The EMU Board of Directors set 2003-04 budgets and approved philosophical statements Monday for three groups, including the board itself.
The Child Care and Development Center, EMU Food Service and the EMU Board were all given larger budgets, mainly because of increases in the minimum wage salaries of their student employees.
CCDC saw its budget increase from $843,811 to $924,927 for the next academic year with a motion that passed 9-0. The added funds also included money for the
organization’s move to a new
facility at East 17th Avenue and Moss Street.
CCDC co-chairwoman Carla DeShaw, a University graduate student and mother of two, supported the increased budget.
“When I take (my kids) to school, that gives me peace of mind,” DeShaw said.
Other CCDC supporters said without the program they would not be able to attend the University.
EMU board member Mark Watson questioned CCDC’s program in the Moshofsky Sports Center during home football games.
The not-for-profit program is used primarily by fans who are not University students.
The board and CCDC Coordinator Dennis Reynolds agreed the program could be used to make a profit in the future so the child care center would be more self-sufficient.
CCDC’s philosophical statement was passed by a 7-0 vote.
The board set the 2003-04 Food Service budget at $1,453,870 with a motion that passed 9-0. The previous academic year’s budget was not available.
“It’s going to be really hard to make a profit,” Food Service Director John Costello said.
Board member Brenda Tincher said she was happy with the use of the phrase “self-sufficient” in Food Service’s philosophical statement, which was approved 7-0.
Also, the Board approved the increase of its own budget from $8,806 to $14,339 in 2003-04.
Citing increases in work-study pay and the need for better organizational retreats, the motion passed 9-0.
The board’s philosophical goals and purpose statement were also approved 9-0.
Finally, the board voted 7-2 to notify all budget managers to appear Friday to discuss budgets.