACEMENT FOR A WHILE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GOT MY HAND, MY FOOT IN THE DOOR.

AND THEN AS I WENT BACK, I ALSO BECAME A SALON OWNER AND JUST HAD THAT JOURNEY WITH, WITH MY PROFESSION.

AND, BUT I SAID, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE COSMETOLOGY, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM.

SO I'VE BEEN THERE. SAID GOING ON 27 YEARS AND I LOVE IT.

OUR STUDENTS, TO SEE THEM GROW AND SEE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, TAKE WITH THEM AND GRASP IN THE PROFESSION.

IT'S AWESOME. AND THEN NOW WITH THE ESTHETICS PROGRAM THAT WE, I SAW, DEVELOP AND GO THROUGH AND SUPPORT, IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING. AND I JUST CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A TEAM PLAYER THERE ON THE PROGRAM.

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AND THREE MORE YEARS. THANK YOU.

ORLANDO. YEAH. MY GIRL.

123123. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THIS IS FOR YOU TOO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, MISS CASEY.

[4. Consent Items - Office of Academic Affairs]

TOGETHER. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS BEFORE WE VOTE? OKAY. HEARING NONE. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. ITEM PASSES. NEXT ITEM IS SEVEN. INFORMATIONAL ITEM 7.01.

[7.01 Discussion of Board Self-Evaluation]

THANK YOU, DOCTOR SALAZAR. SO ATTACHED YOU FIND THE BOARD SELF-EVALUATION SURVEY.

ESSENTIALLY CONTAINS THE RESPONSES FROM ALL OF YOU STATING THE BOARD'S PERFORMANCE IN SUPPORTING THE DISTRICT IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS THAT ARE OUTLINED, OUTLINED THERE.

I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE POINTED OUT TO ME.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE. THE IS ALL IN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS WHICH IS THE ONE ITEM WHERE ALL OF YOU FELT STRONGLY ABOUT THE WORK THE COLLECTIVELY THE BOARD DID IN THIS REGARD.

NOT THAT THE OTHER ITEMS ARE BAD, BUT IT'S IT'S NOT NECESSARILY COMMON TO ALL OF YOU, MARK.

STRONGLY AGREE IN AN ITEM. BUT BUT I THINK THIS IS IN MY OPINION, LOOKING AT THE EVALUATION AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE.

THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE PLACED IN ORDER TO PUT STUDENT ADVOCACY AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL AS A PRIORITY. HAS PRODUCED SOME POSITIVE RESULTS AND IS A VERY STRONG EXAMPLE OF THE TEAM EFFORT AND COLLABORATION THAT EXISTS BETWEEN ALL OF YOU AND OBVIOUSLY THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE REST OF THE CAMPUS, IN MY OPINION. AND, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY, I WILL SAY THIS FALLS MORE ON MY END AND ON YOURS, BUT I APPRECIATE THE THE HONESTY OF THE ANSWERS HERE IS NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE LIST OF DONORS TO CONTINUE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OR VIABILITY TO DO ANOTHER MAJOR GIFT CAMPAIGN OR SIMILAR.

AND UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO DIFFERENT CHANGES, NOT THE ENTIRE PIECE WAS WAS COMPLETED DURING DURING DURING THE YEAR. BUT I THINK THIS FALLS MORE ON OUR END AND THE EXECUTION AND SOME OF THE CHANGES WE HAVE HAD AT THE FOUNDATION RATHER THAN AT THE BOARD LEVEL.

I DO APPRECIATE THE, THE THE FEEDBACK HERE, BUT I WILL SAY THIS IS MORE ON OUR END ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THAN ON YOURS. OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN, I THINK EVERYTHING.

IS REFLECTIVE OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING, THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CAMPUS AND THE DIRECTION THAT YOU HAVE SET FOR IT. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I SOMEWHAT AGREE THAT WE DON'T STRONGLY AGREE ON MANY THINGS TOGETHER.

STRONGLY OR JUST A SOMEWHAT NEUTRAL. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. HEARING NONE. DO WE HAVE A READOUT TODAY? 111. OKAY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO GIVE A REPORT BEFORE WE GO TO CLOSED SESSION? NOPE. YES. I ACTUALLY TONY AND I WENT AND DON WENT TO THE INSTALLATION DINNER.

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SO THAT'S WHERE WE WERE AT AT LUNCHTIME. AND THEN WE'RE HERE NOW.

BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE THERE REPRESENTING THE COLLEGE AT THE CHAMBER EVENT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE PACHECO. SO WE WILL BE ADJOURNING TO CLOSED SESSION.

[9. Closed Session Items]

AND WE WILL BE BACK WITH A READOUT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NOW IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RATIFIED THE APPOINTMENT OF NOEMI RODRIGUEZ.

INTERIM EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AS INTERIM MESA PROGRAM MANAGER.

GRADE 28, STEP ONE 10,092 PER MONTH OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JULY 18TH, 2024, NOT TO EXCEED JUNE 30TH, 2025. THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS SIX.

YES ZERO. NO ONE ABSENT. DOCTOR SHIN LIU MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.