MEMBERS - Listed Alphabetically

Eric Amsel
Brooke Arkush
Nikki Austin - Student - Excused
Naseem Banerji
Richard Beatch
Mark Biddle
Stephanie Bossenberger-James - Excused
Michael Cena
Mike Chertudi - Student
Clyde Cooley
Erika Daines
Betty Damask-Bembenek
Tom Day - Joyce Buck
Karen Dewey
Anand Dyal-Chand - Admin
Dave Eisler - Admin.
Judy Elsley
Ron Galli - Admin.
Jim Gaskill - Frank Guliuzza representing
David Greene - Admin. Excused
Carl Grunander
Frank Guliuzza - Parliamentarian
Kirk Hagen
Bruce Handley
Verne Hansen
Michelle Heward
Warren Hill - Kirk Hagen representing
Joan Hubbard - John Sillito representing
Paul Joines
Thom Kuehls
Kathleen Lukken - Admin.
Kyle Mattson
Dwayne Meadows
Judith Mitchell - Vice Chair
Monica Mize - Joan Thompson representing
Randy Parker
June Phillips - Admin. - Catherine Zublin representing
Diane Pugmire
Valory Quick
Pam Rice
Richard Sadler - Admin.
Dan Schroeder
Randy Scott
Candadai Seshachari - Chair 
Sally Shigley
John Sillito
John Sohl - Danny Vaughn representing
Mohammad Sondossi
Patricia Stipanovich - Student
James Swearingen
Alden Talbot
President Paul Thompson - Admin.
Richard Ulibarri - Admin.
Michael Vaughan - Admin.
Barbara Wachocki
Lydia Wingate  

Kay Brown, Secretary

1. ROLL CALL

2. MEMORIAL TRIBUTE

Dale was fully engaged in art everyday, he worked all of the time. An extraordinarily productive artist, his drawings, paintings, woodcuts, lithographs, sculpture are everywhere. The pendulum in the Science building, portraits in the Administration building, historical landscapes in the Library, Hall of Fame portraits at the downtown Egyptian Center, an outdoor steel sculpture at the Ogden Clinic, glass designs for business establishments throughout the Salt Lake Valley . . .Dale was also involved in community affairs. He volunteered extensively in the Ogden City Schools, served on the Ogden City Landmarks Commission. He was a founding board member of the Ogden Nature Center and an Honorary lifetime member of the Utah Heritage Foundation.

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Motion: Moved to approve the minutes of the January 21, 1999 meeting.
Made: Clyde Cooley
Second: Richard Beatch
Outcome: The minutes were approved

4. CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW, APPORTIONMENT, AND ORGANIZATION

Doris-Geide Stevenson, Chair of the Constitutional Review, Apportionment, and Organization Committee presented the following information on apportionment. The Constitutional Review and Apportionment Committee voted on February 3, 1999 to apply the following rule in allocating the 39 Faculty Senate seats:

Once the fractional representation per college is obtained, the fractions have to be translated into the actual number of faculty senate seats each college obtains. A consistent rounding in the sense of a fixed cut-off for rounding up or down cannot be applied since we have to work with the fixed number of 39 faculty senate seats. Rather, we voted on a simple ranking rule. Using the 1999 Apportionment as an example, the rule will be applied as follows. First, summing the full integers of the 1999 apportionment data for fractional representation (draft 11-20-98) yields 35 seats.

This implies that only 4 more seats can be distributed. These seats should go to the colleges that are the closest to the next highest integer. Education (3.9834) will first receive an additional seat, then the College of Science (S) (5.8361), next Social and Behavioral Sciences, and then Applied Science and Technology. No other college obtains an additional seat. This procedure results in an additional seat for AS&T (5) and the loss of one seat for B&E (3) compared to the apportionment initially suggested.

3.1 Faculty Members - Faculty members shall consist of members of the general faculty chosen in ratios proportionate to the number of members in each organizational unit as hereinafter provided in the Bylaws.  Members shall be elected for three-year terms.  No member shall be eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms.  The appropriate ratios shall be set yearly by the Committee on Constitutional Review, Elections and Apportionment.  Any professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor or instructor specialist of the general faculty may be elected a member of the Faculty Senate.

3.2 Administrative Members - The president, the provost and 11 (eleven) additional administrators of the University shall be administrative members of the Faculty Senate without the right to vote but with the right to discuss, to make motions and to second motions.  The 11 administrative members shall be appointed by the president for a term of not less than one academic year.  Administrators above the position of department chair shall be eligible for appointment as administrative members of the Senate but shall not be eligible for election as faculty members.

If the number of representatives to the Senate increased, it would require a constitutional amendment. The possibility of amending the number of representatives will be discussed at a later date.

