STUDENT FINANCE COUNCIL COMPLETES PROCESS OF BUDGETS, PENDING APPROVAL FROM MHCC BOARD

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Pending final approval from the MHCC District Board of Education, the college’s Student Finance Council has completed the process of allocating student fee revenues for Mt. Hood’s athletic and co-curricular programs for the 2021-22 fiscal year.

Representatives of the programs receiving funds met several times this winter, and the Finance Council determined the budgeted amounts in early February. Each group brought a different spending history and need to the table.

The total proposed budget for the 2021-22 year for all activities and groups is $532,649.50 – an increase of $132,835.50 from the current year, or 33.2%.

The proposed budgets for the upcoming academic year 2021-22 are as follows for each activity and club:

Associated Student Government (ASG) $66,952.00 (same as 2020-21 adopted budget).

ASG Student Senate $18,600.00 (same as 2020-21).

Student Activities $41,023.00 (same).

Forensics (speech and debate) $22,973.50 ($2,063.50 increase from 2020-21 – 9.9 %).

The Advocate $16,510.00 ($7,449.00 increase – 82.2%).

Venture magazine $3,625.00 ($2,025.00 increase – 126.6%).

Perceptions Magazine $6,512.00 ($814.00 increase – 14.3%).

KMHD2 streaming audio $12,733.00 (reinstated budget).

Rho Theta (honor society) $7,068.00 (same).

Saints Athletics Department $336,653.00 ($107,751.00 increase – 47.1%).

Open student budget forums were held Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 2:30 p.m. and on Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 11 a.m. Recordings of the Zoom meetings, including complete transcripts, are posted here, and here.