Robyn Bailey

The Board of Trustees reviewed various college matters, including the Educational Foundation liaison report highlighting fundraising progress and recent contributions. A Student Trustee report discussed advocacy efforts, and a student spotlight segment featured a narrative of academic transformation. The Board received a presentation on early access college and career options. Action items included approval of a consent agenda covering financial reports, payment of bills, and clinical and intergovernmental agreements. The Board authorized several purchases, hired new personnel for key administrative and faculty roles, granted tenure to several faculty members, approved the 2027-2028 academic calendar, and rescheduled an upcoming Board meeting. Finally, the Board received notifications regarding new grant awards.

The board meeting agenda included a closed session to review minutes, personnel matters, collective bargaining, and litigation. The open session featured a report on Information Technology at Oakton College, a student spotlight, and various reports from trustees and the college president. New business items addressed a consent agenda comprising the payment of bills, the treasurer's report, supplemental staff authorizations, clinical practice agreements, and a rock salt procurement contract. Additional business included authorization for March purchases, the approval of a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the classified staff association, the hiring of a Dean of Liberal Arts, adjustments to administrative titles and salaries, and notifications regarding grant awards.

The board meeting agenda covered a variety of administrative and financial items, including the ratification of bill payments and acceptance of the treasurer's report for February 2026. Key business included the approval of professional personnel salary adjustments for the spring 2026 semester, the authorization of new clinical practice agreements, and the approval of a rock salt contract joint participation agreement. Additionally, the board authorized several March purchases related to construction services for campus adjacencies, fiber optic cabling, and digital accessibility software.

The meeting included a review and adoption of Mission, Vision, and Values Statements, as well as Land Acknowledgment and Anti-Racism Statements. The agenda covered a closed session to review previous closed session minutes and consider personnel matters and pending litigation. The open session involved reports from liaisons and the Student Trustee, a Student Spotlight presentation, and updates from Marketing and Communications. New business included the ratification of January payment of bills, acceptance of the Treasurer's Report for January 2026, ratification of Spring 2026 professional personnel payments, approval of Clinical Practice Agreements, and Intergovernmental Agreements with high school partners. Further new business involved authorization for February purchases, preview of upcoming purchases, authorization to hire a Director of Grant Strategy and Development, a Director of IT Infrastructure, and a Full-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Member, approval of award of tenure, approval of the 2027-2028 Academic Calendar, and authorization to revise a Board of Trustees meeting date. The meeting also included the approval of ten-year Emeritus appointments and the approval of a new Data Analytics Certificate unit of instruction.

The Board conducted a closed session to review previous minutes and discuss personnel matters, followed by an open session. Key actions in the open session included the approval of the Consent Agenda, ratification of bill payments for October and November 2025, and acceptance of the Treasurer's Reports for the same months. The Board also approved adjustments to part-time teaching and faculty overload salaries for the Fall 2025 semester, and approved several Clinical Practice Agreements. Furthermore, the established meeting schedule for the 2026 calendar year was approved. Authorization was granted for various December purchases totaling $867,545.17, covering items such as internet service renewal, auditing services, baseball team travel, environmental branding consulting, and vehicle/training aid purchases. The Board also approved the hiring of a full-time, tenure-track faculty member, Nicholas Larkin, and ratified an amended contract agreement with the Metropolitan Alliance of Police. A preview was given for upcoming purchases and a new Data Analytics Certificate program.