Session of September 14, 2023

September 4, 2023

Minutes Recorded by: Francis Ko

Visitor(s): Carter Horton, David Mellili, Maxim Keyes

Call to Order at 11:05 AM

Senator prays

Roll Called

Minutes approved at 11:07

Committee Reports:

Chairman Robinson: There's ice cream. I don't know. 4 to 5

Special Business:

YAC presents their budget.

VP Byrne: Anyone resigning?

Old Business:

VP Byrne: Well, we're in a pickle for a minute since we just lost the projector.

Chairman Ko: Motion to bring a bill to the floor

Club funding Bill of Fall 2023 brought to the floor

Chairman Ko: Is women's rugby inside the men's rugby budget, or will we hear from them separately

PPT Farmer: They are in the list of clubs that did not submit a budget, so we are going to take that and going

Club Funding Bill of Fall 2023 passes

Chairman Ko: Motion to bring a bill to the floor

YAC Automatic Allocation Bill brought to the floor

YAC Automatic Allocation Bill passes

New Business:

PPT Farmer: I was looking at the constitution, and I want to get a 2/3 vote on temporarily suspending Article X Sections A, B ,and C of the constitution. They revolve around VP Byrne doing all the Senate orientation, so we just want to have him be able to have some flexibility there.

Motion to suspend selected sections passes

Announcements:

VP Byrne: We passed club funding, so now we get the emails. There is ice cream at 4.

Senator Osburne: Where's the gavel?

Chairman Ko: I'll take care of it.

Open Forum:

Citizen Max: What is the status of the water fountains in Tyler Hall?

Chairman Robinson: We had our first committee meeting yesterday, and we are kind of under the authority of what facilities can do. We are hoping to get something out of it though! We probably aren't going to get the ones with the sensors since they require a lot of installation work and money.

Motion to recess.

Meeting recessed at 11:20