Senate president vetoes $5,500 allocation for Christian concert

Senate President Katrina Hurley vetoed the $5,500 allocated to help fund a Christian concert sponsored by Chi Alpha and Revive.

The veto came Monday, a week after Senate approved the allocation at its Sept. 28 meeting.

Chi Alpha and Revive asked Senate to allocate $5,500 to help bring four Christian bands to campus. The contract for the bands was signed in summer to book the banks, club representatives told Senate in a public forum Sept. 28.

“I believe that this legislation, if passed would show no consequence to clubs if they did not follow their budgets,” Hurley said Monday.

Student Association Constitution and Bylaws state, “Affiliated student organizations that have exhausted previously allocated funds may submit additional event-funding requests  to the CAB.”

Hurley said Monday that she did not what to stop the concert, set for Oct. 14, so she suggested Senate approve a 25 percent penalty of the allocation. The result is that Chi Alpha and Revive will receive $4,125 for the concert. Senate approved Hurley’s proposal, 16 votes to 3 votes, 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.