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Portland State UniversityPDXScholarFaculty Senate Monthly Packets University Archives: Faculty Senate3-4-1985Faculty Senate Monthly Packet March 1985Portland State University Faculty SenateLet us know how access to this document benefits you.Follow this and additional works at: http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/senateminutesThis Minutes is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Senate Monthly Packets by an authorizedadministrator of PDXScholar. For more information, please contact pdxscholar@pdx.edu.Recommended CitationPortland State University Faculty Senate, "Faculty Senate Monthly Packet March 1985" (1985). Faculty Senate Monthly Packets. Paper10.http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/senateminutes/10(uportland state universityMEMORANDUMTo:From:Senators and Ex-officio Members of the Senate February 21, 1985Ulrich H. Hardt, Secretary of the Faculty/~~~The Faculty Senate will hold its regular meeting on March71 Crilller Hall.Please note room change.AGENDAA. Roll*B. Approval of the Minutes of the February 4, 1985, Meetin9C. Announcements and Communications from the FloorD. Question Period1. Questions for Administrators2. Questions from the Floor for the ChairE. Reports from the Officers of Administration and Committees -- NoneF. Unfinished Business -- NoneG. New Bus i ness1. University General Education RequirementsPlease bring OAA mailing (Feb. 4, 1985) to meetingH. Adj ou rnment*The following documents are included with this mailing:*B Minutes of February 4, 1985, Senate Meeting****Mailing to Senators and Ex-officio Members only.(Ci Minutes:Presiding Officer:Secretary:Members Present:PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYFaculty Senate Meeting. February 4, 1985Nancy L1tl9U1rich H. HardtBeeson, Bennett, Bentley, Brenner, Cabelly, Campbell,Constans, Cooper,Oiman, Dunke1d, Edner, Hakanson,Heneghan, Jackson, A. Johnson, D. Johnson, Kempner,Kimball, Kosokoff, Kristof, Lal1, Mandavi11e,Mart inez, Maynard, Moor, ~eklason, Newberry, 01 son,R. Petersen, J. Peterson, Reece, Rodich, Sheridan,Smeltzer, Solie, Soohoo, Spo1ek,' Tang, Tayler, Tracy,·West, Williams, Wolk,Wurm, Wyers.Alternates Present: Kasal for Kimbre11, Gerber for Cawthorne, B1 ake forRufolo, Rueter for Forbes, Cumpston for Grimes,Withers for Hillman, Gaffuri for Jones, Blankenshipfor Robertson, Dressler for Sommerfeldt, Stowell forStuart, Goldman for White, Frost for Wrench.,I'Members Absent: Bjork, Carl, Featheri ngi 11, Harmon, Cogan, Reardon,Rose, Scheans, Walton.Ex-officio MembersPresent:(\-.-JB1umel, Bogue, Corn, Dobson, Edgington, Erzurum1u,Forbes, Hardt, Harris, Heath, Morris, Pfingsten, Ross,Schende1" Trudeau.APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES :The minutes of the January 14, 1985, Senate meeting were approved as dis-tributed.ANNOUNCEMENTSDOBSON announced that the General Education Requirements document will becirculated to all faculty this week and will be discussed on the MarchSenate agenda.QUESTION PERIODS1. President BLUMEL made available the summary of the budget recommenda-tions discussed at the December 14 Board meeting, showing the Board'srequests and the Governor's recommendations. (See attached) Theserecommendations were presented to Ways and Means which will make up itsown mind and base their decision on the availability of revenue. Onpage iii, the Governor's recommendations represent drastic cuts for PSUin high tech, as opposed to only minor adjustments for UO and OSU.Page 15In an effort to cut out duplicate programs in Oregon, the Governor an-nounced that he was approving a major center at each university asfollows: UO, basic science; OSU, engineering; PSU, international tradeand commerce. The cuts in EAS in the Portland area represent a realprob1em because of