Both the University of Wisconsin Recreational Sports Department and the university bus-pass program proposed increasing their campus services yesterday, but at an increased cost to students.

During a Student Services Finance Committee meeting Monday night, representatives of UW Recreational Sports proposed having the SERF and Nat open earlier and close later.

The new proposed hours would have the SERF and Nat open until 12 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

"It means more staff and more student wages to support the increase in wages," UW Recreational Sports accountant Lisa Learish told committee members while presenting the department's $1.84 million proposed segregated-fee budget.

UW Recreational Sports also proposed increasing SERF and Nat availability during the summer.

According to Learish and UW Recreational Sports Director Dale Carruthers, the SERF and Nat currently offer no summer weekend hours.

The proposed budget would allow the SERF and Nat to be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays during the summer.

Learish told SSFC members the UW Recreational Sports Department came up with the proposals after talking to more than 600 students about what changes to implement for UW Recreational Sports.

"That's what the students told us they wanted in their assessment," Carruthers said, adding that the increased hours are the most important part of UW Recreational Sports' proposed budget because of the student input.

The university bus-pass program also proposed increasing services to students.

With a proposed segregated-fee budget of more than $2 million, SSFC representative Jennifer Knox said the budget would allow for the Route 80 bus to be split into two separate routes, covering different sections of campus.

Essentially, one Route 80 bus — the southeast campus route — would no longer provide service up to Eagle Heights and around the UW Hospital on the far west side of campus.

According to Knox, the bus-pass program plans to allow students to get from any southeast campus building to another in 15 minutes.

Knox added a separate bus route would service the far west side of campus.

However, Knox warned that the increase in student services would be at an increase in cost to students.

The services are funded by segregated fees, which come from an additional payment added onto every student's tuition.

If the proposed increased budgets are approved, student segregated fees would be raised accordingly.

"The question is whether to expand services for more money or keep things how they are now," Knox said.