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To fill holes in its budget the state has taken more than $1.7 million from UW-Whitewater clubs, organizations, schools and departments. Facing a budget shortfall in the billions, the state required the UW System to contribute at least $255 million to fill holes in the 2009-11 state budget. "[The state] tells the UW-System how much it's going to take," Budget Director Aimee McCann said. "The UW System allocated that reduction out to all the UW System institutions and that's based on our percentage of the total UW System budget." The bulk of the cuts were taken from university entities, but some of the hardest hit will be student organizations. The Student Entertainment Awareness League lost $917 due to the cuts, enough to hire another act to bring to campus manager Brian Bialobrzeski said. Along with the $5.6 million UW-Whitewater had in funding cut by the state, various campus entities were responsible for giving $1.7 million to the state. The cuts affected anyone who utilized the university's 128 accounts to hold their funds. Any organization not holding their money in 128 accounts was not affected. There were two rounds of givebacks to the state, each taken from the 128 accounts but on different terms. The bulk of the funds were collected through what the state is calling a "cash balance sweep." The sweep portion accounted for more than $1.4 million of the total state requirement. The university divided the amounts each department and school were required to collect and gave the deans and division heads responsibility of collecting the money, UW-Whitewater budget director Aimee McCann said. The second round of cuts was based on the operating budgets of each campus entity. "For the one percent reduction, that basically comes down to one percent of their total budget from the prior year," McCann said. "That cut, or that giveback, was taken across the board pretty much universally by everybody."
Resident housing hardest hit by state cash grab While student organizations may have felt the sting of money lost, resident housing bore the brunt of the blow. In the one percent, across the board, grab housing lost $95,164 and in the sweep grab lost $275,117. In all, housing lost $370,281, accounting for about 25 percent of all money taken from UW-Whitewater by the state. Director of University Housing Frank Bartlett said his department assumed his department would be one of the biggest losers in the state's cash grab. "We're one of the larger departments realistically. Our share of the overall pie is large," Bartlett said. "There's no and if, buts or ors about that. So it's always a bigger bite." The cuts were spread out throughout all of their operations, so no one area would see significant cuts. He said Residence Housing had no way of predicting the cuts and had no contingency plans for the state cuts. Bartlett was most worried about how the state budget as a whole, not just the cuts. He said if the budget woes continue it could affect the Residence Housing budget on a continual basis. "You have a lot of contingencies played out [but not for grabs]," Bartlett said. "Is the state's budget situation going to be bad as it was recently or worse? How much of the state's budget was based on stimulus money? Is that an automatic shortcoming?" The money grab by the state shouldn't affect renovation projects, Bartlett said, but the chance is always there. "At this point in time it's not anticipated to affect capital projects because we still need to take care of the facilities," Bartlett said. "We have aging infrastructure and ultimately we have to take care of the bathrooms, the HVAC systems. It's quite a challenge when your infrastructure isn't all that it's cracked up to be. The plan is still to proceed." Bartlett said his department there could be an impact on room rates if cuts continue, but for now he'll have to make due with the funds that he has. "Some of it's inconvenience, some of it's a challenge and sometimes you wonder how it's going to play out," Bartlett said. "But it's making good strategic decisions once you know what the outcome is."
