Colleen Bamford

The document provides an update on enrollment statistics comparing Winterim 2025 and Winterim 2026, and Spring 2025 and Spring 2026, noting changes in enrolled students and total credit hours. The financial report details the Monthly Budget vs. Actual comparison for CCM Revenues and Expenditures for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 up to October, highlighting year-to-date variances. Resource development highlights include FY25 giving for the CCM Foundation as of November 15, 2025. The Campus Safety section reports no criminal incidents, fires, emergencies, or Clery crimes for the period of November 1, 2025, through November 30, 2025, and outlines several Public Safety Trainings conducted in November 2025.

The meeting included a closed session to discuss personnel appointments, compensation, adjunct salaries, and attorney-client privilege. The President provided a mid-year review presentation covering enrollment, finances, fundraising, and campus safety. Standing committees reported on policy revisions. The Board approved various resolutions, including purchases exempt from advertising, joint purchasing agreements, capital improvement vouchers, personnel appointments, adjunct faculty salaries, and employee retirements/resignations. Additionally, the Board authorized the creation of a new Entrepreneur and Culinary Science Center Director position and approved various revisions and eliminations of college policies concerning academic affairs, marketing, enrollment management, and the college's mission and values.

The meeting included discussions and actions on multiple items, commencing with a closed session to discuss personnel appointments, compensation for professional services, Winterim 2026 salaries, employee separations, and matters involving attorney-client privilege. The public session addressed the proposed College Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027, which included an overview of current revenues and expenditures, and the adoption of associated resolutions for the budget, tuition rates, college fees, and Chapter 12 funding request. The President provided updates on enrollment, the Middle States accreditation process, the AI Apprenticeship Program, and upcoming events, including the ribbon-cutting for the Center for Entrepreneurship and Culinary Science. Committee reports covered personnel and academic programs, resulting in resolutions to approve a new Bookkeeping Certificate of Achievement and delete the Small Business Management Certificate of Achievement. Furthermore, resolutions were adopted concerning the rejection of a public bid for a Respiratory Ventilator, approval of capital improvement vouchers, authorization of new part-time personnel appointments, approval of compensation for numerous professional services, approval of Winterim 2026 faculty appointments and salaries, and acceptance of employee resignations, retirements, and separations. The meeting concluded after no public comments were received.

The agenda for the regular meeting includes addressing personnel matters in a private session, such as February 2026 appointments, retirements, resignations, and compensation for professional services. Key resolutions planned for consent approval cover purchases exempt from advertising requirements, purchases through joint purchasing agreements, approval of capital improvement vouchers, February 2026 personnel actions, compensation for professional services, Spring 2026 adjunct faculty salaries, approval of a new position, and revisions or eliminations of various divisional policies for Academic Affairs, Workforce Development and Student Success, Marketing, Public Relations and Enrollment Management, and Mission and Values.

The Board meeting commenced with the administration of the Oath of Office to Trustee Loretta Gragnani. A private session was held to discuss personnel appointments, compensation for professional services, employee resignation, the New Jersey First Act report, and matters involving attorney-client privilege. During the public session, the President provided an update on enrollment, finances, the CCM Foundation, and a significant security incident on campus, which was handled in coordination with the Prosecutor's Office. Standing committee reports included updates on policy revisions from the Organization, Bylaws, Planning and Nomination Committee, and discussions from the Audit and Finance & Budget Committees. The Board then addressed several resolutions as consent items, including the approval of various purchases via state contracts and joint purchasing agreements, authorization for a contract for online Environmental, Health and Safety Trainings, approval of capital improvement vouchers, acceptance of the Fiscal Year 2025 Audit Report, authorization of new personnel appointments, approval of compensation for professional services, acceptance of employee resignations/retirements, approval of exemptions under the New Jersey First Act, approval of the reorganization of the Testing and Tutoring Center, and approval of revisions and eliminations for Business and Finance Policies. Public comments included remarks from the AAPF President regarding new officer slate and his retirement, and expressions of appreciation from a faculty member.