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FACULTY SENATE MEETING MINUTES February 23, 1999 SC117 ATTENDANCE Present: Damon Bahr, Deborah Baird, sub. for John Balden, David Brandt, Joe Buchman, Elaine Byrd, Eddy Cadet, Ernest Carey, Max Christofferson, Malcolm Crawford, Kathie Debenham, Jeanille Gooch, Eldon Greenhalgh, Ron Hammond, Jill Jasperson, Chris Jones, sub. for Stephanie Larsen, Dave Manning, Doug Miller, Duane Miller, Gary Noll, Tom Perkins, LouAnn Provost, Kirk Rasmussen, Liliana Riboldi, Grant Richards, Pres. Kerry Romesburg, Merlin Smith, sub. for Keith Snedegar, Dr. Lucille T. Stoddard, K.D. Taylor, Jon Turner, Lynn Turnquist, sub. for Cristine Veit, Forrest Williams, Don Wilson, Laurie Wood Absent: Jeanette Hall, Chester Heath Excused: Guests: Andrea Brown, Lisa Lambert, Linda Makin, Karl Worthington CALL TO ORDER Grant Richards called the meeting to order at 3:10 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Tom Perkins made a motion to accept the minutes with the following change: Ron Hammond's motion should read "I move that the salary proposal be voted on by the faculty senate and not by the faculty (rather than senate) at large." Ron Hammond seconded the motion. Vote to approve was unanimous. REMARKS President Romesburg reported on the results of the legislative meeting. He informed us that our new building is more than likely to be funded. In the beginning we were told that the state would not bond over 50 million dollars. Our building would require 29 million, and a new Justice Building in Vernal (priority over our building) was to be bonded at 26 million. Those two bonds would equal a state bond total of 55 million. The state has since raised the bond level to 55 million which would include our building. There will also be money for growth which UVSC will receive, and some additional appropriations for other higher education needs, which we will probably not receive because the committee believes that we have gotten our share through growth money. Compensation will receive approximately a 2.5% increase of which we will be spending about 1.5% for our benefit package increases. The rest goes to salaries (only 1%). We will have a much less attractive benefit package. Co-pays will go up, as will pharmacy fees. The proposal for Dixie to become a state college comes up February 24 at 2:30. President Romesburg believes that by the Fall of 2000 Dixie will be offering 4-year degrees. UVSC offered to buy the Utah County Journal building for $2.8 million and they accepted, then changed their mind. They wanted $3.6 million. We said that we could pay $3 million (money from an increase in student fees approved by student council). They agreed to $3 million and then they said no, they had a better offer. The better offer comes from someone who wants to put student housing on that land. President Romesburg believes that Orem city will not approve student housing on that land and we hope this will come back to us in a month or so. He was very complimentary towards the students for their willingness to pay for the building through student fees in order to help us to obtain that land adjacent to our campus. ACTION ITEMS A vote was taken on the Salary Proposal (choosing Proposal One or Proposal Two). Duane Miller called for a roll call vote. The vote resulted in three votes for Proposal One and 29 votes for Proposal Two. Proposal Two will be implemented at the beginning of the next fiscal year by placing a column ten for one year, with the regular procedure for requesting a column jump currently under way, and then moving to the formula in July of 2000 after a buyout of any remaining merit points. The various school budget committees will need to begin working now to get things ready. A policy change document will need to be created, then the new policy will be presented to the Board of Trustees. (As per request, details of the roll call voting for this meeting and for February 9th are included at the end of these minutes.) INFORMATION ITEMS
The student government representative asked the senators to remember to nominate fellow faculty and staff members. Pick up applications in the student government office. Please complete the teacher of the year application form. If you have been nominated you should have received notification. The deadline is March 15. Please apply if you have been nominated, the process has been made easier. Lisa Lambert stated that Back-to-School meetings will be held Thursday, August 19. This will be a faculty development day with lunch. Senators also received a handout about upcoming guest scholars for the Master Teacher series.
BYU tuition waivers for full-time faculty have been increased from 12 to 24 (per academic year).
Formative evaluation forms should now be with the department secretaries. We will be using a new Scantron form and a new Scantron machine. This will allow the forms to be processed in batches. Lisa expressed thanks to those who worked to get things ready for this semester and to those who have dealt with this long ordeal in the past.
