June 2020 Board of Trustees Meeting

The Atlantic Cape Community College Board of Trustees conducted their monthly meeting Tuesday, June 23 via Zoom conference call. The following motions were approved:

Contracts and Purchases

• RFP 231 Auditing Services (2-year contract), Finance Operational – FY2020, FY2021, Bowman & Company LLP, Woodbury, NJ, $82,500.00
• Bid 2217 Paper and Envelopes, Operational Department Backcharge, Office Basics, Boothwyn, PA, Paper Mart, East Hanover, NJ, $30,080.00
• Bid Ex. 853 H-Building Furniture, Chapter 12, W.S. Goff Company, Inc., Mays Landing, NJ, $40,525.66
• Bid Ex. 854 D and K-Building Furniture, Chapter 12, W.S. Goff Company, Inc., Mays Landing, NJ, $291,407.24
• Bid Ex. 856 Classroom and Lab Computers, CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund – Institutional Portion (Grant Funded), Ocean Computer Group, Matawan, NJ, $115.749.00
• Bid Ex. 857 Online Student Orientation, CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund – Institutional Portion (Grant Funded), Innovative Educators, Boulder, CO, $50,823.00
• Bid Ex. 859 Chatbot Renewal, CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund – Institutional Portion (Grant Funded), Ivy.ai, Inc., Boulder, CO, $33,755.00
• Bid Ex. 861 New Jersey Council of County Colleges Membership Dues, Fiscal Year 2021, New Jersey Council of County Colleges, Trenton, NJ, $40,434.00
• Bid Ex. 864 Zoom Enterprise Site License, CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund –Institutional Portion (Grant Funded), Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA, $18,805.50
• Bid Ex. 865 Upgraded Laptops for Workforce Development Department, CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund – Institutional Portion (Grant Funded), Ocean Computer Group, Matawan, NJ, $11,531.75
• Bid Ex. 866 New Laptops for Student Laptop Loaner Program, CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund – Institutional Portion (Grant Funded), Ocean Computer Group, Matawan, NJ, $55,352.40
• Bid Ex. 867 Upgraded Laptops for Faculty, CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund – Institutional Portion (Grant Funded), Ocean Computer Group, Matawan, NJ, $164,431.74
• Bid Ex. 868 Webcams for Online Proctoring, CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund –Institutional Portion (Grant Funded), Troxell-CDI, Inc., Lumberton, NJ, $23,700.00
• Bid Ex. 869 Laptops for Remote Staff, CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund – Institutional Portion (Grant Funded), Ocean Computer Group, Matawan, NJ, $163,750.85
• A one-year legal services contract with Louis J. Greco for a retainer fee of $46,916.00 and an hourly rate of $137.13 for litigation and off campus hearings.
• The authorization of the award of contract with Borden Perlman for insurance with a premium of $469,468
• Remit the assessment of $155,537.00 to the New Jersey Community College Insurance Pool for the New Jersey Community College Insurance Pool Worker’s Compensation Fund
• A contract with T.L. Groseclose Associates for student insurance at a rate of $3.50 per student for the Summer Sessions and $5.50 per student for the Fall and Spring sessions

Grants Activity

• Submission of an application to the State of New Jersey Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Consolidated Adult Basic Skills and Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education Grant Programs, Fiscal Year 2021 to provide adult basic education, literacy, and English as a second language services, applying for these funds as a single entity in Atlantic County and as a lead agency with Cape May County Technical School District as a partner in Cape May County, requesting a total grant of $673,807, with Atlantic County services receiving $501,594 and Cape May County services receiving $172,213, over the term of July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021
• Submission of a budget to, and to accept a contract from, the State of New Jersey, Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE) FY21 Educational Opportunity Fund Article IV – Academic Year Support, with preliminary funding of $255,333 to be awarded over the term of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021
• Submission of an application to and accept an allocation from the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE) for the Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund

Personnel Matters

• Resignation of Lorraine Monzo, MSN RN, Assistant Professor, Nursing, effective June 30, 2020
• Resignation of Ellen Splaver, Counselor II, effective June 8, 2020
• Promotion of Shirley Shields, from Associate Professor, ESL to Professor, ESL, effective August 31, 2020
• Promotion of Gwen McIntyre, from Associate Professor, ESL to Professor, ESL, effective August 31, 2020
• Promotion of Donna Marie McElroy, from Associate Professor, Social Science to Professor, Social Science, effective August 31, 2020
• Promotion of Michael Bolicki, from Associate Professor, Education to Professor, Education, effective August 31, 2020
• Promotion of Al Jou, from Associate Professor, Mathematics to Professor, Mathematics, effective August 31, 2020
• Promotion of Beth Sanders-Rabinowitz, from Assistant Professor, Social Science to Associate Professor, Social Science, effective August 31, 2020
• Promotion of Bojan Zilovic, from Assistant Professor, CIS to Associate Professor, CIS, effective August 31, 2020
• Promotion of Laurie Lemons, from Assistant Professor, Chemistry to Associate Professor, Chemistry, effective August 31, 2020
• Promotion of Zhe June Xu, from Assistant Professor, Biology to Associate Professor, Biology, effective August 31, 2020
• Appointment of Gerald Fox, Instructional Technology Program Coordinator, effective July 1, 2020
• Retirement of Nancy Hand, Accounts Payable Clerk, effective September 1, 2020
• Retirement of Richard Kalman, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems, effective June 30, 2020
• Retirement of Kathleen Landau, Bursar, effective August 31, 2020
• Retirement of Dr. Barbara Warner, Associate Professor, Psychology, effective June 30, 2020
• A Memorandum of Agreement with the Teachers, Librarians and Counselors (TLC) bargaining unit
• A Memorandum of Agreement with the Atlantic Cape Community College Organization of Supervisory and Administrative Personnel (ACCCOSAP) and the Support Staff Association of Atlantic Cape Community College (SSAACCC) bargaining units
• A Memorandum of Agreement with the Atlantic Cape Community College Organization of Supervisory and Administrative Personnel (ACCOSAP), Supportive Staff Association (SSAACCC), Academy of Culinary Arts Faculty Association (ACAFA) and Teachers, Librarians and Counselors (TLC) bargaining units

Policy Changes

• Changes to Policy No. 25 Violence Against Women Act, the Campus Sexual Violence Act, and Title IX
• Changes to Policy No. 800 Academic Freedom. Personnel & Board Development

Financial Matters

• FY20 Financial Statement for eleven months ended May 31, 2020
• The acceptance of the FY21 Annual Budget Message
• Tuition and Fee Schedule noting that the Radiologic Technology Course Fees will have no change in FY2021

Other Business

• Recognizing Mr. Ahmet Sahingoz for his service to the Board of Trustees, the College’s Foundation and the students of Atlantic Cape