RLC Board Of Trustees Meeting Highlights July 8, 2025

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Board of Trustees Meeting - July 8, 2025

Meeting Highlights

Under New Business, the Board:

• Approved Revisions to Rend Lake College Board Policy & Procedure 5.1215 – Travel Reimbursement (SECOND
  READING), effective July 8, 2025.
  RATIONALE: Revisions to this procedure are needed to better align with IRS guidelines.
• Approved Revisions to Rend Lake College Board Policy & Procedure 2.1720 – Community Use of College Facilities
  (SECOND READING), effective July 8, 2025.
  RATIONALE: These revisions are needed to better the needs of the college.
• Approved Revisions to Rend Lake College Board Policy & Procedure 3.1115 – Stipends, effective July 8, 2025.
  RATIONALE: The stipend list reflects revisions to better meet the needs of the college.
• Approved Revisions to Job Descriptions, effective July 8, 2025.
  RATIONALE: These job description revisions are needed to better meet the needs of the institution.
• Approved to Destroy Closed Session Tapes.
  RATIONALE: Paragraph 120, Section 2.06 of the Illinois Open Meeting Act states that the Board must take action to preserve the confidentiality of all tape recordings of closed sessions and authorize their destruction after they have
  been held for at least eighteen (18) months after the meeting for which written minutes have been approved.
• Approved Not to Release Closed Session Minutes.
  RATIONALE: Paragraph 120, Section 2.06 of the Illinois Open Meeting Act states that the minutes of closed sessions will be reviewed to determine whether the minutes may be in whole or in part made part of the public record.
• Approved 2025 – 2026 Handbooks, effective July 8, 2025.
  RATIONALE: The provided Handbooks have been updated to reflect revisions to board policy & procedure and/or updates to processes that have changed within the program.
• Accepted Annual Review and Acceptance of College Mission Statement and Mission Document, effective July 8, 2025.
  RATIONALE: Annual board review of our mission documents was adopted as part of the strategic planning process in order to keep the mission prevalent in the college’s regular operations and to meet the Higher Learning Commission’s
  accreditation requirements. In light of pending changes to HLC’s Criteria for Accreditation, the college will assemble a group to review and recommend changes to the mission documents and present them to the board at a future meeting.
• Granted Permission to Name the Rend Lake College Agronomy Innovation Center, effective July 8, 2025.
  RATIONALE: Terry Wilkerson recently retired after working both full-time and parttime at Rend Lake College for 30 years. He served as Agriculture faculty for 14 years, Applied Science & Technology Division Chair for 3 years, and College President for 13 years. Terry’s forward-thinking leadership planted the seed for this center which inspires innovation, growth, and opportunity in agriculture.
• TABLED: Ratification of the Award for the Roof Replacement at Rend Lake College Murphy Wall Pinckneyville Campus.
  
• Approved Resource Allocation Management Plan (RAMP) FY 2027, effective July 8, 2025.
  RATIONALE: The RAMP document has been prepared based upon information from appropriate administrative staff. We are required to submit the RAMP document annually to the Illinois Community College Board.
• Approved FY 2026 Tentative Budget, effective July 8, 2025.
  RATIONALE: Provided as a separate document, the FY 2026 budget is presented in a tentative form at the July meeting.
  As required by law, the proposed budget will be available for public inspection for thirty (30) days and a public hearing on the budget will be held at 5:00 p.m. prior to the board of trustees meeting, which is to be held on August 12, 2025.

Under Personnel, the Board:

• Accept with regret the resignation of Jamie Morehead, Accounts Receivable Specialist, effective June 23, 2025.
• Accept the resignation of Tyler Staats, Southern Illinois Manufacturing Academy (SIMA) Coordinator, effective June 30, 2025.
• Appointed ReAnne May as Financial Aid Director, pending a successful background check and transcript audit, effective August 4, 2025.
• TABLED: Appointment of Accounts Receivable Specialist.
• Granted Permission to Create the Position, Job Description, and Advertise for a Competency-Based Education (CBE) Director.
• Granted Permission to Create the Position, Job Description, Advertise for and Ratify the Appointment of Allied Health Coordinator

Under Financial Information, the Board:

• Approved ratification of the Payment of College Expenses including Travel Expense Reimbursements.

Mark Your Calendars

Friday, July 25, 2025
Last Day of Summer Classes
All Campuses

Monday-Thursday, July 28-31, 2025
Outdoor Life Kids Camp
Agronomy Innovation Center 107A

Wednesday, July 30, 2025; 9am-12pm
Warrior Days
Event Center

Wednesday, August 6, 2025; 9am-12pm
Warrior Days
Event Center

Thursday, August 7, 2025; 12:00pm
RLC Foundation Board of Director’s Meeting
Student Center 110

Tuesday, August 12, 2025; 6:30pm
RLC Board of Trustees Meeting
Event Center

Friday, August 15, 2025; 8am-3pm
Student Success Day
LRC 206 & 207

Saturday, August 16, 2025
Super Saturday - Warrior Days
Event Center 9:00am – 12:00pm
Admin, ACA 12:00 – 2:00pm

Monday, August 18, 2025
First Day of Fall Classes
All Campuses

Thursday, September 4, 2025; 12pm Start
RLCF 45th Annual Golf Outing
Rend Lake Golf Course

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