First Board of Trustee Meeting for New MCC President

Dr. Vicky Smith, the first woman President for McHenry County College, conducted her first Board of Trustees meeting Thursday evening. In fact, as is the usual procedure for this time of the school year, there were three separate meetings.
First was the Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, which involved approval of prior COW minutes, and a review of the Board Packet for the Regular Board meeting. Also, a Chairman for the Finance and Audit Committee was chosen, since the prior Chair, Mary Miller, was elected as Chair of the Board during a rather surprised reorganization of the Board, at last month's meeting. She could not continue as Chair of a committee under the Board of Trustee Rules. Instead Don DeWitt is now Chair of the Finance Committee.
Also briefly discussed was the matter of broadcasting MCC Trustee meetings by way of the MCC website. This would provide access to a pre-recorded version of the meeting. Trustee Donna Kurtz has been urging providing this information for the public, noting that the City of Crystal Lake has public air access to Council Meetings. It should be noted that this is because the meetings are broadcast over Public Access Television Channel 17.
No further action was taken on the matter at this time. Following further discussion concerning the building and possible future space needs that portion of the Trustees meeting was adjourned.
Next was a Budget Hearing on the 2010-2011 budget. No members of the public present desired to comment and the Budget Hearing was adjourned.

Following are the basic figures for the 2011 budget compared with prior year's budget:

Total Operating Funds                                 2010                  2011
Fund Balance-beginning of Year (est.)    $16,983,805       $17,175,782
Revenue                                                     $41,324,025       $41,637,190
Expenditures                                             ($43,282,048)    ($42,537,326)
Transfer Out                                              ($ 2,250,000)      $ 3,210,000)
Fund Balance – End of Year                      $12,775,782      $13,065,646

Following the adoption of the $13,065,646 budget for the coming year, the Board held a regular meeting with a report from Dr. Smith that opening day went smoothly. She noted that a more parking spaces were created from a grassy bank areas.