November 10, 2008

1. Roll Call
Present — Mr. Michael Duggan, Chair of the Board (by conference call)
Mr. Gordon Elliott, Governor (by conference call)
Mr. Brian Hammons, Vice-Chair of the Board (by conference call)
Ms. Phyllis Washington, Governor (by conference call)

Also
Present — Ken McClure, Interim Vice President for Administrative and Information Services
Clif Smart, General Counsel
Paul Kincaid, Chief of Staff
Jim Baker, Vice President for Research & Economic Development
Brad Kielhofner, Superintendent of Design and Construction
John McAlear, Secretary of the Board

2. Presiding — Mr. Michael Duggan, Chair of the Board of Governors, called the Executive Committee meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. in Room 203 of Carrington Hall on the campus of Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.

3. Research and Economic Development – Mr. Ken McClure, Interim Vice President for Administrative and Information Services, presented a resolution (Item II.A.) for the approval of bids and award of a contract for the second floor lab equipment installation at the Jordan Valley Innovation Center; WMC Mechanical, low bid of $84,650; total project budget set at $115,000. Motion to approve was made by Ms. Washington and seconded by Mr. Hammons.

Motion passed 3-0.

4. Adjournment — Mr. Duggan adjourned the conference call meeting at 9:15 a.m. on the motion of Mr. Elliott, the second of Mr. Hammons, and the unanimous vote of the committee.


John W. McAlear
Secretary of the Board