CSB Support Staff Committee Structure

Purpose

The Support Staff Committee assesses the needs and interests of those who serve the College as members of the Support Staff.  It presents this and other information to the College's Chief Financial and Administrative Officer in its capacity as an official channel of communication between that office and the Support Staff.  Contributing to this end are the following specific functions.

Functions

1. To promote and provide a vehicle for communication between Administration, Faculty, Staff and members of the Support Staff.
2. To represent the interests of the Support Staff to the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer ensuring consideration of Support Staff concerns whenever appropriate.
3. To work with the College's administration to maintain, evaluate and recommend revisions as needed to provide an equitable performance appraisal process for Support Staff.
4. To initiate and review changes for the Support Staff handbook, submitting them to the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer for consideration before they are presented to the College's Board of Trustees.
5. To aid professional growth development for the Support Staff by assisting in the planning and sponsorship of workshops for the Support Staff.
6. To assess support staff concerns regarding their compensation package, recommending actions for consideration to the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer.
   

Membership Structure

The Committee consists of representatives for each major building on the CSB campus.  Members serve three years.   Rather than beginning and ending these terms according to the CSB fiscal year, the terms will begin September 1 and end August 31 to better serve the support staff who are not employed during the summer months.

Representatives from each area:

Meetings

The Support Staff Committee meets on a regular schedule, annually determined by the Committee.  Any interested person is invited to attend.

Positions within the Committee

Terms of Office and Tenure

All committee terms are for 3 years beginning September 1 and ending August 31.  Positions of the Chair, Past Chair, and Chair-Elect shall be one year positions.  (They will serve on the Support Staff committee for 3 years, but only hold a Chair position for one year).  The Chair automatically succeeds to the office of Past Chair in the year following tenure as Chair.  The Chair-Elect shall succeed to the office of Chair in the year following tenure as Chair-Elect. 

In the event of a vacancy in any position, the Committee shall make an interim appointment that shall be for the remainder of the former incumbent’s term of office.  Voting will be done on a paper vote sent to all CSB Support Staff members through inter-campus mail.  The Chair-Elect will serve in the absence of the Chair.

Voting will take place each spring for open positions.  Process shall entail:

• Nomination forms (in the form of hard copy paper) will be sent out to each area with the name of each person working in that area.
• The top 2 (or 4) nominees will be contacted to make sure that they are willing and able to serve on the committee.
• Another hard copy paper will be sent out with the top two (or 4 if they have 2 representatives) names for all people in that area to vote on for their 1 (or 2) representative from their area. 
• An email or message will be sent to the people who were voted to serve on the support staff committee with congratulations.

Voting for additional positions (i.e. Professional Development Committee and Joint Benefits Council) which do not serve as formal representatives of the Support Staff Committee will be voted on the same as Support Staff members.

Support Staff can serve consecutive terms on the committee. 

Comments and suggestions can be sent to: mbeuning@csbsju.edu  Chair Support Staff Committee