[Speaker 1] (0:05 - 2:04)
All right, well, it's 430. I'm going to go ahead and start the meeting. So I call to order the meeting of the Lee College Board of Regents on February 4th, 2026 at 630 p.m. First, we do have a quorum. So the first item on the agenda is invocation. Regent Fontenot is not available, so I will do the invocation. Please join me in prayer.

Heavenly Father, I just thank you for this beautiful day you've given us in Baytown, Texas. And Father, we thank you for the opportunity to deliberate on the needs of the college. And in this case, to thank the people who who show up and are there to support our institution, our students through through natural disasters and emergencies and everything else that they have to deal with.

We know that some folks were at the campus during the freeze and we know that some were not. And we are here to talk tonight about how we compensate those folks. So just be with us as we are thoughtful in this little deliberation.

And we just thank you for the opportunity to serve our community. All these prayers I lift in Jesus name. Amen.

OK, do we have any sign anyone signed up for public comment? No, Mr. Chairman, no one signed up. All right, we will move on to new business.

OK, first item of business, consideration of compensation for college employees impacted by weather related closure of the college. The administration recommends that the board approve the resolution authorizing compensation for full time and part time and hourly employees impacted by the closure of the college due to inclement weather on January twenty twenty four, twenty twenty six to January twenty seven, twenty twenty six. So I'm a second and a motion from Regent Guillory's second from Regent Gerald's.

Do we have any comments, questions on this item?

[Speaker 2] (2:07 - 2:34)
My only comment is that I think we talked a couple of times about this process and kind of making it to where it gives the authority for it to automatically happen each time. Does anybody else recall this kind of talk about it? I know we didn't actually make a policy, but does anyone else recall even mentioning doing something to where we don't have to do it each time?

Yes, we have discussed that.

[Speaker 1] (2:35 - 3:23)
Yes. Yes, we have. What I will take from yesterday, somebody here.

Mark, I'll go ahead. Mark, all you're saying. OK, so based on this discussion item, after we take action, I will send a request to policy committee chair Mark Hall to take a look at whether it's a policy or a procedural issue and provide some options for us to review whether they think they can have a blanket answer or it could be a series of trigger points.

We'll let them work that out, but I will officially send that to the policy committee to work on. Any other comments?

[Speaker 2] (3:24 - 3:26)
No, thank you. That's all I had. Thank you.

[Speaker 1] (3:26 - 3:31)
Great. Thank you. OK, anything else?

All in favor. Say aye.

[Speaker 2] (3:32 - 3:32)
Aye.

[Speaker 1] (3:33 - 4:14)
Aye. Aye. Any opposed?

Say aye. No. Say no.

All right. Hearing none, the motion is approved. So again, thank you for your time.

Do we have any executive session items with this meeting? Anyone? Nope.

I don't have anything. All right. Well, I've got to see my agenda.

All right. So it looks like matters of concern for future agendas. I think we just discussed one during that item.

So I will carry that forward. Is there anything else for a future agenda? All right.

Well, hearing none, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you.

[Speaker 2] (4:14 - 4:15)
Bye, guys.

[Speaker 1] (4:15 - 4:15)
Bye.