Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) The officers of the board of trustees
(board) shall be a chair and a vice chair. Other officers may be elected as
needed, consistent with the Ohio Revised Code.
(1) The board of trustees shall have its
organizational meeting for the election of officers in January 2005 and in
January of each second year thereafter.
(2) The chair shall preside at all meetings
of the board. The vice chair shall preside in the absence of the
chair.
(3) In the absence of the
chair and vice chair, the board shall elect a chair pro tem. The chair pro tem
shall vacate the chair upon the entrance of the chair or vice chair.
(4) In the event the chair resigns as chair,
or at such time as the chair is no longer a member of the board of trustees,
the vice chair shall assume the chair and a new vice chair shall thereupon be
elected by the board.
(5) In the
event the vice chair resigns as vice chair, or at such time as the vice chair
is no longer a member of the board of trustees, a new vice chair shall
thereupon be elected by the board.
(B) The board shall also elect, pursuant to
section 3354.06 of the Revised Code, a
secretary and a treasurer who are not members of the board.
(1) The secretary and treasurer shall report
directly to the board.
(a) The secretary shall
be the president of the college unless otherwise designated by the
board.
(b) The treasurer shall be
the vice president for administrative services unless otherwise designated by
the board.
(2) The
secretary shall record the minutes of all board meetings, shall maintain a
record of all resolutions adopted by the board, and shall perform such other
duties as may be authorized from time to time.
(3) The treasurer shall perform the duties
set forth in section 3354.06 of the Revised Code and
shall perform such other duties as may be authorized from time to
time.
(C)
Committee
governance.
(1)
The board shall establish standing committees for the
following areas of focus:
(a)
Academic and student success - quality assurance,
strategy development and outcomes oversight;
(b)
Finance, audit
and physical plant - system and fiduciary accountability, treasury and debt
management, and real property management;
(c)
Human resources -
equity and inclusion, culture and talent, and employee
relations;
(d)
Ambassadorship - public policy, resource enhancement,
and brand and reputation.
(2)
Committees
described in paragraphs (C)(1)(a), (C)(1)(b) and (C)(1)(c) of this rule shall
consist of three board of trustee members appointed by the chair of the board.
The committee described in paragraph (C)(1)(d) of this rule shall consist of at
least three board of trustee members appointed by the chair of the board. The
chair of the board may appoint a chair of each committee listed. At the first,
or any subsequent, meeting of each committee, the committee may appoint a new
chair of the committee by a majority vote. board committee members shall serve
two-year terms or to the expiration of the authorization of this, whichever is
shorter.
(3)
Committees may appoint non-board members of the college
staff or the community to assist with the duties of the
committee.
(4)
Committees may approve (but not deny) contractual and
financial obligations for the college up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars,
however no contract involving the expenditure of money shall become effective
until there is placed thereon by the treasurer as fiscal officer of the
district the certificate provided for by section
5705.41 of the Revised
Code.
(5)
Committees may hire and engage employment for vice
presidents of the college.
(6)
Committees may
create or amend board policies, which policies or amendments will become
effective after forty-five days' notice to the full board, unless the board
acts to reject the committee's action.
(7)
Committees shall
meet at least twice during the fiscal calendar year.
(8)
Committees shall
report to the board at the next succeeding regular meeting of the board after
any meeting of the committee, and such report shall include, among other
things, any powers exercised under paragraphs (C)(4), (C)(5) and (C)(6) of this
rule hereof.
(D)
Membership of the board
Any member of a board of trustees of higher education who fails
to attend at least three fifths of the regular and special meetings held by the
board during any two-year period forfeits his/her position on the board as
mandated by the Ohio Revised Code.
(E)
Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this rule, but subject to the provisions of Chapter
3354. of the Revised Code, the board at any time may limit the powers of all
officers, delegate to any officer the power and duties of any other officer,
rescind any action taken by any officer (subject to the rights, if any, of
third persons) and control and remove any officer at any time.
