Voting Students: Charles Hill: USA Issues & Concerns. Kenneth Cohea : S&A Chair. Joseph Barrientos: Advisor & Dean of Student Life

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2 Membership Voting Students: Kenneth Cohea : S&A Chair Sawsen Mohammed : Treasurer Amina Sheikh :Communications Director Charles Hill: USA Issues & Concerns Joseph Barrientos: Advisor & Dean of Student Life Vane Khouansysombath: Clubs Representative Halima Omar: Clubs Representative Puthearothsopor Tan: USA Treasurer

3 It is the intent of the legislature that governing boards ensure that students have a strong voice in recommending budgets for services and activities fees. Established in 2006 in accordance with RCW 28B , the Service & Activities Fee Committee has since served as the primary governing board for the S&A fee pool; formerly the role of the United Student Association student government (SSCC s). S and A Fee Board Membership includes representatives from the United Student Association student government, Student Clubs Center, and representatives from the student body at-large. Responsibilities of the S&A Fee Board include: Monitoring S&A fee allocated funds/departmental expenditures throughout the academic year. Allocating S&A fee monies on an annual basis through the S&A Annual Allocation Process. Developing and maintaining long term fiscal plans for S&A Fee Carry Forward/Savings. To develop guidelines and address issues related to S&A Fees.

4 Long-Term Initiatives Long Term Initiatives Last year s Board established criterion for projects that met the campus core theme of student retention and achievement. To increase opportunities for the campus community participation. This year s Board chose to conduct two requests for fund processes: in Fall and Spring. Spring Allocations totaled $161, Important Notes, Trends and Concerns: As of May 2015, we have approximately $800,000 in carry forward funds. One of our goals has been to put the carry-forward to work rather than let it remain buried where it does no one any good. At the beginning of the school year we had nearly $1.4 million dollars in carry forward funding available. With this in mind we initially applied $400,000 of it to aiding the initial work needed in bringing the Wellness Center to life.

5 LTI Spring 2015 $ Amount Requested For $ Granted $17, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference $ 6, $ 12, Air Race Classic 2015 in Virginia $ 12, $ 38, pasenger van $ - $ 1, Adjustable tables in the library for computer stations $ 1, $ 5, MAST, new chairs $ 5, $ 27, $ 48, Carpets, pictures, furniture, painting, etc. $ 27, Point of sales equipment - amount unknown, still waiting for bids $ 24, $ 20, Pastry program retail sales kiosk $ 20, $ 87, Two new vans and one used utility vehicle (Honda Element) $ 38, $26, AWAM competition in Miami $ 26, $285, Total $ 161,725.00

6 CarryForward IT was our intention to bring the carry Forward out into the open and put it to work. We decided to create - previously called LTIs - year round by dividing the carry forward into two sections: 1) Student Success Initiative This is where any programming that may come up during the year can be addressed and funded if it is deemed important to student success. (65% - For Student Services; 35% - Academics)($500,000) 2) Club Center Contingency - This will allow the board in conjunction with the Club Center to address requests at any time of year from the active clubs and therefore the students as a whole.

7 Current Carry Forward Fund $1,400, Buffer 14% Balance % LTI 14% Wellness Center 29% Carry Forward ( ) $ 1,400, Expected Rollover Fund ( ) $ 200, Buffer $ 200, LTI $ 200, Carry Forward ( ) $ 600, Wellness Center $ 400, Balance $ 600, Total Carry Forward ( ) $ 800,000.00

8 Left over 5% Carry Forward $800, To cover the overage of budget 14% $2.00 increase 6% Student Services 41% Club contingency 12% Academic 22% Carry Forward ( ) $ 800, To cover the overage of budget $ 110, $2.00 increase $ 50, Club contingency $ 100, Academic $ 175, Student Services $ 325, Student Success Initiative $500, Left over $ 40,000.00

9 Projections Service and Activities Fee Allocation As of May 2015, we have brought in approximately $? in A fees (although we allocated $1,105,978.08). S and For the fiscal year, we anticipate approximately $958, in fees based on the amounts received in the past four years. For the upcoming academic year, it is the intent of the S and A Fee board to allocate ($109,247.70) from our carry forward account to our annual expected revenue of $958, for a total of $1,067, for this year s budget allocation. We attempted to treat the expected budget as a solid budget, so as to not create too much of an overage, but were unable to reduce the overage anymore without creating a budget that was funding only Salaries and not programming.

