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ECCC leaves some positions open to save money By Austin Bishop The Merid.an Star

ty College. Meridian Commu– nity College and Eal:lt Missis– sippi Community College will confer with their state legisla– tors about the needs and con– cerns of two-year schools. The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. in Meridian Hall. Austin Bishop is a staff writer for The Mendian Star &mail him at abishop@mendianstar.com.

the college's walking trail, located near the new soccer field on the north end of cam– pus. Also discussed were plans for the 2000 Regional Legisla– tive Committee Meeting. which will be held Nov. 7 at Meridian Community College. During that time officials from East Central Commum-

DECATUR - In the wake of cuts in allocations from the Missis::rippi State Legislature, East Central Community Col– lege's board of trustees voted Tuesdav not rr'~filliill•

to fill" the position of vice presi– dent for stu– dent c:er– vices. "We had planned to fill that position this year, but now

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won't do that until July," said ECCC President Dr. Phil Sutphin. The board re riewed Sut– phin's plans to offset the newest round of cuts in state funding. Sutphin said the school has already compen– sated for a $77,000 cut earlier in the year. Nuw plans will address a curJ:ent $88,000 shortfall in state funding and another expec'o:ed cutback of $303,000. He said ·,:;chool officials have budge.'ted in such a way that those cutbacks can be covered 1';11 a one-time basis. "We have a couple of posi– tionS open that we won't fill anci ... we also under-budgeted fo 1· some additional revenue 'We have coming in, so we will be fine," he said. Sutphin said an example of the additional revenue is profit fr om the school bookstore. The opening in the vice president's position came

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when Randall Lee took a new position at East Mississippi Community College earlier in__ the year. Joe Killens has been serving in that position on an-– interim basis. The board heard several -– reports. including one on a __ proposed water irrigation sys- tem for the front section of - – the school's campus and one on the proposed extension of--

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