Show Fiscal Year Budget Process by Richard Smart The Fiscal Years Year's 81 1980 Budget preparation preparation preparation tion and appropriations has been a long tedious process which has taken nearly seven months to complete Grant Smart Special Assistant to the President at observed the third Forty-third Legislature and relayed the following information Back in the summer of 1979 Governor Scott Mattheson directed all divisions di divisions divisions di- di visions of state government government government govern govern- ment to reduce their budgets by four percent before preparing their legislative appropriations request To comply with the Governors Governor's directive administration completed an evaluation of all programs offered On January 22 1980 President Dale S. S Cowgill told the Higher Education Sub committee for Appropriations Appropriations Appropriations which programs would be cut Motel Hotel Management Auto Body Repair and Paint Operating Operating Operating ing Room Technician Food Services Refrigeration tion and Air Conditioning and the reduction of campus campus campus cam cam- pus security and jani janitorial services serVIces The Higher Education Sub-committee Sub for Appropriations Appropriations Appropriations did not want to reduce the colleges college's instructional instructional instructional in in- programs Therefore a motion was made by Representative Judd and Senator Halverson Halver- Halver son that be appropriated to preserve the academic offerings It appeared that this committee committee com com- mi did not agree with the four percent budget cut The proposal went before before before be be- fore the Executive Committee Committee Committee Com Com- of the Legislature and was not mended The next strategy strategy strategy stra stra- of the college was to togo togo togo go to selected senators and representatives in an attempt to amend the Appropriations Bill in their chambers The colleges college's colleges college's colleges college's col col- leges lege's request for was defeated once again |