Howard College Board of Trustees to convene Wednesday evening at 6, for routine agenda
Howard College Board of Trustees will be convening for a regular meeting on an irregular day. The Board will be convening on Wednesday afternoon at 6 p.m. after a short Executive Session at 5:45. The meeting will take place in the Tumbleweed Room of the Student Union Building.
The meeting will begin with the invocation and recognition of guests, followed by communication to the board. Approval of routine matters will take place, which will include approve of minutes of regular meeting from Jan. 25, 2021, monthly checklist for January
2021, monthly reports of auxiliary services, personnel matters and internal audit report.
There is no unfinished business to be revisited which will allow the Board to move directly into new business. As usual the discussion will begin with Visioning and Future Directions. The vision, mission, values, and strategic planning for the district will be discussed as well as Board of Trustees Institute webinar report. Dr.
Cheryl Sparks will be providing the Open Howard College update as well as the Covid-19 response status #11. There are no reports for Big Spring, Lamesa or San Angelo specifically. The update reported for SWCD will include Advisory Council Membership.
As part of the performance measures/outcomes the Board will be presented with accountability measures including operational indicators, financial indicators which will include quarterly investment report, and student success indicators including Spring enrollment and contact hour report.
The Board of Trustees will look at President’s Contract/ Job Description before discussing an electricity bid. Annually the Board looks at bids and this is a routine agenda item.
The Board will also be looking at handbook and catalog changes before heading to discussion on construction/ renovation projects. Updates will be given regarding the Big Spring/SWCD roof project and change orders. The Big Spring Campus boiler and chiller project will also be discussed as updates are provided.
Scenic Mountain Medical Center has reported 02/22/2021:
• 1 Covid-19 positive patients
• 0 in ICU & 0 vent
SMMG & SMMC Testing through Feb. 22:
• 3467 tests
• 803 positives for 23.2% positivity rate
• 0 pending
From Dec. 2020 - Feb. 22, 1531 patients have tested of which 293 were positive for a rate of 19.1% positivity. 0 test is pending.
Howard County has reported as of Feb. 22:
• 2963 positive cases
• 95 Covid-19 fatalities
• 84 Active cases
• 4290 recovered
• 1506 probable cases
Outpatient COVID testing in Big Spring
Gregg Street Clinic 2301 South Gregg St Big Spring, Texas 79720 Clinic Hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday
910 S Main St
Big Spring, TX 79720 Clinic Hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday
West Texas Medical Plaza 1501 W 11th Place Big Spring, Texas 79720 Clinic Hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday
Big Spring Urgent Care 1700 W. FM 700 Suite B
Affordacare 710 S. Gregg Street