University of North Florida Student Senate
Senate Meeting Minutes – June 8th, 2015 – 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM – Senate Chambers
I.
Call to Order
 Meeting called to order at 6:35PM.
II.
Invocation – Senate Chaplain Noah Gomez
III.
Pledge of Allegiance
IV.
Roll Call – Senate President Pro-Tempore Caleb Grantham
 Quorum has been established with 14 voting members.
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VIII.
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X.
Approval of Agenda
 Sen. Ascanio: Motion to add SB-15SA-2869 to New Business. Second. All in favor. Moved.
 Sen. Ascanio: Motion to add Judicial Confirmation of Fred Kindelsperger after New Business. Second. All in
favor. Moved.
 Sen. Grantham: Motion to approve tonight’s agenda as amended. Second. All in favor. Moved.
Approval of Minutes
 Sen. Grantham: Motion to amend the minutes of May 13th, Item XIII. Second. All in favor. Moved.
 Sen. Ascanio: Motion to approve the minutes of May 13th as amended. Second. All in favor. Moved.
Recognition of Students Seeking Appointment
 Jose Susteroz: Sophomore, Communications major
 Justin Dato: Senior, Biology major
Student Remarks (3 minutes each)
 None.
Guest Speakers (5 minutes each)
 None.
Office of Elections Report - Elections Commissioner Brad Johnson (3 minutes)
 None.
XI.
Judicial Branch Report Chief Justice Ben Jaeger (5 minutes)
 We have one student confirmation tonight. The judicial branch confirmation process is very rigorous and
Joseph has excelled through it; we are very confident in him as an addition to the Branch. If he is approved
we will still have another seat open.
XII.
Executive Branch Reports
 Osprey Productions – Director Katie Jackson (3 minutes)
o We have three events planned for Summer B Kickoff. June 24th is our Game and Sports Day in
Student Union Amphitheater, partnering with UNF Intermurals. June 24th we also have two
showings at 7:30PM and 10:00PM of Unfinished Business in the Student Union Auditorium; there
will be free popcorn, snacks, and drinks. We expect a big crowd so any help would be appreciated.
Friday, June 6th is the annual Summer B Pool Party; there will be Zaxby’s, music, and a giant slide.
Like us on Facebook because you can see all of our events and invite fellow students. We have a
survey going for which genre you want for the fall concert, please share it.
 Club Alliance – Director Zachary Mease (3 minutes)
o We have been rewriting a lot of forms and have been working on formatting of paperwork to make it
easier for all clubs and us. We just received our new logo.
 Sen. Jordan: I thought we were trying to get away from the signature cards because they were
thrown away, why do you still have them? -It was more about the certificate that was being
thrown away not the signed papers; the signatures are required by another office that
examines them.
 Treasurer Cameron Duffy (3 minutes)
o Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I have been trying to get a better understanding of what’s
going on. I met with Morgan who is helping me in my transition. I have been meeting with a lot of
the indexes and I plan on meeting with all indexes the rest of the summer to make sure we are all on
the same page.
 Attorney General Dana Baker (3 minutes)
o An executive order passed to make a committee of checks and balances. We have been very
productive and have examined our organization’s systems against other systems. We have a very
sound Constitution and should be very proud of our work. Checks and balances will be dealing with
appointments, impeachments, legislature passing, and executive orders.
 Vice President Hailey Guerra (3 minutes)
o We have a student government conference this weekend at UCF. Legislative and Executive cabinet
members will be meeting with our counterparts. We are trying to do this to implement the things that
work and not do the things that do not. We want internal community. We are also still doing the Jags
tickets again; it will be $25 this year per game. We would love to have you guys volunteer when the
sales of that comes up.
 President Shomari Gloster (5 minutes)
o We had our FSA Lecture Meetings. I have had meetings about the boathouse and we are still seeking
out the next step. We no longer have a Director of Governmental Affairs, who was Jordan Wilson;
he will now be Chief of Staff. Project manager is Matt Harris, who is working on jags tickets and
other projects.
XIII.
Legislative Branch Reports
 Constitution and Statutes Committee – Chairman Caleb Grantham (3 minutes)
o Three weeks ago we discussed a CR that passed 5-0-0. We have Constitutions for all Senators in
binders with your name on it, please utilize them.
