Board of Regents

Minutes Kentucky Community and Technical College System Special Board of Regents February 2, 2022

Board Members Present

  • Ms. Lisa Desmarais
  • Mr. James Lee Stevens
  • Dr. Wendy Fletcher
  • Mr. Russell Cox
  • Ms. Karen Finan
  • Ms. Brooke Gallagher
  • Mr. Chris Girdler
  • Ms. Kimberly Greene
  • Mr. Joseph Heerdink
  • Dr. Patsy Jackson
  • Mr. Barry Martin
  • Ms. Alexandrea Shouse
  • Ms. Brianna Whitten

KCTCS Board of Regents Chair Lisa Desmarais called to order the special meeting of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Board of Regents at 4:03 p.m. (ET) on February 2, 2022. The meeting was held virtually via Microsoft TEAMS. The meeting was originally scheduled to be held in person, but due to impending weather, Chair Desmarais move the meeting from in-person to vi1tual. The press was notified of the meeting on January 26, 2022. Hon. Pamela Duncan, KCTCS General Counsel, served as parliamentarian.

There being a quorum present, the meeting began.

MOTION: Ms. Finan moved, and Mrs. Whitten seconded, that the KCTCS Board of Regents go into Executive Session pursuant to KRS 61.810 (1) (f) - Individual Personnel Matters. Discussions that may lead to the appointment, discipline, or termination of an individual employee.

Chair Desmarais called for the vote and asked Ms. Duncan to conduct the vote.

The motion was approved unanimously.

The Board went into Executive Session at 4:07 p.m. (ET).

Chair Desmarais called for a motion for the KCTCS Board of Regents to reconvene the meeting in open session.

MOTION: No official motion was made; the full Board took a vote to rejoin in open session and Ms. Duncan concluded that the vote was unanimous.

The KCTCS Board of Regents reconvened in open session at 9:36 p.m. (ET).

Chair Desmarais noted one item came out of session that the KCTCS Board of Regents v,1ill need to act on.

MOTION: Chair Desmarais moved that the Board of Regents moves that Dr. Paul Czarapata shall continue progress toward the strategic goals established and approved by the KCTCS Board of Regents in September of 2021, and shall, between this mid-year and his June 2022 evaluation, confer ·with the Chair and Vice Chair of the KCTCS Board of Regents on processes to measure key indicators and objectives. Ms. Finan seconded the motion.

Chair Desmarais called for the vote and asked Ms. Duncan to conduct the vote.

The motion was approved unanimously.

Chair Desmarais called for a motion to adjourn.

Mr. Stevens moved that the meeting adjourn. Dr. Jackson seconded the motion.

Chair Desmarais asked Ms. Duncan to conduct the vote.

The motion was approved unanimously, and the Board adjourned at 9:38 p.m. (ET).

03/25/2022

Date Approved by the KCTCS Board of Regents

Signature of approval is on file