PJC Regents approve maximum price for new dorms
Published or Revised August 26, 2009
The Paris Junior College Board of Regents on Monday formally accepted a guaranteed maximum price for the new residence hall of $3,814,181 from Charter Builders, the project's construction manager at-risk. There will be a student bed capacity of 60, plus a head resident apartment. This price includes extending the HVAC four-pipe system from Thompson Hall to the new hall and storm drainage improvements for the south side of campus. "We had a huge number of bids for the subcontracting work, and we selected the lowest and best bids," said PJC President Dr. Pamela Anglin. "I'm pleased to report that about 30 percent of the work will go to local subcontractors." The Regents also approved a 2009-10 tax rate of 0.185 cents per $100 evaluation, a drop from last year's rate of 0.1874, a difference of .0024. The Lamar County Tax Appraisal Office presented the Certified Tax Rolls to PJC with a taxable amount of $1,549,536,063. Dean of Business Services John Eastman explained that the income statement shows that it "has been a very solid, very good year for us." PJC will end the year with a surplus due to enrollment increases and an investment rate of 4.35 percent for much of the year. The Regents also approved a transfer of up to $2 million of that surplus to the Renewals and Replacement account. That funding will be used to help cover the cost of the new residence hall and to make other campus improvements. As part of the President's Report, Dr. Anglin told the Regents that early registration for fall semester was looking good, with more than 4,000 students already enrolled. Financial aid has already processed 700 more award letters than at this time last year. In other business, the Regents:- Approved a property deposit requirement of zero. It is still unnecessary, because school policies have been successful in getting students to pay for damage they have caused. State law requires this be revisited each year.
- Adopted a balanced budget of $28.3 million for the 2009-10 budget year.
- Approved an increase to the meal per diem for traveling employees.
- Were updated on personnel actions that included the following reassignments: John Spradling, director of the Greenville Center since June 2007, has been named as Dean of Workforce Education to replace Kevin Rose. Rose has accepted a position as Dean of Business, Technology and Continuing Education at Northeast Texas Community College in Mount Pleasant, the institution he was at prior to coming to PJC. New hires include Blair Daiker, instructor of associate degree nursing; Robert Rankin, instructor of accounting; Flossie Arnold, student recruiter/academic advisor in Greenville; Alexia Riggs, technical services librarian; Jess Kammer, student recruiter/academic advisor in Paris; Clint Hutchins, instructor of welding; Shaun Carter, Educational Talent Search advisor; and Brad Bolton, instructor of emergency medical services. In addition to Rose, Deanna Jackson resigned as student recruiter/academic advisor to take a position as Head Start teacher.