Statutes, resolutions, and appointments all passed

By: Jonathan Szydlo/BBC Managing Editor

The Oct. 31 weekly Student Government Council at Biscayne Bay Campus senate meeting saw a flurry of new business being brought up for voting before the senate and the passage of four motions by the BBC legislators, and the institution of a new set of SGC-BBC statutes.

SGC-BBC senate unanimously voted in favor of dissolving the current statutes that govern the council, to be replaced with an updated, and modernized, set of statutes to be signed by SGC-BBC President Denise Halpin.

The senate voted on the freezing of Panther Power’s funds due to their being delinquent on submitting their events reports, which were requested by the Operations Review Committee on Oct. 3 from all BBC Activity and Service fee funded organizations, and were due by Oct. 7 at 5 p.m.

The motion was carried by a vote of eight in favor, two opposed, and one abstention.

Representatives from Panther Power have been summoned to appear at the Nov. 7, SGC-BBC senate meeting to give reason for their delinquency.

Oluwatamilore Odimayo, SGC-BBC finance chair, then motioned for the addition of electrical outlets to the swinging tables, located behind the Wolfe University Center, outside of Bistro on the Bay.

The motion was passed by a vote of 9-1-0, and will be brought before Halpin, to be signed within five days on its passage.

The next order of business was the approval of the new Student Government Association Accumulated Cash Budget Account Policy, which was unanimously approved by SGA’s University-Wide Council on Oct. 21. However, the new ACBA policy was never brought before the campus specific councils for approval, thus negating the UWC’s original vote, and will be, once again, brought before the UWC on Nov. 4.

The council read through the ACBA policy but tabled it to be voted upon at the Nov. 7 SGC-BBC senate meeting.

Wrapping up the new legislative business, Odimayo presented a resolution for the addition of umbrella bags to BBC in light of the recent rain storms that have swept South Florida in the past weeks. The council passed the resolution by a unanimous vote.

Rafael Zapata, SGA advisor and assistant director of Campus Life, addressed the senate in regards to the WUC’s Printing Lab, and the unexpected costs the WUC seen during the 2011 year.

SGC-BBC sets aside $2000 to cover the cost of printing. However, thus far, the printing lab has seen nearly $60,000 worth of printing that WUC will be paying for out of pocket. As a result, Zapata informed the senate that WUC is considering cutting back from allowing students to print 30 free pages a day, to only allowing 5 pages per day per student.

Chaplin School of Hospitality Tourism Management Senator Appointed
Xu Yan, a senior hospitality tourism management major, was unanimously appointed by the senate to serve as the CSHTM’s senator for the remainder of the 2011-2012 academic year.