The Student Services Finance Committee voted to renew the Rape Crisis Center's contract Thursday, in addition to discussing non-allocable funding with University Health Services and the Childcare Assistance Tuition Program.
""I believe the Rape Crisis Center is important to the student body and provides services we don't have on this campus,"" SSFC Freshman Representative Sarah Neibart said.
Neibart's motion to renew the Rape Crisis Center's budget for 2011-'12 at $53,042 passed without debate.
The committee's discussion with UHS focused on the possibility of increasing its student-segregated fee funding to continue providing sufficient capacity.
""If we have to up seg[regated] fees a reasonable amount … that's what we've gotta do,"" Cale Plamann said.
Under its current proposal, the UHS budget would increase student health fees by 2.92 percent, from $165.84 for 2010-'11 to $170.68 in 2011-'12.
However, UHS funds—particularly those pertaining to the BadgerCare program—are uncertain, pending the release of Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal.
CCTAP, a program providing childcare services for students, proposed a 2011-'12 budget equal to last year's proposal of $728,400.
""I think what you're doing is vital to the vibrancy of campus life, especially those students who have children,"" said SSFC Chair Matt Manes, who commended CCTAP for their work.
Student radio station WSUM presented their 2011-'12 budget to the committee at $345,459.
The committee also swore in newly appointed member Peter Lorenz.
The SSFC will vote on WSUM's budget, as well as discuss Union and Recreational Sports budgets, at their next meeting Monday.
