UW Campus Commission

DATE: Thursday, August 17, 2006
TIME: 9:00 A.M.
PLACE:
Meeting room off the Joe Wankerl Cafeteria
Baraboo/Sauk County UW Campus
1006 Connie Road
Baraboo, WI

Members Present: Wedekind, Mielke, Geimer, Huffaker, Burke, and Haugen.

Members Absent: Giese.

Others Present: Pleger, Davis, Griffith, Liston, Janke, and Schauf.

Chairperson Wedekind called the meeting to order at 9:00 A.M. and compliance with the Open Meeting Law was verified.

Motion by Liston, seconded by Geimer to approve the agenda for today's meeting, as mailed.
Motion carried.

B. Mielke noted a correction to the minutes of the July 20, 2006 meeting. The reporting period for the financial report should read "1/1/06 to 7/31/06" and Dean Pleger asked that the spelling of his last name be corrected. Motion by Haugen, seconded by Huffaker, to approve the minutes, with the foregoing corrections.
Motion carried.

Public Comment:

None

Communications:

None

Financial Report:

None

Maintenance Report and Payment of Bills:

R. Griffith presented the monthly maintenance report and list of bills. Motion by Geimer, seconded by Huffaker to approve the report and list of bills in an amount of $4,941.86. Motion carried.

Dean's Report:

Dean Pleger reported on the following items:

• Ongoing searches are taking place for various positions on Campus.
• The UW Chancellor has given notice of positions awarded to various campuses.
• The Baraboo/Sauk County Campus has currently reached 86% of its targeted
  enrollment (total head count is 545); confidence was expressed that the target
  will be met.
• Start up week on campus is underway with master and long-term planning being
  discussed.
• Senior administrators from 2 year campuses and UW Extension personnel recently
  met with the UW Chancellor. New opportunities, as well as some long term changes,
  are expected to arise from this joint effort. A "Blue Ribbon Statewide Commission" has been appointed to review the current and future mission of 2 year campuses. Ken Grant from the Baraboo-Sauk County Campus will serve as a member of this group.

Discussion on Living and Learning Center:

Chairperson Wedekind informed Commission members a meeting had taken place between he and representatives from the City and County, as well as Dean Pleger and C. Davis, at which future plans of the Living and Learning Center were discussed. Both he and Sauk County Administrative Coordinator, K. Schauf, felt the meeting was positive; however work and research needs to be accomplished regarding an updated timeline and plan for the project.

Dean Pleger also spoke well of the meeting, highlighting the following areas which will need to be presented and brought forward to the Campus Commission for action:

timeline for the project, fund raising details, plans for actual construction, and models of operation for the facility. It was suggested the foregoing items be discussed at a special meeting of the Campus Commission, to be held prior to presentation to the City and County for consideration, presumably in September. Commission member Huffaker asked that the Living and Learning Center Building Committee take part in the planning and presentation of this material. Dean Pleger noted he also is planning to bring in a senior administrator from the state level for assistance.

Discussion of Policy Regarding the Naming of Buildings on Campus and Possible Resolution:

Dean Pleger distributed copies of information he received from the Madison campus entitled, "Naming or Dedicating of University Facilities". The policy states, "If the request involves a living individual who has been formally associated with the University of Wisconsin, or has held a paid public office, a waiting period is required unless a situation is presented where a gift stipulates the naming. Normally, at least five years must have elapsed from the time a person who has been formally associated with the University of Wisconsin System, or has held a paid public office, has terminated that association, or left the paid public office".

Discussion followed and several Commission members questioned if this policy applied to local campuses. Dean Pleger has posed this question to the Madison office and is currently awaiting a response. Consensus of Commission members was to wait until an answer to this inquiry is received before proceeding.

It was noted the next meeting of the Sauk County Board of Supervisors will be held on Tuesday, September 19th, with agenda items being due in the County Clerk's Office no later than Monday, September 11th. Given that fact, motion was made by Mielke, seconded by Geimer to adjourn and set a special meeting of the Campus Commission for Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 9:00 A.M. Motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 9:20 A.M.
Motion carried.

Respectfully submitted: Beverly J. Mielke, Sauk County Clerk, Secretary