McHenry County College Board of Trustees welcomed a distinguished visitor at its Thursday evening meeting. Vince Foglia, chairman of Sage Products, was present to provide a bit of advice to the Trustees. Foglia is responsible for providing funding to begin the Promise program which provides scholarships for students.
He advised the board, "If things do not go your way, let it go". He also noted that teams do not have to split, only political parties do that, and added that it is not about politics but about educating students and there is a need to come together as a team.
This was obviously in response to a Special Meeting of the Trustees on July 2 called to make a decision on the selection of a new College President. It was also decided at this meeting to make a change in the board Chairmanship. Any changes in the officers of the Board usually takes place in April, a fact of which the board was reminded by Trustee Parrish. The result was the vote to remove Trustee George Lowe as the board Chair and elect May Miller to the position.
Otherwise, at Thursday's meeting, the Board reviewed an Annual Budget for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2011. As proposed, the coming fiscal year budget of $42,537,326 is reduced from the approved 2010 budget of $43,282,048. Final approval of the budget is expected at a future meeting.
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