Cloud County Community College Board of Trustees Approves Budget

The Cloud County Community College Board of Trustees has voted to approve their 2024 Budget that leaves the local property tax mill levy the same as in 2023 at 29.105 mills.

The board, which met for a special meeting on Tuesday, September 5th, also approved a salary increase of 3% to the base salary of each full-time administrative employee who were in their current position or have not received a compensation adjustment by April 1, 2023, as well as a salary increase of 3% to the base salary of each full-time support staff employee.  These wage increases are effective July 1, 2023.

The board also approved that no wage for full-time support staff employees be below $13 per hour for those support staff employees who were in their current position or have not received a compensation adjustment by April 1, 2023.

In other action items, the board approved the Master Contract for Fiscal Year 2023-2024.

Daniel Hill of Hays was appointed as the college's new Coordinator of Residence Life, effective October 2nd.  Hill will be responsible for administering the Residence Life Program including resident check-in and check-out procedures, room assignments, resident services, and hiring and training Resident Assistants.

Hill has a Master's degree in Student Affairs - Higher Education from Fort Hays State University.  He had been serving as the Student Experience Coordinator at North Central Kansas Technical College since 2022, planning and executing multiple events for students, advising Student Senate, and coordinating with high schools and prospective students to schedule and give tours of programs and housing.

Before adjourning, the board also approved the renewal of the Jenzabar maintenance and remote services for the 2023-2024 academic year in the amount of $176,453, beginning October 1, 2023.

Cloud County Community College selected and purchased Jenzabar in 2005 as their enterprise resource planning software.  This software supports functions critical to the college operations such as admissions, advising, financial aid, student records, human resources and accounting operations.