President's Council Meeting
Summary
Present: Dene Thomas,
Absent: Renee Hofeldt,
Guest:
Calendar Review
Calendars
for October and November were distributed noting President’s travel and major
campus events.
November
20 ITA Championship
Reception
December
11 State Board of
Education meeting -
December
13 Winter
Revels
December
14 NASC meeting –
President’s Update
Legislative Tour:
The North Idaho Chamber of Commerce Legislative Tour was November 10-12
in the Bonners Ferry/Sandpoint/Priest River area. President Thomas and
President
Thomas has corresponded with each legislator congratulating them on their
election victory and introducing them to LCSC.
Enclosures included the LCSC fact sheet and a document outlining
enrollment trends and mission overview (copies distributed).
Blue Ribbon 2020 Task Force:
President Council members are
encouraged to browse documents available on the task force web page to stay
informed with what information has been presented to the task force. Documents can be found at http://www.idaho2020taskforce.org/education/default.htm
Class sizes:
Class sizes will be examined to provide responsible faculty to student
ratios. The goal will be to insure
efficiency, but also to utilize our small class size as a recruitment tool.
Newspaper story:
The Lewiston Morning Tribune is researching information for an article
that will focus on the top ten salaries at the college and universities. Questions presented by the reporter are
listed below:
· What's the number of full-time employees at LCSC?
· What is the average salary for full-time employees?
· What percentage of the workforce makes roughly that
average amount?
· Where does the money come from that pays for the folks
with the top 10 highest salaries at LCSC?
· The top 10 highest paid people at LCSC make up what
percentage of the total workforce?
· Out of the total amount of money going toward paying
full-time salaries at LCSC, what percentage goes to pay for the folks with the
top 10 highest salaries?
· How are the salaries for athletic directors, coaches,
presidents, administrators, researchers, professors, adjuncts, and classified
employees decided?
· What is the average salary and benefits package for a
tenured English professor with 10 years teaching experience?
· Does Thomas give a percentage of her salary to
scholarships? If so, what percentage? Does anyone else at LCSC do this?
Provost and Vice Presidents’
Reports
Administrative
Services Report:
Listed below is the institution’s response to the Blue
Ribbon Task Force request for examples of state legislation, policies,
procedures, rules or regulations that impede efficiencies in services for
Lewis-Clark State College.
· State Controller Accounting Fees - LCSC utilizes the State's payroll
system and the fees paid to the State Controller for payroll transactions are
acceptable. However, accounting fees
paid to the State Controller for non-payroll transactions generate no benefit
to the College.
· Records Management Legislation - Full implementation
of this legislation would necessitate the addition of at least one and maybe
two staff positions. In the current
climate of staff reductions, the College cannot justify the cost of additional
"Records Management" staff compared to the potential benefit of the
new "Records" system created.
Direct
Reporting Units
Athletic Department: Paul Thompson, retired Pepsi
vice president, has been hired as the golf coach.
Institutional Planning, Research and Assessment Report:
College Advancement: The fall issue of Journey, the alumni
newsletter, will be mailed this week.
Professional Staff:
Meeting today.
The next President's Council will be on Wednesday, November
20 at
Reminder:
Council members were reminded to submit recommendations for President
Medallion recipients at the November 20 meeting.