Once the fate of the University Board’s proposed concert fee is known for sure, a concert budget board may be created to ensure funding is used effectively.

Caleb Judy, UB vice chair said such a board would have two purposes, which would be to “make sure the concert fee is used in the best interest of the student body,” and to educate all areas on campus of how a concert is put on.

This board would keep the concert fee in check and be sure it is spent wisely, Judy said.

Shirley Stewart, interim vice president for student affairs, said Monday she has not approved such a board at this time and needs to explore the concept more before action can be taken.

“I am exploring the creation of a board,” she said.

Such a board will have to be approved at the administration level, though Stewart did not know all the details yet.

The budget board, which has not officially been named, would function like the Apportionment Board, which oversees the budgets of five boards funded by student activity fees, Judy said.

The concert committee would propose a budget just as the five boards do for the AB, and the concert board will approve it.

Bylaws for the board will be written this summer, pending approval, Judy said, and members will be appointed when school starts. The board will determine the concert budget soon after. However, in succeeding years, the budget process will follow that of the AB, Judy said.

The AB gets numbers in February, and all boards present proposed budgets. The AB then decides how much each board will get, and budgets are revised before going through the formal approval process of the Student Senate, vice president for student affairs, university president and then Eastern’s Board of Trustees.