Sonoma State University

November 13, 2025 Minutes

Minutes

UNIVERSITY BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE

November 13th, 2025

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Stacey Bosick - Interim Provost, Vice President of Academic Affairs; Chair

Jeff Wilson - Interim CFO, Vice President of Administration and Finance; Vice-Chair

Troi Carleton - Dean, College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts

Chingling Wo - Proxy for Ajay Gehlawat, Chair of the Faculty, Hutchins

Anastasia Tosouni - Vice-Chair of the Faculty, Criminal Justice

Emily Vieira Asencio - CFA Representative; Criminal Justice

Diana Grant - Chair of APARC, Criminal Justice

Laura Lupei - Associate Vice President for University Budget and Resource Planning

Aidan Humrich - Staff Representative, Office of the Dean, College of ECES

Madelyn Boyd - President, Associated Students

Micah Reyes - Vice President of Finance, Associated Students

Paul Edwards - Ex-officio, Interim Vice President of Strategic Enrollment Management

Mike Ogg - Ex-officio, AVP for Academic Resources

John Laughlin - Community Stakeholder

STAFF PRESENT:

Hayley Avery - Budget Manager, Administration and Finance 

GUESTS PRESENT:

Anna Reynolds-Smith - Assistant Vice President for Admin and Financial Planning & Business Ops

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Herman Hernandez - Community Stakeholder

AGENDA

  1. Call to Order and Welcome
  2. Approval of the Minutes: September 4th, 2025
  3. 2026-2027 BOT Request
  4. Campus Reserve Policy Update Draft – 1st Reading
  5. UBAC SSU Commitment Task Force Update
  6. UBAC SSU Commitment Task Force Working Group
  7. Announcements for the Good of the Order

 

 

  1. Call to Order and Welcome
    Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Stacey Bosick, welcomed the committee and began the meeting at 9:01 a.m.
     
  2. Approval of the Minutes: September 4th, 2025
    Bosick introduced the agenda and asked if there were any additions. Hearing none, Bosick requested a motion to approve the minutes of the May meeting. The minutes were approved unanimously.

 

  1. 2026-2027 BOT Request
    Laura Lupei presented the 2026-2027 Board of Trustees (BOT) budget requests. The BOT request included a total increase of $597.1M for the CSU System for 2026-2027. Of this amount, $175.8M would be generated from the 6% tuition increase, $25.2M from tuition tied to new enrollment growth, $252.3M from the Governor’s compact funding increase, and $143.8M from restoration of the 2025-2026 general fund reduction. The total revenue increase would support the following baseline commitments identified by the BOT: 2024-2025 faculty and staff compensation ($159.3M), State University Grant financial aid ($58.6M), inflation on non-personnel costs ($28.4M), health premiums ($20.7M), 2025-2026 CSUEU steps implementation ($20.2M), utilities ($18.4M), maintenance of new facilities ($12.9M), and liability and property insurance premiums ($5.2M). In addition to these baseline commitments, the BOT identified the following essential priorities: faculty and staff compensation pool ($176.6M), enrollment growth ($57.8M), debt service for facilities infrastructure ($25M), State University Grant enrollment growth ($8.4M), and CSU strategic plan priorities ($5.6M). The BOT request also included a one-time $1 billion request to address the systemwide deferred maintenance backlog. The next steps in the state and system budget cycle will occur in January with the release of the Governor’s January Budget, which will provide the first indication of the 2026-2027 budget outlook.
     
  2. Campus Reserve Policy Update Draft – 1st Reading
    Lupei provided the committee with a draft revision of the campus reserve policy. The revision is necessary due to updates to the systemwide policy, requiring corresponding changes at the campus level. The primary update is to the reserve for economic uncertainty section, which now includes a minimum requirement of 5%. Previously, the policy only included a maximum goal of 50%. Additional updates clarify terminology and remove redundant language to make the policy more concise.
     
  3. UBAC SSU Commitment Task Force Update
    The committee proceeded directly into the task force working group session. An update on the task force’s progress will be provided at the next meeting.
     
  4. UBAC SSU Commitment Task Force Working Group
    The meeting adjourned at 9:34 a.m. After adjournment, guests departed and the task force convened.
     
  5. Announcements for the Good of the Order
    None.

 

Bosick adjourned the meeting at 9:34 a.m. 

Minutes prepared by Hayley Avery.