October 4,
2005
Ninth Senate
Call to order
The meeting was called to
order at 4:30 p.m.
Roll Call
Present: Senators Bybee, Mewes,
Ojeda, Ramirez, Rawson, Riggers, Sherpa. President Racich, Vice-President
Ambriz. Chief Justice Allen, Associate Justice Schuster, Committees Director
Brott.
Excused Late: Media Relations
Director Rohde.
Absent: Senator Smith
(excused sick).
Audience: Ernie Williams, Pam
Laird, Jimmie O’Harra, Senate Secretary Myndie VanHorn.
Approval of Minutes:
Motion to approve minutes of
September 27, 2005, Senator Hanson, second Senator Ramirez. 8 Yes, 0 No, 1
abstention Senator Bybee.
Vice President of Administrative Services
(Administration Communications)
■ Ron
Smith- absent.
■ Ernie
Williams- Brandon Lytle taking a personal day today. As of 4 p.m. there were 3
proposals for the co-curricular grants, if you know of anyone that would be
interested make sure they get online and apply. Discussion ensued regarding the
guidelines for co-curricular grant proposals and whether competition can be
funded. Discussed the meeting last night with Talkington Hall. Asked the Senate
to pass on to their peers that the rules for residence halls are black and
white and students should be following those rules.
■ Brandon Lytle- personal
day.
Executive Communications
■ President
Racich- Committees Director Brott will be asking questions about the committees
and which committees people belong to, so be aware
that she will be addressing that.
■ Vice-President Ambriz- Presented the September budget.
■ Committees
Director Brott- passed around a copy of the committees, make corrections and
additions and it will be updated.
Judicial Communications
■ Sheldon Allen- Reported that things
are going well in the Judicial Branch. President Racich asked what the status
was on the election. Associate Justice Schuster reported that they had not
gotten any of the ballots back from the outreach centers. Will have to contact
the outreach centers to find out if any were sent back to this body.
Committee Reports
Ways and Means- Senator Ramirez reported that they met last Thursday and discussed the
bylaws as well as a proposed grievance that they are going to start working
with. Meeting tonight and Thursday after meetings.
Finance- Met
last Thursday, named Vice-Chairman- Senator Johnson and Secretary- Senator
Smith.
Legacy- Senator
Rawson, who serves as Vice-Chairman reported that they discussed the three
ideas that they have. Will be looking into the pricing on the coin operated copier
machine and defibrillators. Are still trying to figure out what to do with the
bricks, there will be a grand opening at the gym annex and they are thinking of
doing something with that. Ernie Williams suggested that the legacy committee contact
Tracy Collins to find out how much the defibrillators cost as they just
purchased two defibrillators.
ITPG 13- Met
yesterday. Just let everyone know what the charge was and what information the
committee needs. Will be meeting 2 or 3 more times.
Christmas Craft Fair- Met last week and named Vice-Chairman- Senator Ojeda.
Have about 30 vendors signed up and hope to have more coming in. Informed the Senate that the craft fair will be in the
Book Exchange- Senator
Bybee informed the Senate that they had an informal meeting.
Diversity- meeting
tomorrow (10/5/05)
Old Business
None.
New Business
■ Senate Bill
05-F019- Funding for Whitedove to attend the Idaho Indian Education
Summit- Motion for friendly amendment Senator Mewes, second Senator Bybee
to change account to Leadership Development, unanimous. Motion for friendly
amendment to change line numbering and “participating” to “attending” Senator
Bybee, second Senator Rawson, unanimous. Senate Majority Leader Johnson passed
the gavel to Senate Pro-Tempore Ramirez to voice opinion on what the Leadership
Development account is meant for. Senator Johnson also proposed a friendly
amendment to change the wording in the bill to “To approve the expenditure of
up to $215 from the Leadership Development account to cover expenses for
Whitedove who will be attending the Idaho Indian Education Summit 3rd
Annual Conference on October 6th and 7th.” Motion to vote
on friendly amendment Senator Johnson, second Senator Bybee. Unanimous. Motion
to vote on bill as amended Senator Johnson, second Senator Riggers. Roll call
vote: 9 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill
passed. Senate Majority Leader Johnson took chairmanship back.
■ Senate Bill
05-F020- Funding for Sheldon Allen to attend the Idaho Indian Education
Summit- Motion for friendly amendment to replace number 17 in the number
line, Senator Ojeda, second Senator Bybee, unanimous. Motion to vote Senator Riggers,
second Senator Ojeda. Roll call vote: 9
Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.
Senate Information Reports
■
■ NWSLC-
(Northwest Student Leadership Conference) - Have information about the
conference. Need to get a bill written and get reservations for the conference.
Will have a sign-up sheet for interested people. Any questions contact Senator
Johnson. Discussion ensued about whether this conference would qualify for a
co-curricular grant.
■
Senator Ramirez reported on the Talkington Hall meeting last night and passed
out her notes from the meeting. Dene Thomas, Karan Morscheck, Ernie Williams
and Tony Sausville were in attendance. Students seemed to be there only because
they had to be there, most students didn’t ask any questions or talk at all.
Senator Riggers commented that he thought administration ran the meeting very
well. Didn’t seem like the students received it very well, many were talking
and not paying attention. Senator Bybee added that he talked to Karan about
putting up cameras, but that will be very expensive ($1500 a piece) as well as
being an invasion of privacy. Bybee also told her of experience he had at
another institution that had buzzers on the doors and she is looking in to
that. There is also a way to transmit to the security office that a door is
propped open. Senator Bybee talked to her about incorporating it with the CBORD
and advised her to talk to Ernie. The reason that they are trying to keep
students from propping the doors is the security risk that comes along with
that such as unwanted persons in the building, things stolen and vandalized
etc.
Audience Time
■ Allison Rohde- Game Friday night in
■ Jimmie
O’Harra- Spoke to the Senate about the new policy on the door propping ($5 fee
that is charged to every resident when the door is found propped open). Advised
that there is a low morale in the dorms and the students are forced to police
each other. Discussion ensued. Spoke about the possibility that this has become
a contract violation between the dorm residents and the college. Jimmie stated
that when he signed the contract he was under the understanding that he is
responsible for his own actions and not the actions of others and he does not
feel that it is fair that with the $5 charge for propped doors he has become
responsible for the actions of others.
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn Senator Ramirez,
second Senator Riggers. Unanimous. Meeting adjourned at 5:25 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted by:
Myndie VanHorn
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05-F019 Roll Call Vote |
05-F020 Roll Call Vote |
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Bybee |
X |
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Bybee |
X |
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Hanson |
X |
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Hanson |
X |
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Johnson |
X |
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Johnson |
X |
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Mewes |
X |
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Mewes |
X |
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Ojeda |
X |
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Ojeda |
X |
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Ramirez |
X |
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Ramirez |
X |
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Rawson |
X |
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Rawson |
X |
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Riggers |
X |
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Riggers |
X |
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Sherpa |
X |
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Sherpa |
X |
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Smith |
ES |
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Smith |
ES |
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ES= Excused Sick