Budget update: Oct. 23
October 23, 2019
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Last week, Fairbanks was named one of the top 10 college towns in the United States.
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of the Nanooks.色视频下载 I hope this rings as true for you. I色视频下载檝e been reflecting on the importance
of trust and support of each other at UAF, and offer great appreciation for faculty,
staff, and students who today and in the future will stick together as we navigate
today色视频下载檚 and tomorrow色视频下载檚 challenges. I色视频下载檇 like to expand on that context as we discuss
our approach to budget planning at UAF.
In last week色视频下载檚 column, I discussed the context for our FY20 and FY21 budgets. Specifically,
we色视频下载檙e using one-time savings and land/facility sales to bridge this year, allowing
time for FY21 planning and consideration. Next year we will need to make base cuts
that reflect both this year色视频下载檚 reduction and the reduction outlined in the compact
between the Board of Regents and the Governor. I shared a few ideas for base reductions
for broad feedback, and I appreciate the thoughtful comments I色视频下载檝e received so far.
Please keep them coming!
There are several things we don色视频下载檛 yet know about our FY21 budget. We don色视频下载檛 know what
the legislature will do, we don色视频下载檛 know how the governor may respond, and we don色视频下载檛
know what methodology will be used for distributing cuts and potential reallocations
for investments within the university system. What we do know is that we can色视频下载檛 and
won色视频下载檛 plan and prioritize without shared governance.
At UAF, shared governance in budget planning begins with the Planning and Budget Committee,
a rotating group made up of representatives from across our university and including
delegates from governance groups. Provost Anupma Prakash and Vice Chancellor Julie
Queen chaired this year色视频下载檚 committee, which prioritized areas for strategic investment
within UAF色视频下载檚 budget in Spring. Additional strategic investments may be identified
by the Board of Regents and President. In past years, those investments have been
funded by an additional pullback of base funding above the state general fund reductions.
I am asking the provost, vice chancellors, and executive officer to meet next week
to outline a starting strategy for FY21 reductions. This will first go to the Chancellor色视频下载檚
Cabinet for review. Chancellor色视频下载檚 Cabinet is made up of Vice Chancellors, a suite of
unit directors, and faculty, staff and student governance leaders. Since the first
of these two meetings will be next Tuesday I will report on our discussion in the
budget column next Wednesday. Chancellor色视频下载檚 Cabinet meets next on November 11, 2019.
Our first community discussion of planning approaches for FY21 will be the open forum
on budget, November 21 in the Wood Center Ballroom.
While we start planning internally for reductions, the system office is preparing
the FY21 budget request to go to the Board of Regents (BOR) in November for their
review and approval. Typically the BOR submits its budget request to the governor
by December so that he can incorporate it into his full budget and submit that to
the legislature for the start of their regular session. For FY21, as part of the compact,
the BOR will be submitting a budget to the governor that represents a $25 million
reduction to state general fund support. On a pro-rata basis, UAF色视频下载檚 share of that
cut would be $12.5 million, as it was this year, plus directed reallocations for specific
reinvestment and fixed cost increases. The methodology for applying the proposed FY21
cut within UA is not yet determined, and the chosen approach does impact our bottom
line.
I trust and hope that as we engage in this planning process, we will do so with the
sense of community and teamwork. Next week I will lay out the initial thinking of
the UAF leadership on a go-forward plan. Thank you for choosing UAF.