The Student Government Summer Planning Committee voted down a proposal Wednesday to do away with college councils.
SG President Cody Wells proposed giving the Senate full control of the funds.
He said each college council should have to come before the Senate for funding approval and surplus money should roll into the Senate’s surplus.
SG Vice President Kathleen Bordelon suggested that inactive councils should be done away with for that year until they could apply to have their budget approved for the next year.
Senator Lane Pace suggested completely overhauling college councils rather than trying to fix the status quo, while Speaker of the Senate Aaron Caffarel proposed doing away with college councils completely and “redirecting their
purposes to other places.”
Caffarel said the $12,000 set aside for the councils’ use usually sits there the entire year.
He said the majority of councils think the money will just get used later. However, he said students should see the benefits of the money they pay during the semester.
Caffarel said councils have had the chance for years to step up and use this money for the good of students, but haven’t.
Before voting on the proposal, Caffarel made sure to clarify that their vote would not change anything — they would simply propose the idea to the Senate as legislation when it was back in session.
Six Committee members voted against the measure — enough to vote it down.
Bordelon suggested that in order to decide what should be done about college councils, they should first define what they want college councils to do. Caffarel agreed and asked members to write up detailed proposals about the purpose of the college councils and what should be done about them.
Also discussed during the meeting was a bus trip for the Oregon football game and replacing the basketball bus trip with a major home game broadcasted on ESPN.
SG Director of Athletics Chas Kelly informed the committee the football Pink Game had been set for Oct. 1.
Sponsorship for these events was also discussed.
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