THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSE AT CHATTANOOGA
Exempt Staff Council Meeting
Lupton Library, Room 208
Members Attending: Debra Anderson, Debbie Bell, Tonya Pace Botts, Jean Dake, Tom Ellis, Ellen Neufeldt, Lindsay Pardue, Nate Pinkard, Charles Scott.
Others in attendance: Dan Webb, Director, Office of Human Resources; Melanie Sadler, Administrative Secretary, Office of Human Resources.
Call to Order: Ms. Anderson called the meeting to order.
Minutes: A motion was made and seconded to accept the minutes of the October 28, 2003 meeting.
§ Compensation Committee
Deb Anderson, Lindsay Pardue, and Charles Scott presented the ESC’s compensation plan from the $75,000 approved by the budget committee. Dr. Stacy will present all three plans (faculty, exempt, non-exempt) to Knoxville and has been asked to justify the increases. Since July 2003, 81 employees have received pay increases.
Mr. Webb completed a survey for Dr. Stacy, comparing the salaries of UTC administrators with THEC peers. Exempt salaries at UTC averaged 82% of THEC peers with Dr. Stacy’s salary ranking 12 out of 18. Dr. Stacy and Richard Brown agreed to use the same tables to compare data going forward.
§ University Budget Committee
The budget committee is now “planning to plan.” The governor may announce a 5% cut in January and the committee is constructing three possible scenarios to deal with cuts. UTC has not been fully funded according to THEC formula since 1987. Tuition increased 9% at UT last fall with TBR schools increasing tuition by 14%. Dr. Johnson has stated that he wants to keep future increases at 9%.
§ PDQs
Mr. Brown announced a freeze on PDQs recently. A committee from the system will review non-exempt positions with IRIS responsibilities. Mr. Webb said most would not receive upgrades. When asked about increases for IT positions, he stated all positions at UTC were audited in December 2000. IT positions were audited with input from the IT manager and Human Resources and several received increases at that time.
§ Budget 101
Ms. Anderson asked for a motion to request a ‘Budget 101” presentation, from Dr. Francis Gross, to exempt staff. Ms. Anderson will present the request to Richard Brown and Dr. Stacy.
§ IRIS E-Forms
Jenifer Huey, System trainer, is giving two open sessions in E-forms this month. Terminations, pay/funding changes, recurring payment, and additional payments are available now for use and other transactions available in January.
§ MTAS Visit
Mike Tallent and Pat Hardy, MTAS Consultants, held an open forum on campus. Mr. Webb has not received any feedback from their visit but said a report may be given at the Human Resources Officers’ meeting in January.
Additional Issues:
§ A member is needed to fill Ms. Neufeldt’s position on the ESC Compensation Committee.
§ Ms. Anderson announced her resignation from the University in January. Ms. Dake will chair the Exempt Staff Council.
Next Meeting is January 20, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. in the University Center, Fortwood Room.
Motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting.
Respectfully Submitted,
Melanie Sadler
Administrative Secretary
Office of Human Resources