Budget Planning Group Meeting Minutes

 

2/14/06

3 p.m.

Room 149-T

Type of meeting:  Informational

 

Facilitator:  Bill Miller

Attending:  Brian Baldridge, Janet Boeckman, Terry Coleman, Don Dicke, Carol Easley, Jim Hull, Jean Jones, Teri Kofod, Brad McCormack, Sharon Miller, Peg Moir, Lori McKee, and Beth Price

Guest: Doug Hanuscin

Topic

Discussion

Action

Welcome/Members/

Bill welcomed new members into the group.  Jim Hull and Jean Jones have agreed to serve on the 2007 planning group representing faculty.

 

Member for this year are:

Brian Baldridge, Janet Boeckman, Terry Coleman, Don Dicke, Carol Easley, Kathy Hamilton, Jim Hull, Jean Jones, Rick Karsmizki, Teri Kofod, Brad McCormack, Lori McKee, Sharon Miller, Peg Moir, Beth Price, and Mary Rodriguez.

 

 

Meeting Times

The committee discussed future meeting dates/times.  It was agreed that the second and fourth Tuesday of the month from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. will be the designated time to meet this year. 

 

Meetings will be held in 149-F on:

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Tuesday, May 9, 2006

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

Higher Education

Bill distributed documents on Ohio’s Higher Education System and spending limitations on political subdivisions, and asked members to read.   Discussion followed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FY ’06 Budget Information

 

 

Health Insurance

Insurance premiums will go up 17% effective March 1, 2006 – February 28, 2007.  This will raise the premium cost to the College $610,655 with mail order incentive for prescription drugs.  The mail order incentive will save overall and will help keep premium increases down.  Bill noted that the insurance increase trend is 17-21 % across the state.

 

Doug Hanuscin will set up open forums in various buildings and employees will be notified that they have an opportunity to attend insurance information meetings.

 

KMU is working with Med Mutual to get information packets sent to insurance participants.

 

Budget Amendment

A resolution for consideration of approval of 2005-2006 operating budget amendment #2 will be taken to the Board of Trustees on February 22, 2006.  Discussion on ways to reduce the deficit followed.

 

FY ’07 Budget

Student Enrollment

Although applications are up, student enrollment is down.  It is imperative to have new students by Fall Quarter 2006-07. 

 

Recruitment and new programs were discussed.  It was suggested that we need to send people to recruit areas where companies or other establishments are shutting down.   It was the consensus that the development of new programs needs to be approached aggressively.

 

There is a President’s Staff Retreat on February 15.  It is expected that enrollment ideas as well as other concerns will be discussed at this meeting.

 

 

 

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m.

 

 

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be Tuesday, February 28, 2006 in 149-F

 

 

 

 

 

2/14/06

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