College of the Redwoods board reduces number of trustee areas to help with budget - Melissa Simon, Times-Standard

With the decision made to reduce the number of trustee areas, College of the Redwoods President Kathy Smith is in the process of preparing a form to send to the Board of Governors for the California Community College for ratification. "The form shows the new map of the districts, and also includes the resolution the board adopted," Smith said. "I have to submit the form 30 days before the meeting, and my guess is that it might be on the September meeting agenda because I don't know if it will be ready for August." Smith said the College of the Redwoods Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to reduce the trustee areas from nine to eight to match the number of members and even out the number of people represented in each district. "We started talking about this two years ago when we realized the fiscal crisis we were in with the budget," Smith said. "We started looking at how to reduce costs and balance the budget." http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_26140267/college-redwoods-board-reduces-number-trustee-areas-help