The Executive Budget for Washington State University comprises both a capital budget for new construction and similar projects, and an operating budget for existing and new research and educational programs. WSU's Executive Budget Committee consisted of higher level members of the Budget Office, the Provost's Office, and similar positions, and was responsible for proposing the Executive Budget for submission to the governor and legislature, and for adjusting these plans based on funding the legislature was willing to give the university. Circa the year 2000, the Executive Budget Committee transitioned into a Budget Council. The same process appears to exist as of 2016, though the term "executive budget" is no longer used; it's simply the "biennial operating and capital budget." A formal Budget Council no longer exists; it is unclear when it was discontinued.
The collection contains of minutes, agendas, and supplementary materials from meeting of the WSU Executive Budget Committee during the 1990-2003 fiscal years. The committee dealt with most of WSU's higher-level budget functions, including operating budgets, biennial budget requests to the legislature, budget allocation, retirement funding, and accruals.
The collection is organized chronologically, by date of meetings.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Some materials are occasionally marked as 'confidential,' but according to the donor such classifications have since expired.
[Item Description] WSU Executive Budget Committee Minutes, 1990-2003 (Archives 355)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The materials in this collection were transferred to MASC by BJ Carlson of Washington State University's Budget Office on February 19, 2016, and retained as accession UA2016-02. Additonal materials were transferred to MASC by Emily Green of the Budget Office on November 23, 2016, and retained as accession UA2016-14.
This collection was processed in March of 2016 by University Archivist Mark O'English. Later materials were incorporated in November, 2016; two short unrelated series were discarded after consultation with the donor.
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