Budget Development

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1. Attendance

   The meeting of the Lane Community College Budget Committee was called to order by Bert Dotson at 5:15 pm in the Lane Community College Boardroom. Present were budget committee members Jay Bozievich, Roger Hall, John Hamilton, Sandie Hitchcock, Larry Romine, Mike Rose, Kathleen Shelley, Dennis Shine, and Jerry Sirois. Also present were President Mary Spilde and Vice President Marie Matsen. Budget committee members Stephen Alison, Paul Holman, Kevin Wells, and Rick Yecny were unable to attend.

2. Approval

   Romine moved to approve the May 5, 2004 minutes. of May 5 Bozievich seconded.

   Minutes Motion carried unanimously.

3. Discussion

   Matsen reviewed the information requests from May 5.

   A. $10,000 shown on the Budget Projections handout from May 5, line #8, has been deleted. It was unintentionally included.

   B. General Fund expenditures, page 12 of the budget document, the specific components of the line item ‘Contingency: Projects/Provisions’ - $10,734,170 – are detailed in the May 12 handout “Proposed FY05 Projects Provisions Budget”.

   C. A prioritized list of FY05 strategic investments will be distributed before the next budget committee meeting.

   ‘Extra sections’ budget reallocation will be detailed by the next budget committee meeting, May 26, 2004.

Matsen distributed FY04 actual and FY05 projected student activity fees. Fee increases approved by the students and by the Board will be added to the ASLCC budget. The budget committee can recommend the projected total of $44/term so that ASLCC staff will have the budget authority they need.

Director of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning Craig Taylor will provide the budget committee with the number of people taking one or two courses. With that data, the budget committee will address the question of whether the fees discourage potential part-time students from enrolling. All students are entitled to the services provided by the fees.

Is the projected 11.6 percent increase to the General Fund budget for FY05 actually larger because some programs have been moved from the General Fund to Fund Nine? Matsen will respond to this question on May 26.

4. Public Comment

   LCC Bookstore Director Shelley Dutton introduced student Adam Davis and Facilities Planning staff member Susan Tatar. All three serve on the Interim Transportation Fee Assessment Team. Davis commented on the parking situation. 3500 spaces are available. Optional decals are available at no charge – these enable campus security personnel to identify the owner of a vehicle. The initial cost of a parking permit system would be $100,000 – the cost is prohibitive.

5. Adjourn

Chair Dotson adjourned the meeting at 5:50 pm.