TC board to consider November election

Texarkana College is seen in December 2015 at 2500 N. Robison Road in Texarkana, Texas.
Texarkana College is seen in December 2015 at 2500 N. Robison Road in Texarkana, Texas.

Texarkana College's Board of Trustees will meet at 11:30 a.m. Monday to consider calling for a board election on Nov. 6.

Place 3, held by Trustee Anne Farris, and Place 4, held by Trustee Ernie Cochran, are up for six-year terms ending in 2024.

Place 1, held by Derrick McGary, who was appointed to the seat in 2018, will be open. McGary plans to run for the remainder of the term, which ends in 2022.

Place 7, held by George Moore, who was also appointed in 2018, will also be open. Moore plans to run for the remainder of the term, which ends in 2020.

TC must call for the election no later than Aug. 20. The college plans to enter into a joint election agreement with Bowie County for the election to take place in correspondence with the county's polling locations. Early voting will be held from Monday, Oct. 22, to Friday, Nov. 2.

Trustees will also hold a budget workshop for the second draft of the 2018-19 budget and consider holding public hearings on the 2018-19 tax rate, which is expected to remain at $.118115, the same as the 2017-18 rate.

The board will consider holding the public hearings on Monday, Aug. 13, and Monday, Aug. 20, and adopt the tax rate on Monday, Aug. 27.

The board will also consider adding a nine-hour occupational skills award in cybersecurity to the 2018-19 course offerings. Dr. Donna McDaniel, vice president of instruction, will give the presentation on the three courses being offered in response to increased interest in the field.

Dean Mary Ellen Young, adviser for Phi Theta Kappa, and the organization's president, Lauren Upchurch, will give a report on the Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Institute at Villanova University, which they recently attended.

The meeting will be held in the Patman Room of the Truman Arnold Student Center, 2500 N. Robison Road, Texarkana, Texas.

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