10 S&A Allocation As for the annual allocation process, we received a total request of $1,319, from the 21 departments. However, we recommended $1,067, to be allocated for , accounting for an overall decrease in funding of roughly 4% over the school year if approved.

11 S&A Allocation DEPARTMENTS Budget Number Budget Allocation CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YR ALLOCATION (%) Requested ALLOCATED Estimated Allocation (4/03/15) CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YR ALLOCATION ($) ART GALLERY 4P34 $37, % $43, $42, $35, $4, CAMPUS RECREATION 4P51 $63, % $75, $63, $66, $ CHILDCARE CENTER 4P57 $91, % $96, $85, $96, $6, CLUB CENTER 4P84 $70, % $106, $55, $74, $15, CULTURAL CENTER 4P35 $107, % $142, $86, $86, $20, DIVERSITY 4P82 $25, % $24, $15, $7, $10, DEAN 4P59 $42, % $18, $13, $18, $29, FITNESS CENTER 4P85 $64, % $35, $31, $64, $33, INTRAMURAL & GAMES 4P41 $41, % $32, $30, $32, $11, STUDENT LIFE OPERATIONS 4P80 $88, % $85, $84, $84, $4, STUDENT PRINTING (ITS) 4P57 $22, % $22, $22, $22, $0.00 STUDENT LEADERSHIP 4P58 $63, % $85, $78, $80, $14, PHI THETA KAPPA 4PTK $12, % $15, $15, $14, $2, PUBLICATIONS 4P33 $29, % $29, $29, $29, $ S&A FEE BOARD 4P57 $24, % $22, $32, $20, $8, STUDENT ACTIVITIES Program 4P83 $85, % $71, $69, $69, $16, TUTORING 4P57 $37, % $86, $69, $59, $31, USA STUDENT GOVERNMENT 4P81 $77, % $83, $79, $83, $2, Veterans Student Center 4P55 $31, % $90, $38, $56, $6, GENDER EQUITY CENTER 4P53 $86, % $101, $74, $93, $11, Transport Subsidy (Orca) $ % $50, $50, $50, $50, Total Total $1,105, % $1,319, $1,067, $1,145, $38, Allocated Budget Available: $958, Allocated: $1,067, To be made available from Carry Forward Fund: $109,247.70

12 Allocations Budget Allocation $160, $140, $120, $100, $80, $60, $40, $20, $- ART GALLERY CAMPUS RECREATION CHILDCARE CENTER CLUB CENTER CULTURAL CENTER DIVERSITY DEAN FITNESS CENTER INTRAMURAL & GAMES STUDENT LIFE OPERATIONS STUDENT PRINTING (ITS) STUDENT LEADERSHIP PHI THETA KAPPA PUBLICATIONS S&A FEE BOARD STUDENT ACTIVITIES Program TUTORING USA STUDENT GOVERNMENT Veterans Student Center GENDER EQUITY CENTER Transport Subsidy (Orca) Request Allocation

13 Overall Budget Trends Full-time positions were funded in 3 departments Cultural Center, Gender Equity Center, Student Activities & Programming. These positions have tied up approximately $150,000 in student fees annually. It was the board s intention to treat the estimated budget for as fixed so as not to create an over-inflated budget that could not be supported The board believes in the importance of applying the carry forward fund so that it can benefit students as opposed to just sitting un-noticed and continually growing. Hourly wage rates will be increased to $11.00 per hour with a further increase to $13.00 in January These wage increases have been incorporated into the budgets for next year. The S and A fee board felt the need to reduce student employee hours as well as positions so that we would be able to equitably allocate funding for each department The S & A Fee Board feels strongly that in times of reduced funding, the importance of collaboration between departments is crucial. Collaboration will enable departments to share and or pool resources to effect a greater number of students even when working with limited resources.

14 Thank you for the opportunity. Do you have any questions for us? Questions?