May 9, 2006
Tenth Senate
Call to order
The meeting was called to
order at 5:30 p.m.
Roll Call
Present: Senators Allen,
Arnzen, Rawson, Estes, Fragnella, Johnson, Mendez, Ojeda, Rodriguez. President Bloomsburg, Vice President Smith, Associate
Justice Wittman, Associate Justice Vaughan.
Audience: Ernie Williams, Brandon
Lytle, Kate Armstrong, Mike Bybee, Pasang Sherpa, Senate Secretary Myndie
VanHorn.
Officer Oaths:
Swearing in of Senators.
Swearing in of President Bloomsburg. Associate Justice Wittman explained that
Eric Estes was not sworn in as he has not technically completed a semester at
LCSC yet. Estes will be sworn in at the beginning of the Fall Semester.
Election of Officers:
Senate Majority Leader
Nominations:
Senator Rawson nominated
Senator Smith
Senator Ojeda nominated
Senator Rawson.
Senators Smith and Rawson
declined the nominations.
Senator Johnson nominated
Senator Allen.
Senator Smith nominated
Senator Johnson.
Senators Allen and Johnson
declined the nominations.
Senator Smith nominated
Senator Ojeda.
Senator Ojeda accepted the
nomination. Motion for unanimous consent Senator Johnson, second Senator
Fragnella. Unanimous.
Senate Pro-Tem Nominations:
Senator Rawson nominated
Senator Smith.
Senator Johnson nominated
Senator Rawson.
Senator Allen nominated Senator
Johnson.
Senators Johnson, Rawson
declined the nominations.
Senator Smith accepted the
nomination. Motion for unanimous consent Senator Johnson, second Senator
Rawson. Unanimous.
Approval of Minutes:
No minutes.
Student Government Advisor
■ Ernie
Williams- Welcome to the new Senators. Appreciate your enthusiasm. I am an
advisor to the Senate. “I advise, I don’t tell people what to do…I don’t report
back to the Administration and tell them what you are doing in this
room…looking forward to a great year.”
Student Activities Coordinator
■ Brandon Lytle- Congratulations. Told
the Senate that he is not an advisor, but he does work very closely with the
Student Government.
LCSC Administration Communications
■ Ron Smith- Not present.
Executive Communications
■ President
Bloomsburg- Stated that the last couple of months have been pretty ugly. It is
time to move on and get beyond all of the ugliness. Has a couple of Bills that
he would like to amend the agenda to include. Advised that one of the bills is
to appoint Matt Smith as Vice President. Advised that there will be some
changes in Student Government. One of the changes that he and Matt have talked
about is combining the President’s and Vice Presidents offices so the Senate
office will have a conference room.
Motion to
amend the agenda to include Bill 06-SU001 and Bill 06-SU002 under new business
Senator Johnson, second Senator Fragnella. Unanimous.
Discussion
ensued regarding the retreat. President Bloomsburg advised the new Senators
about what the retreat is. General consensus was that the group wanted to go
rafting for the retreat August 18 and 19.
Judicial Communications
■ Associate Justices Vaughan and Wittman
introduced themselves and advised that there are three open positions in the
Judicial Branch.
Committee Reports
President Bloomsburg advised
that he would like people to pick their own committees. The sign up sheet will
be passed around during Senate Information Reports.
Old Business
None.
New Business
■ Senate Bill 06-SU001: Summer Budget. Motion to approve Senator Smith, second
Senator Rawson. Senator Smith friendly to change line 15 from $2000 to $2500,
second Senator Rawson. Senator Smith, second Senator Rawson to friendly amend
the total to $8,800. Motion to approve as amended Senator Johnson, second
Senator Smith. Roll call vote: 9 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstentions. Bill passed.
■ Senate Bill 06-SU002: To Approve Matt Smith
as Vice President. Senator Smith read letter resigning from Senate upon
passage of Bill 06-SU002. Motion to vote Senator Johnson, second Senator Fragnella.
Roll call vote: 6 Yes, 0 No, 3 Abstentions. Bill Passed.
Motion to
amend the agenda to swear-in Matt Smith as Vice President, Senator Johnson,
second Senator Arnzen. Matt Smith sworn in as Vice President.
Motion to
amend the agenda to elect Senate Pro-Tem Senator Johnson, second Senator
Fragnella.
Senator Allen nominated
Senator Johnson.
Senator Rawson nominated
Senator Allen.
Senator Johnson nominated
Senator Fragnella.
Senator Johnson declined nomination.
Roll Call Vote:
Allen: 3 votes
Fragnella: 2 votes
Abstentions: 3
Senator Allen new Senate
Pro-Tem.
Motion to amend agenda to include Resolution 06-F001
Senator Rawson, second Senator Arnzen.
■ Senate
Resolution 06-F001: D.R.E.A.M. Act. Discussion ensued. Motion to table
Resolution 06-F001, second Senator Fragnella. Unanimous. Resolution tabled.
Senate Information Reports
■
Senator Johnson- Informed the new Senate that it saves a great deal of
time to avoid friendly amendments. Please have Bills and Resolutions proofread
before they come to the table.
■ Bills
and Minutes need to be in to the Senate Majority Leader by Monday morning to
make it onto the agenda.
■ Please
make sure you sign up for committees before you leave today.
Audience Time
■ Mike
Bybee congratulated everyone. Reminded everyone to keep everything inside the
Senate Chambers. Advised the new Student Government not to talk behind each
others backs.
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn Senator
Johnson, second Senator Fragnella. Unanimous. Meeting adjourned at 6:25 pm.
Respectfully Submitted by:
Myndie VanHorn
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Bill 06-SU001
Roll Call Vote |
Bill 06-SU002
Roll Call Vote |
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N |
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N |
A |
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Allen |
X |
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Allen |
X |
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Arnzen |
X |
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Arnzen |
X |
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Estes |
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Estes |
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Fragnella |
X |
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Fragnella |
X |
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Johnson |
X |
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Johnson |
X |
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Mendez |
X |
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Mendez |
X |
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Ojeda |
X |
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Ojeda |
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X |
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Rawson |
X |
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Rawson |
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X |
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Rodriguez
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X |
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Rodriguez
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X |
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