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OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY APRIL 30 ON VERDE CAMPUS

The Yavapai Community College Verde Valley Campus will hold an open House on Saturday, April 30th  from 9:30 a.m. to noon.  The campus is located in Clarkdale, Arizona at 601 West Black Hills.

Those attending the Open House may tour facilities, seek assistance with registration, financial aid, and academic advising. They can also learn about the various programs on the campus, from construction, HVAC technician, and plumbing to nursing, art, winemaking during the Open House.

“At our open house, we’re excited to assist people with fall registration.” Said Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management, Diana Dowling. “We will be showcasing and answering questions about our Verde programs, and we’ll also be doing campus tours, giving away YC branded items, and helping students register for the upcoming fall semester.” 

Visitors will also have the opportunity to take part in scholarship giveaways during the open house.

Source:   Yavapai Community College press release by Tim Diesch dated April 21, 2022

Rock House is located at 1100 E. Sheldon Drive, Prescott, Az. 86301

The Yavapai Community College District Governing Board will hold its monthly General Open Public Meeting on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at one P.M.   The meeting will be held at the Rock House on the Prescott Campus. The address is 1100 E. Sheldon Drive, Prescott, Az. 86301.

There is an Open Call to the public, which is scheduled for the opening minutes of the meeting.

 Members of the Governing Board are not supposed to discuss or take legal action on matters raised during an Open Call to the public unless the matters are properly noticed for discussion and legal action.

A citizen wishing to address the Board should complete a “Request to Speak” form, and give it to the Recording Secretary. The speaker should be prepared to limit his or her remarks to the designated time (usually three minutes).

Under Arizona law, the public has a right to attend, listen, tape record, or videotape these meetings. The public may not disrupt, but may speak during the call to the public at the beginning of this meeting if the call is on the agenda. See Ariz. Att’y Gen. Op. No. I78-001.

The Governing Board no longer publishes a “full agenda”  for the afternoon  meeting. Rather, it posts what is calls an “Agenda Summary.”  For your convenience, the Blog has posted the “Agenda Summary” that was posted earlier this week.  

It is also usually possible to view the meeting live via YouTube.

AGENDA

[BLOG NOTE.  REFERENCE TO ATTACHED DOCUMENTS IS IN ERROR.  THE COLLEGE DOES NOT ATTACH DOCUMENTS ANY MORE WHEN IT PUBLISHES ITS ON-LINE AGENDA. APPARENTLY PREFERS THAT ON-LINE READERS GUESS AT WHAT IS IN THEM.]

1. General Functions: Procedural

a. Call to Order {Time: 1}

b. Pledge of Allegiance {Time: 1}

c. Adoption of Agenda -DECISION {Time: 1}

2. Study Session

a. Open Call – INFORMATION {Time: 10}

b. Arizona Auditor General Report- INFORMATION -Mr. Frank D’Angelo, Director of Business Services & Controller (Attached) {Time:10}
David Glennon, Financial Audit Manager
Donna Miller, Director, Financial Audit Division Lindsey Perry, Auditor General

c. President’s Reports – Dr. Lisa Rhine – INFORMATION {Time: 60}

i. Presidents Report on Board Policy 101 College Priorities -Dr. Diane Ryan, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Rodney Jenkins, Vice President of Student Development and Community Affairs. (Attached) {Time: 30}
ii. College Council – Dr. Diane Ryan, Dr. Emily Weinacker, and Mr. Rodney Jenkins

1. Faculty Senate -Dr. Karen Palmer (Attached)

2. Staff Association -Katherine Anderson (Attached)
3. Student Government Association -Jamie Oltersdorf, YCSGA Online Senator (Attached)

iii. Yavapai College Legislative Report -Mr. Rodney Jenkins (Attached)
iv. Budget to Actual Monthly Report and Cash Reserves Monthly Report
(Attached)

d. 2022-2023 Yavapai College Preliminary Budget -Dr. Clint Ewell, Vice President of Finance, INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION (Attached) {Time:120}

