Staff Advisory Committee
March 13, 2008
President’s Conference Room
Present: Buckner, Dedmon, Edwards, Elrod, Harris, McKenzie (presiding), McNeal
Others present: Don Davis, Mark Hutchins, Dorothy Nash, Terri Taylor and Andy Wilson
Comments
Ms. McKenzie welcomed the group to the Staff Advisory
Committee meeting at 1:15 p.m. President
The following comments and suggestions were reviewed:
Comments and
Suggestions
- “Put paper towels in dorm bathrooms.”
Charlie Macke, Director of Residential Life: Paper towels are provided
in the bathrooms located in dorm’s lobby. They are not provided in the floor
bathrooms because of the potential of the toilets being clogged by paper towels
being flushed. As a compromise, each bathroom has been equipped with a hand
sanitizer dispenser.
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- “ Parking for Staff of RUC- Can some accommodations be made to increase the amount of spaces available
to support
and clerical staff of the
Ms. Reta Davis,
Recording Secretary, Building and Grounds Committee: Your parking
recommendation was discussed at length at the January 24, 2008 meeting. The committee voted to not change the
parking at this time. It is believed that the staff and other parking are
evenly and fairly distributed across campus. We thank you for your request.
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Date: October 26, 2007
To: Member of the TTU Staff Advisory Committee
RE: Facilities Parking Lots
Dear Staff Advisory Committee Member:
In September Dr. Mike Nivens, Director of Facilities and Business Services, sent out a memo telling us we could no longer park inside the Facilities fenced in. Instead he asked those of us who are maintenance workers (or wear blue collars) to park behind the chiller plant. On the Tech parking map, this is the “Faculty & Staff” parking lot behind buildings number 70 and 71. This memo also said that people considered “office staff” could park in the lots on either side of the Facilities offices. They are located on either side of building 69 on the map. The one to the west of the Facilities Office is an open parking lot while the one on the east side is a “Faculty & Staff” parking lot.
About a week later we received another memo from Dr. Nivens stating that the open parking lot on the west side of the Facilities Offices was only to be used by maintenance people for overflow parking if their lot behind the chiller was full. Office staff could also use this lot for overflow if their lot east of the Facilities Office was full.
Several of us have parked in the overflow lot, but have been asked by our supervisors to move behind the chiller. After we checked with the TTU campus police, we were told that anyone with the proper hang tag could park in both the open lot and the Faculty & Staff lots. We all have the same hang tag and pay the same amount for these tags as the office workers inside the office building. The campus police told us that these lots could not be relabeled “office staff only” or anything like that without going through the Buildings and Grounds Committee and that most likely the committee would not allow this. We found out that Dr. Nivens serves on this committee and should be aware of their rules.
We feel as maintenance workers we are being treated unfairly. There is no difference in parking for maintenance staff or office staff on the rest of the campus and we do not feel it should be any different in Facilities. We would like to have the right to park on either side of the Facilities building as well as behind the chiller plant since all are either open parking or Faculty and Staff.
We are sending this anonymously because we fear for our jobs.
Thank you for your help.
To: Ms. Patricia McKenzie, Chairperson, Staff Advisory Committee
From: Michael Nivens, Director of Facilities & Business Services
Date: January 22, 2008
Subject: Facilities Complex Parking
In response to your inquiry concerning parking around the Facilities Complex, the following explanation is provided.
Daily operations of the Facilities Complex require available parking for visitors and for vehicles that are transient during the day conducting University business. To help accommodate this requirement of daily business activities, a request was directed to our staff who park their vehicles for the day and utilize University vehicles for daily work assignments. The request being to please utilize lot B (open parking east of the Chiller Plant) as a priority for parking vehicles that are not moved for University business and utilizing lots A & D (located beside the building) for overflow parking after lot B has been filled.
Hopefully, this arrangement will continue to provide available parking spaces for the daily business activities of our Facilities operations.
c: Dr. Claire Stinson
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Mr. Mark Hutchins, Vice President for University Advancement, stated the University is preparing to launch a Centennial Campaign. He gave an overview of the impending Campaign using a slide presentation (copy on file). University Advancement personnel will be conducting meetings with units on campus to start the process for development of priorities.
The meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m.
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