Herkimer County seeking candidates for college Board of Trustees position

The Herkimer County Legislature’s Committee on Education is seeking candidates for a local-sponsor appointment to the Herkimer County Community Collage Board of Trustees.

Candidates must be residents of Herkimer County for this position, which will have a term to be completed June 30, 2021.

Some of the responsibilities for the Board of Trustee position include:

• Establish policies governing the college, and delegate responsibility for administration and execution of those policies to their employed professional administrators.

• Approve curricula.

• Prepare, approve and implement budgets (capital construction and operating).

• Establish tuition and fees.

• Approve sites for temporary and permanent facilities.

• Confer degrees (upon recommendation of the president and facility).

• Approve the organizational pattern of the college.

The Committee on Education will be responsible for conducting the selection process, with final confirmation by resolution of the full County Legislature.

Letters of interest/resumes may be sent to Peter F. Manno, Chairman of the Committee on Education, c/o Clerk of the County Legislature, 109 Mary Street, Suite 1310, Herkimer, New York, or by email to sdeming@herkimercounty.org by Friday, September 18, 2015.

For further information, contact James W. Wallace, Jr. County Administrator at (315) 867-1112.

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