The Student Council Executive Committee called a special meeting yesterday to approve adjustments to previous Appropriations Committee allocations.
The 2005-2006 academic-year budget will reflect increased funding for travel expenses and decreased funding for operational expenses, such as photocopies, as compared with earlier 2005-2006 budget estimates.
The budget originally allocated 15 percent of funds for travel expenses. Now, 22 percent of the budget will be allocated to club sport and other group travel expenses, according to the new Council enactment.
The previous budget allocations were based on earlier Appropriations Committee expense estimates.
"The representative body knew we got as close as we could," Vice President of Organizations Rebecca Keyworth said. "It's a small change."
The Appropriations Committee was scheduled to distribute the 2005-2006 school-year budget later yesterday evening, but Keyworth said the allocations adjustments needed formal approval from the Council representatives.
"We've noticed to get the allocations where we'd like to see them, we need to make a slight shift in those percentages," Keyworth said of the rise in allocations for travel expenses.
The only questions raised about the proposed budget adjustment were from Gavin Reddick, graduate College of Arts and Sciences representative, who wanted clarification about the decrease in operational expenditures.
The new budget allocation was passed unanimously, though proxy voters were needed to reach the quorum for conducting business.
The new allocation will meet 42 percent of travel funding allotment requests and decrease funding of operational requests from 80 percent to 76 percent.
Keyworth said the change in allocation was partly to "meet travel demands of club sports."
The Appropriations Committee is responsible for allocating the student activities fees to Contracted Independent Organizations. These groups can apply for funds for annualized funds or rolling funds to be appropriated throughout the year.
"A hundred groups go through annualized, and about two hundred through rolling," Appropriations Committee Co-Chair Peter Skelly said.
Two percent of this year's Appropriations' budget remains in the Council's contingency fund for appeals and unanticipated CIO expenditures.
All appeals for CIO budgets are due Friday, and will be subject to a line-item review by Council.
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