BUDGET ADVISORY GROUP
Meeting Notes
December 5, 2001
Efficiency Budget Group
Linda Loft will be serving as the Faculty Councilís representative
on the Efficiency Group and cannot be the BAG representative. A new
BAG representative will be needed. Donna Zmolek will send an e-mail
to invite volunteers. If more than one volunteer, another round of
e-mail voting will determine the BAG representative to this group.
Tuition Policy ñ Group Process
Nanci LaVelle facilitated the group process to explore the desired
outcome and the steps needed to get there.
The desired outcome:
BAG will develop and recommend to the Executive Team
a model(s) for determining tuition levels. Bag will define the principles
within that model.
The following discussion of issues took place prior to brainstorming ideas:
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The outcome from the group process would provide a timely, long-term
recommendation on tuition to the Executive Team to be available for FY03
budget planning. BAG may develop multiple tuition models but will
recommend one to two of them to ET.
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BAG would build their models by defining some guiding principles.
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BAG determined that a short-term tuition recommendation to increase tuition
in order to serve the current budgetary needs was not their charge.
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Students would also need to have as much information and the opportunity
for input on formulating this tuition policy, much the same as they would
when tuition rates are changing.
BAG spent some time on a brainstorming session on defining ìprinciplesî
for the tuition model. BAG will review their list of ideas at the
next meeting.
Other
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Marie Matsen provided a handout in response to some information requested
by Board members. One of the spreadsheets lists the projected Oregon
CC tuition rates, and the other compares revenue produced by increasing
tuition rates separately for part-time and full-time students.
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Marie also advised BAG that the OCC Presidentís Council and the legislature
will be reviewing the possibility of a ìstatewide tuition rate.î
New Revenue Process
Jane Scheidecker recapped last yearís BAGís New Revenues subcommittee
efforts. The subcommittee attempted the following:
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Laid out a process for gathering new revenue ideas.
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Discussed the goal of getting larger grants and contracts that support
the collegeís offerings.
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Looked into a local tax levy option (the ET would still want a recommendation
on this)
Jane facilitated a process for idea gathering around the topic:
What is the monetary role/expectation/target for new revenue
generation (what % of the budget/what amount?)
Guest Rick Venturi, director of Specialized Employment and member of
the Enterprise Zone (EZ) group, has been holding these discussions with
other groups and offered some suggestions:
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College should place its energy into raising new revenues as well as on
energy savings. College departments should be asking year after year,
what they could be doing to generate revenues.
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Get everyone in regular staff meetings involved in brainstorming new ideas.
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Form a subcommittee that takes the ideas and researches them for viability.
> At the next meeting, BAG will review their new revenue ideas
and discuss how some of the ideas can be operationalized.
The next BAG meeting will be Wednesday, 3-5PM, January 9, 2002, Room
TBA.
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