Resolution 78-79-25

Salary Increases; Parking Rates

Whereas: Parking rates have been announced to increase 22.7% on July 1, 1979; and Whereas: We wish to indicate that we consider this action to be totally unfair to faculty (staff and students), since the salary increase totaled only 5%. How can the university, on the one, hand provide a 5% salary increase and then charge faculty a 22.7% parking increase?; and Whereas: We are also doubtful that this falls within the President=s guidelines, and even if it does, we would not consider it to be in the spirit of such guidelines; Therefore: The committee recognizes the problem of a potential deficit and the very high cost of providing parking spaces. But faculty are faced with personal deficits by the failure of the salary increases to match (or even 50% of) current inflation; I Move That: We do not consider a 22.7% parking fee increase to be appropriate and wish to have the maximum parking fee increase be no greater percentage wise than salary increases granted to faculty.

Resolution Number: 78-79-25

Author: Douglas Basil

Date: May 9, 1979

Action Taken: Passed