4989794 RESOLUTION 20-515, “Employment Contract of Dr. James E. Lyons, Sr., as Interim President of the University of the District of Columbia Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014”

A RESOLUTION

20-515

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

June 24, 2014

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve the employment contract of Dr. James E. Lyons, Sr., submitted by the University of the District of Columbia Board of Trustees to authorize a contract for a period beginning March 20, 2014, and ending on or before August 31, 2015. 

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Employment Contract of Dr. James E. Lyons, Sr., as Interim President of the University of the District of Columbia Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014”.

 

            Sec. 2.  There exists an immediate need to approve the employment contract of Interim President James E. Lyons, Sr., to ensure continued stability as the University of the District of Columbia moves forward with the implementation of its strategic plan while simultaneously recruiting a permanent Presidential appointment.  The Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia is proposing that the employment contract be retroactive from March 20, 2014. 

           

Sec. 3.  The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Employment Contract of Dr. James E. Lyons, Sr., as Interim President of the University of the District of Columbia Emergency Act of 2014 be adopted after a single reading.

 

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.