Coordinating Board for Higher Education Meeting Minutes 10-19-06
Coordinating Board for Higher Education
Minutes of Meeting
October 19, 2006
The Coordinating Board for Higher Education (CBHE) met via conference call at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 19, 2006.
Members present were:
Kathryn Swan, Chair
David Cole
Lowell C. Kruse
Duane Schreimann
Gregory Upchurch
Members absent were:
Martha Boswell
Jeanne Patterson
Anthony Thompson
Others present were:
Becky Brennecke, Legislative Liaison
Donna Imhoff, Assistant Commissioner for Fiscal Affairs and Operations
Jim Matchefts, Assistant Commissioner and General Counsel
Brenda Miner, Executive Assistant to the Commissioner
Robert Stein, Acting Deputy Commissioner
Call to Order
Chair Kathryn Swan called the Coordinating Board for Higher Education meeting to order and the presence of a quorum was established with a roll call vote.
FY 2008 Budget Request-Recommendation for Public Community Colleges Operating Appropriations
Acting Deputy Commissioner Robert Stein provide the board with a summary of events that have transpired related to the community colleges' FY 2008 budget request since the Coordinating Board meeting on October 12, 2006.
The board was made aware of a letter sent on behalf of the community colleges on October 18, 2006 by Dr. Donald Doucette, President, Missouri Community College Association Presidents/Chancellors Council. The letter, included in the minutes as an attachment, reaffirms the community colleges' support for the CBHE's FY 2008 budget request pending the board's approval of a revised appropriation of $153,141,435.
Mr. Duane Schreimann moved that the Board amend the FY 2008 appropriations request approved on October 12, 2006 from $109,724,612 to $110,729,288 for submission to the Governor and the General Assembly. Mr. Gregory Upchurch seconded the motion and it passed unanimously with the following roll call vote:
Aye
David Cole
Lowell C. Kruse
Duane Schreimann
Kathryn Swan
Gregory Upchurch
|
Nay |
Absent
Martha Boswell
Jeanne Patterson
Anthony Thompson |
Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the board, Mr. David Cole moved for adjournment, Mr. Lowell Kruse seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 4:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Brenda Miner
Executive Assistant to the Commissioner
Attachment -- Letter sent on behalf of the community colleges on October 18, 2006 by Dr. Donald Doucette, President, Missouri Community College Association Presidents/Chancellors Council
