Student Senate swears in new members

The recommended club budgets for next year were not approved due to a lack of communication. The Student Senate is expected to receive a total budget of $160,000 and this was thought to be the amount that could be allocated towards clubs, not as the entire budget. The AFB presented the clubs’ budget proposals, which totaled to $154,114.90 in allocated funds, almost 95 percent of Senate’s budget. (see story http://csceagle.com/2015/04/23/clubs-funding-still-pending/)

Senate President Katrina Hurley and Senate Advisers will meet with Vice President of Finance Dale Grant to determine the exact amount that can be allocated to clubs including the rollover funds from the current year.

The recommended budgets will be reviewed and voted on at next week’s meeting.

Clubs were not penalized for inactivity, but for tardiness submitting their budget packets or for not attending their budget meetings.

College Republican’s club was the only club recommended to be denied any funds due to a forged signature on their budget packet and lack of leadership.

Stipulations for what the clubs can and cannot spend funds are in the process of being reviewed in the bylaws and budget packets for next year.

Chief Justice Coy Clark swore in Hurley as the new Student Senate President.

Karson Langley was elected the new Vice President, but was not present for her induction so current Vice President Taylor Strong will remain in office until next week’s meeting.

Clark also swore in the student senator elects: Senators-At-Large, Mauro Ovando, Gavan Archibald, Joshua Mayer, and Nathaniel Jones; School Senator of Liberal Arts, Nathaniel Brown and Chelsea Evans; School Senator of BEAMSS, Tileen Sullivan; School Senator of EHPCPS, Annie Johnson

Senate elect Syerra Wycoff-Bagshaw was absent from the meeting and will be sworn in next week.

There were some complications with Senate procedure when nominating and voting on Vice President of Finance and Secretary positions.

After the confusion, Jones was sworn in as the new vice president of finance and Johnson was sworn in as the new secretary.

Student Senate reported $36,443.25 in unallocated funds.

CAB Chair Andy Martin wanted to remind students that May 2 will be the Luau themed free bowling night and May 3 will be the free movie night. Martin hopes to get “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” to be one of the movie options.

Jones reported that unfortunately Lucinda Mays, the grounds supervisor, couldn’t get 70 shrubs for their campus beautification process without pre-ordering them. Jones requested that Senate allow them to move to phase two of their project, which is planting trees and ordering furniture for the area with the allocated $4,000. Next year, Jones plans to request funds for the original plan to plant shrubs around the area as well.