WHEREAS, the University of Montana--Missoula has failed to realize the enrollment
projections on which the fiscal year 1999 budget was based;
WHEREAS, the enrollment shortfall produces a loss of funds estimated at approximately
2.26 million dollars, requiring budgetary adjustments of that amount;
WHEREAS, Vice-President for Administration and Finance Scott Cole and President Dennison
have presented a plan for making those budgetary adjustments to the Senate;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate of the University of Montana-Missoula, acting
under the Articles of Faculty Organization
, Article II, Section 5, (5), does hereby recommend to President Dennison that the
plan presented to the Senate at its special meeting of October 22nd, 1998 as FY Revenue Analysis as of 10/21/98
be put into effect, with the following exceptions and qualifications:
(1) The adjustment labeled "Academic Equipment/Computing" shall be approved by the
UTU and the provision of adequate computing equipment for individual faculty members
who now lack it shall have priority over all other uses for the $404,200 balance
in the fund after the adjustments have been made;
(2) No money from the Quality and Access pool shall be used to cover the shortfall;
(3) Money taken from Academic Affairs shall not have the effect of reducing the
number of tenure line faculty positions, or reducing the number of course
or course section offerings for Spring Semester in such a way as to affect enrollment
adversely.