While Cape Fear Community College trustees unanimously approved the appointment of Amanda Lee as the college’s interim president Thursday evening, the board did not disclose its discussion regarding her salary in that position. The salary does not need approval from the N.C. Community College System, CFCC spokesman David Hardin said Friday.

Trustees also did not say whether they would propose a severance package for Ted Spring, who resigned as CFCC president at the board meeting last week.

Prior to the meeting, Lee had technically been the acting president, although some communications had referred to her as the interim. Officials confirmed the change in title after last night’s meeting.

Lee has been the college’s vice president for instructional services since 2010. She joined the college in 2003 as an instructor.

Although most items on Thursday's agenda were left over from last week's trustees' meeting, the largest span of time was spent in closed session to discuss, according to Finance Committee chairman Louis Burney, “naming opportunities and personnel matters.” No details of the personnel matters were disclosed when the public session resumed.

Questioned after the meeting about any decisions on Lee’s salary and Spring’s severance,  trustees chairman Jason Harris said only that those two issues are “still personnel matters.” As such, they fall under  the N.C. Open Meetings Law that provides an exception for discussion of “the amount of compensation and other material terms of an employment contract or proposed employment contract.”

When the public was invited back into the board room, Margaret Robison, CFCC’s vice president for institutional advancement , announced three naming opportunities approved by the board in closed session.

CFCC’s soon-to-be-completed Surf City campus building will be named in honor of A.D. “Zander” Guy, mayor of Surf City since 1999 and a member of the college board of trustees. The naming recognizes Guy's "contributions toward the establishment of CFCC's Alston W. Burke campus in Surf City," college spokeswoman Sonya Johnson said in an email Friday.

Two areas in the college’s  new Humanities and Fine Arts Center auditorium will be named in acknowledgement of recent gifts: the orchestra pit will be named for Corning Inc., and the instrument studio will be named for Jan and Steve Capps.  Jan Capps chairs the CFCC Foundation Board of Directors.

In a prepared statement distributed at the close of Thursday’s meeting, Harris focused on the mission of the college in the face of leadership transition. He stated, in part, “As a trustee I want to express my sincere appreciation to the dedicated faculty and staff who work hard every day to provide the highest caliber of college education, job training and personal enrichment to continually improve the quality of life in our region. I also want to express my gratitude to the foundation board, area business leaders and the other community volunteers that support the college with their time, efforts and generosity – ensuring that our students have access to the very best resources to help them reach their goals.”