The time has come for the different Council on Planning and Budgeting subcommittees to give their recommendations.

The recommendations, which are the result of a nearly semester-long struggle to figure out how to cut $8 million from the budget, will come from the different subcommittees – business affairs, the president’s area and university advancement, academic affairs and student affairs.

Each of the subcommittees will submit their proposals to the general assembly of the council at 2 p.m. Friday in the Room 4440 of Booth Library. Although each subcommittee will present its own proposal, these recommendations need to go through the general assembly before they are set.

After they pass through the general assembly, the proposals will go to the Board of Trustees at their meeting April 25.

Even though the proposals are due at 2 p.m. Friday, the subcommittee members for business affairs and president’s area will still be working on their proposal from 8:30 a.m. until noon Friday in Room 4440 of Booth Library.

At the general assembly meeting, members will review the proposals. Although ideas like using ballots have been mentioned in previous meetings, no method of final decision has been confirmed.

The $8 million budget cutting talks began in January with President Bill Perry requesting $8 million, or approximately 7 percent of the overall appropriated budget, to be cut over the next two years.

Along with the $8 million to be cut from the appropriated budget, Perry also wanted to reallocate $1 million in the appropriated budget to provide additional support to programs that can produce “sustainable, quality enrollment growth for the university.”

Bob Galuski can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com