Governance Committees

The Budget Executive Committee (BEC) advises the President on use of the NKU's Central Revenues Fund to help determine how to allocate these central resources most strategically. NKU provides instruction, conducts research, and offers public service across an array of disciplines that face inherently different cost structures. Consequently, the BEC should develop its recommendations so that a portion of the Central Revenue Fund is used to support Colleges and Schools that for structural reasons cannot cover their own full costs, while the balance is invested in strategic initiatives consistent with the mission and priorities of the institution.

The BEC is also responsible for evaluating any Central Unit budget requests that are not resolved by the Central Unit Allocation Committee. In these cases, the BEC must decide whether to recommend an increase in Central Unit budgets or propose a change to existing service offerings or costs. 

Other tasks of the BEC include the following: 

1. Review and recommend to senior leadership the comprehensive University budget submitted to the President for final approval by the Board of Regents. 
2. At periodic intervals, assemble a Budget Model Review Task Force to conduct a thorough review and evaluation of all model components to ensure they continue to align with the University’s mission, promote desired behaviors, and mitigate unintended consequences. Upon completion of this review, the Task Force should present its recommendations to the Executive Committee for validation and share the validated recommendations with the President for implementation approval. This work should involve consultation with other budget advisory committees and at a minimum, should include the review of the following model components: 

Allocation methodology for tuition revenues

Allocation methodology for state appropriations 

Organization and grouping of Central Units 

Variables used to determine the allocation of Central Unit costs

Participation rate needed for the Central Revenues Fund.

• Co-Chair - Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs ** 
• Co-Chair - Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance **
• Dean 
• Dean 
• President of the Faculty Senate **
• Vice President for Student Affairs 
• President of Staff Congress **
• Chair, Council of Chairs ** 
• Chief Financial Officer **
• Associate Provost for Administration * 
• VP Enrollment Management  *
• Associate Director, Budget Office  * 

* non-voting member
**ex officio - i.e., by virtue of office

The Central Unit Allocations Committee (CUA) will do the following:

• promote collaboration between academic and central support units
• clarify expected service levels by the central units
• evaluate the funding levels required to deliver those services at desired and realistic levels. 

As part of the annual budget development process, this Committee will evaluate financial plans proposed by selected central units. These financial plans should outline the proposed unit budget and justify additions or changes to service levels or fee structures.

This Committee will also review requests for waivers from contribution to Central Unit budgets; such waivers should be recommended only in rare cases and must be approved by the Executive Committee.

If the Central Unit Allocations Committee is not able to approve a Central Unit’s financial plan, the Committee may refer the case to the Executive Committee.

The final responsibility of the Central Unit Allocation Committee is to recommend a unified budget for all central support units to the Executive Committee for final review and inclusion in the University-wide budget recommended for submission to the President. 

• Chair – Chief Financial Officer**
• Dean 
• Dean 
• Faculty Senate Budget Committee Chair**
• Vice President for Advancement 
• Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research
• Vice Provost for Graduate Ed, Research and Outreach
• Staff Congress President Elect**
• Academic Department Chair**
• Director of Athletics 
• Director, Business Operations and Auxiliary Services*
• Chief Information Officer*

* non-voting member
**ex officio, i.e., by virtue of office

The Space Management and Deferred Maintenance Committee advises on the use of the deferred maintenance fund and the allocations of its resources to support improvements across NKU. The Committee will recommend priorities among major deferred maintenance projects for periodic and as-needed improvements.

It will serve as a broker for units wishing to give up or acquire space and ensure a standard process takes place to audit space types.

Other tasks of this committee include the following:

• Advise on the development of policies and procedures for the management and brokerage of space.
• Ensure space data is accurate and reliable by consistently monitoring updates to the University’s space database to support accurate and equitable space-based cost allocations. Space audits, to that end, should be conducted as necessary.
• Review prior year deferred maintenance levels and project funding decisions, review proposed major deferred maintenance project requirements, make recommendations to University leadership on deferred maintenance funding levels, and make deferred maintenance allocation pools for major and minor deferred maintenance projects. 
• Make meeting agendas and minutes available to assure full transparency regarding the funding of deferred maintenance projects, as these projects have significant impact on academic and central unit stakeholders across the institution.
• Provide support to determine and define components of the Facilities Service Level Agreement, outlining the levels of services that units receive in return for their Facilities cost allocations (“space charges”). 

• Chair - Associate Vice President for Facilities**
• Dean 
• Dean 
• Associate Provost and Dean of the Libraries 
• AVP, Student Engagement and Business Operations 
• Academic Department Chair 
• Faculty Member**
• Staff Congress Secretary**
• Chief Financial Officer**
• Director of Campus and Space Planning*
• Comptroller*
• Associate Athletics Director*
• Director, Operations & Maintenance*

 *non-voting member
**ex officio, i.e., by virtue of office