Union agreements approved by Board of Trustees
LINCOLN, Neb. – Agreements between the Nebraska State College Board of Trustees and the State College Education Association (SCEA), the Nebraska State College System Professional Association (NSCPA) and the Nebraska Association of Public Employees/American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (NAPE/AFSCME) collective bargaining units were approved during the meeting of the Board of Trustees in Lincoln.
During the Jan. 17, 2017, meeting of the Board of Trustees, the Board also approved memorandums of understanding between ESU 13 and ESU 16 with Chadron State College, as well as supporting acceptance of two audit reports.
The union agreements approved by the Board are for the 2017-19 biennium and are available in their entirety in the Jan. 17 board materials.
According to materials presented to the Board of Trustees, the memorandums of understanding between Chadron State College and Educational Service Units 13 and 16 support collaboration opportunities for the college to provide undergraduate and graduate-level continuing education/professional development courses.
The Board also approved acceptance of two audits. The first was performed by the Auditor of Public Accounts (APA) and it was a basic financial audit for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, and June 30, 2016.The APA’s opinion stated, “…based on our audit and the reports of the other auditors, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the business-type activities and the discretely presented component units of the NSCS, as of June 30, 2016 and 2015, and December 31, 2015 and 2014, (Peru State Foundation) and the respective changes in financial position and cash flows thereof for the years then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.”
A second audit performed by BKD was a federal audit for the year ending June 30, 2016.
Additionally, the Board approved use of sports facility cash funds for the CSC Stadium project in 2018 and 2019. The current sports facility cash funds are $300,000 annually.
The Board meeting concluded with reports from each of the state college’s Student Trustees and Presidents. Dr. Randy Rhine’s report highlighted Chadron State’s commitment to providing the campus, community and the region with diversity-related educational experiences.
The next Board of Trustees’ meeting is scheduled for March 23-24 at Peru State.
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