University Budget Advisory Committee (UBAC)
Meeting Notes
April 15, 2009, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Sacramento Hall Annex, Conference Room
Members Present: Fred Baldini, Robert (Bob) Buckley, Paul Edwards, Scott Farrand, Lillie
Jones, Laureen O’Hanlon, Steve Perez (Chair), James Sobredo
Members Absent: Ming-Tung (Mike) Lee, Shawn Smith, Jimmy Tsang
Others Present: Stacy Hayano (BPA), Norman Kwong (BPA)
Open Forum: The latest news indicates the CSU will receive $268.5 million via the State Fiscal
Stabilization Fund (SFSF). This federal assistance will provide CSU with $268.5 million which is
above the anticipated $255 million in funding. The difference of $13.5 million will be used to
partially offset the $50 million budget reduction previously handed down by the state to the
CSU. Instead of the anticipated additional $3 million in reduction, the projected reduction will be
approximately $2.164 million.
Agenda Discussion: The committee reviewed a revised Sources and Uses document which
reflected changes from the last meeting. The revision also includes the reduced CSU systemwide reduction due to the additional funding from the SFSF (mentioned above under open
forum). Therefore, the latest projection displays a 2009-10 campus deficit of $6.6 million (the
previous estimate was $6.7 million).
UBAC continued their discussion of 2009-10 proposed AUE (which began in the previous
meeting). UBAC had requested more information from division heads in regards to certain
AUE, and the resulting responses were reviewed. In general, members continued to voice
concerns that efforts between divisions be coordinated, and whether or not overlap existed
between divisional funding requests. The committee reached consensus on the recommended
funding levels for the remaining AUE.
Lastly, the committee considered a request addressed to the President. The original request
originated from the Vice President for Administration and Business Affairs, but subsequent input
was provided by the Vice President for Student Affairs. Currently, revenues from application and
transcript fees are subsumed into the university’s overall revenues and are used to fund the
University’s operations. The request asked the committee to consider allocating a percentage of
the application and transcript fee revenue as a baseline augmentation to Student Affairs
commencing in the 2009/10 fiscal year. Since the bulk of the processing related to these two
fees is done within Student Affairs, this funding would help to support their enrollment
management operations (maintaining and growing enrollment) and to assure timely student
graduation, which is consistent with the University’s strategic priorities. The committee
discussed whether a separate AUE request for Enrollment Planning was related. Student
Affairs’ remaining structural deficit was also discussed and how they use carry forward funds to
support on-going expenses. The committee decided to seek further clarification before making
a decision.
Future Meetings (tentative schedule): All meetings are to be held in the Sac Hall Annex
Conference Room, unless otherwise noted.
1. Friday (4/17/09), 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
2. Wednesday (4/22/09), 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
3. Friday (4/24/09), 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.