the proximity of bus i ness and industry. PSU wi 11try to get as much restoration for Engineering and International Tradeand Commerce as possible; the Governor has said that adjustments werepossible after a study has been made.MOOR wanted to know how much of the $20 million salary adjustment wouldcome to PSU. BLUMEL said it was hard to know; merit, market conditionsand equity are the important considerations. BEESON estimated that 30%would come to PSU, 80% to UO and OSU. Blumel agreed.2. BOGUE responded to the question of what faculty could do to effectivelyexpress thei r vi ews about the Governor I s budget recommendat ions totheir legislators. Two things-more effective than letters are phoningthe legislators or meeting them personally. Ask them how the stateplans to finance higher education. Urge a tax reform and sale tax.Ask how you can help. He also suggested that faculty should get onmai 1i ng 1i sts, attend town hall meet i ngs and Saturday breakfasts. Asmany faculty as possible should become involved; to help preparefaculty and plan strategy, several· information sessions have beenscheduled during February: Tuesday, February 12; Wednesday, February20; and Thursday, February 28, at noon in 250 CH. KOSOKOFF and BOGUEadded that lobbyists from AOF (Mark Nelson) and AAUP were active inSalem, as well as student lobbyists.3. BLUMEL stated that there was no question that Oregon was in a uniquelyfavorable position for special funding in Washington, D.C., with thepowerful positions of Hatfield, Packwood and AuCoin this year. Deanshave been urged to encourage requests for real i st i c, substant i al pro-jects at the University. Buildings might be a possibility, but Hat-field has stressed his strong interest in basic and applied research;therefore it seems that he would be willing to support plausible majorresearch projects in Oregon, as long as they are of consequence andhave national implications. We need to think big and generatesuggestions. One small appropriation for international trade andbusiness has already been made, thanks to the efforts of Hatfield andAuCoin.REPORTS FROM OFFICERS OF THE ADMINISTRATIONBLUMEL reported that fourth week Winter term registration was down .6% froma year ago.ADJOURNMENTThe meeting was adjourned at 15:35.(I\ ,((I(iMeeting #519Governor's1985-1987BudgetReconunenda-,tions for HigherEducationDecember 14, 1984Staff Report to the BoardThe Governor's 1985-1987 Biennial Budget reconunendations were releasedon November 30, 1984. This staff report describes for the Board theGovernor's budget reconunendations and how they differ from the Board'srequest for 1985-1987. The changes to the budget are discussed in moredetail below; however, the following sununary compares the Board's GeneralFund request and the Governor's General Fund recommendations for theDepartment of Higher Education:General FundBoard's Governor'sRequest Recommendations DifferenceI. Operating BudgetA. Base Budget (1984-85Operating Level)Adjustments to Base:InflationHospitalDental Clinics$433.298,1307.603,171-0--0-$433,298.1307.603.17149.848(l.908)$(-0--0-49,8481.908)B. Decision Packages for1985-1987l. Unclassified Salary, Adjustment 55.151.700 40.000.000 ( 15.151,700)2. : New Building O&M 1,054,259 1.054,259 -0-3. Facilities Maintenance 14,500,000 6.000,000 ( 8,500,000)( 4. High Tech. &EconomicDevelopment 17 ,611,402 11,614.975 ( 5,996,427)l.J 5. Instructional Equipment 10.000,000 4,000,000 ( 6,000,000)6. Instructional Computing 10,000,000 -0- C 10,000,000)7. Library Automationand Acquisition 8,500,000 6,000.000 C 2,500,000)8. Basic Research 1.200.000 -0- ( 1.200,000)9. Institution-SpecificImprovements(a) Education & Gen. 2.482.826 -0- C 2,482,826)(b) swps-osu 1.601,780 800.000 ( 801,780)(c) Hospital-Extraor-dinary Costs 20.000.000 15.000,000 ( 5,000,000)10. Freeze and ModifyInstruction Fee