MEETING MINUTES

LOCAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE (LOC)

January 6, 1999

Glen was excused from the meeting, due to knee surgery on the preceding day.

AGENDA ITEM #1: The December 3 minutes were approved with correction. There was some disagreement in the wording of who was in charge of maintenance recommendations/determinations, Greg or Ray. Jennifer suggested a clarification statement be added. This will be worked on jointly by Fred, Ann and Jennifer. Fred read paragraph 6.3 of the merger agreement and it was proposed that the clarification statement be added to this section of the agreement. This will be addressed at the next meeting. It was moved to approve the December 3 meeting minutes be approved with noted addition of "non-building" being added to second to last sentence in Agenda Item #3.

AGENDA ITEMS #2: The bus proposal was withdrawn due to parking problems and lack of support for the idea. The UI Foundation will be discussing master planning in February or March. It was requested that Darrell Buffaloe be included in the master planning, UI stated that he would be. Idaho Falls Police Department has provided three security officers to rotate the hours we have requested. There will be a meeting on January 7, with Fred Gunnerson, Ann Meikle, Steve Chatterton, Greg Horton, Dennis Allen and the three officers. There is to be a station with a computer set up for these officers. The computer will be linked to Pocatello. The officers will start on January 11. Payroll will handled through UI.

AGENDA ITEM #3: Mike Anderson passed out a WGU brochure. It is apparent that there are a lot of unanswered questions. UI is the only university in Idaho that has been successful in getting registered with WGU. A student is to be able to receive a degree or certificate based on competency, but it is unclear on who will test the student for competency. Mike stated that he has been unable to get any answers from Greg Fitch and he has had 12 hours of initial training at WGU. Mike stated that his first step would be to contact the people at UI who were successful in completing the application to get into WGU.

AGENDA ITEM #4: Ann stated that the library issue needs to be deferred for a couple of meetings, until a replacement for Pat Hart can be found.

AGENDA ITEM #5: Letters to the Advisory Council have been sent out and Keith Hinckley has agreed to chair the committee. There has been a 50% response thus far and at present there are no planned substitutions. Presidents Bowen and Hoover would like to have a meeting by the end of January, possibly the third week in January.

AGENDA ITEM #6: The document discussing procedures for closing the IF campus due to bad weather conditions was passed out. It was stated that the Deans on the Pocatello campus needed a copy of this document as well.

OTHER: Ann stated that vendors have been approaching her with regard to bringing different types of foods and drink into the CHE building. She was not clear on any agreements that may be in place. Greg said he was unaware of any agreements that would be infringed upon and so it will be left up to Greg to approve or disapprove of such vendors coming into the CHE. Joy was asked about the status of the report on the additional maintenance personnel and she said she had not seen it, but would check on it. Greg asked about procedures for getting carpet installed in the new office area where he will be and Leo stated that unless it was over $2,500 he could make the purchase. The article in the newspaper about EITC’s classes that are transferrable were discussed and at present there are only 4 classes that are currently transferable.

The next meeting is scheduled for February 3, at 9:00 - 10:00 MST. Key issues for the next meeting are: Maintenance issues for Greg and Ray.

Future meetings are tentatively scheduled for the first Wednesday of every month.