Article V: Duties of the Officers

Section 1: Chair

The duties for this office shall be:

To call regular and special meetings and to preside over those meetings.
To be an ex-officio member of all standing and special committees of the Senate.
To serve on or to appoint as needed a representative to other campus committees.
To vote during a Senate meeting only to break a tie vote.
To be responsible for receiving reports from Senate committees and transmitting the various recommendations contained therein to the college President and/or appropriate organization for further action.
To meet regularly with the other officers to set the agenda for future meetings.

The duties for this office shall be:

To assume the office of the Chair in his/her absence, and to complete the term of the Chair in the event the Chair is unable to do so.
To serve as an ex-officio member of all Senate committees.
To begin service as Chair in the second year of the two-year term of this office or as designated in Article III, Section 7.

The duties for this office shall be:

To keep complete records of all proceedings of the Senate.
To notify each Senate member of the date, time and place of Senate meetings.
To report the minutes of the meetings in writing to the Senate, except when circumstances beyond his or her control make it impossible to do so. Such reports shall be made on or before the time of the next Senate meeting.
To make minutes available electronically to all members of the professional staff.

The duties for this office shall be:

To maintain financial records for the Professional Staff Senate.
To assist each committee who handles funds to maintain financial records.
To report to the Professional Staff Senate the financial status of each committee and the overall finances of the Senate at monthly meetings and at the annual meeting.

To assist the Chair as needed.