Budget Committee Charge, 2021-2022

The committee will attend to the following issues and report to Council as appropriate:

• Address Parking Fee increases – is there a better solution for years 2 & 3?
• Engage with the work of the RAM committees – progress & plans
• Follow-up on rising benefit costs for employees
  • Salaries of staff – equitable (versus new hourly rates) – Cost of living
  • Weaknesses of the cost analyses of staff, missing positions, inequities
• Follow-up of COVID-related expense reimbursements from government agencies
• Review Athletics budgetary shortfall
  • New leadership plan, COVID shortfall
• Follow-up on faculty salary reduction process
  • Promise of salary equity study update ~18% difference
  • Status of Women Committee – reach out
• Follow-up on future plans to outsource some staff positions, e.g., janitorial staff
  • Is this the right committee?
• **Address faculty salary compression
• **Investigate changes in GO support to colleges/MU
  • How PMI changes allocations of funds?
• **Calculations of AAU metrics
  • MU last in faculty salaries

Faculty Council membership on committee:
Co-Chair:
Leslie Lyons

Members:
Rick Johnson
Pete Wilden
Scott Kovaleski
Art Jago
Steve Karian