Fiscal 2008 Cash Balance Sweep:
Academic Vending: $4,000 University Pepsi Contract: $5,318 Acad Aff Int Earn: $3,323 B&E Undergraduate Online: $14,375 Hperc Distance Education: $5,000 O&E Safety Course Fees: $5,000 Special Education Tech Fees: $8,000 O&P Transportation: $6,000 Out of Area Placements: $4,734.02 A&C Office Chags/Exp: $3,671.06 World of the Arts Fee: $1,651.07 Student Field Trips-Art: $500 Distance Education: $572.45 Royal Purple: $7,363.10 Communication Course Fees: $2,025 Music Mosaics: $943.32 ILY Equip/Faculty reserve: $881 L&S Technology Fee: $126,308 Wisconsin State Music Festival: $473.03 UWSSLEC: $2,113.72 Travel Student General: $3,161.45 Comp Educ & Overseas Fiel: $839.73 Special Fee Off Campus: $836.83 Science Tour: $419.87 ICIT-OTEC Billbles: $7,129 Financial Services: $189,505 Facilities Use Fees: $40,000 Asst. Chanc - Stud Devel: $5,378.70 Special Events: $19,060.34 Commencement Fund: 417,662.31 Office of Student Life: $1,929.99 Alcohol Workshop: $717.08 Child Care Center: $15,409.20 New Student Orientation: $5,120.24 Student Health Center: $36,849.66 Spec Transportation Serv: $2,406.42 Auxilary Aid: $46,666.38 Academic Support Proj Assist: $5,679.61 Vending Contract Admin: $12,336.30 University Bookstore: $11,313.97 Bookstore Reserve: $77,251.61 Hawk Card Office: $18,297.82 Hawk Card Debit Exp Reserve: $2,384.45 Outdoor Fac & Fields Reserve: $12,259.95 Res Dining General Operations: $167,599.31 Res Life Administration: $275,117.08 Textbook Administration: $75,586.03 UC Project Reserve Funded: $87,675.38 Ticket Revenue Holding: $15.21 Billiards Club: $245.42 Williams Center Laund Service: $87.08 Recr Facility Supervisor: $1,453.90 Recreation Sports Copier: $151.21 Equipment Room Summer Camps: $640.75 Williams Center Weight Room: $28,613.05 Wellness Fair: $7.76 Leadership Devel Operations: $18,852.15 Latino Heritage Mont: $200.13 Habitat Humanity: $50.81 University Relations PR: $4,608.43 Excellence Kick Off: $3,385.20 Advertising Plan: $252.05 Campus Directory: $1,508.26 Duplicating Center: $15,846 Graphics PR: $1,116.96 Magizine Freelancers: $847.25 Academic Vending: $1,077.00 Sports Information: $22978 Athletics Telephones: $117.84 I/A Equipment Reserve: $296.94 Athl. Training Rooms: $186.78 Athl. General Ops.: $422.38 Athletics Strength and Conditioning: $469.90 Men's I/A Basketball: $238.68 Men's I/A Uniform/Equip. Res.: $112.06 Men's Post Season: $321.25 Men's I/A Cross Country: $88.33 Men's I/A Services: $101/07 Men's I/A Swimming; $188.13 Men's I/A Wrestling: $233.70 Men's I/A Track: $276.06 Men's I/A Baseball: $381.45 Men's I/A Tennis: $116.38 Men's I/A Soccer: $187.84 Men's I/A Athl Camp Residuals: $316.78 Women's I/A Uniform/Equip Res: $112.06 Women's I/A Volleyball: $233.88 Women's I/A Track: $276.59 Women's Tennis: $159.45 Women's I/A Swimming: $191.01 Women's I/A Softball: $376.52 Women I/A Gymnastics: $196.41 Women's I/A Golf: $125.81 Women's I/A Post Season: $455.21 Women's I/A Basketball: $283.68 Women's I/A Cross Country: $94.12 Women's I/A Salary: $101.77 Women's Soccer: $222.18 Women's I/A Athl Camp Residuals: $105.59 Women's I/A Bowling: $336.25 ACAD AFF INT EARN: $16, 693.00 Copy Monitor: $158.39 Center Commun Dissorders: $179.51 Dept Of Comm Science & Disorde: $21.12 Phy Ed Lab Fees: $517.41 Hperc Distance Education: $$84.48 Student Wea: $0.63 Educ Supplies For Art: $5.23 C&I Distance Ed: $$137.27 O&E Safety Course Fees: $464.62 Special Ed Course Fee: $89.76 Special Education Tech Fees: &70.11 O&P Transportation: $422.38 1996 Criminal Check: $42.42 Out Of Area Placements: $42.42 A&C Office Chgs/Exp: $69.00 World Of The Arts Fee: $359.00 Crossman Gallery: $79.00 Students Field Trips-Art: $63.00 Forensics: $99.00 Communication Course Fees: $127.00 Key Deposit Music: $4.00 Music Special Events: $48.00 Instrumental Ensemble: $34.00 Women's Chorale: $12.00 Jazz Bands: $43.00 Musical Opera