The proposed Faculty Senate apportionment for 1999-2000 is:

Applied Science & Technology 5 Senate Seats
Arts & Humanities 8 Senate Seats
Business & Economics 3 Senate Seats
Education 4 Senate Seats
Health Professions 6 Senate Seats
Science 6 Senate Seats
Social & Behavioral Sciences 6 Senate Seats
Library 1 Senate Seat

Motion: Moved to accept the proposed Faculty Senate apportionment for 1999-2000.
Made: Judith Mitchell
Second: Judy Elsley
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

5. INSURANCE BENEFITS

President Thompson presented an update on the current issues with Educators Mutual Insurance Association (EMIA). Insurance costs are rising at a rate which will not allow EMIA to honor their current contract with Weber State which states they will not raise their rate more than 5% a year. EMIA is now looking at a 31% increase for Weber State. It is likely that the legislature will appropriate a 2.5% increase, this is roughly 1.4 million for compensation increases. A 31% increase in our health insurance coverage will cost a little less than 1.4 million. The insurance increase will affect Weber State and six other state institutions. There are a number of options: (1) self insure, (2) changing insurance companies, (3) changing our current health insurance plan, and (4) staying with the current coverage with EMIA. Because EMIA cannot hold to the 5% guarantee, we are not obligated to stay with them. President Thompson, other administrators, the chair of the Faculty Senate, and various committee representatives met with EMIA on February 5. Educators Mutual Insurance will continue to insure Weber State through June 30, 1999, however, we will need to have a new arrangement by July 1, 1999. The University will explore options in the next six weeks and make some arrangements for at least the next twelve months from July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000.

6. SALARY, BENEFITS, BUDGET AND FISCAL PLANNING COMMITTEE

Alma Harris, Chair of the Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee and Tom Mathews reported. The Faculty Senate on December 10, 1998 approved the conceptual division of the salary increase.

The administration will ensure that those promoted reach minimum salaries by rank as indicated:

Full Professors: $45,000 plus across the board and merit 
Associate Professors: $37,500 plus across the board and merit
Assistant Professors $30,000 plus across the board and merit

Main Motion:  Moved to accept the recommendations of the Salary Committee.
Made: Erika Daines
Second: Judith Mitchell

The Senate discussed prioritizing the different elements of the salary model and also adding additional elements. If the elements were prioritized the administration would have a clear picture of the sentiment of the Senate. Funding of salaries was discussed. As the base goes up the legislature funds the new base.

Amended Motion:  Moved to recommend a hierarchal order expressing the sentiment of the Faculty Senate to the administration with respect to the allocation of salary increases. Elements 2 (Promotion Increases) and 3 (Minimum Salaries by Rank) be funded, if possible, from funds other than the legislative allocation. The recommendation would be to first fund benefits from the legislative allocation, and then fund the remaining elements according to the hierarchal order listed below.
Made: Randy Scott
Second: Paul Joines
Outcome: The motion failed with 11 in favor and 16 opposed.

Amended Motion:  Moved that ABenefits@ be added as an element to the model, with no priority ranking.
Made: Judith Mitchell
Second: John Sillito
Outcome: The motion passed with 1 against.

7. DECEMBER COMMENCEMENT

President Thompson discussed continuing to hold a December commencement. The University began holding December commencement when the Browning Center was closed for renovations. The Browning Center will be completed in July of 1999. The necessity to hold a December commencement will be eliminated, however, students favor continuing to hold December commencement. The Trustees were divided but tended to favor holding December commencement. Executive Committee had various opinions, but seemed to favor continuing to hold December commencement. It cost about $15,000 to hold commencement in December. We graduate about 3,500 students a year, about 1,100 of those student graduated in December 1998, with about 400 attending the December commencement.

Negative aspects: December commencement is scheduled close to the Christmas holiday. Many students prefer the awarding of diplomas within their own college as is done with May commencement. There is a time factor and an expense involved for faculty to attend two commencements a year.

Positive aspects: Many international students and most students who relocate for employment opportunities do not have the option of returning in May to attend commencement. Students are in favor of holding December commencement as it gives them time with family and friends to be honored.

Course Proposal from the Honors Program for Perspectives in the Creative Arts, CA 1530.

Motion:  Moved to accept the course proposal from the Honors Program for Perspectives in the Creative Arts, CA 1530.
Made: Karen Dewey
Second: Erika Daines
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

Program Proposal from the Goddard School of Business & Economics for Software Developer Certificate.

Motion:  Moved to accept the course proposal from the Goddard School of Business & Economics for Software Developer Certificate.
Made: Judith Mitchell
Second: Karen Dewey
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

Course deletion from Social Work and Gerontology for Life Transitions, SoclWk 1150.

Motion:  Moved to accept the course deletion from Social Work and Gerontology for Life Transitions, SoclWk 1150.
Made: Valory Quick
Second: Warren Hill
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

Course proposals from Construction Management Technology for Building Codes, CMT 2360, Electrical Systems, CMT 3260, Mechanical Systems, CMT 3270, Applied Structures, CMT 3350, Construction Equipment, CMT 4150, Construction Safety, CMT 4550, Senior Project, CMT 4610/4620, Individual Projects and Research in Construction Management Technology, CMT 4800, Directed Studies, CMT 4830, Cooperative Work Experience, CMT 4890, and the program proposals for Construction Management Technology BS Degree, AAS Degree, and Minor.

They hope to receive ATE funding through the State. They have received significant gifts in kind from industry as well as financial support.

Motion:  Moved to accept the Course proposals from Construction Management Technology for Building Codes, CMT 2360, Electrical Systems, CMT 3260, Mechanical Systems, CMT 3270, Applied Structures, CMT 3350, Construction Equipment, CMT 4150, Construction Safety, CMT 4550, Senior Project, CMT 4610/4620, Individual Projects and Research in Construction Management Technology, CMT 4800, Directed Studies, CMT 4830, Cooperative Work Experience, CMT 4890, and the program proposals for Construction Management Technology BS Degree, AAS Degree, and Minor.
Made: Carl Grunander
Second: Kirk Hagen
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

ADJOURN

The meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.