2008 Woodie Awards
Board approves Conant purchase
Ricklyn Hukriede
Issue date: 9/25/08 Section: News
On Tuesday, Sept. 23, the Board of Trustees adopted the tentative budget for the 2008 and 2009 school year, approved the new property purchase on E. Conant Street and welcomed new faculty members.
The District has been negotiating with the property owner for the property at 4900 and 4910 E. Conant Street. Two buildings comprised of 74,780 square feet will occupy the 4.4 acres. The property will be used for educational and administrative offices.
The District proposes to acquire the land and both buildings with the General Obligations Bond Funds, according to Ann-Marie Gabel the co-chair of the budget advisory committee.
LBCC started the fiscal year by tapping into $117.5 million in the reserves. However, after that amount was exhausted, an additional planned deficit in the general unrestricted fund budget of $5.3 million was approved to maintain service levels for students.
"I think the budget we have for LBCC is terrific, but the state of California's budget, not so great," said trustee, Thomas Clark.
Gable also added, that with the state's budget being signed 85 days late, the Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA) which is paid for by the state, will be receiving late or no payments at all.
"We did better than most colleges. We hoped for the best and planned for the worst," said President of the Board of Trustees, Jeffrey Kellogg.
"People should be concerned because if the state continues to offer small budgets, it will force the college to cut class offerings and by default, eliminating enrollment growth," said President Eloy Oakley.
He added that in this academic year, we will not see that happening.
At the introduction of the meeting Fred Bebe introduced six new faculty members.
LBCC has hired two instructional multidisciplinary specialists, an English instructor, an anatomy, physiology instructor and a photography instructor.
Cindy Nguyen, director of human resources, said, "They are a diverse group of faculty. I had a chance to meet one-on-one with each one of them," said Cindy Nguyen, director of human resources.
She added, "They're very experienced and seemed knowledgeable in their field of teaching. They were anxious to start and seemed to be really down to earth."
The District has been negotiating with the property owner for the property at 4900 and 4910 E. Conant Street. Two buildings comprised of 74,780 square feet will occupy the 4.4 acres. The property will be used for educational and administrative offices.
The District proposes to acquire the land and both buildings with the General Obligations Bond Funds, according to Ann-Marie Gabel the co-chair of the budget advisory committee.
LBCC started the fiscal year by tapping into $117.5 million in the reserves. However, after that amount was exhausted, an additional planned deficit in the general unrestricted fund budget of $5.3 million was approved to maintain service levels for students.
"I think the budget we have for LBCC is terrific, but the state of California's budget, not so great," said trustee, Thomas Clark.
Gable also added, that with the state's budget being signed 85 days late, the Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA) which is paid for by the state, will be receiving late or no payments at all.
"We did better than most colleges. We hoped for the best and planned for the worst," said President of the Board of Trustees, Jeffrey Kellogg.
"People should be concerned because if the state continues to offer small budgets, it will force the college to cut class offerings and by default, eliminating enrollment growth," said President Eloy Oakley.
He added that in this academic year, we will not see that happening.
At the introduction of the meeting Fred Bebe introduced six new faculty members.
LBCC has hired two instructional multidisciplinary specialists, an English instructor, an anatomy, physiology instructor and a photography instructor.
Cindy Nguyen, director of human resources, said, "They are a diverse group of faculty. I had a chance to meet one-on-one with each one of them," said Cindy Nguyen, director of human resources.
She added, "They're very experienced and seemed knowledgeable in their field of teaching. They were anxious to start and seemed to be really down to earth."
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