Policy 6,176.457 -0- ( 6.176,457)11. Vet. Diag. Lab-Fee &Budget Policy Change -0- 27 .317 27 ,317Subtotal. DecisionPackages $148,278,424 $ 84.496,551 ($63,781,873)II. Student Loans $ 95,666 $ 95,666 -0-III. Debt Service $ 11,704.710 $ 11.704.710 -0-IV. Capital Construction $ 41,032,500 $ 18,710,000 ( 22,322,500)Grand Total, 1985-1987 $642,012,601 $555,956,168 ($86,056,433)Base BudgetThe base budget along with adjustments for inOation was recommended bythe Governor as requested in the Board's Budget Request for 1985-1987except for a I.linor technical adjustment of $1,908 to the Dental Clinics'iMeeting #519 December 14, 1984budget and a more significant base budget change to the University Hospital.The staff requested and recommended to the Board in October> a revisedbase budget for the University Hospital. That recommendation as reportedto the Board in October was inc·orporated into the Covernor's recommended1985-1987 budget, In summary, that recommendation was to reduce theOther Funds base· budget by $8,262,700 because the 1984-85 Other Fundsbudget had been overstated,Decision PackagesUnclassified Salary Adjustments, The tTnclassified Salary Adjustment of$40,000,000 as recommended by the Governor appears in two distinct sectionsof the Governor's printed budget. Twenty million is included in the sectionof the budget entitled "Salary Adjustments and Employe Benefits" and theremaining $20,000,000 is included directly in the Higher Education section ofthe budget and referred to as "Faculty Salary Enhancements."According to the Governor's printed bu dget, the $20,000, 000 included inthe section entitled "Salal'y Adjustments afld Employee Benefits" ".would finance approximately a three perceut per year, across-the-boardsalary raise plus a July 1, 1985, two percent catch-up from last biennium'spay freeze. It would also cover expected inflation of about -:x percent peryear in medical and dental insurance costs." The $20,000,000 includeddirectly in the Higher Education budget is "to finance selective salaryraises for faculty--depending· upon merit, market conditions, and otherfactors to be detennined by the Chancellor and the State Board of HigherEducation, "The staff will be presenting to the Board in March or April of 1985 a moredetailed plan for unclassified salary adjustments. incorporating the reconunen-dations of the Governor's budget.New Building Operation and Maintenance. The Governor's recommendationis the same as the Board's request.Facilities Maintenance, The $6,000,000 for Facilities Maintenance recommendedby the Governor will finance the most critical maintenance needs as definedby the institutions. However, the $6,000,000 combined with the $3,252,000prOVided in the base budget or $9,325,000 represen ts only .36% of thevaluation of the $1.3 billion of education and general plant building::>.Therefore, the lMD (Int.ernal Management Directive) as approved by theBoard in September will need to be modified to reflect. facilities maintenanceexpenditures of .36% of valuation per year rather than .75% as had beenapproved anticipating an increase of $14,500,000 in the budget for facilitiesmaintenance.High Technology and Economic Development. The Governor's General Fundbudget r·ecommendation of $11,614,975 for High Technology and EconomicDevelopment for Highe!' Education is not i:1cluded in the Higher Educationsection of the Governor's budget document. Instead, the funds are includediiI((l,j(Meeting #519 December 14, 1984by the Governor as part of a section on "Special Program on EconomicDevelopment" totaling $18,113,540 to be financed from the State GeneralFund. The following is a comparison of the Board's request and theGovernor's recommendation for High Technology and Economic Deveopment:Board'sRequestGovernor'sRecommendations Differ.ence(University of Oregon1. Materials, Optical, and