Salisbury University – Staff Senate

Meeting MinutesThursday, October 13, 2016TE 354A

In attendance: Teri Herberger, Matt Hill, RJ Chittams, Donna Carey, Melinda Taylor, John Hickman, Lisa Gray, and Paul Gasior.

Guests: Helena Hill, Humberto Aristizabal, Marvin Pyles, Rhonda Livingston and Wendy Denny.

  1. Review and Approval of Minutes – Motion was made to approve with corrections by John and seconded by Paul. Minutes approved by consensus.
  2. Reports
  3. Human Resources
  4. Open enrollment for Health Benefits is from Oct. 13th through Nov. 15th.
  5. Premiums went up 5% for medical and 9% for prescription.
  6. The Health Benefits Fair will be held October 26th.
  7. FLSA – some guidelines from the system have been received. We are reviewing the options internally as well as reviewing the positions affected.
  8. The 2017 Holiday calendar will be sent out soon.
  9. Administration and Finance
  10. Coming off of big weekend events, Homecoming/Family Weekend, Sea Gull Century and first tailgating events and all went well.
  11. Several incidents around the perimeter of campus have prompted the President to call a meeting with local officials to address concerns for student safety.
  12. Strategic Planning & Budgeting Committee will be co-chaired by Marvin and Kara Siegert. The charge of the committee is to pair the budget with the strategic plan.
  13. Space Consultants will be on Campus October 24 & 25.
  14. The FY18 budget has been submitted. Next step is DBM adjustments on Dec. 24th. The governor will submit final budget in January to the legislature.
  15. Flood damages need to be sent to Kevin Mann or Eric Berkheimer.
  16. Office of Institutional Equity
  17. Diversity & Inclusion Priorities – see attached.
  18. Peace Matters March is scheduled for October 28th.
  19. CUSS
  20. Assisting Frostburg with restructuring their staff senate. Meeting with them on October 24, prior to the CUSS Meeting.
  21. Reminder that BOR Staff Award Nominations need to be submitted by November 15th.
  22. Next CUSS Meeting is October 25th at Frostburg State University.
  23. Chair’s Report – Consortium Committee
  24. The consortium executive committee is in the process of reviewing all the committees and making recommendations.
  1. Old Business
  2. Gull Card Plus One Program Update – see updated benefits
  3. Senate material to archive – moving staff senate minutes, agendas, etc. to the SU Respository.
  1. New Business
  2. Staff Assembly – need to hold a meeting in the spring. It was noted that we usually wait until the legislative session has concluded.
  3. Staff Senate Website – We need to make updates, please send suggestions to Matt and Stephanie.
  4. Bylaw Update - Suggestions need to be compiled.
  5. Social Media Policy was received from IT. Teri will forward. Please review.
  1. Adjournment
  2. Next Meeting – November 10, 2016