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

November 12, 2008

Members Present: J. Kus (Chair), N. Bengiamin, J. Constable,
J. Hironaka-Juteau, E. Junn, A. Parham, J. Parks.

Members Absent: T. Wielicki (excused).

Visitors: J. Waayers.

The meeting was called to order by Chair Kus at 3:23 p.m. in the University
Center # 203.

  1. Minutes. MSC to approve the Minutes of 11/5/2008.
  2. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda as amended to reverse the order
    of items 5 and 6.
  3. Communications and Announcements.
    1. Chair J. Kus distributed copies of the announcement posted earlier
      today on FresnoStateNews.com, regarding Fresno State Budget
      Frequently Asked Questions.
    2. Associate Provost E. Junn distributed copies of a press release from
      the Governor’s office regarding the special session of the legislature
      as well as an item from the Chancellor’s office regarding talking
      points on the Governor’s proposed mid-year budget cuts.
    3. J. Constable and N. Bengiamin updated the committee on the most
      recent meeting of the ad hoc committee reviewing possible
      modifications to the new budget model. It was noted that there was
      lively discussion regarding a proposal made by T. Wielicki at the last
      meeting of the ad hoc committee.
    4. Chair J. Kus noted that he had recently talked to D. Dickerson
      regarding various new program proposals that are working their way
      through the faculty approval process — that, in the relatively near
      future, should reach the agenda of the University Budget Committee
      (UBC).
  4. New Business.
    There was none.
  5. Update on AY 2008-2009 budget.
    There was a brief discussion (beyond that covered in item 3b above). It
    was noted that the Provost has approved 17 faculty searches for this year,
    plus a search for one Dean. We await information from the special session
    of the legislature as well as the January release of the Governor’s 2009-10
    budget in January.
  6. (APM 355) Interim Policy on Allocation of Administrative Positions.
    Members of the committee reviewed the interim document and noted that
    it dates back to the time of the “Orange Book” and budget methodologies
    that are no longer used on this campus. Therefore, the following motion
    was made:
    MSC to support the recommendation of the Executive Committee to
    remove this interim policy from the Academic Policy Manual.

MSC to adjourn at 4:11 p.m.

NOTE: There is no UBC meeting scheduled for November 19th or November 26th.
The next meeting will be on Wednesday December 3, 2008 in the University
Center #203.

Agenda.

  1. Approval of the Minutes of 11/12/2008.
  2. Approval of the Agenda.
  3. Communications and Announcements.
  4. New Business.
  5. Update on AY 2008-09 Budget.
  6.  Update on ad hoc committee to review aspects of new budget model.

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