More details will be forthcoming as available. Mr. Jerry DeSantis gave the Physical Plant Committee report. Mr. Tracy Bennett gave the Dorm Committee report. The committee's larger interest is that of deregulation and the ability to manage campuses in an overall sense and not simply dorm devolution. This project may not be funded adequately, and it is not clear if it will be a FY 2000-01 initiative.
Leadership seems to be lacking.
In Mr. Al Smith's absence, he reported that the Public Safety Committee has not yet met but that the SUNY Board of Trustees wanted this committee to be established and that there are issues to be resolved like arming officers and the transition to a University Police force. Mr. George LaRosa and Dr. Leif Hartmark reported on the Fee Committee. This SUNY committee is nearing its conclusion and has addressed a number of issues. Some of these are the student activity fee and making it current, the process of setting fees, and broad-based fees, that is, fees assessed or mandated broadly to all students as opposed to selected user fees. The need exists to rationalize the fee structure, to clarify the fee approval process including student consultation and timing, and to deal with financial and budgetary aspects.