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The Northland Pioneer College District Governing Board met last week, barely reaching the requirements for a quorum, the meeting was held in the absence of Board Chair Frank Lucero and member James Mattison.
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In the financial report, Vice President of Administrative Services Maderia Ellison stated, “This is the first year that we have received additional rural funding. The amount we received was $889,200 as part of state appropriations. We received that after our budget was approved. A preliminary decision was made to hold on to those funds until we knew what was happening with Cholla.”
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With Cholla Power Plant in Joseph City continuing operation awhile longer the college has chosen to move forward with spending those funds this year on new programs and other activities. “I will be modifying our budget, not increasing the budget, just properly reflecting the new amount. I will be moving line items so that we get back to the same $28 million budget. I will be bringing a revised budget before the board next month,” stated Ellison.
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Classified and Administrative Support Organization President Rebecca Hunt also addressed the board. “Annually, we have our members bring in various items to be auctioned off for our fundraiser. This year, we were able to bring in $2,900 with that auction to support scholarships to NPC.”
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The governing board accepted a letter of resignation from long-time District Four representative, James Mattison. In his letter of resignation, Mattison said, “I have served for nearly six years, and am now facing some surgery and will be out for some time. I have enjoyed my term and hope that the faculty and staff will think well of me.”
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College President, Mark Vest then asked staff to advertise for a vacancy on the board, which would run through Mattison’s term and end in 2020. District Four serves residents in the region from Heber east to Show Low.
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In other business, the governing board:
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* Renewed a contract with Cisco Smartnet for existing and continued services in technical support in the amount of $196,818.
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* Approved the award of a subgrant in the amount of $55,000 as part of the Navajo Apache First Things First PD ECEP grant awarded to NPC for Summit Health Care to assist the college with fulfillment of grant requirements for First Things First.
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* Renewed a contract with TALON Smartnet to continue technical support for the TALON program in the amount of $54,961.
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* Approved the 2020-2021 Strategic Planning and Budget Development Calendar.
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* Approved the 2018-19 dual enrollment intergovernmental agreements between Navajo County Community College District and Heber-Overgaard, Snowflake and St. Johns unified school districts.
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* Approved a memorandum of understanding between the NPC and NPC Friends & Family to establish a relationship between the two entities that will continue indefinitely.
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The next meeting of the Northland Pioneer College District Governing Board will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the Tiponi Community Center located at 2251 E. Navajo Blvd. in Holbrook.
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