Campus Transportation Advisory Committee members and student leaders are butting heads over representation after a miscommunication led to what some student leaders consider an unacceptable exclusion of student input two weeks ago.The committee members discuss major changes to Shuttle-UM, parking and other transportation-related issues on the campus, especially ones that affect student fees. But the traditional mix of faculty, students and Department of Transportation Services officials that sit on the committee was cut down to officials and faculty at a recent meeting because certain students were never invited, several leaders said.But officials, including the committee’s chair, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Pat Mielke, say students should have known what the debated proposals were because the same issues discussed during the meeting were raised at a public forum a month ago. “What we do is review information and make recommendations,” Mielke said. “We reviewed a transportation fee increase proposal for next fall’s budget, and it was the same increase proposal that was presented to a large group of student leaders.” Student Government Association, Graduate Student Government and Off-Campus Student Association leaders are concerned that decisions made were not sufficiently reviewed by the students the fee increases will affect.”CTAC is a really important committee because it is from there that proposed fee increases go to the Student Fee Review Committee,” said GSG President Laura Moore. “They are essentially looking at things that impact students more than anything else, and there was only one student there. I don’t know why no one noticed anything wrong.”Committee member and Transportation Services Director David Allen, said the forum last month made clear DOTS’ proposals for next year, which includes adding a fifth paratransit bus and making NITE Ride routes run until 4 a.m. The Student Fee Review Committee will vote on the changes put forth two weeks ago on May 22, Allen said.Moore was not the only one left out of that meeting. Neither the OCSA nor the SGA found out about the gathering until afterward, although undergraduates are usually represented on the committee by a student university senator as well as appointees from the GSG and OCSA.”I’m always concerned about undergraduate representation anywhere on campus, especially with something as important as Transportation Services that affects undergraduates so much,” said SGA President Andrew Friedson. “[Mielke] apologized and to make sure it doesn’t happen again in the future, we both agreed that I was going to appoint someone, and she would see to it that they were informed about meeting times.”OCSA President Jahantab Siddiqui attributed the botched invitations to oversight, adding that CTAC usually excels at communicating meeting times and coordinating schedules. Junior computer, math and physical sciences major Eric Zdankiewicz, the senate representative to CTAC, said he was informed about the meeting but did not attend.Moore said the committee has more recently worked to correct the exclusion before the fees go for approval later this month.”They have been more conciliatory after more than one student group voiced their concerns, so we will be meeting to go over the minutes of the meeting,” she said.Contact reporter Allison Stice at sticedbk@gmail.com.