By Steven Barker News Editor

During the campus committee report section of the May 29 Associated Students Incorporated weekly board meeting, Kamalneel Singh, ASI’s vice president of finance, informed the Board of Directors that ASI has exceeded its allotted funding by approximately $6,000. ASI’s operating budget for campus events to begin the year was $30,097.

On April 24, the Board of Directors voted to draw an additional $15,000 from reserves.

As was previously reported by The Runner, ASI President Derek Stotler said that vote was unanimous. According to EJ Callahan, director of the Student Union and Student Organizational Governance, ASI could reallocate the remaining salary of retired ASI director Taren Mulhause before seeing if another withdraw from reserves was necessary.

“In order to spend reserves, you have to spend your current operating budget,” Callahan said. “So seeing that you guys had salary savings in line-items, before you request reserves, you have to exhaust your current operating budget. So we’ll know at the end of the year if we really have to move forward with that request.”

Mulhause announced her retirement on Jan. 9 and left office on Feb. 28. She worked at CSU Bakersfield for 22 years.

Bidding farewell

The meeting, which is the last of the year for the current ASI board members, was both brief and poorly attended by the ASI board. After taking roll call, the meeting was briefly paused to determine whether enough members attended to have a quorum.

Only 13 of ASI’s 25 members were in attendance.

During his executive report, Stotler thanked everyone for their hard work and hoped to maintain contact with everyone.

“It’s been a pleasure just working with all of you over the years,” Stotler said. “It’s been a really enjoyable time for me.”