Ms. Petter began by introducing her team and providing a recap of their activities and involvement with KSU to date.
Chair Dukes asked Ms. Petter to clarify why her office was unable to acquire certain requested records.
Mr. Grate requested an updated agenda reflecting Protiviti's participation in the current meeting. Ms. Shuo Han, Interim General Counsel for KSU, explained that Protiviti's presentation was included as part of the external auditor introduction due to Protiviti's role in preparing KSU's financial records for the external auditor.
Dr. Obielodan asked Ms. Petter to provide Dr. Burnette's department a time extension for locating additional records that her office had requested.
Following Ms. Petter's presentation, Chair Dukes stated that the Audit Committee portion of the Joint Meeting had concluded and turned the meeting over to Regent Ed Hatchett, Chair of the Finance & Administration Committee.
Chair Ed Hatchett called the meeting of the Finance & Administration Committee to order at 10:35 a.m.
Mr. Zachary Atwell, Board Secretary, called the Finance & Administration Committee's roll:
Chair Edward Hatchett, Esq. Present Regent Robert Ramsey, Sr. Present Regent Charles Moyer, PhD Present Regent Tammi Dukes Present Dr. James Tidwell Present Ms. Christina Jones Present
All Committee members were present.
Dr. Daarel Burnette, Interim Vice President, Finance & Business Affairs, and Chief of Staff, presented this agenda item.
Dr. Burnette began the presentation with a new organizational chart for the Finance & Administration Department, which reflected many changes that the Department had undergone.
Next, Dr. Burnette discussed the Finance & Administration Department's personnel profile, noting that 19 of the 67 budgeted positions were vacant.