Com-puter Science2. Biotechnology3. High Energy Physics4. Polymer Science5. Geothermal Research6. Technology, Design, andArchitecture7. International Business~regon State UniversityI. Upgrade & E~pand Engineering2. Advanced Materials Research3. Gene Research and Biotech.4. International Trade in Agri-culture and Forestry5. Sustain Coastal Forest Pro-duction6. Agri-Business Degree OSU-EOSCPortland State University1. Upgrade Engineering2. International Trade & Commerce3. B.S. in International Business4. Expand Undergrad. Engineering$ 1,691,3351,708,120340,000274,840161,47487,526385,194$ 4,648,489$ 3,877,000500,000728,264125,110378,680337,825$ 5,946,879$ 2.024,998314,120250,353449,919$ 3,039,390$ 1.657.675 ($ 33.660)1.670.096 ( 38.024)340.000 -0-274.840 -0-161.474 -0--0- ( 87,526)-0- ( 385,194)$ 4,104,085 ($ 544,404)$ 3.827,000 ($ 50,000)-0- ( 500,000)656,592 ( 71 ,672)-0- ( 125,110)-0- ( 378,680)337,825 -o-S 4.821,417 ($1,125,462)$ ,,500,000 ($1,524,998)314,120 -0-250.353 -0--0- ( 449,919)$ 1,064,473 ($1.974,917)Oregon Health Sciences University1. Center for Technology inMedicineOregon Institute of Technology1. OIT-Portland CenterIligh TechnoloRY Consortium Contin-uation Fund'ingForest Resea'rch Laboratory1. Riparian Zone Management*Totals$ 2,785,207 $ 1.500,000 ($1,285,207)$ 744,467 $ -0- ($ 744.467)$ 446.970 $ -0- ($ 446,970)$ -o- S 125,000 ($ 125,000)$17,611.402 $11.614,975 ($5,996,427)* Included in Board's Request as an Institution-Specific request.Instructional Equipment. The Governor's recommendation oC $4,000,000represents 40% oC the Board's request Cor Instructional Equipment. Thestaff will be presenting for Bonrd approval an inst.itutional allocation planfor this red~ced amount sometime in Apl'il or May 1985 after the completionof the equipment portion of the BAS Model.iiiMeeting #519 December 14, 1984Library Automation and Acquisition. The Governor's recommendation ()f$6,000,000 for libraries is earmarked to implement the library automationportion of the Board's request for libraries. It is the Governor's intentthat no pOl'tion of the SG,OOO,OOO be used for library acquisitions unless theautomation can be completed fol' less than the estimated $6,000,000 inductedin the Bo:wcl's n'qlwst.Freeze Instruction Fees. The Governor is not recommending the $6,176,457 ofGeneral Fund dollars to allow for a freeze in Instr1Jction Fee rates for 1985-1987. Thus, a ~% per year increase in instruction fee rates for all studentswill be necessary in 1985-1987 to finance the Governor's recommended budget.Veterin~DiagnosticLaboratory. The Governor is recommending an additional$27,317 in General Funds to finance a projected increase in the workload of theVeterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. Other Funds income is projected to increase$53,277 due to the increased workload.Instructional Computing, Basic Research, and Education and GeneralInst!tution-~pecifics. The Governor recommended no General Fund moneysfor these items.Statewide Public Services. The following summarizes the Gover'nor's GeneralFund recommendations for the statewide public services:(lBoard's Governor'sRequest;. Reconunendatiof1s Differe:r.ceAgricultural Experiment Station1. Crop Production $ 545,634 $ 440,000 ($ 105,634)2. Pest Management 324,824 -0- ( 324,824) (Cooperative Extension Service l,l. Meeting Increased Demands $ 448,206 $ 360,000 ($ 88,206)2. Agro-Forestry 158,116 ,:,0- ( 158,116)Forest Research Laboratory1. Riparian Zone Management $ 125,000 *University Hospital $20,000,000 $15,000,000 ($5,000,000)* Governor included $125,000 in the High Technology and Economic Developmentpackage.Capital Construction. A comparison of the Board's request and the Governor's. recommendation is contained in a separate item in the repol't section of thedocket.iv

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