Building “M,” Room 137 on the Verde Valley Campus, 601 W Black Hills Drive, Clarkdale, Arizona
The Yavapai Community College Governing Board will hold its general monthly Board meeting beginning at 1 p.m., Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The meeting will be held in Building “M,” Room 137 on the Verde Valley Campus, 601 W Black Hills Drive, Clarkdale, Arizona.
The public is invited to attend. There will be an opportunity for the public to address the Board on any topic at this meeting for three minutes shortly after it is graveled to order. However, in order to speak to the Board, you must sign-in with your name 15 minutes before the meeting that begins at 1 p.m.
The agenda for the meeting will be posted by the Governing Board on the Board’s website prior to the meeting. Agendas must contain information reasonably necessary to inform the public of the matters to be discussed or decided. A.R.S. § 38-431.09. Agendas must be available at least 24 hours before the meeting. A.R.S. § 38- 431.02(G).
The public has a right to attend, listen, tape record or videotape this meeting. The public may not disrupt, but may speak during the call to the public at the beginning of this meeting. See Ariz. Att’y Gen. Op. No. I78-001.
When the agenda is posted for the meeting (usually late Friday afternoon but not always), you may view it by clicking on the following link and going to this page on the College web site. Click here.
The second annual 
Yavapai Community College received two scholarships totaling $5,000 from the Prescott based Captain Crossfit owners, Michelle Blevins and Dave Franz, to honor two fallen Granite Mountain Hotshots: Clayton Whitted and Travis Turbyfill. “The funds will be used to directly support firefighter education,” said Prescott Chief of Police, Debora Black. Chief Black initially approached the Community College about the scholarships. “Everyone agreed that the Yavapai College [scholarship] program was the best way to support students in our local community,” she said. The scholarships came from the money raised through the Captain CrossFit Granite Mountain Hotshot annual fundraisers.
At its April 9 meeting, the Sedona City Council discussed the future of Career and Technical Education Center in the East Region of the County and the advisability of sending a letter regarding its view to the Community College. The discussion was triggered by a request from Yavapai Community College Governing Board Representative Paul Chevalier that the Council share its view on a centralized Career and Technical Education Center in a letter to the College president and Governing Board.
The tuition data released by the Community College at the March 2019 Governing Board meeting should be worrying to the Governing Board and Administration. According to the data, the College took in about $624,000 less in tuition than it did four years ago. This is despite tuition increase in every year over the past decade.
Verde Valley Campus Executive Dean James Perey explained to the Yavapai Community College Governing Board at the March meeting how the Administration decided on renovating Building “L.” As explained by Dean Perey, Building L is being renovated primarily for Allied Health.
Dr. Ewell also reported that the consultants anticipated the College will need at least $32 million over the next ten years to ensure proper maintenance of the buildings on its campuses and centers in the District.