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Proposed Budget Reduction Plan April 2009. Overview. All UF units to prepare a 10% plan for 2009‑10. Only a plan, actual cuts not known. This draft plan will continue to be discussed.
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Overview • All UF units to prepare a 10% plan for 2009‑10. • Only a plan, actual cuts not known. This draft plan will continue to be discussed. • 10% cut for all IFAS areas (including College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Agricultural Experiment Station, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, and College of Veterinary Medicine) would be $16.4 million.
Key Principles • The mission of IFAS is accomplished by faculty and, in proposing these budget cuts, the highest priority was to protect our faculty resources. • IFAS state budget resources are highly leveraged against federal, county and grant dollars. Every effort was made to protect these income streams. • Compared to our peers, we are fortunate to have significant state support for our faculty and units statewide. Our analysis has carefully examined administrative, infrastructure and technical support staff. Strategically, the best way for IFAS to meet the budget reduction is by reducing administrative, infrastructure and technical support staff. All attempts possible will be made to minimize layoffs.
Key Principles (continued) • Due to the specialty crop nature of Florida agriculture and the past closures of RECs, it is felt our RECs and departments are now aligned according to statewide needs. Thus, we do not anticipate the closure of units. • Cost/budget reduction initiatives must provide immediate savings for the current budget(s). • We will allow maximum flexibility to unit leaders in developing unit budget reduction plans. • The faculty will be asked to provide input on the process and will be consulted relative to proposed plans through the IFAS Faculty Governance process.
Faculty Input IFAS Faculty Council reviewed/edited key principles. All faculty were invited to participate in unit level planning. SVP/Deans met with each unit leader, and kept the Administrative Council fully informed. SVP provided an update at the Faculty Assembly meeting on February 12, and SVP/Deans met with Faculty Assembly Executive Committee. Infrastructure and Resources Committee (IRC) of the Faculty Assembly provided specific counsel/suggestions on key issues (available on the Faculty Assembly website, http://faculty.ifas.ufl.edu/assembly/). IRC input reviewed by Faculty Assembly. Input on the draft continues until final budget numbers are available from legislature.
