Kaitlyn Coogan
News Editor
For over a half hour, Student Assembly debated the budget request from the International Service Trip to go to Guatemala.
The organization requested $14,000 but the finance team recommended $12,000. The $14,000 takes up 31 percent of the Contingency Account.
Assembly members discussed the necessity of having t-shirts and a post trip dinner (the two items the finance team took out).
The full amount was motioned and denied. Then the motion to provide the recommended amount was approved by 4, denied by 9, and abstained by 1. After more discussion, the budget was finally passed for $12,000.
The meeting started with five budget presentations, all of which were endorsed. One that rose a few questions, was the Residential Life budget. They said that there will be more upper class housing and there will be an increase in the cost of triple rooms. This budget, too, was endorsed.
The Debate Club requested $1,350 for the year. This budget only takes up three percent of the Contingency Account and was approved by the assembly.
The Fencing Club requested $1,136 for new equipment due to their broken and old equipment. They were approved by the Assembly.
Kaitlyn Coogan can be contacted at kcoogan@keene-equinox.com.