Board of Trustees recognizes Kennedy and Lefke for exemplary service at October meeting

MAYS LANDING – The Atlantic Cape Community College Board of Trustees conducted their monthly meeting Tuesday, Oct. 26 at the Mays Landing campus. The Board approved the following actions:

Academics

• Offering of Game Design and Development Option in Computer Programming, A.A.S. effective Fall 2022.

Grant Activity

• Revised submission of an application to the National Science Foundation, Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program, for a competitive grant to develop education of technicians for the high technology fields that drive our nation's economy, and, if awarded, to accept up to $650,000 over the grant term of three years (July 1, 2022-June 30, 2025).

• Submission of an application to the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) and the Education Strategy Group for the Noncredit and Credit Alignment Lab (NCAL) Initiative and, if awarded, to accept up to $20,000 with two-year grant term.

• Acceptance of $37,200 from the State of New Jersey, Office of the Secretary of Higher Education for the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) FY22 Special Project.

Contracts and Purchases

• Revision of the college’s bidding threshold from $36,400.00 to $37,500.00 effective Nov. 1 to coincide and agree with the County College Purchasing Law’s newly established threshold;

• Revised RFP 238 Media Buying Services, Institutional Funds (73.5%), Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEERF)(Grant Funded) (26.5%), JL Media, Union, $350,000.00, (not to exceed);

• Revised Bid Exempt 925 Human Resources Recruitment / Onboarding Software, Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) – Institutional Portion (Grant Funded), Ellucian Company, L.P., Fairfax, Virginia, $79,900.00;

• Bid Exempt 941 CollegeAPP Outreach Platform, Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund II (GEERF II) (Grant Funded), Opportunity Meets Innovation Challenge (OMIC) Grant, Mn8 Creative, Inc., CollegeAPP, La Canada Flintridge, California, $28,998.00;

• Bid Exempt 942 Builders Risk and Owner’s and Contractor’s Protective Insurance for Renovation of Morse Hall (B-1), Boyer Hall (B-2), and Richards Hall (B-3), Chapter 12, CBIZ Insurance Services, Ewing, $19,998.00;

• Bid Exempt 943 Creative Cloud Software, Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) - Institutional Portion (Grant Funded), SHI International Corporation, Somerset, $32,347.50;

• Bid Exempt 944 Remediation Services for Mays Landing Campus Library, ServPro of Atlantic City/Hamilton/Hammonton, Buena, Retroactive to Dec. 10, 2020, $261,686.00.

Personnel Matters

• Appointment of William Ayrer to the position of Security Officer I effective Oct. 27;

• Appointment of Robyn Berenato to the position of Assistant Registrar, Enrollment Services effective Nov. 1;

• Appointment of Peter DeLaine to the position of Security Officer I effective Nov. 1;

• Appointment of Geralyn Michelfelder to the position of Department Chair, Nursing effective Oct. 27;

• Appointment of Kathryn Hagel to the position of Student Services Specialist, Enrollment and Recruitment effective Oct. 27;

• Appointment of Ryan Richardson to the position of Specialist, Workforce Development Operations effective Oct. 27;

• Appointment of Juliana Torres to the position of Office Coordinator, Center for Accessibility effective Oct. 27;

• Transfer of Janay Johnson from Enrollment and Admissions Specialist to Student Services Specialist effective Nov. 1.

Financial Matters

• Draft Financial Statement for 12 months ended June 30, 2021 as of Oct. 14.

• FY22 Financial Statement for three months ended Sept. 30.

Special Motions

• Acknowledgement of Trustee Brian Lefke’s service on the Board of Trustees over the past 26 years.

• Acknowledgement of Trustee Jim Kennedy’s service on the Board of Trustees over the past 8 years.

The next meeting of the Atlantic Cape Community College Board of Trustees is scheduled for Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. on the Worthington Atlantic City campus.