Budget Advisory Committee

Our Mission

The Budget Oversight Committee works to monitor the expenditures of the Professional Staff Senate. This includes reviewing proposals for funding, monitoring disbursements, and requesting additional funds from the upper administration.

This committee works hard to ensure that Professional Staff Senate events are paid for with minimal cost to the membership.

Charge

The Budget Advisory Committee advises the PSS budgetary process by preparing (with input of Committee Chairs) an annual budget on behalf of the PSS officers which will be approved by the PSS Executive Committee. It has the fiduciary responsibility to report income and expenses, throughout the fiscal year to the Executive Committee on a quarterly basis.

Roles of the Committee

  • The Chair will be an Executive Committee member, a former Executive Committee member or a designee of the Executive Committee, appointed by the Executive Committee on an annual basis.
  • The PSS Vice Chair will be Vice Chair and a voting member of the Budget Advisory Committee
  • The Staff Assistant in the UB Office of Shared Governance will be a voting member
  • Up to four members from the general membership, appointed by the Executive Committee on an annual basis
  • The PSS chair will be a non-voting member

Membership

  • The Chair will be an Executive Committee member appointed by the Executive Committee on an annual basis
  • The PSS Vice Chair will be Vice Chair and a voting member of the committee
  • The Staff Assistant in the UB Office of Shared Governance will be a voting member
  • Two members from the general membership, appointed by the Executive Committee on an annual basis
  • The PSS chair will be a non-voting member

Committee Members

Chair: Ashley Canon-Zelasko

Current Members: Charlie Baxter, Virginia Stever, Jessica Naish, Pam Stephens-Jackson

Ex Officio: Don Erb