The Iowa State Student Government paid an outstanding bill of $41,917 to ACCESS from the 2025 fiscal year during their meeting Wednesday.
The StuGov agenda described ACCESS as an “Assault Care Center Extending Shelter & Support and an ASSET agency that provides a 24-hour crisis line, emergency shelter, counseling and advocacy services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence across Story County and central Iowa.”
Brad Hill, a StuGov advisor, explained that ASSET sends an invoice for their services and then the finance director can review it and pay the bill.
“That didn’t happen [paying the invoice] because at that time we were getting paper invoices through the mail; some of them were getting lost or misplaced,” Hill said. “We changed that process recently where everything is electronically submitted now so that we have electronic records of everything that comes through.”
In the 2025 fiscal year, the Student Government voted to pay this bill, but it never ended up reaching the company. A vote passed to pay the bill now.
The finance committee seated Senator Paarth Keswani, a junior studying analytics. The committee also seated Senator Joey Romare, a junior studying political science, and two senators voted against his placement.
“One of the big things that I think needs to be changed and I would highly like to look into is the PNC [Priorities & Criteria],” Romare said. “I think that it is just too long and so many people get driven away from it just because of its length. I think that we take away all the other jargon and just get down to it.”
Senator Samantha Jones, a senior studying elementary education, asked Romare whether he thoroughly read through the PNC. To which Romare replied that he had not.
“I mean not thoroughly, and unfortunately I’ll admit this, I have read it several times, but I just get lost and bored by about page five,” Romare said.
The academic affairs committee sat Jones.
The events committee seated Senator Eleanor DeFoe, a junior studying marketing, as the director of the committee. The committee also seated Senator Dakota Osborn, a sophomore studying computer science, and Senator Brinae Rice, a junior studying agricultural and rural policy studies.
Aditya Roy, a student studying civil engineering, was seated as an Off-Campus Residence Senator. He pitched extending bus routes and hours, and bringing back the frozen meal program for off-campus students.
StuGov additionally seated Renae Masson, a freshman studying political science, as attorney general, a previously vacant role.
The public relations committee sat three at-large members: Kate Etzel, a junior studying marketing and advertising, Mani Chaudhari, a junior studying computer science and Grace Haugh, a junior in marketing and advertising.
The Senate approved the $2,000 funding for Mezzo Forte Acapella to host their Acapellooza event. Other colleges can compete at the event taking place at Stephens Auditorium.
Next, the Senate approved a $1,925 funding bill for polos and name tags for Senate members.
First readings were also conducted on potential funding bills for the Women’s Hockey Team, the Hunt Seal Team, the Hindu YUVA, and an AI event at ISU.