The Associated Students of Madison approved their 2010-'11 internal budget of $1,118,205 at the conference committee meeting Sunday.
The committee, which was formed after time constraints prevented the Student Council from making a final decision at its meeting last week, consisted of four members from Student Council and four from the Student Services Finance Committee.
The committee voted to cut $10,000 from the student housing and tenant services proposal, putting the final amount for the proposal at $40,000.
They also voted to create a committee responsible for generating a more concrete plan for what services the housing and tenant organization will provide. SSFC Chair Brandon Williams said if the group fails to produce a plan, the service can be removed from the budget before the Board of Regents approves it May 1.
""This is a step in ensuring this money will not go to waste,"" Williams said. ""It is possible to get this off the ground.""
SSFC originally removed the student housing and tenant services from the budget this semester because members felt the proposal did not have a concrete plan to defend the funding. Student Council, however, reinstated it at its meeting last week.
The committee also voted against reinstating about $57,000 into the budget to restore ASM's campus organizer position, which is a position responsible for leading and organizing ASM interns.
Several members said they felt they could not justify that the position was worth the $57,000, with many saying it no longer fit in with ASM's current direction and does not affect the general student population.
Committee members also added $8,000 to the budget to create shared governance director positions to assist the current Shared Government chair, who oversees ASM's grassroots committees that work most closely with the students on campus.
""This speaks to the core of what we at the student government are here to do, work on behalf of the students,"" Matt Manes, SSFC secretary, said.
The committee also approved budgets for UW-Madison organizations receiving General Student Services Funds, which were decided last semester by SSFC.
