KCTCS Board of Regents

Board Members Present:

• Mr. James Lee Steven, Chair
• Mr. Barry Martin, Vice Chair
• Dr. Wendy Fletcher, Secretary
• Ms. Karen Finan
• Mr. Joseph Heerdink
• Ms. Brianna Whitten
• Dr. Alissa Young - Advisory member

Call to Order:

KCTCS Board of Regents Chair Stevens called to order the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Board of Regents Interim President Selection Committee meeting at 5:15 p.m. (ET) on March 2, 2023. This is a special virtual meeting of this committee.

The press was notified of this meeting on February 21, 2023. Hon. Pam Duncan, KCTCS General Counsel, served as parliamentarian.

There being a quorum present, the meeting began.

Approval of Minutes:

Chair Stevens asked if there were any corrections to the February 21, 2023, meeting minutes presented in the meeting materials. There being none, the minutes were declared approved as presented.

Chair Stevens moved to the next agenda item.

New Business:

Chair Stevens then turned the meeting over to Parliamentarian Duncan and Board Liaison Hannah Rivera at this point to talk about the search firm and updates.

Parliamentarian Duncan discussed that KCTCS now has a consultant named, Mr. Richard Green with The Registry would facilitate the screening of the interim candidates, etc. Hon. Duncan mentioned that faculty and staff had the opportunity to review the Guideline Document developed. There were no additional edits needed. Ms. Duncan shared that the KCTCS Board of Regents would have the final say on salary and allowances for the interim candidate hired.

Ms. Duncan shared that she worked with Technology Solutions to set up a website and an interim president candidate mailbox, that would accept external and unrelated to The Registry candidates. Ms. Rivera noted that only her, Ms. Duncan and Chair Stevens were the only individuals who had access to that mailbox. She shared that the candidates would be sent to the KCTCS Human Resources department to determine if the candidates would meet the minimum requirements before sent to the Committee.

Discussion regarding the definition of a placement firm, The Registry, and a search firm was provided by Ms. Rivera. It was noted that if a candidate is chosen that is not registered with The Registry, then KCTCS does not have to pay the percentage of the salary to a placement firm. Another discussion was conducted regarding compensation for the interim candidate. Vice Chair Martin also noted that as a new President is hired, the Board needs to review compensation and benefits to determine if KCTCS is comparable to other entities.

Ms. Duncan noted that the application deadline is March 17, 2023. Chair Stevens is asking that the Committee have a special meeting on March 21, 2023, to review all the applications. She shared that all the candidates that meet the minimum requirements would be accessible to the Committee on a special SharePoint site to review before the March 21, 2023, Committee meeting.

Ms. Rivera shared that Closed Session was listed on the agenda, but due to no candidates to review, the Committee will not go into Closed Session.

Chair Stevens and Ms. Duncan discussed with the Committee the salary options, contract options, and benefit details related to those. The Committee also discussed the need for stability with the candidate chosen.

Chair Stevens called for any additional discussion. Hearing none, he called for a motion to adjourn.

Adjournment:

Ms. Whitten moved, and Mr. Martin seconded that the meeting be adjourned.

Chair Stevens called for the vote.

The motion was approved unanimously by those Regents present, and the meeting adjourned at 6:32 p.m. (ET)