Planning & Budget Committee

Mission

According to the Making Decisions Document 2020-25, the mission of the Planning and Budget Committee (PBC) is to assure that campus-wide annual planning and budgeting are integrated and evaluated while driven by the mission and strategic initiatives set forth in the Strategic Plan. The PBC also makes recommendations to the Superintendent/President on all campus-wide annual planning and budgeting issues.

Membership

According to the Making Decisions Document 2020-25, the College constituencies that compose PBC’s membership are the following:

Function	Amount	Constituency
Co-Chair	1	Vice President of Administrative Services
Co-Chair	1	Director of Institutional Research & Planning
Member	2	Academic Senate
Member	2	Management
Member	2	Classified Staff
Member	1	ECC Federation of Teachers
Member	1	ECC Classified Employees/ECCE
Member	1	Confidential employees
Member	1	Police Officers Association/POA
Member	1	Associated Student Organization/ASO
Total	13

Each PBC member appoints an alternate member to participate in the meeting in case members cannot attend. Additionally, each co-chair appoints two support members.

Committee Roles and Responsibilities

Roles	Responsibilities
Reviewer	Develop an understanding of the College’s institutional planning processes, revenue, and expenditures as a foundation for participating in the planning and budgeting process
	Identify emerging trends and/or needs that have a College-wide budgetary impact
	Review the tentative and final annual budgets in its development stages
	Review annual budget implementation updates to help ensure all areas are stewarding their budgets to make progress towards their annual goals
Safeguard	Ensure that the College’s annual budget is driven by institutional-level plans and is directed to achieve institutional goals
Safeguard	Ensure that annual planning, resource allocation, and budgeting are linked
Recommender	Make recommendations regarding the College’s annual budget to the Superintendent/President
Recommender	Make recommendations to the Superintendent/President regarding the progress of annual plan implementation
Reporter	Report PBC’s meetings key points to the campus community and other College committees.

PBC Individual Members' Role and Responsibilities

Roles	Responsibilities
Reviewer	Review all meeting materials and minutes prior to meetings
Reviewer	Keep informed and be prepared for discussion around meeting agenda items
Reporter	Report PBC’s meetings key points to the constituent group represented
Reporter	Bring to PBC meetings annual planning and budgeting issues brought up by the constituent group represented
Representative	Make recommendations regarding matters of annual planning and budgeting in the best interest of the broader College while considering the interests of their constituent group

Committee Operating Guidelines

The operating guidelines of the Planning and Budget Committee include:

1. Length of Member’s Term

2. Meeting Frequency

3. Quorum

4. Proposal of Agenda Topic

5. Decision-Making Process (voting)

6. Communication to the ECC Community

7. Procedure to evaluate processes for governance, decision making, and communication

For detailed information about the PBC’s operating guidelines, please review the Committee’s charter.

Final Budget

Meeting Information

Meetings are held on third Thursday of every month unless otherwise noted.

Location: Administration Building Room 220 & Zoom
Time: 1:15pm-2:45pm

Fiscal Year 2023-24
September 19, 2024
October 17, 2024
November 21, 2024

Committee Membership

Members	Email	Representation
Robert Suppelsa	bsuppelsa@elcamino.edu	Co-Chair
Viviana Unda	vunda@elcamino.edu	Co-Chair
Kristina Martinez	kmartinez@elcamino.edu	Management
Julieta Aramburo	jaramburo@elcamino.edu	Management
Gary Robertson	grobertson@elcamino.edu	Campus Police
Roy Dietz	rdietz@elcamino.edu	ECCE
vacant		ECCFT
Charlene Brewer-Smith	cbrewersmith@elcamino.edu	Academic Senate
Josh Troesh	jtroesh@elcamino.edu	Academic Senate
Mia Wroe	mirabelle_wroe@elcamino.edu	ASO - Student Association
Shobhana Warrier	sawarrie@elcamino.edu	Confidential
Lissette Marquez	lmarquez@elcamino.edu	Classified Staff
Philip Mariano	pmariano@elcamino.edu	Classified Staff

Alternate Members

Members	Email	Representation
Luis Mancia	lmancia@elcamino.edu	ECCE
Kelsey Iino	klino@elcamino.edu	ECCFT
vacant		Management
Ketmany Sundara	ksundara@elcamino.edu	Management
Ruben Lopez	rlopez@elcamino.edu	Campus Police
Sidney Porter	sporter@elcamino.edu	Academic Senate
vacant		Academic Senate
vacant		ASO - Student Association
Vonetta Augustine	vaugustine@elcamino.edu	Confidential
David Mussaw	dmussaw@elcamino.edu	Classified Staff
vacant		Classified Staff