Michael Arens

The strategic plan for Suffolk University Police & Security Department focuses on providing a safe and secure environment to enhance the educational mission of the university. It outlines five core strategic initiatives: safety and security for the community, service to the community, fair and unbiased policing, maintaining the highest quality of professionalism, and engaging the community. The plan includes goals for enhancing security, improving emergency notifications, increasing community education on safety, creating a division for investigative services, and fostering diversity and inclusion.

The Board of Trustees meeting included discussions and resolutions on various topics. These included approving budget transfers, monthly sponsor services for Suffolk County Community College, permitting the scheduling of classes on Veterans Day with commemorative programming, and approving the 2008-2009 academic calendar. Additionally, the board addressed amending by-laws for the Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity and Human Understanding, adopting revised traffic and parking regulations, authorizing a contract for an assessment of internal security, authorizing a contract for the design of improvements to the athletic fields, and creating a new title of Internal Control Officer.

The meeting addressed concerns regarding the presidential search process, with community members and legislators expressing the need for transparency and adherence to the established procedures. Discussions included the status of the remaining finalist, the potential costs of a new search, and the appropriateness of actions taken by the Board. The Board decided to meet again with Dr. MacKay. Updates were provided on the Middle States monitoring visit, enrollment figures, the Eastern Campus library project, and the green technology work force training program. The implementation of the Banner payroll position control system was also discussed, along with plans to refurbish infrastructure and major systems within the college.

The meeting included accepting the Independent Auditor's Report for the Fiscal Year Ending August 31, 2011, and approving a fee schedule for the Children's Learning Centers for 2012-2013. The board accepted the audit report by Nawrocki Smith LLP for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2011. Additionally, the board approved the fee schedule as specified in Attachment I for the 2012-2013 academic year, following recommendations for a tuition fee increase of twenty cents per hour.

The Board of Trustees meeting included discussions and resolutions on various topics, including approving annual and monthly sponsor services, budget transfers, leasing a VoIP/Telephony system, revising the position description of College Associate Dean for Organizational Development, creating a new title of College Assistant Director for EOP, and amending the college budget for a Bridge Program 2005 grant. The board also received reports on the college's energy conservation program, a grant awarded to the college, executive management consulting services, mission and vision statements, and a financial report. Additional discussions covered student publications, meetings with county representatives, a uniform start time for board meetings, student and college events, the NYCCT conference, the Annual Fund, upcoming meetings with community leaders, scholarships, the SUNY Board of Trustees Town Gown meeting, hospital partnerships, the nursing program, telecommunications issues, air conditioning, and on-line degree offerings. The meeting concluded with an executive session to discuss litigation, collective bargaining negotiations, and employment matters.