CBFRC Summary: February 27, 2018

Present: Priya Banerjee, Eileen Daniel, Kathy Groves, Crystal Hallenbeck, Timothy Henry, Teresa Major, Kathleen Peterson, Karey Pine, Karen Riotto, Dillon Thompson and Melissa Wight

Regrets: Peter Dowe

Committee members discussed the guidelines on how they would vote on the fee-based budget requests. Members decided they would prefer the term endorsing versus saying yes or no.
The following are the fee-based budget summary, committee endorsement results, and committee comments regarding the budget requests.

Note: Voting results are based on a quorum of 9 of the 10 voting members.

Fees Subject to SUNY Approval

Campus Recreation (Student Recreation Fee)

Requesting a fee increase of $3 for 2018-19 (+4.0% increase)
The fee will increase from $75 per year ($37.50/semester, $3.13 per credit hour) to $78 per year ($39.00/semester, $3.25 per credit hour)
$1,487,700 – projected revenue for 2018-19 (+3.10% from 2017-18)
$1,483,000 – projected expenditures (+0.3% from 2017-18)
$ 4,700 – projected operating surplus (-113.1% from 2017-18)
$ 22,900 – projected transfers to/from other accounts
$ 380,800 – projected program reserves (SERC - $250,800 and IFR Other - $130,000)

Endorse - 9

Not Endorse - 0

Abstain - 0

College Technology Council m(CTC) (Technology Fee):

Requesting a fee increase of $10 for 2018-19 (+2.7% increase)
The fee will increase from $365 per year ($182.50/semester, $15.21 per credit hour) to $375 per year ($187.5/semester, $15.63 per credit hour)
$2,765,300 – projected revenue for 2018-19 (+4.4% from 2017-18)
$1,979,700 – projected expenditures (+10.0% from 2017-18)
$ 785,600 – projected operating surplus (-7.3% from 2017-18)
$ (785,600) – projected transfers to/from other accounts
$ 531,100 – projected program reserves (+89.7% from 2017-18)

Endorse - 9

Not Endorse - 0

Abstain - 0

Health, Counseling, and Health Promotion and Prevention Services (Student Health Fee):

Requesting a fee increase of $11 for 2018-19 (+3.4% increase)
The fee will increase from $323 per year ($161.50/semester, $13.46 per credit hour) to $334 per year ($167.00/semester, $13.92 per credit hour)
$2,503,351 – projected revenue for 2018-19 (+5.1% from 2017-18)
$1,831,479 – projected expenditures (+4.4% from 2017-18)
$ 671,872 – projected operating surplus (+7.2% from 2017-18)
$ (629,244) – projected transfers to/from other accounts
$ 0 – projected program reserves (No change from 2017-18)

Endorse - 9

Not Endorse - 0

Abstain - 0

Intercollegiate Athletics (Athletic Fee):

Requesting a fee increase of $15 for 2018-19 (+3.3% increase)
The fee will increase from $450 per year ($225.00/semester, $18.75 per credit hour) to $465 per year ($232.50/semester, $19.38 per credit hour)
$4,532,400 – projected revenue for 2018-19 (+3.3% from 2017-18)
$3,890,700 – projected expenditures (+1.5% from 2017-18)
$ 641,700 – projected operating surplus (+15.4% from 2017-18)
$ (517,212) – projected transfers to/from other accounts
$ 0 – projected program reserves (No change from 2017-18)

Endorse - 7

Not Endorse - 2

Abstain - 0

Transportation Services (Transportation Fee):

No fee increase requested for 2018-19
The fee will remain $45 per year ($22.50/semester, $1.88 per credit hour)
$278,550 – projected revenue for 2018-19 (+2.8% from 2017-18)
$297,838 – projected expenditures (+3.9% from 2017-18)
$ (19,288) – projected operating deficit (+23.17% from 2017-18)
$153,185 – projected carryover (12.4% from 2017-18)

Endorse - 9

Not Endorse - 0

Abstain - 0

Fees subject to local approval:

Alumni (Gift to the Fund for Brockport):

No fee increase requested for 2018-19
The fee will remain $25 per semester

Endorse - 7

Not Endorse - 2

Abstain - 0

Career Services (Career Services Fee):

No fee increase requested for 2018-19
The fee will remain $20 per year for a Full-time student

Endorse - 6

Not Endorse - 2

Abstain - 1

Comments from the committee:

The majority of fees are dependent on information technology services support for successful execution.
With the increased growth in hybrid and online-enhanced education, we need a robust information technology focus more than ever. There are no signs of this growth slowing down especially at the graduate level.
Review the information technology infrastructure to ensure the best foundation to achieve the growth in all areas of the campus that we envision in the future.
Consideration of overheard assessments; how this is charged back to the departments and the possibility of capping the amounts.

Members reviewed the Voluntary Medication Fee memo. The following points were discussed:

The second sentence should state, “The Hazen Center seeks”.
The first bullet should read “Student must elect”
Teresa will rewrite the third bullet to summarize that the fee will be placed on the bill after the student completes the process for electing the fee.
Teresa will rewrite the sentence regarding successful Fall 2018 implementation to summarize that the goal is for Fall 2018 implementation but depending on resources, implementation may not be until Fall 2019.
Karen will verify with Denise Copelton that this recommendation needs to be brought to the Joint Planning and Budget Committee (JPBC) prior to being presented to President’s Cabinet.
It was suggested that there should be a presentation to JPBC regarding this fee and it was
requested that Libby Caruso be the presenter. Within this presentation the following items should be included:
- A list of the over-the-counter medications that are covered by the Health Fee and the cost of each.
- A list of prescriptions that would be covered by the Voluntary Medication Fee.
- Possibly the top ten medications prescribed to students and the cost of each.

Members agreed to cancel next week’s meeting and will reconvene on March 20, 2018. The meetings will then be bi-weekly from then on.

Items for Next Meeting

Fee template

KMR/mw

Campus Based Fee Review Committee Action Plan List

Committee Members: Priya Banerjee/Eileen Daniel/Peter Dowe/Kathy Groves/Crystal Hallenbeck/Timothy Henry/Teresa Major/Chantelle Nasri/Kathy Peterson/Karey Pine/Karen Riotto/Dillon Thompson

Action	Responsible	Status	Deadline	Notes
Fee Template - Create Fee Template	Karen/Teresa/Melissa	In-Progress	N/A	N/A
Credit-By-Exam Fee - Research what other schools charge	Melissa	Completed	N/A	N/A
Credit-By-Exam Fee - Request fee information on Registrar Listerv	Peter	In-progress	N/A	N/A
Voluntary Health Fee - Provide background information	Libby Caruso	Completed	N/A	N/A
Voluntary Health Fee - Create draft proposal	Karen/Libby	In-progress	N/A	N/A
Voluntary Health Fee - Rewrites for memo	Teresa	In-progress	N/A	N/A
Voluntary Health Fee - Presentation to JPBC	Libby	Not Started	N/A	N/A
Commencement Fee - Research what other schools charge	Melissa	In-progress	N/A	N/A
Certification Fee - Research account information regarding fee	Crystal	Completed	N/A	N/A