Faculty Senate
MINUTES
March 12, 1998

MEMBERS - Listed Alphabetically

Harley Adamson
Julianne Arbuckle
Brooke Arkush
Nikki Austin - Student
Naseem Banerji
Bob Belka
Mark Biddle
Stephanie B-James - Bonnie Branson representing
Ryan Bott - Student
Robert Brito - Student - Absent
Clyde Cooley
Tom Day
Karen Dewey
Dave Eisler - Admin.
Judy Elsley
Linda Forest - Gerry Hansen representing
Dan Gallego - Rob Reynolds representing
Ron Galli - Admin.
David Greene - Admin. - Excused
Carl Grunander
Frank Guliuzza - Parliamentarian
Kirk Hagen
Verne Hansen
Kathleen Herndon - Excused
Michelle Heward
Warren Hill - Margaret Bennett representing
Bill Hoggan
Joan Hubbard - Excused
Paul Joines
Marie Kotter - Admin. - Toni Weight representing
Thom Kuehls
Kathleen Lukken - Admin.
Ann Millner
Judith Mitchell - Vice Chair
Monica Mize
Lynda Money
Roger Nichols - Admin. - Excused
Chris Padgett - Excused
Randy Parker - Excused
June Phillips - Admin. - Catherine Zublin representing
Diane Pugmire
Valory Quick
Richard Sadler - Admin. - Jod Julander representing
Dan Schroeder
Randy Scott
Candadai Seshachari - Chair
John Shupe - Student - Excused
John Sillito
Allen Simkins -Admin.- Stan Greenhalgh representing
John Sohl
Pamela Stenberg - Kent Kidman representing
Jerald Storey - Dick Alston representing
James Swearingen - Devon Deppe representing
President Paul Thompson - Admin. - Excused
Richard Ulibarri - Admin.
Michael Vaughan - Admin.
Barbara Wachocki
Adolph Yonkee
Kay Brown, Secretary

 

1. ROLL CALL

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Motion:  Moved to approve the Minutes of February 19, 1998.
Made:  Karen Dewey:
Second: Nikki Austin
Outcome: The minutes were approved with 1 abstention.

3. SALARY, BENEFITS, BUDGET AND FISCAL PLANNING COMMITTEE C Cordell Perkes, Chair

The salary negotiation team consisting of Candadai Seshachari, Cordell Perkes and Cliff Nowell was approved by the Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee. The names were presented to the Faculty Senate for their approval.

Motion:  Moved to accept Candadai Seshachari, Cordell Perkes and Cliff Nowell as the salary negotiation team.
Made:  Judith Mitchell
Second: John Sillito
Outcome: The motion passed.

Cordell Perkes reviewed the salary recommendations: Salary Distributions, Revised Equity Model, Salary Inequities of Full Professors, Beginning Salaries, Disciplines Without Comparable CUPA Data, ALeakage@ of Salary Monies, Supplemental Pay, and Medigap Benefits. Alma Harris presented background information on the medigap proposal. Additional information will be presented at the April Senate meeting.

Cordell, Perkes, Chair of the Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee reviewed salary recommendations, 6, 7, and 8:

(6) ALeakage@ of Salary Monies - The committee is concerned about a practice which allows funds originally designated for salaries to be used for non-salary expenditures. The committee recommends that monies originally earmarked for faculty salaries remain as salary monies.

(7) Supplemental Pay - The committee recommends that supplemental pay for instruction for regularly appointed faculty members be increased to $900 per semester credit hour.

(8) Medigap Benefits - It is recommended that a group medigap insurance plan for WSU retirees be authorized and put in place by July 1, 1998. It is recommended that the administration in collaboration with the Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee study the cost of a medigap plan and make an initial report to the Faculty Senate during the April or May, 1998, Senate meeting.

Call for Question - Judith Mitchell

Motion: Moved to accept salary recommendations 6, 7 and 8.
Made:  Judith Mitchell
Second: Randy Scott
Outcome: The motion passed

Cordell Perkes reviewed salary recommendations 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

(1) Salary Distributions, (2) Revised Equity Model, (3) Salary Inequities of Full Professors, (4) Beginning Salaries, and (5) Disciplines Without Comparable CUPA Data.

Dr. Seshachari - There is a report of dissent from Bob Belka, a member of the Salary Committee. A majority vote of the Senate is needed to hear the Minority Report.

The Senate voted in favor of hearing the Minority Report.

Bob Belka presented a AMinority Report@ with the following recommendations:

(1) Reject the current model.

(2) Request the administration to implement this year the transitional model that was developed and put into effect by the University of Eastern Washington to address the very problems of inequity that we face here at WSU.

(3) Appoint an ad hoc committee composed solely of supporters of salary schedules to investigate salary schedules employed by state and federal governments, by school districts, by state systems of higher education, by individual institutions of higher education. The findings they report to the Senate should include (1) how the systems reward exceptional and sub- standard performance, and (2) how they deal with market considerations when new disciplines are created or the need for qualified faculty exceeds the supply.

Motion:  Motion to accept salary recommendations presented by Cordell Perkes from the Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee - Recommendations 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Made:  Judith Mitchell
Second: Karen Dewey
Outcome: The motion failed with 12 in favor and 20 opposed.

Discussion centered around CUPA classifications, values of conflict, gathering data from Eastern Washington, justice and equity, how we will be affected, finances available to implement a plan similar to Eastern Washington, history of the current salary model, market driven salaries, implementation, dangers of salary schedules, and time frame to implement.

Motion: Moved to bring in a consultant from Eastern Washington, conduct a study adjusting the model to WSU demographics, run the model, send the information out to the faculty, and discuss the results in the Senate for implementation this year.
Made:  Bob Belka
Second: Catherine Zublin
Outcome: The motion failed

Amended Motion: Amend the motion to say . . . hire a qualified consultant.
Made:  Randy Scott
Second: Paul Joines
Outcome: The motion passed.

Motion:  Moved to continue this year with the current salary model, investigate with a qualified outside source, which we hire as a consultant, to compare various numbers and various salary schedules such as Eastern Washington and evaluate those numbers over the course of the coming year.
Mare:   John Sohl
Second: Judy Mitchell

Discussion of time frame for the consultant report with an adjusted model.

Friendly Amendment: Time frame added . . . return the consultant=s adjusted model with WSU demographics and information for the October, 1998, Faculty Senate meeting.
Made:  John Sohl
Outcome: The motion passed.

ADJOURN

The meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.