The Faculty Development Committee meets on the third Tuesday each month. Please submit applications before the committee meets. Column change and salary point deadlines: Column change, March 15, salary points, May 24. Little money is available from the legislature as of yet for Y2K. Ernest Carey pointed out that only 40% of the computers on campus are compliant. President Romesburg mentioned that there will be no voicemail for quite some time. He stated that the legislature has declared that state institutions cannot be sued for problems with Y2K. Lisa said that the computer services department is understaffed and underfunded and needs to make repairs during class hours. Please work with them; they may have to take a lab down during class time. There are people working very hard on this and we need to thank them. Some have been encouraging a delay in school openings for January 1, 2000, but the governor wants us to start as regularly scheduled. Karl Worthington pointed out that his committee is developing a contingency plan for a "paper process" to keep the school running if there were difficulties. Karl Worthington declared that as of today we have no additional space for fall classes. We have 70 to 80 sections for which we do not have classrooms. We use everything we have during prime time, and there is continual push for new programs and new degrees which also need prime time space. Deans have been told that there will be some tough decisions to be made. We may get some remodeling money that could create three to four more classrooms, and we may have some additional space in the mall. The number of rooms to rent from the Institute has decreased as their enrollment continues to climb. Academic Standards - Dave Manning remarked that this committee has been working on petitions that are due to the new add policy. They ask that senators remind the faculty that they should not allow a student to attend class after the add deadline if they have not officially added the class. Budget Committee - Ron stated that the next time the senate meets this committee will have a time line regarding Policy Two so that we can start the process of change. Curriculum - According to Chris Jones, many departments are submitting new curriculum. There will be some new four-year degrees. In the next meeting we will discuss the Behavioral Sciences four-year degree. The Accounting degree has now gone on to regents. Faculty Merit - Duane says that they are all caught up with merit points. Friday is the deadline for merit bonus applications and they will not accept any that are late. Ernie suggested that a memo be sent to the chair and to the faculty members. Personnel & Elections: Laurie Wood has received some names for committee replacements. Faculty members need to keep submitting names so that we will have a full ballot for the end of the year. Bring committee work up in department meetings. We need to know who will be the next senator from the departments who have departing senators. The question was raised about replacing Duane Miller for Merit Committee chair. The committee will continue in spite of the change in the salary policy. Merit bonus, for example, will still exist but some functions will be discontinued. Tenure - Faculty should be getting their own tenure files ready. The committee is still working on post tenure review. Lisa mentioned that there is some confusion about tenure deadlines and deadlines for column advancements or salary points. Please clarify any confusion with your faculty. She receives calls about all these, yet she doesn't work with tenure issues. Dr. Stoddard said that faculty are welcome to call her if they have questions about tenure. The only tenure application is due at the seven-year mark. Faculty Development - Forrest Williams says that they are having problems finding someone to chair the committee for Teacher of the Year for each school's applications, specifically the School of Business and the School of Science. The person has to be from the school. It is preferable if the person is a past winner of the award. If senators know of anyone who wants to do this, they are asked to please let Forrest know. Last year there were no applicants from the Trades School and the prize was unclaimed. This item will be discussed at the next meeting. ADJOURNMENT Laurie Wood moved to adjourn. It was seconded and the meeting was adjourned at 4:05 p.m. Damon Bahr - for Deborah Baird - for John Balden - absent David Brandt - against Joe Buchman - for Elaine Byrd - against sub for Eddy Cadet - for Ernest Carey - for Max Christofferson - for Malcolm Crawford - for Kathie Debenham - against Jeanille Gooch - absent Eldon Greenhalgh - against Ron Hammond - for Chester Heath - absent Jill Jasperson - for Chris Jones - for Dave Manning - against sub for Doug Miller - for Duane Miller - against Gary Noll - for Tom Perkins - against LouAnn Provost - for Kirk Rasmussen - for Liliana Riboldi - for Grant Richards - for Merlin Smith - for Keith Snedegar - against K.D. Taylor - against sub for Jon Turner - for Lynn Turnquist - against sub. for Cristine Veit - for Forrest Williams - for Don Wilson - against Laurie Wood - for Record of roll call vote taken February 23rd on choice between Proposal One and Proposal Two: Damon Bahr - 2 Deborah Baird - 2 John Balden - 2 David Brandt - 2 Joe Buchman - 2 Elaine Byrd - 2 Eddy Cadet - 2 Ernest Carey - 2 Max Christofferson - 2 Malcolm Crawford - 2 Kathie Debenham - 2 Jeanille Gooch - 2 Eldon Greenhalgh - 2 Ron Hammond - 2 Chester Heath - absent Jill Jasperson - 1 Chris Jones - 2 Dave Manning - 2 Doug Miller - 1 Duane Miller - 1 Gary Noll - 2 Tom Perkins - 2 LouAnn Provost - 2 Kirk Rasmussen - 2 Liliana Riboldi - 2 Grant Richards - 2 (tie-breaker only) Merlin Smith - 2 Keith Snedegar - 2 K.D. Taylor - 2 Jon Turner - 2 Lynn Turnquist - 2 sub. for Cristine Veit - 2 Forrest Williams - 2 (late) Don Wilson - 2 Laurie Wood - 2
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