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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:21 PM CDT
Roadway might reduce jams at Lake Land
By HERB MEEKER, Staff Writer
hmeeker@jg-tc.com
MATTOON — Officials at Lake Land College hope to reduce traffic jams at LLC’s north entrance with a roadway construction agreement with an apartment complex owner.
On Monday, the college’s board of trustees unanimously approved a roadway agreement with Reggie H. Phillips of Unique Homes & Lumber, Inc. to cover all but the material costs for a connecting road running from the west side of the new apartment buildings to the perimeter roadway and running north-south just to the west of the campus ball field.
LLC President Scott Lensink said the project will cost the college $60,823 for materials.
The hope is that the new access roadway will relieve congestion at the north entrance. The apartments are privately owned, but many students live there and that adds to the traffic headaches with only one access roadway now present for apartment residents, officials said.
“The north entrance is our busiest one right now. And there is only one road out of the apartments right now,” Lensink said. “So that can create a mess in the morning or other times. More accidents occur in that area than anywhere else on campus.”
In another agreement decision Monday, the board added 31.5 acres of tillable land for use by the college agriculture program at a cash farmland lease of $4,725 per year or
$150 per acre. This land, located north of the West Building area and west of the private apartments, will make up for land lost to recent construction projects on the west end of the campus, Lensink said.
In personnel matters, the board selected Kathleen Daugherty as office technology instructor/office technology-medical program coordinator and Judy Bennett as developmental reading and writing instructor/coordinator. Both women have served as adjunct faculty on campus for several years.
The board also “accepted a resolution to dismiss and issue notice of hearing rights” to an employee described in the agenda as a “tenured faculty member.” No further comment was offered after a long closed session due to this being a personnel issue, and no comment came from officials associated with the faculty union.
In other business, the trustees:
n Authorized honorable termination notices for support and administrative personnel associated with the Department of Corrections education programs conducted by LLC. These terminations will not be necessary if the Illinois Department of Corrections forwards signed contracts or a letter of intent with the college before June 30, the end of the 2008-09 fiscal year. This action is take regularly to ensure enough notice is given if terminations are needed due to a cancellation of the state contract.
n Accepted a memorandum of understanding with Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center for allowing college facilities to be used during major medical emergencies by SBLHC through a hospital disaster plan. Lensink said the Field House would mainly be utilized under the current proposal if SBLHC would need more room to treat a large number of patients from disasters ranging from bioterrorism to a major tornado.
n Approved articulation agreements with Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College for a smoother transition for students completing criminal justice and elementary education degrees.
Contact Herb Meeker at hmeeker@jg-tc.com or 238-6869.
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medic57 wrote on May 13, 2009 1:05 PM: