The University Senate of Michigan Technological
University
Proposal 1-14
(Voting Units: Full Senate)
“Proposal for Consistency in Vehicle
Registration Fees for Staff/Faculty Parking”
Contact: Jonathan Riehl, Senior Lecturer
Department of Engineering Fundamentals (riehlj@mtu.edu)
1. Background
Currently, staff and faculty
members must purchase a permit to park a vehicle on campus. These permits are in the form of a hang-tag,
which is transferable to up to four vehicles, excluding anything other than a
car. In order to drive in a motorcycle,
moped, or snowmobile, the employee must purchase an additional tag for each
vehicle for a nominal fee.
This proposal seeks to modify
the current system to remove vehicle discrimination and allow the hangtag
permits to include all vehicles, including cars, motorcycles, mopeds, and
snowmobiles.
2. Proposal
The current campus community
parking permits fee schedule requires a fee of $25/vehicle for staff/faculty to
register a motorcycle, moped, or snowmobile for parking on campus. This fee is reduced to $10 for employees
holding a red, green, or black hangtag vehicle permit. No fee is required to register an additional
car up to four cars.
This proposal seeks only to
eliminate inconsistent additional parking fees.
Formally, the proposal is as follows:
“Faculty and staff purchasing parking
permits may register up to four vehicles per permit. Any vehicle can be registered as long as it
is not on the list of prohibited vehicles found under parking regulations.”
3. Rationale
The current fee structure is
meant to tie the parking permit to an individual or group of individuals, not a
specific vehicle. However, this is
inconsistently applied when asking employees to pay additional fees for
vehicles other than cars when these vehicles are registered to the same person.
This proposed fee structure
is meant to be clear, fair, and consistent with the guiding principles put
forth by the Transportation Services group at Michigan Tech[i].
4. Planned implementation date
August 18, 2014
Introduced to Senate: 22 January
2014
Tabled by Proposer Until Pending Changes are Made by Administration: 22 January 2014