Nancy Suttenfield, vice chancellor for finance and administration, said Thursday that she hopes to get the group, which will consist of TPAC members and people outside the committee, together in April to discuss what worked this year and what needs improvement.
The committee's responsibilities include creating suggestions on campus parking policies as well as evaluating the Department of Public Safety's budget.
"We want to get a lot of feedback so we can get a perspective on a set of appropriate changes," she said. "It has been a bumpy road (with TPAC), and it's always healthy to pause and assess what has been done."
TPAC faced leadership problems after Chairwoman Linda Carl resigned at the end of the fall semester. The committee also voted in February using directives Chairman Bob Knight later admitted he falsely attributed to top administrators.
In addition, TPAC was unable to agree on a plan that would solve a $2 million DPS budget shortfall.
Suttenfield said she already has received a variety of suggestions for changes to make to the committee, including decreasing its size and broadening representation of campus groups.
Faculty Council Chairwoman Sue Estroff said the committee should be smaller and that its role should be more clearly defined. "(TPAC) either needs to be an independent committee that elects its own (chairman), or it needs to be clear that it is an administrative group, which is what it is now," she said.
Student Body President Justin Young also said the size and variety of perspectives provided by TPAC members is too much to handle. "It's almost daunting to deal with so many views," he said.
Young also said University administrators should have less power within TPAC. "It's frustrating when you're in an advisory role and there's someone in an overbearing position," he said. "I think it misconstrues the committee's attention and message to the administration."
