MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
RISK MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
OCTOBER 4, 2018, 3:30 P.M.
Present - Mr. Gregory Spears, Committee Chair (by conference call)
Mr. Craig Frazier, Committee Member
Ms. Carol Silvey, Committee Member (by conference call)
Ms. Carrie Tergin, Committee Member (by conference call)
Also Present - Mr. Clifton Smart III, President
Ms. Donna Christian, Director of Internal Audit and Compliance
Mr. Ryan DeBoef, Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President for Governmental Relations
Dr. Ronald Del Vecchio, Dean, Darr College of Agriculture
Ms. Rachael Dockery, General Counsel
Dr. Frank Einhellig, Provost
Mr. Steve Foucart, Chief Financial Officer (by conference call)
Dr. Shirley Lawler, Chancellor, West Plains Campus (by conference call)
Ms. Beverly Miller, Governor
Mr. William Miller, Student Governor
Mr. Jeff Mitchell, Associate General Counsel
Dr. James Satterfield, Department Header, Counseling Leadership and Special Education
Mr. Scott Schneider, Director of Business and Support Services, West Plains (by conference
call)
Ms. Suzanne Shaw, Vice President for Marketing and Communications
Dr. Dee Siscoe, Vice President for Student Affairs
Ms. Angela Totty, Dean of Student Services, West Plains (by conference call)
Ms. Kristan Gochenauer, Secretary to the Board
1. Roll Call – Mr. Gregory Spears, Committee Chair, called the Risk Management
and Audit Committee meeting to order at 3:28 p.m. on Thursday, October 4, 2018, in
room 203 of Carrington Hall on the campus of Missouri State University in Springfield,
Missouri.
2. Approval of Minutes – Mr. Spears mentioned that the first item of business was the approval of minutes from the June 21, 2018 meeting. Ms. Carol Silvey made a motion, seconded by Mr. Craig Frazier.
Motion passed unanimously.
3. Closed Meeting – It was determined that the Board of Governors needed to meet in a closed session to consider items of business provided in the Revised Statutes of Missouri. Mr. Spears asked if a resolution authorizing a closed meeting of the Board was prepared. Thereupon, the following resolution was presented for consideration:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Governors for Missouri State University that a closed meeting, with closed records and closed vote, be held during a recess of the October 4, 2018, Risk Management and Audit Committee meeting of the Board of Governors to consider items of business pursuant to:
A. R.S.Mo. 610.021(13). “Individually identifiable personnel records, performance ratings or records pertaining to employees or applicants for employment...;”
B. R.S.Mo. 610.021(17). “Confidential or privileged communications between a
public governmental body and its auditor,....”
Mr. Frazier moved the approval of the resolution and Ms. Silvey seconded the motion.
A roll call vote on the motion was as follows: those voting in favor – Governors Frazier, Silvey, Spears and Tergin; those voting against – none.
Mr. Spears declared the resolution passed unanimously. The open meeting was recessed at 3:31 p.m. to go into closed session.
The open meeting was reconvened at 5:03 p.m.
4. Adjournment – Mr. Spears adjourned the meeting at 5:04 p.m., on the motion
of Mr. Frazier, the second of Ms. Silvey, and the unanimous approval of the committee.
Kristan Gochenauer
Secretary to the Board