Student Council announced Tuesday that its executive board expended $999 of Council's discretionary funds over the summer to help finance the ongoing "V"-Repainting Project.
The "V"-Repainting Project is an athletic department program aimed at restoring all of the "V" and "V" saber markings on various roads on and around Grounds.
"We are just trying to refresh those marks," said Hunter Yurachek, associate director of marketing and promotions in the athletic department. "Most of them had worn down over time. We're making a conscious effort to identify the V-saber logo with Virginia athletics. We have sent out stickers, flags and other accessories all over Charlottesville and Albemarle."
College Rep. Tom Gibson, who spearheaded Council's involvement in the "V"-Repainting Project, said the project was part of a larger Council initiative to promote school spirit.
"This is something that will affect every student because it's about athletics, our University and its spirit," Gibson said.
Under Council's bylaws, the executive board may approve expenditures under $1,000 from certain funds, such as gifts and discretionary funds, without explicit consent from the representative body.
According to Gibson, the funds for the project needed to be allocated over the summer when the representative body was not in session because the athletic department wanted the V's repainted by the first home football game this Saturday.
Although the executive board was not required by Council's bylaws to seek approval from the representative body, Gibson introduced a resolution supporting the executive board's expenditure.
"This is an opportunity for the representative body to demonstrate their approval or disapproval of exec's decision," Gibson said. "I think the representative body's involvement is extremely important. This resolution is more about the relationship between exec and the rep body than it is about V's."
College Rep. Josh Eubank requested that the executive board disclose all summer expenditures to the representative body.
"I think at the University we have established a strong tradition of accountability in student government," Eubank said. "My understanding is that there have been substantial expenditures over the summer, and it's essential that students know what's going on."
Eubank added that it was important for the executive board to be able to maintain its right to make executive decisions in certain cases.
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