The mid-year budget cuts made in January will probably become annualized, said Bob Kuhn, associate vice chancellor of Budget and Planning.Kuhn took questions and discussed the University’s future budget outlook in a discussion with the Staff Senate on Wednesday.He said $12.6 million was cut in the mid-year budget cuts. The annualizing of the mid-year budget cuts will probably mirror the budget cuts made last July, Kuhn said.He spoke to the Staff Senate to help them better explain the University’s budget outlook, Staff Senate President Chad Gothreaux said.”The state of the budget can oftentimes be confusing,” Gothreaux said. “It changes almost daily.”Gov. Bobby Jindal’s decision to spare the University from any more budget cuts last month was good news, but the reality is the budget cuts the University already incurred hit the University hard, Gothreaux said.”The average person on the street thinks we have been spared, but we have already lost a lot,” Gothreaux said.The possibility of a furlough hasn’t been taken off the table, Kuhn said.The best way to make cuts is to have decisions made at the lowest level, and the deans and department chairs should talk with faculty, staff and students to determine the best way to make cuts without hurting the overall goal of the college and department, Kuhn said.He added the University and the Office of Budget and Planning are trying to minimize any budget cuts at all times.—-Contact Jacob Most at [email protected].