By Rodd Cayton, On-line Forty-Niner April 28, 1997
The Associated Students Senate has approved a $2 million
operating budget for the University Student Union.
The budget, which will be in effect during the 1997-98 school year, was approved by an 11-4-2 vote at Wednesday's Senate meeting.
The budget is $11,000 less than the USU had in 1996-97.
Actual figures are $2,051,039 for 1997-98 and $2,062,150 for the current school year.
The largest portion of the funds will go to operations, which pays for building maintenance, administration, minor improvements and other expenses relating to the day-to-day operations of the USU. Operations will receive $1,480,378, an increase of $10,209 from 1996-97.
Commercial and leased operations such as Carl's Jr., the Blue Marble Coffee House, King Taco and Bank of America, which is to pay $4,452 to place an automated teller machine on campus, will provide $276,945 in revenue.
Most budget areas will receive about the same funding as they did in 1997-98, although there are some deviations. The largest decrease was in the custodial area, which has been allotted $356,527, $36,584 less than in 1996-97. The largest increase was in the fixed recurring expenses category, which has gone up from $106,168 to 143,636.
The budget is balanced.
The budget was the first item voted on by new Senator Christy Zamani. Zamani was earlier officially installed as a member.
In addition, Bryan Spragg is now A.S. recreation commissioner, after the senate appointed him.
Wednesday, the Senate will continue to hear appeals and then go into a vote on the entire Associated Students Inc. budget, which is the blueprint for student spending across the campus.
By Rodd Cayton, On-line Forty-Niner May 1, 1997
For the second consecutive week, the Associated Students Inc.
Senate has approved a budget at its weekly meeting. Wednesday, the Senate voted 16-1-1 to approve A.S.I.'s 1997-98 operating budget.
More than $2 million has been earmarked for a variety of student-related programs.
The Isabel Patterson Child Development Center received the most funding, $527,519.
Wednesday's meeting lasted 3 1/2 hours, although previous budget meetings have shown a wide variation in length, according to Dr. Stuart Farber, director of Student Life and Development.
"We've had them from an hour and a half to nearly two days," Farber said.