The Inter-Residence Hall Association passed a bill that some IRHA members said will alleviate problems with the Department of Residence’s storage policy.

IRHA voted to assign points to individual items stored in the residence hall’s storage closets. According to the point system policy, hall directors will determine how many items each student can store in the closets by assigning points to each item. If the Department of Residence approves the IRHA resolution, it will be adapted into the residence hall terms and conditions starting next fall.

Union Drive Association Vice President Jeff Greiner, co-author of the bill, said the point system will solve some students’ concerns about the amount of possessions they can store in their floors’ storage closets.

“Our suggestion will help alleviate the present situation by trying to come up with a more individualized system,” he said. The bill passed Thursday 17-2-5, and it will be forwarded to the Department of Residence.

Andy Walling, Richardson Court Association president, said the amount of space available in every association varies. He said he feels the point system will be the best way to address and solve student concerns.

“[Storage space] differs from floor to floor, house to house and association to association,” he said. “We need to support the resolution so we can show this to the DOR.”

Some parliament members said the resolution will give hall directors more authority than they already have, but Greiner disagreed.

“There have been concerns that this gives hall directors too much power — they already have that kind of power,” he said.

Also at the meeting, parliament members voted 20-2-2 on a bylaw that will allow broader questions to be asked on a bill’s first read.

Towers Residence Association President Jonathon Weaver, co-author of the bill, said, if passed, “We will be able to take back as much information as possible to our constituents.”