Minutes of the University Budget Committee

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
5240 N. Jackson Avenue, M/S UC 43
Fresno, California 93740-8023
Office of the Academic Senate
Ext. 8-2743

October 8, 2008

Members Present: J. Kus (Chair), N. Bengiamin, J. Constable, E. Junn,
J. Parks, T. Wielicki.

Members Absent: A. Parham (excused).

Visitors: J. Waayers.

The meeting was called to order by Chair Kus at 3:17 p.m. in the University
Center # 203.

  1. Minutes. MSC to approve the Minutes of 9/24/2008.
  2. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda as distributed.
  3. Communications and Announcements.
    1. Chair J. Kus noted that several members of the University Budget
      Committee (UBC) had toured the new library last week and that
      they were very impressed with the progress of construction.
      However, several people noted that there might be problems with
      the compact stacks given that a large number of such stacks are
      clustered together which might make access to an individual stack
      difficult if several people are searching for books in the same area.
  4. New Business.
    There was none.
  5. Update on AY 08-09 Budget.
    J. Waayers noted that the campus has received a preliminary allocation
    from the Chancellors Office. The budget for Academic Affairs will be
    approximately 92 million dollars, a reduction of approximately 2.8 million
    dollars compared to the last academic year. It was also noted that the is a
    possibility of a mid-year reduction based on the state budget situation.
  6. Committee Agenda for AY 08-09.
    Postponed to next meeting.

MSC to adjourn at 3:45 p.m.

The next scheduled meeting of the University Budget Committee will be
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 3:15 p.m. in the University Center # 203.

Agenda.

  1. Approval of the Minutes of 10/8/2008.
  2. Approval of the Agenda.
  3. Communications and Announcements.
  4. New Business.
  5. New Mandatory Foreign Travel Insurance.
  6. Update on AY 08-09 Budget.
  7. Future UBC Agenda.

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