Budget and Allocations Committee Meeting
Travel Request Approved
Group – Upsilon Phi Delta, the honor society for healthcare administration students.
Requested amount – $1,170.70
Purpose – Send four students to compete at the Health Administration Case Competition and the University of Alabama-Birmingham on Feb. 26-28.
The students will present solutions to real-world problems before a board of judges from the health industry. There are cash-prizes and scholarships available for the top three teams.
Result – Approved 5-0
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Senator Morgan Wolf said travel funds are now depleted.
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Emergency Senate Meeting
Senate President, Christopher Brady, said the emergency meeting was called to table a Title V bill.
Bill – SB-14S-2744
Purpose – Amend the Constitution to transfer $10,000 from the Special Requests Index to the Travel Request Index. Essentially, this bill allows the B&A Committee to grant more travel requests because there is money to allow it.
Result – Passed 31-0
Senator Mitchell Moore, said it’s a good short term solution that allows us to still be able to give out money.
Bill – SB-14S-2743
Purpose – Revisions to Title VI, the Election and Appointments Code of the Constitution. Elections and Appointments Chairwoman, Emily Antworth, said the bill makes grammatical fixes and clarifies the campaigning process.
Result – Passed 31-0
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There will be no meetings scheduled for Jan. 20 to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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