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Minutes of the 12/13 Council 4th Meeting October 24, 2012
Whereas, the surplus of funds collected in the 2011/2012 school year is approximately
$130,000;
Whereas, due to the scope and nature of the referendum questions, funds cannot be
allocated for anything outside the scope of the original referendum question;
Be it resolved that, the Mustang Express fee be frozen until such time as an increase is
necessary;
Be it further resolved that, the Vice President Finance be tasked to assess the feasibility
of reducing the Mustang Express fee through the use of surplus funds collected;
Be it further resolved that, the Vice President Finance also be tasked to assess the
feasibility of an exam period shuttle bus to the Via Rail station, Greyhound station and/or
the London Airport, through partial use of the surplus funds up to $30,000, for the
December 2012 exam period with an option to extend it to the April 2013 exam period;
Be it further resolved that, the Vice President Finance report back to the November
meeting of the USC with a detailed plan and cost structure of the pilot project.
BROWN/Smith/Carried. C12/13.4.3
Brown spoke for the motion and advised that this fund represents excess money from the
Mustang Express fee and the USC is looking for a way to use this money to benefit
students. Smith added that the money in this fund must be used for the Mustang Express
and it is felt that students would support this initiative as it was part of Fearnall’s
platform. Ayala also added that the pilot project could cost only $15,000 and the USC
would be launching a survey on Friday, October 26th to ask students if they would use
this service and when and for how many days it should be offered. He also noted that he
and the Finance Department were looking for efficiencies before bringing a motion to
Council.
13.4 Student Events Standing Committee
Bedeir presented the report of the Student Events Standing Committee and noted that the
Vice-President Student Events had advised the Committee that a decision would need to
be made regarding the location of the future Homecoming parades as there would be a
cost from the City for police officers to close the streets if the parade was held in the
downtown area but there would be no cost to hold the parade on campus.
Ennett noted that the issue with the parade this year was that the USC was only notified a
week prior to the parade that there would be a cost. He asked if it was possible that more
could be done with the Alumni and the City to look at other alternatives.
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