The future benefits for the vice president of the Government of the Student Body were debated by the Finance Committee on Monday night, with future and present cabinet members present.

The debate centered on what benefits the GSB should be allocating to the vice president, which is currently half of room and board and all of tuition and mandatory student fees, whether in-state or out-of-state.

In the end, the Rules Committee and the Finance Committee decided to postpone the decision until Sunday and draft legislation to introduce during the GSB Senate meeting on April 2.

Currently, Chapter 16 of the GSB bylaws state the “vice president be offered half of total compensation [room and board] and all of scholarship and included mandatory assessed fees.”

A few senators in the room felt the position of the vice president was not as demanding as the president’s or the finance director’s positions, which come with full payment of room and board, tuition and fees.

Other senators felt the bylaws should state exactly what the position of vice president requires. All were in agreement that being a vice president, president or a senator is a full-time job.

Senator Taleen Brady, senior in psychology, said the bylaws regarding the worth of the benefits that students holding the vice president position receive needed to be changed, while other members of the GSB do not deserve benefits. Brady said benefits for the vice president should be halved and nothing should be awarded during the summer session. She said bylaws needed to be changed to reflect the duties of the vice president. She also moved for legislation to be drafted that would change the bylaws.

“I don’t see any reason why [we should] carry this into the next year. I don’t think we need to wait and see another GSB administration go through making these decisions,” she said. “We’ve seen enough.”

Senator Tom Danielson, senior in civil engineering, said benefits for the position of vice president should not to be elevated to the position of president. He said the current compensation – for room and board – was far too much when compared to cabinet positions below it.

“Essentially, right now, the vice president is getting 20 times more than the next highest cabinet position,” he said. “So you’re telling me that the vice president does 20 times more work than the next highest paid cabinet position? Even if you halve it for the in-state rate, then they’re getting six times more.”

Finance Committee at-large member Daniel Murphy, senior in accounting, felt the debate centered too much around the GSB and not on the other student organization presidents.

“Part of the reason why we brought this up because we felt that it was not fair to other student orgs,” he said. “And if one of them were here, how would they feel about us giving this more debate than usual?”