Senate approves fee increases

Members of the Student Senate approved the proposal for fee increases for Safe Ride, Student Activity fees, Campus Recreation and Campus Master plan that were presented at the Feb. 28 meeting.

Matt Baker, vice president of student affairs, and Stacy Carrick, vice president of finance and administration, presented a budget overview and proposed budget increase for those fees. The first presentation was at the Feb. 21 meeting but was continued.

“We’re looking at four fees this year,” Baker said. “What we talked about last week was most of these fees were asking for increases to cover inflationary costs. These aren’t necessarily new things. These are based on maintaining what we already have.”

Baker returned to review the previously discussed topics and allowed the members to vote on an increased budget.

“The Northwest leadership