Purchasing and Inventories
Employee Cell Phone Allowance
Communication Equipment and Service Allowances
West Texas A&M University recognizes that the performance of certain job responsibilities may be enhanced by the provision of personal communication devices. Departments may elect to obtain and provide such devices to an employee whose job duties necessitate the provision of such equipment. Alternatively, the department may elect to monetarily contribute to the employee's purchase and operation of personal communication devices. If the department elects to utilize this option, the equipment and service allowances for FY07 are as follows:
Cellular Telephone:
Reimbursement including instrument, battery and activation fee maximum
once every two years.
$202.00
Monthly Cellular telephone service based on Plan Access Limits of approximately 500 anytime minutes, nationwide coverage, caller id, call waiting and voice mail. $50.00
PDA Telephone:
Reimbursement including instrument, battery and activation fee maximum once every two years. $428.00
Monthly PDA telephone service based on Plan Access Limits of approximately 500 anytime minutes, nationwide coverage, caller id, call waiting, voice mail and e-mail. $182.64
The above allowances are based on current market conditions and will be reviewed and updated annually. As stated in the University's Administrative Procedure, if a department elects to monetarily contribute to the employee's purchase and operation of a personal communication device, the employee is responsible for the acquiring an instrument and the services, but may elect to enroll in a service plan that exceeds the approved plan limits selected by the department. The employee is responsible for payment of the monthly service regardless of whether that amount exceeds the monthly University communication allowance.
University Administrative Procedure
For questions on how my allowance will be paid:
Linda Bourn
Manager of Payroll Services
lbourn@wtamu.edu
For question on how to process request:
Vicki Horton
Assistant Director of Purchasing
vhorton@wtamu.edu