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BTC board apps accepted until June
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JANESVILLE — Applications for a one-year unexpired term for appointment to the Blackhawk Technical College Board will be accepted until 4 p.m. June 12. 

The BTC District Board is comprised of two employers, two employees, three additional members, one elected official and one school district administrator.

The appointment is in the following category: Additional member, one-year unexpired term, September 2019, through June 30, 2020. “Additional member” candidates must be a resident of the district. No more than two members of the district board may be officials of the same governmental unit nor may any district board member be a member of the school board that employs the school district administrator member. 

Applicants must submit two references supporting their nomination to the Blackhawk Technical College Board and must attend a meeting of the District Board Appointment Committee to be interviewed. Board members are not paid, except for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

In the appointment process, equal consideration is given to the general population distribution within the district as well as to the distribution of women and minorities. To maintain compliance with the BTC Board Appointment Committee’s Plan of Representation, candidates for the category to be appointed must reside in Rock County.

The Appointment Committee will conduct a public hearing in the Administration Building in the board room at the College’s Central Campus, 6004 S. County Road G, Janesville, beginning at 5 p.m. on Monday, June 3. 

A second meeting and public hearing is being scheduled for Monday, June 10 at the same time and location. 

The names of candidates submitted by the deadline date will be published at least l4 days prior to the public hearings.

Applications must be submitted in writing on forms available on the BTC Web page blackhawk.edu/About/Governance/District-Board/Board-Appointment-Process, or by contacting: Jackie Pins, assistant to the president/district board, Blackhawk Technical College, 6004 S. County Road G, P.O. Box 5009, Janesville, WI 53547-5009, calling 608-757-7772 or emailing jpins@blackhawk.edu.

Completed, notarized applications are to be submitted to Pins no later than 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 12.