Words from the Chair There were four seats to be filled on the Staff Advisory Council for the 2006-2009 term, and we had exactly four nominations. Therefore, an election will not be necessary. Your new Council members are Megan Barney, Marcia Brewer, Megan Gill, and Toni Henley. Congratulations ladies, and thanks for volunteering to serve! We will have biographical information on our new council members in the September SAC newsletter. Even though it isn't necessary to have
a SAC election, there are local elections this week. Don't let the heat
keep you from getting out to vote. I was just looking at tips for keeping
cool, and one suggestion I found was to daydream about snowstorms, cool
rain, or the North Pole. When you get into that overly warm car to go
vote, just pretend you are trekking to the North Pole! |
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Tuesday, August 8 Primary Election 2006 
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August 2006 Service Awards
Congratulations to the following UM-System Staff members who have attained these milestones of service
5 Years of Service
- BRADLEY, DEBORAH J ~ CONTROLLER
- JENKINS, GREGORY ~
IT SYSTEMS SUPPORT
- SMITH,CORLISS J ~ CONTROLLER
- SMITH,CORLISS J ~ CONTROLLER
10 Years of Service
- GILMORE, KEVIN D ~ MORENET
- HARRIS, GARY L ~
LIBRARY SYSTEMS
20 Years of Service
- WEISMAN, SANDRA HILLE ~ ADMIN INFO TECHNOLOGY SVCS
Dr. Floyd announces administrative
efficiencies
Administrative streamlining plan exceeds goal, meets $20 million.
The University of Missouri is implementing a plan to save $20 million in administrative costs, far exceeding the original goal of $12.5 million set last year, President Elson S. Floyd told the Board of Curators at its July 21 meeting in Kansas City.
"This is a tremendous accomplishment," Floyd said. "I am deeply proud of our chancellors and staff for their vigilant efforts to enhance our academic mission while protecting access and affordability for our students."
In December 2005, Floyd directed each campus, the system and UM Health Care to reduce administrative expenditures by 10 percent and reinvest those resources in academic and strategic priorities.
Each campus was charged with determining its own list of suggestions. Efforts were focused on eliminating unnecessary academic and non-academic administrative duplication; enhancing efficiency and productivity; reducing costs in administrative service areas; enhancing the use of technology without increasing cost; and streamlining the structure and function of UM Health Care.
The final plan totals $20 million or $7.7 million more than the original goal. While some reductions have already been implemented, others will be accomplished over a one- or two-year period.
Actions taken to reduce costs include eliminating or combining administrative staff positions; reducing operating budgets; consolidating support functions; and eliminating organizational layers. The University also is exploring the potential for additional savings through e-procurement as well as the consolidation and outsourcing of information technology.
Resources will be reallocated to achieve targeted academic and strategic initiatives and to enable the University to reduce or better control future tuition increases.
Approximately $18 million in administrative savings will be applied to academic priorities that directly benefit students, such as increased instructional capacity, student financial aid, and initiatives to retain students once they are enrolled.
The University also will make investments in academic programs and faculty in areas such as the life sciences, public policy and autism. Funds will be directed to faculty retention and recruitment, employee diversity and staff benefits.
More than $4 million will go toward permanent expense reductions to balance the budget at UM-Rolla and toward expense reductions and reallocations for facilities, maintenance and repair, and increases in utilities and insurance costs at UM-Kansas City.
Floyd said the long-term objective of the plan is to continue to improve efficiency and control future tuition increases without reducing quality.
Balance sheet |
| Savings
and job losses |
| UM system: $947,000 and nine positions. |
| Columbia campus: $7 million and 40 positions. |
| Kansas City campus: $9.9 million and 29 positions. |
| Rolla campus: $1.1 million and five positions. |
| St. Louis campus: $1.4 million and eight positions. |
| UM Health Care: $496,000 and one position. |
| Where savings will go |
| Increased student aid, scholarships: $3.5 million. |
| Faculty staffing in life sciences, law, public policy and autism: $4.6 million. |
| Faculty recruitment and retention, staff benefits and employee diversity: $7.7 million. |
| Software investment at Kansas City campus: $1.2 million. |
| Maintenance and repair, increased utilities and insurance costs: $4.5 million. |
Events Calendar - University of Missouri Columbia
Events Calendar - City of Columbia/Chamber of Commerce
Events Calendar - Mid-Missouri
Standing Committees
- Parking: Chair: Mary Ann Ihler; Co-Chair: C. J. Smith
- Staff Awareness: Chair: Marsha Moore
- Staff Recognition Week: Chair: Debbie Taylor; Vice-Chair: Richard Begemann - All SAC members serve on the Staff Recognition Committee
- Campus Health Oversight: Chair: Rusty Crawford; Co-Chair: Becky Bohlmeyer
UM-SAC will do our best to keep all UM employee's
informed on various topics, issues, and problems that arise during the year.
We welcome suggestions from you on issues of interest and look forward to
presenting those matters to the entities that can best assist in those matters
or make change. If you have any questions, ideas, and/or concerns, please
call or email any of the UM-SAC members.
SAC
website
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Editor! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Staff Advisory Council meetings are open to all UM System Staff. Meeting times are 9:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m. the second Thursday of the month. The location changes occasionally, so contact a council member if you are interested in attending. Mary Ann Ihler
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