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Minutes of Meeting of Tuesday, April 13, 1999

Minutes of Meeting of Tuesday, April 13, 1999, 2:00 p.m., Octavia I

PRESENT:

    Michelle Andrews
    Pat Bailey
    Bill Cahill
    Catherine Comiskey
    Bob Gross
    Charlotte Harris
    Dave Huffman
    Robert Reed
    Sarah Smith
    Jay Sonier
    Arthur Stern
    Germayne Turner

ABSENT:

    Jay Calamia
    Kathy Gros
    Debbie LaMarca
    Michele Ray

PROXIES:

    Jim Phillips for Debbie LaMarca

GUESTS:

    Ray Garofalo

I. Arthur Stern called the meeting to order at 2:04 p.m.

II. Approval and/or correction of minutes of the March 9, 1999 meeting Dave Huffman questioned the report about the Constitution and By-Laws being added to the Senate web page. He said they were not there when he tried to pull them up. Mr. Stern said he would check on it. Mr. Huffman also asked about rewording the first sentence of Ongoing Institutional Objective #5. He then asked about implementing Specific Objective #2 concerning Student Responsibility. MOTION was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the March 9, 1999 meeting. MOTION passed.

III. OLD BUSINESS

    A. Ongoing Institutional Objective #5: Staff Responsibility ? final report Mr. Stern presented the final report at the end of March and has not had a response from Dr. Voigt.

    C. University (faculty) Senate/Administrative Senate executive committees joint meeting update The Executive Committees of the two Senates are scheduled to meet on Thursday, April 22 at 3:30 p.m. at a location to be announced.

    B. Motion from J. Calamia RE: Parking Mr. Calamia's Motion was read again and Mr. Stern asked for comments. Germayne Turner reported that the Parking Committee, at their last meeting, voted to send two recommendations to Dr. Eiseman: 1) to install a removable barrier at the entrance to the new Library from Cromwell Street, and, 2) to recommend that University Police immobilize vehicles for a $75 fee (or $25 if the vehicle has a legal permit, or one is consequently purchased). The committee feels that this would be a deterrent to parking on campus and hopefully reduce the number of violations. In Mr. Calamia's absence, the Motion was tabled until the next meeting for further discussion.

IV. NEW BUSINESS

    A. Committee Reports:

      1. Catholic/Jesuit Identity - R. Reed said the meeting scheduled at the end of March was postponed.

      2. Election ? C. Comiskey reported that all the ballots were mailed out, and the committee will meet on Friday, April 23 to count the ballots. Results will be announced at the May meeting.

      3. Fringe Benefits - J. Sonier reported that Loyola joined the Louisiana Health Care Alliance. LHCA offers discounts on health services to members. The PPN cards have been sent to all employees. It is an additional Point of Service discount card. At the same meeting, Fr. Knoth said that he did not see a change in offering health coverage for part-time employees. The next meeting is April 29.

      4. Parking - G. Turner (previously discussed)

      5. Rec Sports & Athletics - R. Reed related that the report from the consultant has not been delivered to this committee yet. He said that he must wait to see the report to respond on participation awards, but that the budget cannot support such awards at this time.

      6. University Planning Team - A. Stern reported that at the March 17th meeting, Institutional Objective #7, Planning Operations, was reviewed. John Sears of Institutional Research worked with Dr. Voigt on the report.

V. GUEST SPEAKER - Dr. Jim Eiseman, Vice President for Student Affairs

    Dr. Eiseman began by saying it has been a very interesting year. There were some problems, but he is pleased with the work done this year. Mr. Huffman asked him about the consultant?s report on Athletics. He responded that her recommendation was to remain in our conference and to devise a program of participation awards. To protect our recreational programs, she recommended that awards be given only to students already accepted. Awards could begin when the money is available. She also suggested we institute a five year plan.

    Ms. Turner asked Dr. Eiseman about the status of the parking recommendations sent to him in November that remain unanswered. Some issues Fr. Knoth rejected, and some are still being worked on. Ms. Smith asked about Law School security. Mr. Bailey responded that a special shift of Security Police has been added at high risk times during the week. Mr. Stern then asked about building community spirit. Dr. Eiseman honestly could not say which programs would be continued, as budgets for next year were just received and he is working on allocations for his division. Asked to comment on the two parking committee resolutions sent today, he agrees with both recommendations and will help to implement both of them.

    After Dr. Eiseman?s departure, Mr. Stern asked Ray Garofalo to comment on the two parking suggestions. Mr. Garofalo agreed that Dr. Eiseman was very supportive on the barrier and had asked Bob Oehlke for his opinion of a suitable type. The resolution to charge fees for boots is meant to deter parking violators. There will always be a $25 fee, even for cars with permits. The charge will be $75 on vehicles with no permits. The $25 fee is in addition to the fine. Boots are installed on the second violation. This "booting" fee will be implemented right away. Mr. Garofalo will send out information to the entire campus community with this information. Mr. Bailey also reported that the City of New Orleans is sending meter maids onto campus to enforce the handicapped parking spaces. A vehicle illegally parked in a handicapped space could receive two tickets, one from Loyola and one from the City.

VI. OPEN FORUM

    A. The scheduled tour of the new residence hall will be on the agenda for next meeting. Mr. Reed reported that furniture will arrive on June 1st. The brief tour during the President?s Open House was very positive. New students and their parents were very pleased.

    B. Ms. Smith said she had comments from some staffers concerning the election ballots. Some said they felt uncomfortable about signing their names on the same page on which they circled their votes.

    C. Ms. Andrews related that the Child Care Center anniversary celebration was a wonderful event.

VII. The meeting was adjourned at 3:35 p.m.