Minutes of the University Budget Committee

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
5241 N. Maple, M/S TA 43
Fresno, California 93740-8027
Office of the Academic Senate
Ext. 8-2743

Members Present: J. Constable (Chair), N. Bengiamin, J. Kus, P. Newell, A. Parham, J. Parks, J. Waayers.

Member Absent: None.

The meeting was called to order by Chair Constable at 3:34 p.m. in TA #117.

  1. Minutes. MSC to approve the Minutes of 3/17/10 as amended to show Provost Covino as a Visitor and Item #5 second paragraph, change from “offset by receipt of ~$2.9M” to “offset by restoration of ~$2.9M”.

  2. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda as distributed.

  3. Communications and Announcements.

    1. The new ASI member of the UBC, Patricia Carolina Diaz, was welcomed to the Committee.
    2. It was noted that Dr. Trueblood will tentatively be attending the UBC meeting on April 7. The date is tentative as Dr. Trueblood has not confirmed her attendance at the meeting.
    3. Mr. P. Smits will be attending on April 7 to update the UBC on the progress of the Capital Campaign.

  4. New Business.

    There were none.

  5. Discussion of the Budget and enrollment of the MBT Program

    The review of the MBT program commenced and concern was voiced in that while the program appears to be attracting students that the budget to sustain the program was not present. Although there is an option to move the program to Extended Education, there were concerns regarding the ability to effectively teach such a techniques-rich program within the Extended Education format. The Committee requested further information about the program including the results of the external review and asking Dean Rogerson about his financial commitment to the program.

  6. Discussion of the response from M. Babick regarding the Parking Policy.

    The memo provided by M. Babick was discussed and J. Kus provided an update on the discussion on parking that occurred in FACEL points mentioned included:

    • The goal of the parking office is to charge a parking fee for everyone that comes to campus.
    • Approximately 72,000 visitors use parking in the Fall semester (48,000 use day-use permits, likely students, and ~24,000 are true visitors of which ~ 7,000 use a supplied code and obtain a free permit.
    • The parking office will permit free parking to lots A and H and assign a parking office employee to distribute free permits to visitors attending the theatre.

    J. Kus will provide the UBC with the information supplied to FACEL by M. Babick at the next meeting.

MSC to adjourn at 5:00 p.m.

The next University Budget Committee meeting will be on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 3:30 p.m. in TA #117.

Agenda

  1. Approval of the Minutes of 3/24/10.

  2. Approval of the Agenda.

  3. Communications and Announcements.

  4. New Business

  5. Update on the Capital Campaign - P. Smits

  6. Discussion of the DPT Program - Dr. P. Trueblood.

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