RESOLUTION
concerning
FY 2007-09 BIENNIAL BUDGET REQUEST - GENERAL FUND AND OPERATING FUND
August 25, 2006
WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees for the Connecticut State University System (CSUS) under its statutory authority shall "review and approve institutional budget requests and prepare and submit to the Board of Governors of Higher Education,..." for review and recommendation, and
WHEREAS, A proposed FY 2007-09 Biennial Budget Current Services request which includes continuation funding for positions projected to be funded through the General Fund and the Operating Fund; funding to meet known collective bargaining requirements; and funding to meet operating costs for new General Fund facilities projected to go on-line has been developed for submission to the Department of Higher Education (DHE) and the State Office of Policy and Management (OPM), and
WHEREAS, Inflationary increases for expenditures reflected in the Current Services request are based upon inflationary factors provided by OPM as part of their Biennial Budget instructions, and
WHEREAS, The budget process furthermore provides for requesting funding for programmatic initiatives or other "above current service" needs, and
WHEREAS, A budget expansion option is proposed which will fund non-faculty staffing, which has not kept pace with student growth and square footage expansion due to funding shortfalls and the 2003 ERIP, and
WHEREAS, CSUS has added 783,737 in additional square footage in General Fund buildings since FY1997, and
WHEREAS, Funding for operations and maintenance of these facilities has not kept pace with the capital side, and
WHEREAS, Enrollment has continued to grow in the face of funding shortfalls as well reductions in non-faculty staffing as a result of the 2003 ERIP, and
WHEREAS, Proper staffing of student support areas (such as registrar's office, bursar's office, financial aid office, etc.) has suffered, resulting in inadequate provision of necessary student services, and
WHEREAS, A budget expansion option is proposed which will phase in State General Fund support to increase the number of faculty in key workforce shortage areas over the next five years, and
WHEREAS, There is a critical need for additional full-time faculty at CSUS to meet the needs of the growing student population, as well as the needs of business in the new knowledge economy, and
WHEREAS, More full-time faculty will enable CSUS to initiate a number of important new programs, and
WHEREAS A budget expansion option is proposed which will fund an addition to our base General Fund appropriation to reflect the permanent increase in base energy costs experienced over the past year, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees for the Connecticut State University System hereby approves and submits for review and recommendation to the Board of Governors a biennial budget Current Services request of $532.3 million and $543.2 million for FY2007-08 and FY2008-09 respectively, including collective bargaining increases for settled bargaining units. A breakdown of the current service request is shown below:
*Excludes unsettled bargaining units
**Assumes inflation rates of .9% for energy and 2.1% for all other, as per OPM guidelines
*Excludes unsettled bargaining units
**Assumes inflation rates of .6% for energy and 2.1% for all other, as per OPM guidelines
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees for the Connecticut State University System hereby approves and submits for review and recommendation to the Board of Governors a Biennial Budget Above Current Services request of $12.5 million for FY2007-08 and an additional $1.6 million ($14.1 million cumulatively) for FY2008-09, and be it further
RESOLVED, That these requests may be adjusted by the Chancellor of the Connecticut State University System in response to directives of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or for other technical purposes, and be it further
RESOLVED, That the requests shall be transmitted to the Board of Governors for its review and recommendation by the Chancellor of the Connecticut State University System, who shall work cooperatively with said Board and its staff to provide further information and analysis as requested.
A Certified True Copy:
Lawrence D. McHugh
Chairman
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