http://frontpagemilwaukee.com/site/Viewer.aspx?iid=1242&mname=ArticleGroup SA en-us 60 The SA President’s salary increased 12 percent By Muamon Yang and Rose Davis of the Frontpage Milwaukee reporting staff A review of SA’s yearly budget revealed that the President’s salary has increased 25 percent since 2005-2006. And in the past two years, the president’s salary increased about 12 percent. The president’s current salary for 2008-2009 is $10,000. “Increases are based on added responsibilities, work load, inflation, number of positions, and the size of the budget,” SA President Tyler Draheim said. The Chief of Staff position was eliminated from the executive branch of SA this year due to a tighter budget. Draheim said he took over the role and increased his salary by $1000 for the added responsibilities. The vice president position had a $500 dollar salary increase from $7,000 to $7,500 from 2005-2006—roughly a 7 percent increase in four years. The vice president did not receive a salary increase this year. While some positions such as the Secretary received a $1500 increase this year. A total of $4,500 compared to $3,000 last year. “The Vice-President's salary has remained consistent because their responsibilities have remained consistent,” Draheim said. “ …(Former President of SA Robert Grover) used $88,000 of our $100,000 reserve last year,” SA Vice President Tommy Hughes said. Which resulted in their job cuts and money shifts this year, said Huges. Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:16:00 CST http://frontpagemilwaukee.com/site/Viewer.aspx?iid=20983&mname=Article http://frontpagemilwaukee.com/site/Viewer.aspx?iid=20983&mname=Article By Rose Davis of the Frontpage Milwaukee reporting staff Feb. 22, 2009 Nearly $800 in segregated fees is taken out of the tuition UW-Milwaukee students pay every semester to support student organizations at the university, just $90 short of the amount of money wasted by the UWM Student Association in February. There are dozens of groups that receive segregated fees, in the form of allocable or non-allocable funds. Non-allocable segregated fees support long-term commitments for fixed financial obligations and ongoing operating costs and services for things like Norris Health Center, the Klotsche Center and the student union. Allocable segregated fees provide support for campus student activities and services. These fees support many organizations on campus, including athletics, the Student Association (SA) and the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC). According to documents provided by Tom McGinnity, current director of the Student Activities Office, SAC receives $9.50 in segregated fees each semester from full-time students. They allocate that money, $470,000 for the current school year, to all of the other student organizations at UWM. Emily Grotz plays a leading role in SAC as the chair of the seven-member student committee that allocates money based on grant requests. Student organizations have to fill out a grant request form in order for SAC to allocate them money. This form breaks down exactly how much money they need for specific things such as travel, printing, office supplies and events. Student organizations must fill these forms out accurately or risk being rejected by SAC and not receiving funding for that year. SAC’s rules are very specific as to what money can be spent on. For example, Grotz said that sports teams can receive money for travel, because they can’t compete without being able to travel. However, they don’t give money for buying jerseys, because they are often expensive and don’t benefit the whole university. Grotz said that SAC bases their funding on how beneficial what they’re funding would be for the entire university and the number of students it would benefit. Every year, the executive and legislative branches of SA get around $136,000 from segregated fees for their total budget. Tyler Draheim, SA president, said the president of SA proposes a budget for the year based on this funding to the student senate, which then approves or changes it. Money is budgeted for specific things including salaries and travel. In 2007-08, SA was granted an $11,100 travel budget, which was used to fund the trip to the February conference. Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:19:00 CST http://frontpagemilwaukee.com/site/Viewer.aspx?iid=20985&mname=Article http://frontpagemilwaukee.com/site/Viewer.aspx?iid=20985&mname=Article