Finance & Administration


Committee Charge:

Primary Responsibilities (Finance)
  • Review institutional annual spending plans and capital budgets to insure that financial resources are distributed reasonably between personnel and non personal services, and insure that Board concerns have been adequately addressed.

    Recommend to the Board spending plans and capital budgets for consolidation and recommend allocations to the universities.
  • Review periodically the implementation of university spending plans to evaluate institutional performance against their plans.

    Recommend programmatic changes to the Board for approval if appropriate.
  • Review and recommend tuition and fee increases, taking into consideration any number of factors including, but certainly not limited to, the level of State support, financial aid, present fee levels, purposes of increases and other pertinent factors.
  • Review and recommend Board approval for the biennial operating budget to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly.
  • Review and recommend to the Board the authorization of the Connecticut State University System to borrow funds from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) through bonding to finance construction projects for auxiliary service facilities and related expenses and financing costs; authorization to pledge revenues to finance debt service associated with the financing; and authorization to enter into various agreements with CHEFA in order to secure the financing.
  • Review and recommend to the board university long range facility development plans that project capital resources requirements and recommend approval and amendment, as required, of a system-wide CSUS 2020 capital program.
  • Make recommendations as appropriate to the Board on other fiscal matters in addition to those identified above which may arise from time to time.
Primary Responsibilities (Administration)
  • Development and approval of policies governing Management and Confidential Professional personnel outside of union jurisdiction.
  • Examine data concerning personnel distribution among the functions of the university. Consider Board policy related to resource allocation in conjunction with spending plans.
  • Monitor the success of affirmative action programs designed to produce diversity among CSUS personnel design policy to prevent failure.
  • Consider policy related to employee workload. Review measures of employee productivity. Relate policy to collective bargaining goals and objectives and to institutional mission.
  • Consider policy questions related to litigation and relationships with the Attorney General and labor advisor.
  • As recommended by presidents: grant tenure, award CSU Professor status.
  • Consider policy concerning student workers, graduate assistants, graduate interns, university assistants, co op employees, honorary titles and related items.
  • Consider such other matters concerning university personnel as may arise from time to time.
Primary Responsibilities (Information Technology)
  • Review and develop policy recommendations for Board approval as appropriate on major information technology initiatives having systemwide impact.

Staff to Committee

Pamela Kedderis, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration
David Trainor, Executive Assistant to the Chancellor, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources & Labor Relations

Finance & Administration Meetings

Date Time Location Supporting Documents
December 01, 2011 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
October 20, 2011 CANCELLED 9:30 am System Office
September 15, 2011 CANCELLED 9:30 am System Office
September 12, 2011 8:00 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
July 14, 2011 CANCELLED 9:30 am System Office
May 05, 2011 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
March 31, 2011 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
February 03, 2011 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
December 02, 2010 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
October 14, 2010 CANCELLED 9:30 am System Office
September 17, 2010 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
July 15, 2010 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
May 06, 2010 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
April 01, 2010 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
February 04, 2010 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
December 10, 2009 8:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
December 03, 2009 CANCELLED 9:30 am System Office
November 05, 2009 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
October 01, 2009 9:30 am System Office | Minutes
July 17, 2009 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
June 04, 2009 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
May 08, 2009 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes
April 08, 2009 8:30 am SCSU Agenda | Minutes
April 02, 2009 CANCELLED 9:30 am System Office
March 05, 2009 CANCELLED 9:30 am System Office
January 08, 2009 9:30 am System Office Agenda | Minutes


Comments & Questions

Questions regarding the Board of Trustees for the Connecticut State University System should be addressed to Erin A. Fitzgerald, Associate for Board Affairs, at 860.493.0013 or fitzgeralde@ct.edu.
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