The Rend Lake College Board of Trustees met Tuesday night. They approved a 2 Plus 2 Agreement for Educational Transfer with Southern Illinois University. The agreement allows RLC students graduating with an Associate in Applied Science Degree in Industrial Electronics & Maintenance Technician to transfer seamlessly as juniors into SIU Carbondales Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Technology. They also approved inter-district cooperative agreements for educational cooperation with Illinois Eastern Community Colleges, John A. Logan College, Shawnee Community College and Southeastern Illinois College. These agreements allow students to take programs at another college if their sending college does not have that program. They do not have to pay charge back and the sending college is able to receive state equalization. They did make some money through the annual obsolete equipment auction held June 19th, which brought proceeds of $22,982. Cathy DeJarnette will resign as Executive Assistant to the President, effective September 1st. Also, Cindy Schott, Assistant Director of the RLC Foundation, resigned effective June 25th. Marvin Briscoe, Custodial Supervisor, will begin working at the college effective July 14th. Felicia Follmer became the Adminstrative Assistant to the President, effective yesterday. She currently works as a part-time Records Specialist for RLC. Stephanie Smith will become the Administrative Assistant for the Community and Corporate Education Division, effective July 16th. She recently served as administrative assistant for Women for Health and Wellness, Incorporated in Carterville. The Board also granted permission to advertise for bids on two projects. One is for an upgrade on theatre lighting as the existing lighting system is more than 25 years old. The existing lighting dimming rack has been failing recently and parts are obsolete. The new system will consist of LED lighting controlled by computer programming. The estimated total cost of this project is $75,000 to $80,000. Also, there will be an upgrade on the campus security camera system in an effort to increase the safety and security of the Ina campus. This project will add 29 cameras, upgrade servers, upgrade software and provide training. The estimated budget of this project is $62,400 and it will be funded through the Illinois School Security Grant Program, a grant through the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. The board also accepted the low bid of $83,165 from Kehrer Brothers Construction of Albers to replace the EPDM roof on the Learning Resource Center. This project will be funded by insurance due to weather damage, except for the colleges $5,000 deductible. The board granted permission to submit a Protection, Health and Safety Project to the Illinois Community College Board for concrete sidewalk replacement throughout campus for approval. Permission to bid the project pending ICCB approval also was granted. The project is not expected to exceed the $50,000 limit set by Illinois Community College Board’s guidelines, but the college does plan to advertise for competitive bids. The estimated cost is $26,400 and will be funded with excess PHS Levy funds.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 14:19:56 +0000
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