Reserve: $19.00 Instrumental Reserve: $37.00 Band: $369.00 Band Uniform Reserve: $63.00 Concert Choir: $30.00 Class Act: $11.00 Orchestra: $52.00 Chamber Singers: $93.00 Chorale Reserve: $7.00 Music Instrument Repair Reserve: $57.00 Opera Workshop Org: $11.00 Recital Production Fee: $16.00 Percussion Ensemble: $16.00 Music Mosaics: $26.00 Instrumental Tour Reserve: $81.00 Summeround Theatre: $157.00 Drama: #132.00 Costuming-Drama: $176.00 Publicity & Promo-Drama:$107.00 Tech Operation-Drama: $376.00 Drama-Lights: $51.00 UWW Dance Company: $82.00 CA General Office: $1,821.00 Cultural Affairs Salaries: $985.00 L&S Technology Fee: $1, 625.00 WI State Music Festival: $19.00 UWSSLEC: $245.00 Travel Study General: $1,228.00 Comp Educ & Overseas Fiel: $423.00 Special Fee Off Campus: $53.00 ICIT-OTEC Billables: $1, 415.00 Trans Serve Fleet Reserve: $18,599.00 Asst Chanc-Stud Devel: $127.00 Special Events: $69.00 Commencement Fund: $946.00 Office Of Student Life: $872.00 Alcohol Workshop: $48.00 Childcare Center: $3,047.00 Children's Center Salary: $727.00 New Students Orientation: $2,136.00 Health and Wellness Outreach: $53.00 Physical therapy Serv: $195.00 Psychiatry: $195.00 SAPA: $48.00 Spec Transportation Serv: $876.00 Auxiliary Aid: $238.00 SAS Recreation: $11.00 Academic Support Proj Assist: $5,679.61 Vending Contract Admin: $12,336.30 University Bookstore: $11,313.97 Bookstore Reserve: $77,251.61 Hawk Card Office: $18,297.82 Hawk Card Debit Exp Reserve: $2,384.45 Outdoor Fac & Fields Reserve: $12,259.95 Res Dining General Operations: $167,599.31 Res Life Administration: $275,117.08 Textbook Administration: $75,586.03 UC Project Reserve Funded: $87,675.38 Ticket Revenue Holding: $15.21 Billiards Club: $245.42 Williams Center Laund Service: $87.08 Recr Facility Supervisor: $1,453.90 Recreation Sports Copier: $151.21 Equipment Room Summer Camps: $640.75 Williams Center Weight Room: $28,613.05 Wellness Fair: $7.76 Leadership Devel Operations: $18,852.15 Latino Heritage Mont: $200.13 Habitat Humanity: $50.81 University Relations PR: $4,608.43 Excellence Kick Off: $3,385.20 Advertising Plan: $252.05 Campus Directory: $1,508.26 Duplicating Center: $15,846 Graphics PR: $1,116.96 Magizine Freelancers: $847.25 Academic Support Proj Assist: $1,608 Student Affairs PR Support: $1,683 Vending Contract Admin: $32 University Bookstore: $18,599 Hawk Card Office: $2,561 Debit Card Fees: $2 Outdoor Facilities & Fields Operations: $1,942 Outdoor Facilities & Fields Reserve: $686 Res Dining General Operations: $58,275 Res Dining Maintenance Operations: $3,801 Res Dining Custodial: $2,672 Res Dining Grounds: $159 Res Dining Equipment: $4,498 Cash Dining Equipment: $370 Alcohol Beverage Service: $264 Res Life Administration: $33,876 Res Life Office: $818 Marketing: $447 Res Life Desk Operations: $1,025 RHA/LIT: $275 Res Life Conf Administration: $663 MIS/Technology: $4,267 Res Life Maintenance Operations: $40,978 Res Ed: $6,566 Res Life Cable TV: $6,249 Textbook Administration: $14,520 University Center General Operations:$3,530 UC Project Reserve Funded: $422 UC Graphic Services: $884 UC Student Employee Dev Program: $97 UC Maintenance: 1,421 UC Building Managers: $1,808 UC Building Managers: $296 UC Technical Services: $735 UC Event Security: $61 UC Projects: $1,904 UC Custodial: $3,160 UC Grounds: $117 Recreation Center: $1,450 Information/ Ticket Center: $904 Ticket Center: $1,213 Center Gallery: $268 Billiards Club: $6 UC Bodega: $567 Rec Sports Facility Mgmt: $1,791 Williams Center Fac Rental: $950 Williams Center Laund Service: $4 Athl/Rec Set-up PR: $24 Recr Facility Supervisor: $137 Recreation Sports Copier: $63 Equipment Room Summer Camps: $37 Intramurals: $558 Intramurals Salary: $1,129 General Recreation: $917 Williams Center Weight Room: $5,235 Wellness Fair: $8 Wheelchair Recreation: $519
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