By Jeremy Pelzer

Student government editor

An Apportionment Board meeting scheduled for Monday was canceled because of budget concerns, said Tommy Brewer, AB chair.

The AB was supposed to hear additional allotment requests from the University Board and the Athletic Department at the meeting. The UB was going to ask for funds to pay for some Spring Fling activities, while the Athletic Department wanted the AB to help absorb some of the cost of paying for 2,000 tickets to Tuesday’s men’s basketball game.

However, Brewer said he was advised to delay the requests by account technician Sha Woodyard until she makes sure the AB has the money to honor them.

Right now, the budget the money for the requests would come out of is too low on funds to make any more allocations, Brewer said. However, Woodyard is checking AB records to see how much money was left over from last year, and the hearings for both requests will take place in the next couple weeks, Brewer said.

Both the UB and the Athletic Department have agreed to the delay, Brewer said.

The budget for the two requests is different than the budget for the AB’s main task: funding five boards – sports and recreation; “Players,” a dramatic organization; University Board; the Student Senate; and AB.

Each of the five boards will present its annual budget proposal to the AB within the next month. After reviewing and streamlining each proposal, the AB will submit the budgets to the senate for approval in early April, Brewer said.

The AB will meet each Thursday in March to examine the proposals, he said.