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KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF REGENTS SPECIAL CALLED MEETING Thursday, June 17, 2021 9:00 a.m.

**MEETING WAS CONDUCTED BY TELECONFERENCE** Board of Regents Room 2nd Floor Julian M. Carroll Academic Services Building Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 (Primary Physical Location)

MINUTES *****

I. Call to Order

Chairperson Elaine Farris, Ed.D. called the meeting to order at 9:11 a.m.

II. Roll Call

President M. Christopher Brown II, Ph.D. conducted roll call:

Regent Ron Banks	Present
Regent Mindy Barfield, Esq.	Present
Regent Carolyn Burns, MD	Present
Regent Elaine Farris, Ed.D.	Present
Regent Chandee Felder	Present
Regent Paul Harnice, Esq.	Present
Regent Dalton Jantzen	Absent
Regent Kirk Miller	Present
Regent Joe Moffett, Ph.D.	Present
Regent Syamala H. K. Reddy, MD	Present
Regent Roger Reynolds	Present

Ten Regents were in attendance. Quorum was established.

III. Adoption of the Agenda

MOTION by Regent Reddy:

Move the Board to adopt the agenda of the June 17, 2021 Special Called Meeting of the Board of Regents.

Seconded by Regent Reynolds and passed without dissent.

IV. Introduction of Provost

President Brown introduced the new Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Leroy Hamilton Jr. Provost Hamilton addressed the Board and expressed his gratitude for being part of the KSU team.

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V. Action Item(s)

MOTION by Regent Moffett:

Move the Board to approve Hunter Hall renovations.

Seconded by Regent Barfield and passed without dissent.

MOTION by Regent Moffett:

Move the Board to approve the updated summer feeding agreement.

Seconded by Regent Miller and passed without dissent.

Regent Reddy was not able to vote on these two items due to technical difficulties at the time of the motion but later indicated for the record that his vote on both action items is “yes.”

VI. Update on Cessation of Campus Telecommunication

President Brown reported that in response to COVID-19, state agencies were mandated certain percentages of maximum capacity for employees. On June 10, 2021, Kentucky's Personnel Cabinet issued a communication that all agencies can return to 100 percent capacity in office. After July 5, 2021, KSU plans to return to 100 percent capacity with encouragement for vaccination. The state is not mandating that KSU stay at a lower capacity but campus can chose to stay at lower capacity. As such, KSU is designing a telecommuting policy.

VII. Closed Session

MOTION by Regent Reddy:

MOVE THE BOARD TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PENDING LITIGATION (KRS 61.8101)(c)) AND INDIVIDUAL PERSONNEL MATTERS (KRS 61.810 (1)(f)). SECONDED BY REGENT FELDER AND PASSED WITHOUT DISSENT.

VIII. Open Session

MOTION by Regent Reynolds:

Move the Board to reconvene in general session.

Seconded by Regent Banks and passed without dissent

IX. Adjournment

MOTION by Regent Moffett:

Move the Board to adjourn.

Seconded by Regent Reynolds and passed without dissent.

The meeting adjourned at 11:25 a.m.

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Submitted by:

Roger Reynolds, Board Secretary

Kentucky State University

Board of Regents

Approved with no corrections

___ Approved with corrections

Elanie Faris

Dr. Elaine Farris, Chair

Kentucky State University

Board of Regents