BD LOCAL
BOARD MEETINGS
Meeting Place and Time
The notice for a Board meeting shall reflect the date, time, and location of the meeting.
Regular Meetings
Regular meetings of the Board shall typically be held on the third Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. When determined necessary and for the convenience of Board members, the Board President may change the date, time, or location of a regular meeting with proper notice.
Special or Emergency Meetings
The Board President shall call a special meeting at the Board President’s discretion or on request by a majority of the members of the Board.
The Board President shall call an emergency meeting when it is determined by the Board President or by a majority of the members of the Board that an emergency or urgent public necessity, as defined by law, warrants the meeting.
Agenda
Submission of Topics
A Board member may request that a subject be included on the agenda for a meeting. The deadline for submitting items for inclusion on the agenda is five days before regular meetings and five days before special meetings.
Preparation
The [College President shall compile for review by the Board President all topics timely submitted by Board members, topics requested by the Board, and topics suggested by the the College President.
The Board President and the College President shall confer regarding the proposed topics, and the College President and Board President shall determine the topics for the official meeting agenda. The College President shall ensure that any topic the Board or individual Board members have requested be addressed are either on the meeting agenda or scheduled for deliberation at an appropriate time in the near future. The College President and Board President shall not refuse to assign a topic requested by a Board member to an agenda and, once assigned, shall not have the authority to remove the topic from the agenda without that Board member’s specific authorization.
Consent Agenda
When the agenda is prepared, the Board President or College President shall determine items, if any, that qualify to be placed on the consent agenda. A consent agenda shall include items of a routine and/or recurring nature grouped together under one action item. For each item listed as part of a consent agenda, the Board shall be furnished with background material. All such items shall be acted upon by one vote without separate discussion, unless a Board member requests that an item be withdrawn for individual consideration. The remaining items shall be adopted under a single motion and vote.
Notice to Members
Members of the Board shall be given notice of regular and special meetings at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled time of the meeting and at least one hour prior to the time of an emergency meeting.
Closed Meeting
Notice of all meetings shall provide for the possibility of a closed meeting during an open meeting, as provided by law. The Board may conduct a closed meeting when the agenda subject is one that may properly be discussed in closed meeting. [See BDA]
Order of Business
The order of business for regular Board meetings shall be as set out in the agenda accompanying the notice of the meeting. At the meeting, the order in which posted agenda items are taken may be changed by the Board President.
Rules of Order
The Board shall observe the parliamentary procedures as found in Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised, except as otherwise provided in Board procedural rules or by law. Procedural rules may be suspended at any Board meeting by majority vote of the members present.
Voting
Voting shall be by voice vote or show of hands, as directed by the Board President. Any member may abstain from voting, and a member’s vote or failure to vote shall be recorded upon that member’s request.
Minutes
Board action shall be carefully recorded by the College President’s Assistant or other qualified College employee; these minutes shall serve as the legal record of official Board actions. The written minutes of all meetings shall be approved by vote of the Board and signed by the Board President and the Board Secretary.
The official minutes of the Board shall be retained on file in the office of the College President and shall be available for examination during regular office hours.
Discussions and Limitation
Discussions shall be addressed to the Board President and then the entire membership. Discussion shall be directed solely to the business currently under deliberation, and the Board President shall halt discussion that does not apply to the business before the Board.
The Board President shall also halt discussion if the Board has agreed to a time limitation for discussion of an item, and that time limit has expired. Aside from these limitations, the Board President shall not interfere with debate so long as members wish to address themselves to an item under consideration.
If the Board President determines that a person has not attempted to resolve a matter administratively, the person shall be directed to the appropriate complaint policy and person for attempted resolution before bringing the matter to the Board.
The President of the College is responsible for reviewing and updating this policy. Policy reviews are made in accordance with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness Policy Tracking document.
DATE ISSUED: 11/11/2019
ADOPTED: 02/204
UPDATE 37
BD (LOCAL)