Senate president vetos $5,500 allocation

Senate President Katrina Hurley vetoed the $5,500 allocation to help fund a Christian concert.

The veto came Monday, a week after the allocation was made.
Chi Alpha and Revive asked for Senate to allocate $5,500 to help bring four Christian bands to campus. The contract for these bands was put in place this summer.

In the vetoing statement, Hurley stated, “I believe that this legislation, if passed would show no consequence to clubs if they did not follow their budgets.”

In the Student Association Constitution and Bylaws, it states, “Affiliated student organizations that have exhausted previously allocated funds may submit additional event-funding request to the CAB…”

Hurley said Monday that she did not what to stop the concert, which is scheduled for Oct. 14, so she suggested Senate approve a 35 percent penalty to the clubs. The result is that Chi Alpha and Revive will receive $4,125 for the concert, 75 percent of what they asked for.

She stated in the vetoing statement, “…it would give a precedent that Senate does not condone mismanagement of funds.”

The new suggestion was passed with a vote of 16-3 with 1 senator abstaining.

Hurley suggested a committee be formed to set up a policy to prevent occurrences like this from happening. She said a policy should be in place for clubs who are working on contracts for events over the summer months.