Los Angeles Mission College
Budget and Planning Committee
MINUTES
June 4, 2009 - REVISED
Campus Center, Room 2 from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Present: Lilamani De Silva, Zoila Rodriguez-Doucette, Karen Hoefel, Leslie Milke, Frances,
Nguyen, Luz Nunez, Maury Pearl, Gary Prostak, Joe Ramirez
Absent: Eloise F. Cantrell, Alma Johnson-Hawkins, Sandy Thomsen, Debby Wong, ASO Rep.
Guests: Richie Aribuabo
1. Meeting was called to order by Co-Chair Leslie Milke at 12:15 P.M.
2. Reviewed/approved the minutes of May 2009 meeting with minor changes.
3. College Financial Status: The College’s 2008/09 enrollment growth was sufficient to cover all of the
current and future debt owed (approx. $1.5 million) to the District for operating deficits in 2005/06 and
2006/07. The projections for 2009/10 indicate that there could be a $2 million deficit if the College
determines that all of the over base funding requests should be considered. The District has proposed a
5% across-the-board reduction, roughly $1.3 million, for Mission on program 10100. The impact of this
will determine the need for furloughs and other cost-saving measures. The College could save
approximately $650,000 if winter 2010 Intersession is cancelled. Mission College’s total operating cost
is roughly $27 million per year. In addition to cancelling Winter 2010, the elimination of summer
session II saved approximately $250,000. Energy projects, currently in the planning phase, will
possibly reduce the impact of increased utility costs as new buildings open for instruction. The
Chancellor has indicated he will send another letter regarding the status of the budget by the end of July
2009.
4. Committee Annual Self-Evaluation: The completed form was handed out to the members for
discussion. There was a suggestion to Item #4, Goals for 2009-10 – Provide training to all department
heads in the fall regarding the budget planning process and forms submittals. It was suggested to start
off with a small group for training. This small group could then train other people in their division to
spread the information. A task force was identified for the Op-Plan and this will continue.
5. Title V: The five year grant will end in Sept 2009. There is a need to address the Specially Funded
Programs (SFP) internal process and how the termination of the Title V program could affect the
operations of the college. The committee will work more on this by next month’s meeting.
6. Committee Membership: Terms for the current members will be reviewed by Leslie. It is
recommended to include the new Dean of Workforce Development to become a voting member of the
committee. This recommendation will be taken to College Council for approval as this will be a change
in the Charter of the committee. This additional member is needed to help the committee link the SFP’s
in the Budget and Planning process. Joe will ask the ASO president to join the next Budget and
Planning meeting.
ADJOURN: Meeting adjourned at 1:30 p.m.
Next Meeting: Sept. 3, 2009