The athletic department will be presenting a fee increase to the Student Senate today.

The fee would increase $81.05 to $89.05, said Jeff Melanson, chair of the senate Tuition and Fee Review Committee.

Currently the athletic department will receive an increase of $3.25 as part of a five-year plan passed by the Board of Trustees for fiscal year 2005, Melanson said

The new proposal would increase that by an additional $4.75.

He said there would not have to be a request for a fee increase during the plan, but the plan was cut in half, he said.

The need for the increase is because of raised costs in medical insurance, fuel costs and game officials.

Rich McDuffie could not be reached for comment.

A vote on the budgets for Apportionment Board, Student Government, the Student Recreation Center and University Board will also take place.

The budgets total approximately $535,000.

Approximations include: $258,000 to University Board, $209,000 to the Student Recreation Center, $45,000 to Student Government and about $22,000 to Apportionment Board.

There will also be a vote on a bylaw change to increase the amount in the Apportionment Board reserve account from $75,000 to $100,000.

Student vice president for business affairs Levi Bulgar said the account is only used at the discretion of the Apportionment Board chair, who is the student vice president for business affairs.

One example he used to describe the use of the funds is if a line of machines in the Student Recreation center were to die.

Also, a bill to release $1,300 to pay for Panther Service Day shirts will be introduced.

The money will roll back into the account as donations come in, said Student Senate Speaker Jeff Lange.

A proposal for $200 for inauguration expenses for the executives after the election will also be introduced.

Student Senate meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the Arcola-Tuscola Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.