Budget Advisory Committee

Senate Chambers

3 p.m.

Tentative Spring Meeting Schedule: (1^st & 4^th Tuesdays of each month)

January 25; February 22; March 7 & 28; April 4; May 2

Tuesday, April 4, 2000

Senate Chambers, 3 p.m.

The meeting was called to order by Ron Root, Chair; Barbara Croteau (Co-Chair).

Members present: Craig Butcher (for Deborah Sweitzer), Paul Finn, Doug Garrison, Micca Gray, Ben Partee, Ron Schuelke, Ed Sikes.

Members absent: Martin Bennett (ex-officio), Ed Buckley, LuAnn Campbell, Christopher Chrystal, Rosemary Darden, Danielle Edwards, Curt Groninga, M. Lee, Ricardo Navarrette, Sandi Tassano, Caroline Tice.

Also present: Will Baty, Marty Carpenter,

Staff to the Committee: K. Bradbury, R. Kyle, Lamont Royer.

Ex-Officio representative for CFT, Unit B is Martin Bennett (replaces Marty Carpenter). Minutes approved as revised.

The order of the discussion agenda was changed.

Ron Root would like to forward a BOG 2001-02 budget request recommendation to IPC for consideration prior to submission to the President and the Board by May 5. Because of Spring break the regular fourth Tuesday BAC meeting will be moved ahead to April 18, at 3:00 p.m., Senate Chambers.

The Chancellor's Office invited District comments on eight items in the system's 2001-02 budget package provided as an attachment with the March 28 agenda. Under separate cover Ron Root distributed a draft response to the Governor's request, and the purpose of today's meeting is to review and solicit direction from the committee.

Will Baty provided an overview of the Telecommunications and Technology funding proposal. He explained it is an outgrowth of the TTIP 3-year project to further technology within the system. The Chancellor's Office formed a group to draft a plan to fund technology for the future, the idea being that all colleges should have technology at the same level. Instructional services and student services are the areas of primary emphasis. This would be new funding and would be allocated by FTES. Will provided a spreadsheet illustrating the five-year cost to implement the plan. It was felt that Ron Root's draft statement should be specific in stating that the funding is linked to meeting the needs of changing technology in the workforce.

In addressing the issue of continuing to seek 4% growth funding, a statement needs to be included that recognizes the tremendous gap between CR and NC instruction. It is important to emphasize the flexibility that NC instruction can provide. The time has come for more parity in the correlation between workforce training and NC courses. There needs to be funding support for districts to serve the greater community.

The committee reviewed the three recommendations underscored in the draft proposal regarding COLA seeking restoration of four years of funding, adding a component to the formula that distinguishes between lower and higher cost regions, and offering a plan for reaching parity within the California systems and defining a target date for national equivalency FTES funding. The committee approved this recommendation as presented.

The committee also supports continuing to seek equalization in 2001-02 according to the 89/11 formula mandated by Proposition 98 which allows for the flexibility engendered in the program as it was initially envisioned.

In regard to the proposal for Human Resources funding, it was felt that there should be some resistance to the effort to place this into a categorical program on a permanent basis, since local district control of these budgetary resources is a preferred alternative.

The committee will look at the remaining issues (Student Outreach & Access; Economic Development; Partnership for Excellence) at the next meeting.

Ron Root provided a revised Budget Advisory Committee description reflecting past committee discussions linking planning and policy review functions with IPC. The draft reflects the same meeting schedule (1st and 4th Tuesdays) October through April, but the predominant date is the 4th Tuesday of the month as needed. Further, the proposal reduces the size of the committee from 19 members (9 administrators, 2 students, 6 faculty, 2 classified) to a total of 12 (5 administrators, 1 student, 4 faculty, 2 classified). The following was added to draft item #4 - Inform the college community on overall budget matters, including the identification of key indicators of the College's economic health. Added Item 8, as follows: "Assist in the development of plans for acquiring additional College resources."

BAC gave approval to Ron Root to present the draft committee description reflecting the changes and additions in today's discussion to the IPC for further review and distribution to college constituents.

Meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.