New Business —

• This is the first committee meeting of the academic year. The committee goes around and introduces themselves and goes over the committee charges for the year.
• The committee would like to meet monthly, or close to monthly, if possible.
• Missy is stepping into the chair role as a staff member for the first time.  

• Missy thinks inviting Heather Blanck would be helpful. Heather has stepped into more of a “Director of Real Estate” role and could likely give insight into areas relating to the Gateway District and KU Crossing. Phase II of Gateway District will likely begin at the end of the football season. 

   

• Poppy volunteers to be backup secretary if Shayla needs to be away.
• The committee would prefer “e-mail” over Teams for regular communication, agendas, and updates.
• Spring CFO Forum – Missy feels this should be a priority for Spring 2026. The FY 2023 forum was very successful.
• Many of the standing charges relate to the campus master plan and 5-year budget, but we’re in a unique financial climate this year so focusing on immediate needs of our campus may be more beneficial right now.
• Missy would like to communicate with Jason H. regarding the federal and state changing landscape.  

The first charge relates to “transparency”  - the question of school meetings comes up (relating to budget) and if P & R committee members should attend these? 

• Missy will reach out to CFO and Provost office to inquire if there should be representatives from this group at those meetings.
• The CFO Forum is currently slated for Spring 2026 – Poppy and Governance are on board with this. We will have more concrete action items regarding this as we get closer.
• Some of the current charges may not directly relate this year due to the unique financial landscape we’re in. Additionally, faculty unionization and negotiations are occurring.
• The committee can do the best they can with the current charges -- with the Spring CFO forum and recent real estate being a focus -- and for the committee to re-establish a focus.
• The committee plans to meet next month. Shayla will send out polls and calendar invite.
• Missy thanks the committee for their time and contributions.