The Columbia Gorge Community College budget committee voted to recommend a reserve policy to help restore the college to a sustainable path.  Committee chair Arthur Babitz says the policy involves three different pieces, which would be ten percent of the general fund’s operating amount, a contingency fund of two-and-a-half percent, and a third piece that Babitz called an operations reserve which would go up and down depending on the economy and enrollment levels, with the fund going up when enrollment levels are high and then drawn down when they drop to provide some level of stability.  Committee members asked staff to bring back proposals involving cuts in administration and overhead or class offerings that could help restore money for student services, where several committee members felt cuts would cause problems for the college in delivering on its mission.  The CGCC budget committee meets again Thursday evening at 6 p.m. at the college campus in The Dalles.