After nearly six hours of often tense debate, the AMS approved a “temporary operational framework” budget that will guide spending decisions for the next month until a budget can be finalized at the next council meeting.

This provisional solution came after the budget had been initially voted down by the council, with 11 in favour and 11 against, with the motion needing 2/3rds approval to pass.

While councilors had concerns about the future of Block Party and discretionary spending funds, the Executive argued that not passing any budget would paralyze the student union. Some councilors then supported a motion to revive the budget.

The debate to revisit the budget was strongly opposed by a vocal minority, who argued that since many councilors had left the meeting after originally voting it down, overturning the vote would be undemocratic.

The final compromise, which saw council approve the budget “as an operational framework” passed unanimously, with VP Finance Elin Tayyar asking councilors to meet with him in the coming weeks to resolve the debate.

A full story on the debate will be at ubyssey.ca tomorrow.

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