REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
BUDGET PLANNING COMMITTEE (BPC)
November 20, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Eureka Campus – LRC 107
Notes
PRESENT
Vinci Adams, Ruth Bettenhausen, Dan Calderwood, Michael Dennis,
Melissa Green, Julia Morrison, Lorie Walsh
NEW BUSINESS
Ruth noted that she has requested that the Academic Senate appoint a
faculty member to serve as co-chair to the Budget Planning
Committee (BPC) however, at this time no one has been appointed.
ADOPTED 2009-10
BUDGET
Ruth stated that the Annual Plan (Final Budget 2009-10) was
reviewed and approved by the Board of Trustees at the
September 14, 2009, regular board meeting. The General Fund is a
combination of fund 10 and 15, which consists of restricted and
unrestricted funds. The president broke out fund 15 which included
enrollment growth funds. The focus of this committee for the most
part is on fund 10.
FUTURE
FORECASTED
UNRESTRICTED
GENERAL FUND
10 & 15
There will be a revenue calculation for 2010-11 based on
recommendations from the Presidents Cabinet and State budget
bulletins. The BPC revenue forecast calculation will be forwarded to
cabinet for review in January 2010, if approved by cabinet it will
then be forwarded to the Board of Trustees.
The base rate for funding for Full Time Enrolled Students (FTES),
has been cut by the chancellor’s office by 3.9%. Last year the district
received full growth funding of FTES, however, there currently is no
funding available from the state for future enrollment growth.
The majority of the district’s revenues are designated to specific use
funds and the back-up reserve is the 5% reserve budgeted from the
general fund (fund10) and the employee benefit trust fund. There was
discussion about the trust and concern that these funds could be
depleted. Ruth noted that the board of trustees made a very
conscientious and far-sighted decision in creating the trust and that
this is a temporary fix until the economy rebounds.
The Budget Planning Committee needs to submit a revenue
projection for next year based on:
student/faculty ratio
number of sections taught by full and part-time faculty
possible issues with health care
can the district continue to support FTES that are currently
forecast
The next BPC meeting to be scheduled in January will focus on
developing Budget Assumptions for FY2010-11 and preliminary
General Fund Revenue projections. After some discussion it was
agreed that the next BPC meeting would be scheduled the week
before classes start. The committee will determine the Spring 2010
meeting schedule at this meeting as the faculty members class
schedules need to be taken into consideration.
ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m.