The Student Senate is scheduled to hear two bills today that propose to cut and restructure parts of Student Government’s executive branch that deal with SG programs.
Student Body President-elect Tj Villamil said the bills will downsize the vice president’s cabinet to 17 cabinets and consolidate agencies. According to the SG statutes, there are 23 programming cabinets.
The Cabinet Reorganization Act proposes to cut the six divisions of the cabinet to three. If the bill passes, then leadership, campus and diversity divisions will remain, Villamil said.
Two of the cabinets being cut, advertising and public relations, would become part of the proposed Action SG agency to promote SG and its organizations. Some cabinet positions would be added.
“We’re doing a lot more downsizing and consolidation,” Villamil said.
The Agency Reorganization Act proposes consolidating the agencies. The only one to be cut is the Gator Health and Safety Agency, Villamil said. He said other services on campus provide the same thing.
Students can apply for 98 positions in the executive branch, according to the SG website. The current applications, due Monday at 5 p.m., are available online.
Villamil said he didn’t have numbers of how many positions were being cut.
“There are the same amount of duties, just with less official directorship and heads,” he said.
Contact Samantha Shavell at sshavell@alligator.org
