Eastern Ad-Hoc Budget Committee
Minutes
December 17, 2009
Connecticut Room, Gelsi-Young Hall

Attendance: Dave Bachand, Karyl Bulmer, Dennis Hannon, Drew Hyatt, Kristin Jacobi, Diane Moore, Elsa Núñez, Dimitrios Pachis, Michael Pernal, John Sweeney

Absent: Grace Enggas, Pat Christadore, Douglas Lussier, David Mariasi, William Newell, William Salka, Bruce Tyler, Robert Wolf

Meeting commenced at 9:00 am

Motion to accept the minutes of the previous meeting (K.Jacobi, D.Bachand - Passed)

Senate Presentation

• AVP Sweeney attended the December 1 Senate Meeting and gave a presentation on Eastern’s budget. A copy of the presentation was shared with the committee.
• AVP Sweeney will send the committee a draft message that will be sent to the Eastern community about the budget presentation made to the University Senate.
• An energy conservation reminder for Wintersession will also be emailed out to the community.

Spring Meetings

• Our January 28 meeting will be a joint meeting with BRAC on the Spending Plan and will focus on key assumptions.
• The committee is going to be more involved in the development of the budget at the Spending Plan level.
• A tentative schedule has been set for the Spring. Some of the Thursday meetings may be rescheduled.
  o Thursday, January 28, 10–noon; Purpose: Joint meeting on Spending Plan.
  o Thursday, February 25, 10–noon; Purpose: Review savings efforts including Work-$mart; Update on Governor’s budget and Mid-Year Spending Plan.
  o Thursday, March 18, 10–noon; Purpose: Review submitted budget plan; provide FY 2010 update.
  o Monday, April 19, 9–11; Purpose: State fiscal update; equipment and technology planning; savings update.
  o Tuesday, May 11, 1 – 3; Purpose: Semester wrap-up.

Tuition and Fee Update

•  The Tuition and Fee Rates were approved last week by the Board of Trustees.
• The rates are slightly higher than what we recommended and will generate more revenue than we had planned.
• Copies of the In-State Undergraduate Cost of Attendance Schedule were shared with the committee.

Other

• It is important for Eastern to focus in and keep delivering despite what’s going on.
• Keep pushing savings so that we can have better control of our destiny.
• Overall growth and enrollment will be by retention with part-time enrollment
  reductions estimated at 5%. This will fill out the upper classes and open up lower
  classes.

Next meeting will be Thursday, January 28 at 10:00 in the Connecticut Room, Gelsi-Young Hall

Meeting adjourned at 10:12 am

Respectfully submitted,

Karyl Bulmer
Assistant Bursar for Student Accounts