Governing Regulation V: Staff Senate
The University of Kentucky Staff Senate shall be the official representative body of the staff of the University. It shall strive to open lines of communication among all segments of the staff, as well as between staff, faculty and students of the University. The Staff Senate shall also act as a mechanism to disseminate information to the staff, and passing information from staff to other members of the University community.
A. Membership
The Staff Senate shall be composed of elected, appointed, and ex officio membership.
The Staff Senate shall consist of no more than one hundred seventy-five (175) senators. Senators shall be regular, full-time staff employees elected from and by their respective areas in accordance with the By-Laws of the University of Kentucky Staff Senate, unless they are at-large senators or ex officio members appointed in accordance with the By-Laws of the University of Kentucky Staff Senate.
The procedures for election of senators to the Staff Senate and its Executive Committee shall be prescribed in the By-Laws of the University of Kentucky Staff Senate. Staff employees eligible to vote for senators shall be regular, full-time staff employees of the University as defined in Human Resources Policy and Procedures Administrative Regulation 4.0. Staff employees eligible to vote shall also be eligible to stand for election as senator upon completion of one year of continuous employment by April 1. In rare and unusual circumstances, the Staff Senate is authorized to create procedures that provide an exception to the one (1) year of continuous employment for senator elections.
B. Voting
Each Senator shall have one vote. No absentee ballots or voting by proxy shall be permitted. Ex officio members shall be non-voting members of the Staff Senate.
C. Councils and Committees
The Staff Senate is authorized to develop by-laws for the conduct of its functions, copies of these by-laws being furnished to the President and the Board of Trustees.
Every Senator shall have reasonable release time from work to perform Senatorial duties.
The Staff Senate shall meet regularly as specified in the By-Laws of the University of Kentucky Staff Senate.
The Staff Senate shall have officers and standing committees as specified in the By-Laws of the University of Kentucky Staff Senate to facilitate the functioning of the Senate. Advisory committees will also be created as specified in the By-Laws of the University of Kentucky Staff Senate to provide advice to the President and the Staff Representative to the Board of Trustees. The Staff Senate shall have no management or administrative functions either in itself or through the instrumentality of its committees.
The Senate is authorized to develop rules for the conduct of its functions, copies of these rules being furnished to the President and the Board of Trustees. The Staff Senate may address the President, or through the Staff Trustee, the Board of Trustees, regarding any matter affecting staff of the University.