 Budget and Allocation Committee – Chairman Chase Baker (3 minutes)
o There are seven requests coming up in next meeting, please research and look into what these
requests are so you make a confident decision. I also need sponsors.
 Government Oversight – Chairman Gustavo Ascanio (3 minutes)
o We had emergency meeting for an appointment before Senate today. We have a bill that was vetoed
by President Turner but we still have a few things that will be changed and we will submit it again. I
am focusing on how to improve the oversight area of the committee. The advisors have helped me a
lot. I will be inviting members from each cabinet to have meetings to ask people what the specifics
and duties of their position are. We will use that to monitor them based on their own accountability.
 University and Student Affairs – Chairman Paola Lorenzo (3 minutes)
o June Osprey Voice will be finalized this week. If anyone has any suggestions let me know. Look out
for an email on the 16th for a signup sheet which will be from June 22-25th, the last week of Summer
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 Senate President Chase Baker (5 minutes)
o I have had meetings with most of you on your Senator goals. We will continue on with mini Senator
Orientation presentations. Today I will go over the seven articles.
XIV.
Unfinished Business
 Legislations considered for 1st Reading
 Simple and Joint Resolutions on 1st Reading
 Legislations considered for 2nd Reading
 Simple and Joint Resolutions on 2nd Reading
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XVI.
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XVIII.
XIX.
Amendments to the Agenda
 Sen. Grantham: Motion to open the floor for amendments to the agenda. Second. All in favor. Moved.
 Sen. Grantham: Motion to add JR-15SA-2870 under New Business. Second. All in favor. Moved.
 Sen. Grantham: Motion to close the floor to amendments to the agenda. Second. All in favor. Moved.
New Business
 Simple and Joint Resolutions on 1st Read
 Legislation on 1st Read
 Simple and Joint Resolution on 2nd Read
 Legislation considered for 2nd Read
o SB-15SA-2863 Amendments to Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Provisionary Language
 Sen. Ascanio: Spinnaker met with Student Government and discussed a misunderstanding in
the provisionary language. We are now going to give the money to print 9 copies if they so
choose but overall this gives them more flexibility in their budget.
 Sen. Brahmbhatt: Motion to approve SB-15SA-2863. Second. All in favor. Moved.
 Discussion.
 Roll call vote passes 14-0-0.
o CR-15SA-2862 Article IV Revisions
 Jaeger: This allows the Judicial Branch a similar way of managing internal accountability
through a point system for absences.
 Sen. Jordan: Do we currently have any justices affected by this CR? –No, but I have seen it
happen during my time.
 Sen. Ascanio: Motion to approve CR-15SA-2862. Second. All in favor. Moved.
 Discussion.
 Roll call vote passes 14-0-0.
o SB-15SA-2869
 Sen. Ascanio: this was vetoed but there are still a few important features of. We are keeping
everything except for the required appointment recommendations which we are replacing a
w different clause. There was a grammar issue on line 8. Line 107 was also changed. Line 63
had an addition. This is for the purpose of transparency. The go will
 Sen. Jordan: The section vetoed from former President was totally scrubbed, correct? –Yes.
 Sen. Ascanio: Motion to approve SB-15SA-2869. Second. All in favor. Moved
 Discussion.
 Roll call vote passes 14-0-0.
o JR-15SA-2870
 President Gloster: I have been fortunate enough to have worked with Director McGuire, he
deserves recognition. Reads bill verbatim.
o Sen. Ascanio: Motion to approve JR-15SA-2870. Second. All in favor. Moved.
o Discussion.
o Sen. Grantham: Motion to approve under unanimous consent. Second. All in favor. Moved.
Judicial Appointments
 Fred Kindelsperger
o Sen. Jordan: Could you give us a brief of your legal philosophy? –the judiciary functions here to
resolve conflicts and make clear how to proceed forward under the Constitution.
o Sen. Klein: What is your schedule outside of Student Government? –I’m in the business college, I
have a full time class schedule as well but I feel confident I will be able to handle all of the
responsibilities.
o Sen. Daniels: Motion to approve Fred Kindelsperger. Second. All in favor. Moved.
o Discussion.
o Roll call vote passes 13-0-0.
Announcements
 None.
Final Roll Call – Senate President Pro-Tempore Caleb Grantham
 Quorum has been reestablished with 13 voting members.
XX.
Adjournment
 Meeting adjourned at 7:44PM.
Minutes taken by Farah Azzouz, Senate Secretary