Planning and Budget Advisory Committee (PBAC)

History

The Planning and Budget Advisory Committee (PBAC) was launched in September 2007.  It combines and replaces three previous ad hoc committees--the Budget Advisory Committee, the Strategic Planning Steering Committee, and the Space Committee.

Purpose

The PBAC is advisory to the president and the UMM community on the relationship between long-range planning and budget development, as well as the implications of planning and budget decisions for various aspects of University operations.

Charge

  1. Assist in assuring that planning and budget decisions, both short-term and long-term, are mission driven.
  2. Assist in assuring that planning, budgeting, and assessment are integrated to the fullest extent possible.
  3. Assist in identifying planning or budget issues that facilitate or impede the pursuit of the University's mission.
  4. Assist the University administration in the development, dissemination, implementation, and assessment of the UMM strategic plan.
  5. Provide advice on budget policies, significant budgetary actions, and institutional priorities consistent with the UMM strategic plan.
  6. Base all committee activities regarding the planning and budgetary process on a periodic review of a consensually defined, sufficiently comprehensive set of data for basic functions of the University.
  7. Serve as the campus "space committee," periodically assessing the optimal use of offices, classrooms, storage areas, etc.  Respond to space utilization proposals from campus constituents, establishing ad hoc subcommittees with relevant non-PBAC membership as necessary and appropriate, to consider proposals and then make recommendations to the administration.
Planning and Budget Advisory Committee (PBAC)