Eastern Ad‐Hoc Budget Committee
Minutes
May 5, 2009
Connecticut Room, Gelsi‐Young Hall
Attendance: Dave Bachand, Patricia Banach, Karyl Bulmer, Pat Christadore, Kristin Jacobi, Diane Moore, William Newell, Elsa Nunez, Dimitrios Pachis, Michael Pernal, William Salka, John Sweeney
Absent: Grace Enggas, Dennis Hannon, Drew Hyatt, Douglas Lussier, David Mariasi, Bruce Tyler
Meeting commenced at 12:00 pm
Motion to accept the minutes of the previous meeting (Passed)
State Budget Update
- President Nunez and Dr. Pernal attended a Briefing by the Democrats at the Mansfield Town Hall. In attendance were State Representatives Susan Johnson, Denise Merrill, and Bryan Hurlburt.
- AVP Sweeney shared a copy of a letter from Senators Williams and Looney addressed to Governor Rell asking her to share her budget proposals. Governor Rell responded by telling them to pass their budget.
Potential Revisions to FY 2010 List of Cuts
- AVP Sweeney handed out a schedule of potential restorations to the FY10 Expenditure Reduction Actions
- Some actions were unchanged because we want to do them
- Dr. Pachis suggested adding a note to the schedule regarding allowable travel, i.e. grant funded, contractual, athletic, and club advisor travel.
Follow‐up Meeting on CSU Spending Plan and Departmental Budgets
- We will be joined by three additional members of BRAC at our next meeting while AVP Sweeney goes over the FY10 CSU Spending Plan.
Summer Contact Information
- If you will not be on campus during the summer, please send a contact phone number or email to adhocbudget@easternct.edu.
- The committee will meet once per month in June, July, and August.
- Karyl Bulmer will look into Adobe Connect for recording the summer meetings and putting them on the website for those who can’t make the meetings.
- Phone number for Connecticut Room – 1‐860‐465‐5542
Next meeting will be Tuesday, May 19 at 1:00 in the Connecticut Room, Gelsi‐Young Hall
Meeting adjourned at 1:35 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Karyl Bulmer, Assistant Bursar for Student Accounts