3. Board Business

a. Consent Agenda – DECISION {Time: 5}

i. Board Regular Meeting Minutes -Tuesday, March 22, 2022 (Attached)
ii. Receipt of Report on Revenues and Expenditures for February 2022
(Attached) \
iii. Intergovernmental Agreement with Charter Schools for 2022-2024 Academic Year (Attached)
iv. Intergovernmental Agreement with School District for 2022-2024 Academic School Year (Attached)
v. Intergovernmental Agreement with School District with Computer Network Technologies 2022-2024 Academic Year (Attached)
vi. Acceptance of President’s Report on Board Policy 101 College Priorities

b. Report on Board Self-Assessment- Board Chair McCasland, INFORMATION, DISCUSSION, AND DECISION {Time: lO}

c. 2022-2023 Yavapai College District Governing Board Schedule, Board Chair McCasland, INFORMATION, DISCUSSION, AND DECISION {Time 10}

i. 2022-2023 Board Policy Review/Edit Schedule (Attached)
ii. 2022-2023 District Governing Board Calendar Meeting Dates (Attached)

4. Study Session- Continued

a. Board Liaisons’ Reports – INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION {Time: lO} 

i. Board Spokesperson -Board Chair McCasland
ii. Arizona Association of Community College Trustee (AACCT) -Board Chair McCasland
iii. Yavapai College Foundation -Board Chair McCasland

b. Dates and Time of Future Meetings and Events – INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION {Time: 5}

i. 2021-2022 Dates, Times, and Places of Future Board Meetings, Workshops, and Retreats (Attached)
ii. 2021-2022 Dates, Times, and Places of Future College Events (Attached)
iii. 2021-2022 Dates, Times, and Places of Future National, State, and Local Conferences (Attached)

5. Adjournment of Board Regular Meeting: Procedural – DECISION {Time: 1}

Agenda to be posted on Governing Board website

The Yavapai Community College District Governing Board will hold its monthly General Open Public Meeting on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at one P.M.   The meeting will be held at the Community College’s Sedona Center, which is located at 4215 Arts Village Drive, Sedona.

There is usually an Open Call to the public but check agenda when it is posted. Members of the Governing Board are not supposed to discuss or take legal action on matters raised during an Open Call to the public unless the matters are properly noticed for discussion and legal action. A citizen wishing to address the Board should complete a “Request to Speak” form, and give it to the Recording Secretary. The speaker should be prepared to limit his or her remarks to the designated time (usually three minutes).

Under Arizona law, the public has a right to attend, listen, tape record, or videotape these meetings. The public may not disrupt, but may speak during the call to the public at the beginning of this meeting if the call is on the agenda. See Ariz. Att’y Gen. Op. No. I78-001.

The full agenda for the afternoon  meeting can be found on the Community College web site when it is eventually posted.  To find out if it has been posted, click here.

Sedona Council noted date conflict to College officials on January 25  because of regularly scheduled Council meeting but College did not change date 

Yavapai Community College’s Prescott based administrators and the College’s west-side dominated Governing Board will celebrate a half century of extraordinary tight control over development in Sedona/Verde Valley when it holds an invitation only meeting in Sedona on Tuesday, March  22 at 5:00 p.m.  with local politicos. (Subject to secret change.)

At that meeting, it is anticipated  that the Community College and its consultants will  spend most of the time heavily politically selling  a story to the locals about the limited educational development plan they are moving toward for Sedona/Verde Valley over the next decade.  Because of a lack of east-side control over community college development, there is little, if anything, the local politicos can do but politely sit and listen.

The exact time the meeting starts and who was invited remains a secret from the general public.  According to information provided the Blog, this is a private meeting and the public is not invited.

The meeting with local officials first came to light at a session of the Sedona City Council on January 25 when the Community College officials were presenting an update.  At that time Sedona officials noted the March 22 conflicted with the normal Tuesday session of the Sedona City Council, which begins at 4:30 p.m.  Community College officials promised to give the information about to the Prescott administrators. (See video clip.)  The conflict with the Sedona City Council meeting did not persuade the College to change the date.

