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Direct Connection to Policy Area 6 of The Illinois Commitment Quality Focused Institutional Planning and Budgeting Process Shawnee Community College What issue or need is addressed by the effective practice? Integration of quality metrics into institutional budgeting and planning processes. Description of the effective practice: In an effort to extend the benefits of the College’s continuous quality improvement plan, the decision was made to tie the institutional planning and budgeting process to the departmental accountability and outcome measurements generated in the CQI process. Institutional accountability measures have been identified and data are being collected to document departmental and institutional-wide outcomes. Faculty and staff will be required to identify needs and support budget requests based upon outcome data that link the requests to stated programmatic or departmental goals. How does this practice achieve sustainability? As an integral part of the total CQI process, the institutional planning and budgeting process will be monitored by the CQI development team, departmental directors and senior administrative staff. It will be updated and aligned with each budget /planning cycle. What are the results/measurable outcomes? • By FY 07-08, each academic and administrative budget area will have CQI goals attached to unit plans and budget requests. • Systematic budget prioritization will occur in response to greatest quality need /gaps identified in the process. • Overall institutional productivity, value and accountability will be enhanced by the synergy provided in aligning the spending priorities to the identified quality outcomes. Contact Information Name: Tim Bellamey Email: timb@shawneecc.edu Phone: (618) 634-3219 212
Direct Connection to Policy Area 6 of The Illinois Commitment Reduction in Automotive Fuel Consumption Northern Illinois University What issue or need is addressed by the effective practice? In 2002, the Division of Finance and Facilities initiated a project to reduce fuel consumption and costs by introducing gas/electric hybrid vehicles into the university’s automotive fleet. The vehicles, which use a small gasoline engine in conjunction with an electric motor, provide power while reducing emissions and keeping fuel consumption to a minimum. This initiative supports the goals of lowering costs, becoming more environmentally friendly, and reducing fuel consumption. Description of the effective practice: Of the 236 NIU vehicles, 20 percent of the sedan fleet and 30 percent of the motor pool vehicles are hybrids. In 2004, the NIU Division of Public Safety adopted a hybrid car for full service patrol use; it is believed to be the first university police department in the nation to do so. Currently four of the five police cruisers are super-lowemissions hybrid vehicles. The standard sedans in the university automotive pool currently average 25 to 28 mpg versus 44 to 48 mpg for the hybrid vehicles. The non-hybrid police cruisers get 8 to 10 mpg in normal use versus 40 mpg for the hybrids. This initiative received high accolades from members of the U.S. House Committee on Science at its 5 June 2006 meeting at the Naperville Municipal Center, where a sedan and a police cruiser were displayed. U.S. Representatives Judy Biggert (R-Hinsdale), Dan Lipinski (D-Western Springs), and Michael Honda (D- California), toured the vehicles and were impressed to hear that NIU was so successful in reducing its use of gasoline. Particular interest was expressed in the use of hybrid vehicles by the police on campus. Now in their second generation, hybrid vehicles are larger, and more powerful and fuel efficient than the firstgeneration model. The NIU transportation motor pool currently uses first- and second-generation vehicles, and all have received excellent reviews. No out-of-the-ordinary maintenance issues have been identified by the inclusion of hybrid vehicles into the automotive fleet. How does this practice achieve sustainability? University sedans are kept for a minimum of 100,000 miles or ten years, and the savings in fuel costs will exceed the additional costs to purchase the hybrid vehicles. All sedan purchases in FY07 will be hybrids and it is planned that, in the future, 75 percent to 80 percent of the sedan fleet will be hybrids. What are the results/measurable outcomes? Through the first 11 months of FY06, the university’s hybrid sedans used approximately 3,580 fewer gallons of gasoline compared to conventional sedans traveling the same number of miles. The cost savings for this time period was $6,947 based on the contracted $1.94 per gallon the university pays for the bulk purchase of gasoline. It is projected that the total cost savings for FY06 will be $7,579. Since the first two gas/electric hybrid vehicles were purchased in 2002, the university’s hybrid sedans used approximately 12,200 fewer gallons of gas for a cost savings of $23,703. Contact Information Name: Virginia R. Cassidy Email: vcassidy@niu.edu Phone: (815) 753-0492 213
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