COMMITTEE REPORT
Report No. PCA-19
Committee Minutes, Tuesday, January 17th 2006
Vice-chairman Adam G. Compton submitted the following report to the Student Senate on Wednesday, January 18th 2006, on behalf of the Committee on Appropriations, and pursuant to its Tuesday, January 17th 2006 recommendations:
There were five (5) members (Compton, Miller, R. Smith, Walton, Yasin) present. There was also one (1) non-voting member (Toms) present.
There were three (3) members (Gluck, Gula, Hutcherson) absent.
The following official was also present: Hankins.
A quorum was present.
Meet to Discuss appropriations process and approve the Packet.
Starting 9:35 Room 201
Present- Toms, Miller, Sivakumar, Smith, Yasin, Walton
Absent- Gluck, Hutcherson, Gula
Guest- Hankins
Chair Report- Sorry for not coming, lets pass the packet tonight
Treasure Report- Interesting Comments
Present Issues
Elections- Nominations- Compton Elected by Consent
- Times for appropriations time table to be set tonight.
- January 26th, & January 30th Help Sessions at 7 PM
- February 1st-4th (ending 11:59 PM) Senators review and correction period.
- Walton request for mark up session, need to mark up bill on Saturday February 11th, 10 AM
- Hearings are February 19th and 20th, encouraging for the 19th.
- Friday the 17th is the last day to file an appeal, by 5 PM
- Checks by about February 23rd
- Final notification for amounts March 3, 2006
Approval of Appropriations Packet:
Letter: 4 &5 are tied, on same line #4
- Fall Semester (August 27th) needs to be changed
- Change in final paragraph: “to ensure that the event is geared to/for the students of North Carolina State University” Passed by voice vote.
- Mentioning something about receipts, motion to add paragraph about student organizations needing to have receipts before February 1st, in order to receive funding, to be added after “certain situations” Passed by voice vote.
Page One: “SORC office does not have E”
-Instead of fiscal year adding in past appropriation cycle
- Bolding the following sentence: Organizations that fail…..shall be denied funding…italicized
Page Two: (approved)
Page Three: Walton- motion to add that the sponsoring senator must show up to the organizational interviews. Add 5-2.11 underneath #6, passed by voice vote.
-Changes 2.1
Page Four: (approved)
Page Five: (approved)
Page Six: (approved)
Page Seven: (approved)
Page Eight: Changes to 2.3 total can exceed $4,000
Page Nine: No changes
Page Ten: No changes
Page Eleven: (approved)
Page Twelve: (approved)
Sample Appropriations Request: Motion to adopt requests as written (rest of packet)
Motion to adopt Appropriations Packet as it is amended, request to have leeway to make any time sensitive changes to packet. Any major changes brought to committee (technical difficulties etc, situation where use discretion) – Approved by voice vote.
Available tonight, or sometime tomorrow.
Voting on whether senators on committee can sponsor? Can not sponsor, approved by voice vote to continue as did last appropriations.
February 6th meet half an hour early. (5:30)
Start at 6 PM. Schedule in more time for dinner.
Senator Miller- suggests consistency – try to get questions almost similar as much as possible.
Adjourned at 10:41 PM.