Senate allocates $1,848 in reimbursements

Senate allocated $58.77 less than the total cost of reimbursements based on numbers offered at the Senate meeting.
Senate allocated $1,848 in reimbursement for four senators, three members of Senate executive board, Chief Justice Sam Merrill, Justice of the Court Mikayla Gallagher, and Student Trustee Coy Clark, who attended the Senate conference Oct. 26-29 at Peru State College. The reimbursement was for three vehicles that received 42 cents per mile and for food.
The reimbursement will come as separate checks for each individual and those checks are as follows: Clark, $515.52, mileage and food; Sen. Ashley Goad, $490.42, mileage and food; Senate President Katrina Hurley, $508.96, mileage and food; Sen. Carly Slaght, $59.32, food; Sen. Denae Schilling, $49.82, food; Senate Vice President Karson Langley, $52.95, food; Sen. Michael Steube, $59.62, food; Gallagher, $37.46, food; Merrill, $64.67, food; and Senate Secretary Olivia Vester, $68.03, food. Those totals add to $1,906.77, which is $58.77 more than the allocated amount.
Vice President of Finance Curtis Stevens said Wednesday that he did not double check the numbers because he is not the one who brought the allocation forward. Hurley said she added the numbers wrong in asking for the allocation and will bring up the issue at Monday’s meeting.
Senate allocated an additional $1,680 for hotels during the conference.
Senate allocated $600 for the Christmas tree decorating event coming up in December. Last week, 30 clubs signed up at the CAB meeting indicating that they would like to decorate a tree. The $600 will go to purchasing trees for each club.
Clubs will decorate trees to be on display for a silent auction open to the whole Chadron community. The money will be given to the local Care and Share Drive to buy Christmas presents for children who are less fortunate. Tree decorating will be between Nov. 28 and Dec. 2. Senate will then invite students and community members to bid on the decorate trees from Dec. 5-12. The one who bids the most will win the tree to take home.
The Big Event staff presented its proposed budget of $13,170. For full details on the breakdown of the budget please see the related article on csceagle.com. The budget will be discussed at the open forum at 5 p.m. today.
City Council member Miles Bannan as part of pool finance committee discussed the progress of the city pool. The pool will be available for CSC students with student IDs at no cost. There will also be the possibility of work study and internships available for CSC students. There will also be water safety classes in the facility.
When the pool was proposed and working on funding, Student Senate allocated $20,000 in February 2012 to support the pool, and Bannan said that was some of the first funds the committee received.
Bannan said the facility will offer features such as a 75-foot long waterslide, zero-depth entry, swimming lanes, walking track and a physical therapy pool. The building is expected to be completed Jan. 10 but the committee is still fundraising. Bannan came to request a second donation from Senate to help cover the last part of the financing for the pool. The donation will be discussed at the open forum at 5 p.m. today. There will also be another pool representative at the forum to answer questions from students.
Hurley said she and senators have been working on Senate’s goals so they can be added to the Master Academic Plan priorities so they can continue after all of this year’s senators graduate or leave in the future. The four priorities Senate is working on include Senate Bylaw Revisions Committee, wireless printing around campus, a standing wellness committee to replace the “Student Health 101” magazine, and the women’s hygiene initiative to place feminine hygiene products in all the bathrooms on campus, which will be free to students.
Stevens reported $85,013.10 in unallocated funds at the beginning of Monday’s meeting.
Stevens, as chair of the Senate Bylaw Revisions Committee, will present proposed bylaw changes to be voted on at Monday’s meeting.
The creation of the Residents Hall and Grounds Committee was postponed for a week until the Campus Improvement Committee can come back with more details about what issues they are handling and where each of the issues are at in the process of being completed.
Senate lost quorum at 5:50 p.m. when a majority of the senators left to attend the Oxfam Hunger Banquet, which started at 6 p.m.