Meeting of September 12, 2024

September 12, 2024

Minutes Recorded by: Francis Ko

Visitor(s): Dr. Conn

Call to Order at 11:05 AM

Chairman McNeil prays

Roll Called

Minutes Approved 11:10AM

Reports:

Special Business:

VP Hancock: We do have the YAC budget but someone else will present next week. Does anyone else have any other special business, resignations?

VP Hancock: Gavin put your hand down.

New Business:

Ice Cream Funding Bill is brought up 

Ice Cream Funding Bill passes.

Chairman Smith: Do we know how much was spent on ice cream?

PPT Farmer: Guess not, someone can ask Kaleb

Announcements:

PPT Farmer: Men's rugby game Friday.

Chairman Ko: Blood donations on Friday.

VP Hancock: YAC has laser tag this Friday at YAC time. The career fair and resume workshop are coming up.

Open Forum:

VP Hancock: I know the water fountain movement was dead in the water, but there is a new person in facilities who expressed more openness to change. Some Senate members are scheduled for a meeting, so I want to get the ball rolling on what to talk about. Okay ... since no one is talking, I've heard about several things in Gilbert.

Dr. Conn: Did we talk about things we want to discuss with facilities?

VP Hancock: We were just talking about that.

Dr. Conn: Does anyone have any suggestions, temporary or longer term?

Chairman Zobroski: We do have ice cream this friday, arrive at 3:50

VP Hancock: So as I was saying, there's a lot of mold in Gilbert

Senator Hammers: Mold can be mitigated by just drilling a hole in the wall, who is there to talk to?

Dr. Conn: That is the point of the question.

VP Hancock: Grill me so that I can grill them a bit nicer.

Senator Hammers: I worked in facilities for 9 and a half years, so I just wanted to get a picture of how it works here.

PPT Farmer: The trinities have heating issues

Senator Hammers: For facilities, is it just management? Are there departments for things like irrigation, plumbing, etc?

Dr. Conn: We mostly try to keep things in house but do contract out some worked

Senator Hammers: Tracking

Dr. Conn: You will hear that there have been some issues, not blaming individuals, but there have been resource limits

Senator Toce: I was going to affirm the water fountains, in Tyler Hall, the water pressure isn't great, so having something to fill up to the top would be nice - I am sure I am not alone, just want to affirm what you said with an example

Senator [name missed]: The Thomas hall somehow blows cold humid air

Dr. Conn: How are work orders?

PPT Farmer: I have had a reoccuring problem with my shower for a year

Chairman Mcneil: Work orders are not a high priority, it appears. 

Chairman Smith: I went 4 months without a working light switch in the shower

Senator Ross: At KZX we've had work orders falsely marked as completely

Senator Killburn: At AO, we've submitted several work orders and gotten zero feedback

PPT Farmer: For Dr. Conn, do you have any knowledge about how much students can fix things, like a lightswitch shouldn't be too troublesome

Dr. Conn: I would advise against it, just don't... We've had stories of stories about students trying with things like smoke detectors that end up causing bigger issues.

VP Hancock: Can we also please stop it with the flushable wipes

Dr. Conn: Not your target audience

VP Hancock: Does anyone live in South Hall? No? I found out that there wasn't any ventilation near the showers

Senator Kilburn: I lived in South hall for a bit, there is definitely no ventilation, you kind of just hope and pray that there will not be mold

Senator Hammers: Sounds like military barracks

VP Hancock: That's was tyler used to be

Dr. Conn: True

Senator Toce: There is a little bit of mold in Tyler showers, not much compared to others, but it's there

VP Hancock: Fill a work order, and some personal advice, just complain loudly and frequently

Guest Straka: I lived in Tyler 3B, and there was some mold in the ceiling and I felt that later

Guest Garza: In LAS, facilities tried to charge us for a fire pit issues

VP Hancock: We are trying

Senator Hammers: My name is Joseph Hammers, a retired marine. I have had the priveledge of meeting nice students and even more brothers and sisters in the armed forces. I wasn't even going to do this, but Lilith went on stage and said there weren't any commuter senators, so 'son of a gun,' I guess I will do it. I also noticed that there weren't services for veterans, so I was asking if I could also serve as a representative for veterans

VP Hancock: I am interested

Dr. Conn: I am also interested in reviving the veterans association. The reason it died out was just because there wasn't continuity of leadership

PPT Famer: Motion to make Senator Hammers the vetaran liason?

Motion passes

Dr. Conn: Motion to recognize Hammers as the coolest senator name?

Chairman McNeil: Is there a new teacher liason?

PPT Farmer: There is no reason you can't have more jobs.

Chairman McNeil: Cool. Also, we again have a new volunteer tracking program. Ice cream is the most frequent way to participate, but we also have club funding coming up.

VP Hancock: Speaking of which, we are also having Hispanic Heritage Month again, so we need people to man the taco table. You get free tacos. 

Motion to recess.

Meeting recessed at 11:44