By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
The Barton Community College Board of Trustees approved the personnel report at
Tuesday’s meeting that included the hiring of Kiah Rainbolt as a campus safety
officer.
Barton’s President Dr. Carl Heilman said the college seems to be always
searching to fill a safety officer position and was pleased to fill the open
spot.
Barton Vice President of Administration Mark Dean said there are seven security
officers employed for the Great Bend campus. Those seven officers have to cover
the campus 24 hours a day, seven days a week with three shifts.
"On different days, we'll have two on campus, typically in the evening when classes are out," said Dean. "The rest of the time we typically have one."
The most recent officer that resigned from Barton went to work at Larned State
Hospital. In July, the Board of Trustees voted to give all regular staff an 8%
pay increase and make sure all open positions offer market value income. In
June there were 65 job openings, but that number is down to 11 as of Tuesday.
With violent tragedies happening around the country at educational institutions,
Board Chair Mike Johnson recommended a report be presented to the board on the
college’s security processes and procedures.