Meeting scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. at the Prescott Valley Campus (but always check College web page in case of change)

The Yavapai Community College District Governing Board will hold its Board elections and a workshop on January 28.  The meeting is scheduled to be held at the Prescott Valley Campus beginning at 9.a.m. 

The Board has not held a general meeting since November 9, 2021.   Please check the Governing Board web page for the agenda for the January 28 meeting when it is published later this week. Because of COVID-19, the workshop may be steamed on the Community College’s website. 

Career and Technical Education Center, 220 Ruger Road, Prescott, AZ 86301 | Because of Covid, attendance by public will be online only

The Yavapai College District Governing Board will hold a Workshop one Tuesday, November 16, 2021  from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Career and Technical Education Center,  220 Ruger Road,  Prescott, AZ 86301.  Because of concerns over the increase in Covid-19, the public may attend the workshop meeting online only via YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/YavapaiCollege. There will be no Call to the Public on the agenda for this Workshop meeting.

Suddenly and without explanation College posts only an agenda summary without attachments, which reduces significant information being given to public in advance of meeting the Board will discuss and/or approve; has yet to post video of last month’s  meeting, breaking with years of precedent; Governing Board appears to go along with sudden change to limit information to the public prior to meeting and non-posting of video recordings

The Yavapai Community College District Governing Board will hold its monthly General Public Meeting on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. at the Rock House on the Prescott Campus in Prescott, Arizona. 

Under Arizona law, the public has a right to attend, listen, tape record or videotape these meetings. The public may not disrupt, but may speak during the call to the public at the beginning of this meeting if the call is on the agenda. See Ariz. Att’y Gen. Op. No. I78-001.

The Community College has suddenly changed its decade-long policy of providing the attachments on-line when it announces the agenda for the meeting.  This reduces a significant amount of information relevant to the agenda that the public might find useful in deciding whether to make a 150-200 mile round-trip drive to attend.

Note that the process followed for the last decade has been to provide as much information to the general public about the agenda on-line prior to the meeting. Also note that The Yavapai Community College  District covers all of Yavapai County consisting of 8,125 square miles. The size of the County  is comparable  to states such as Connecticut (5,543 sq. miles — 12 community colleges and universities), Delaware (1,982 sq. miles — three community colleges and universities), Rhode Island (1,214 sq. miles— one public and two private community colleges)  and New Jersey (8,723 sq. miles — 19 community colleges and universities). The state of Israel encompasses  8,550 square miles (ten universities and 53 colleges).

In some cases, a person might have to make a 150-200 mile round trip in Yavapai County to attend Community College Board  meeting.

Also note that the Community College has not posted the videotape of the October meeting on the October web site, once again breaking with a years-long precedent set by the Governing Board to keep the residents of the huge County properly informed.  

Apparently, the Community College Governing Board has accepted the new policy of providing the public with as little information as it can legally get away with  when it comes to various Board meetings.

The Yavapai Community College District Governing Board will hold its monthly General Open Public Meeting on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at the Rock House on the Prescott Campus in Prescott, Arizona. 

Under Arizona law, the public has a right to attend, listen, tape record or videotape these meetings. The public may not disrupt, but may speak during the call to the public at the beginning of this meeting if the call is on the agenda. See Ariz. Att’y Gen. Op. No. I78-001.

Possible goal is to hammer out revisions to a policy manual the Governing Board will use to  operate under; other matters may be raised although the present notice has no indication that will be the case

The Yavapai Community College District Governing Board has set aside three days for work on possibly revising a policy manual that was tentatively approved earlier in the year.   Numerous questions were raised about the manual by Third District Governing Board Representative Paul Chevalier.  It appears that this may be one of the reasons for the three-day “Board Study Sessions” now listed on the Governing Board’s web site.

The “Study Sessions” will begin September 7 at 9 am. and will run to 4 p.m.  each day.   The sessions are scheduled for September 7, 8 and 9.

The workshops are  calling for an unusual sacrifice of time and energy for members of the Board, all of whom are elected but unpaid, to spend this amount of time on Board policy.  It is possible other issues will be discussed although there is no indication of that so far.

Such meetings by law are open to the public although the public will  not be able to ask any questions.