ACADEMIC,
APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
2008-2009
Academic Year
COMMITTEE: University Budget Committee
1. Membership
(include ex-officio members).
Tim
Gavin (Chair), Susan DelVecchio (Vice Chair), Cynthia Bickley-Green
(Secretary), Guilluame
Bagal, Todd Fraley, Marc Fusaro, Joe
Gaddis, Andrea
Harrell, David Long, Michael Meloth, Kevin Seitz,
Edward Treadwell, Karen Vail-Smith, Gary
Vanderpool
2. Meeting
Dates (include members present*).
* and members who contributed to
committee action, but were not at the meeting.
Sept. 18 Gavin,
DelVecchio, Meloth, Treadwell, Vail-Smith, Fusaro, Harrell, Gaddis, Anne
Jenkins (for Seitz)
Oct. 16 Gavin,
DelVecchio, Bickley-Green, Treadwell, Long, Fraley, Harrell, Gaddis, Seitz,
Fusaro
Nov. 20 Gavin,
DelVecchio, Bickley-Green, Vail-Smith, Meloth, Long, Bagal, Fusaro, Fraley, Harrell, Gaddis, Vanderpool,
Jan. 15 Gavin,
DelVecchio, Bickley-Green, Meloth, Long, Fraley, Gaddis, Vanderpool, Harrell, Seitz, Fusaro, Vail-Smith, Bagal
Feb. 19 Gavin,
DelVecchio, Bickley-Green, Gaddis, Harrell, Seitz, Bagal
Mar 19 Gavin,
Bickley-Green, Treadwell, Fraley, Vanderpool
April 16 Gavin,
DelVecchio, Meloth, Treadwell, Fusaro, Fraley, Vanderpool, Gaddis,
Anne Jenkins (for Seitz)
3. Subcommittees
established during the year (include progress and/or completion of work).
4. Accomplishments
during the year, especially as addressed through committee goals. Please include recommendations made to any
University agency other than the
The
committee had two goals for 2008-2009.
The first was to examine ongoing and proposed capital budget projects. The second was to develop an understanding of
how the University is addressing budget cuts to discuss with each division how
they were addressing the budget cuts and describe the priorities that entered
into the decision.
· Reviewed and discussed the overall University budget
with VC for Administration and Finance Kevin Seitz. VC Seitz provided the UBC documents relating
to the budget and advised the committee that they could review any document as
it related to the budget.
· Reviewed and discussed the Health Sciences budget with
Assoc VC for Health Sciences Gary Vanderpool.
· Reviewed and discussed the budget and the approach to
budget cuts of Administration and Finance with VC Seitz. VC Seitz provided details on budget–related
administrative cuts already put into place.
· Reviewed and discussed the budget and approach to
budget cuts with Provost Marilyn Sheerer. Provost Sheerer provided documentation on budget
cuts already in place in Academic Affairs, insight into the rationale for
potential future budget cuts (if necessary), and was responsive to the UBC
request for a task force to study in detail issues related to the budget. Provost Sheerer made it clear to the UBC that
she would provide any documentation requested by the members.
· Reviewed and discussed the budget and impact of budget
cuts with VC for Research and Graduate Studies Deidre Mageean. VC Mageean made it clear to the UBC that she
would provide any documentation requested by the members.
· Reviewed and discussed the current and future status of
University Advancement with VC Mickey Dowdy.
The Committee was pleased to hear that while investment income was down,
the number of contributors to the University has been increasing over the
preceding years.
· Reviewed and discussed the budget forecast with
Athletic Director Terry Holland.
· Reviewed and discussed the impact of budgetary cuts on
Student Affairs with Vice Provost Kemal Atkins.
· Through question and answer sessions with each
administrator, the UBC was able to gain greater insight into the ECU budget and
how budget cuts would affect each area.
· All administrators provided candid answers to the UBC’s
questions, which was appreciated by the members.
· Members became aware of the dynamic environment
surrounding the current budget and realized that it is difficult at any time to
know what the final budget conditions will be for 2008-2009 and beyond.
· Placed one member on the Faculty Salary Access committee
– Michael Meloth.
· The Committee organized two open forums with VC Seitz
to provide students, staff, and faculty the opportunity to better understand
budget matters affecting ECU.
· The Chair of the Committee attended a meeting with the
Chancellor (Decemebr 8th) in which the Chancellor provided
information on the current and projected status of the budget. Notes from the Chair of this meeting were
distributed to the members.
5. Reports
to the
·
Jan 14, 2009 -
The Chair of the Committee sent an interim report to the Chair of the
·
April 20, 2009 –
Advise to the Chancellor was reported to the Jan Tovey, PhD Chair of the
6. Business
carried over to next year (list in priority order).
·
Continue review
and assessment of the ECU budget.
·
Placement of
member on Tuition Committee for 2009-2010.
·
Review health
sciences budget concerning the colleges in health sciences other than BSOM.
7. Evaluation
of the committee (include anything that hindered or assisted the
committee's
work during the year).
A. Charge: Appropriate
B. Personnel: Committee worked well together
C. Attendance: Good in the Fall. Average in the Spring.
D. Responsibilities: Committee services as a
communication link between the Chancellor and the Faculty
E. Activities: With the continuously changing
economy, the Committee focused on ensuring that decisions involving the budget
are transparent to the students, staff, and faculty of the University
8. Suggestion(s)
to the Chair of the Faculty and/or
·
Members believe
that the UBC serves an important role interacting with the Chancellor’s
administration and the
9. Does
the Committee’s organizational meeting next year need to be earlier than the
date set this year? No
If
yes, when do you prefer:___________________________________________
Signed: Chairperson _____________________________
Secretary _____________________________