The open session portion of the meeting didn’t begin till almost 7 pm and ended about 10:30 pm.
The Board self-evaluation was scheduled for discussion but that conversation was postpone till June’s meeting to allow for people to read the evaluation more completely.
Vice Chancellor Goldstein’s financial report was in his word “grim.” The proposed cuts from Sacramento, some of which are draconian and while we will certainly be advocating to reduce these hits, we expect to still see most of them. The Chancellor said he is preparing a report detailing the impact of the college’s proposed response to the cuts. That report should be released to the college community by the end of next week.
Several members of the community spoke to the Board both for and against the resolution establishing a District local hiring mandate of a goal 50% of the workforce on projects and a minimum of 35%. Representatives of the union asked the Board to table. Members of the community spoke strongly in favor of the resolution. The conversation went on for over an hour. The Board voted to refer the resolution to the Board’s facilities committee with the understanding that it will be back for the June Board meeting.
Congratulations to 16 faculty members who were granted early tenure.
