A motion was made and seconded to table and send back to committee, and for Senators to poll individual units and send findings to APC for consideration.
Secretary Rye suggested APC research the other Kentucky state funded schools for comparison and as supplement to the Action Item. President Hampton asked Chair Gebremedhin to discuss this with Provost Thomas.
PCC did not meet and thus did not elect a Chair to replace Ombudsman Reilly. President Hampton reported she had spoken to Vice-Chair Gyawali and he had agreed to serve. PCC will elect a chair at its next regular meeting, with Senator Gyawali agreeing to serve if elected.
Chair Rye reported BASC has not yet received the Current Employee List (by primary position, salary and names redacted) that President Brown authorized. Rayla Smoot, Director of Human Resources, emailed her that she and Yuliana Susanto, Director of Institutional Research, are working on updating the list and will forward once completed.
BASC began reviewing the data provided by VP Appleton of the 2017-2018 Budget, organized by area with total salaries, fringe benefits, operating, and totals. Individual BASC members suggested areas for further study. These were not voted on and an inclusive list of all members' concerns are as follows.
Office of General Counsel, total $462,900. This figure does not seem to include the annual $100,000 traditionally allocated for external counsel William Johnson. A Senator suggested KSU should look at options for contracting out legal services.
Institutional Research, $481,800.
Faculty Development, $40,000. How is it spent? Is it sufficient? Do faculty have adequate options for attendance at conferences and participation of students? Dr. Obi will conduct preliminary research and draft a potential action item regarding faculty development.
Web-Site (needs a lot of work)
Advising
Academic Affairs/Provost, $1,706,833 total, up from $1,042,900 FY17. Salaries increased from $677,700 to $1,182,837, not counting fringe benefits.
Global Education. Is budget sufficient?
Scholarships. What is the allocation for each scholarship, does this include athletic and extracurricular scholarships as academic?
Information Technology. Is budget sufficient?
Athletics. Of $1,864,731 total $618,200 is administration.
University General. $322,700. How is spending determined? How is it used?
BASC members would like to know what is included in several categories.