RESOLUTION 60

 

A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED

An act to Call for the Separation of the Student Center Operations Fee into Smaller Focused Fees

 

Short Title: Operations Fee Structure Act                                                                               (Public)

Sponsored by: Senators Fabricius and Small; Senators Cleary and Hutcherson

First Reading: September 29, 2004                                            Version Date: September 26, 2004

Referred to: __________________________________________________________

 

WHEREAS,   North Carolina State University presently levies a $149.10 Student Center Operations Fee for the purpose of supporting the activities of the Union and University Student Center; and,

 

WHEREAS,   the Student Center Operations Fee presently supports the ARTS NC State program, several student-focused programmatic offices, and the maintenance and operations of the four student centers; and,

 

WHEREAS,   at $149.10, the Operations Fee stands as the third largest student fee, behind only the health fee and the academic Education and Technology Fee; and,

 

WHEREAS,   the existence of large fees supporting a diverse range of activities makes it difficult for students to understand where their money is going, thereby breeding distrust in the system; and,

 

WHEREAS,   the separate Student Center Repair and Renovation fee, presently at $26.95, has generally been met with greater student support and understanding then the omnibus Operations Fee; and,

 

WHEREAS,   the concept of separating the Operations Fee into two or more separate fees has been discussed informally for several years, and was supported by the Student Center Operating Fee Request Act of the 83rd Session of the Student Senate; and,

 

WHEREAS,   the differing activities presently funded by the Operations Fee do not have a uniform level of student support; however, the present fee structure only allows students to express support in terms of the bundled student center operations package; and,

 

WHEREAS,   fee separation will promote transparency and accountability while providing opportunities for further enrichment of ARTS NC State and Student Center programming; now, therefore be it

 

RESOLVED,  that the North Carolina State University Student Senate urges the University to take prompt action to separate the Student Center Operations Fee into separate fees for Arts, Operations, and Maintenance.