College of Charleston Board of Trustees to Hold Meeting/Retreat

The College of Charleston Board of Trustees will hold a meeting/retreat on June 9-11, 2024. The meetings will be held in the Mills House Hotel at 115 Meeting Street in Charleston on June 9 and 10. The meeting on June 11 will be held in Alumni Memorial Hall on the College of Charleston campus.

The meeting will also be broadcast on Zoom Video Conference and can be accessed by using:
Conference Call #: 312 626 6799
Meeting ID: 917 2377 2199

Schedule

Sunday, June 9, 2024
Mills House, 115 Meeting Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401
5 p.m. – Reception
6 p.m. (Planters Suite) – Dinner with Board of Trustees, president’s cabinet and Ellen Chaffee, interim president of the Association of Governing Boards

Monday, June 10, 2024
Mills House, 115 Meeting Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401
8 a.m. (Queen Street Gallery) – Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – Call to Order/Welcome
8:35 a.m.–12 p.m. (Heyward/Lynch Room) – “Governing for the Future” presentation by Ellen Chaffee
12–12:45 p.m. – Buffet lunch
12:45 p.m. (Queen Street Gallery) – Budget, Finance and Facilities Committee meeting

Call to Order

Approval of Meeting Minutes

• May 22, 2024 Budget, Finance and Facilities Committee meeting/budget workshop

Information Items

• Proposed 2024–25 Budget, Tuition and Fees review

Budget Resolution/Motion Review

Executive Session

• Receipt of legal advice where the legal advice relates to a pending, threatened or potential claim or other matters covered by the attorney-client privilege
• Discussion of negotiations incident to proposed contractual arrangements and proposed purchase/lease of property
• Employment records – legal matters and contract negotiations; personnel matters
• Personnel matters – legal matters covered by attorney-client privilege
• Discussion of trade secrets (Section 30-4-40) where public disclosure would expose commercially valuable plans, marketing services and competitive information   

On returning to open session, action may be taken on the items discussed during the executive session.

Old Business/New Business

• Motion to approve 2024–25 Budget, Tuition and Fees proposal (Resolution)

Adjourn

1:45 p.m. – Break
2 p.m. – Board of Trustees meeting/retreat reconvenes 

• Motion to approve 2024–25 Budget, Tuition and Fees resolution
• Motion to approve naming opportunity

Executive Session

• Receipt of legal advice where the legal advice relates to a pending, threatened or potential claim or other matters covered by the attorney-client privilege
• Discussion of negotiations incident to proposed contractual arrangements and proposed purchase/lease of property
• Employment records – legal matters and contract negotiations; personnel matters 
• Discussion of trade secrets (Section 30-4-40) where public disclosure would expose commercially valuable plans, marketing services and competitive information   

On returning to open session, action may be taken on the items discussed during the executive session.

Old Business/New Business

3–4:15 p.m. – Facilities Visioning session
4:30 p.m. – Board of Trustees meeting/retreat recesses
6 p.m. – Pre-Dinner meeting (please arrive by 6)
7 p.m. – Dinner at a local restaurant with the Board of Trustees and President Andrew T. Hsu

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Alumni Memorial Hall
8 a.m. – Continental breakfast
8:25 a.m. – Group BOT photo on steps of Randolph Hall
8:30 a.m. – Board of Trustees meeting/retreat reconvenes

Executive Session

• Receipt of legal advice where the legal advice relates to a pending, threatened or potential claim or other matters covered by the attorney-client privilege
• Discussion of negotiations incident to proposed contractual arrangements and proposed purchase/lease of property
• Employee records – legal matters and executive contract negotiations; personnel matters
• Personnel matters – legal matters covered by attorney-client privilege
• Discussion of trade secrets (Section 30-4-40) where public disclosure would expose commercially valuable plans, marketing services and competitive information 

On returning to open session, action may be taken on the items discussed during the executive session.

11 a.m. – Tour of St. Philip Street facilities and Simons Center
12 p.m. – Board of Trustees meeting/retreat continues (Alumni Memorial Hall)

Executive Session

• Receipt of legal advice where the legal advice relates to a pending, threatened or potential claim or other matters covered by the attorney-client privilege
• Discussion of negotiations incident to proposed contractual arrangements and proposed purchase/lease of property
• Employee records – legal matters and executive contract negotiations; personnel matters
• Personnel matters – legal matters covered by attorney-client privilege
• Discussion of trade secrets (Section 30-4-40) where public disclosure would expose commercially valuable plans, marketing services and competitive information 

On returning to open session, action may be taken on the items discussed during the executive session.

Old Business/New Business

12:45 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 p.m. – Chair Romberger’s “Wrap-Up”

• Committee assignment process and August BOT meeting schedule
• Housekeeping Items

1:45 p.m. (approximately) – Board of Trustees meeting/retreat adjourns