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Votes at a glance: board committee actions on minutes, appointments, centers and campus projects
Summary
Committees recorded a series of approvals Jan. 23, including approval of prior meeting minutes, a public‑media board appointment, discontinuation of three centers, project design approvals for research and utility facilities, and a utility easement grant.
Committees met Jan. 23 and voted on multiple consent‑agenda items and project approvals; the actions below reflect motions made and recorded during committee sessions and will be placed on the full board consent agenda where indicated.
Key actions recorded at committee level
- Approval of open session minutes (Nov. 6, 2024): Motion to approve the open session minutes was made and carried in committee. Outcome: approved; placed on full board consent agenda.
- External Relations: Appointment to WUNC board of directors — Nancy Bailey, account director at ENV Strategic Communications. Motion to approve carried in committee and will be placed on the full board consent agenda for the full board to ratify. Outcome: approved by committee vote.
- Academic/Research: Requests to discontinue three centers (Center for Urban and Regional Studies; McAllister Heart Institute; UNC Blood Research Center). The Provost presented the committee with the institutes‑review recommendation to decommission these centers as pan‑campus entities; committee approved discontinuation requests to be placed on the full board consent agenda. Outcome: approved by committee vote.
- Facilities/Design approvals (design approval and planning actions): The committee approved design submissions and advanced‑planning spending authority for several projects, including design approvals for the Translational Research Building and the Bernard Street (South) Chilled‑Water Plant, advanced planning for a new residence hall and Fetzer Hall addition/renovation, and a series of designer selections for maintenance/renovation projects. Outcome: approved by committee vote; items to appear on full board consent agenda.
- Real estate disposition: Grant of an easement to the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) was approved in committee. Outcome: approved by committee vote; to be placed on the full board consent agenda.
Votes and procedure notes: Most motions were carried by voice vote with “aye” recorded and no opposed votes noted in committee minutes. Where specific seconds or movers were recorded in the transcript they are noted in the committee record; the full board will take final action on consent items at its next convening.
Ending: Committee record shows these approvals were placed on the full board consent agenda; trustees may request consent items be pulled for separate consideration at the full board meeting.
