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Senate mulls over abundance of interim jobs
Amaya Wiegert
Daily Staff Writer
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He said he told the university's administrative team in a prior meeting that skeptical opinions with regards to interims and their tentative roles were, with all due respect, a "dumb" state of mind.
"We're in charge of ourselves," Kassing said. "We're dependent on our own power, our own experience and I feel very comfortable with the people I've asked to come in."
Kassing added that the university could not stand still between now and the summer of 2006 when a new president is scheduled to come in.
During the meeting, the senate passed a resolution that called upon Kassing to work with the senate's Executive Committee and immediately form a task force to develop a set of priorities that will help reduce the division of intercollegiate athletics' dependence on the university's general fund.
According to the resolution, the Task Force's plan should enable the division to function by the academic year 2007-08 with an allocation from the general fund that does not exceed 2 percent of the university's general fund base budget.
Both Kassing and the Executive Committee will determine the membership of the task force and a report is to be given to the committee in May 2005, according to the resolution.
After much debate over phrasing and word usage, the senate also passed a resolution recommending a specifi c strategic planning process for SJSU, including the formation of a Goals Advisory Council and University Planning Council.
Both councils were amended to include at-large faculty members.
A budget report for the 2004-05 year was also presented at the meeting.
Rose Lee, interim vice president for Administration and Finance, said the university is holding $3.7 million as a reserve against not meeting its revenue.
"On a budget of $219 million, having a budget reserve of $3.7 million is not bad," Lee said.
Lee said the athletics department had its share of a $14 million budget reduction and that the department's revenues did not meet its expenditures.
The final budget for the 2005-06 year will be passed in late June or early July of 2005, Lee said.
The next Senate meeting will be
on Feb. 28, 2005.
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