NIU Board of Trustees to hold special meeting May 7

PUBLIC NOTICE

Special Meeting of the
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
8 p.m. Thursday – May 7, 2015
Board of Trustees Room
315 Altgeld Hall - Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois

Schedule

8 p.m.

(Expected to include consideration of a University proposal for review and action: Authorization to Retain an Executive Search Firm for the Women’s Basketball Coaching Position. The Board may also go into closed session. Possibly other matters for discussion only.)

AGENDA FORMAT FOR MEETING

1. 1. 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
      2. VERIFICATION OF QUORUM AND APPROPRIATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
      3. MEETING AGENDA APPROVAL
      4. CHAIR’S COMMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
      5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (SEE NOTE)
      6. CLOSED SESSION
      7. RECONVENE PUBLIC MEETING
      8. UNIVERSITY RECOMMENDATIONS/ACTION
      9. OTHER MATTERS
      10. NEXT MEETING DATE
      11. ADJOURNMENT

NOTE (05/07/15) – The Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees is examining its existing policy concerning public comment/appearances before the Board through its Ad Hoc Committee on Governance and in accordance with rules governing amendments to the Bylaws (Article X of its Bylaws). Irrespective of any other published or posted policy, for this Special Meeting of the Board, individuals wishing to make an appearance before the Board should provide the Board Parliamentarian, or designee, a timely request to provide public comment any time prior to the start time of the meeting. Individuals seeking to provide public comment will not be asked to provide any information other than their name. The Board Chair will limit time allotments for speakers to five minutes or less, depending on the number of timely requests and the available meeting time. Minutes of this meeting will record a summary of individuals’ remarks, subject to the same editing practices applied to the remarks of all meeting participants. Individuals making timely requests are welcome to supplement their public comments with written material, which will be distributed to Board members upon request.