SC.06.03
October 24, 2005
University of
Illinois
Urbana-Champaign Senate
SC.06.03, Report of the Board of Trustees Meeting, UIUC, September 8, 2005
In actions affecting this campus the Board:
- Appointed Bill Riley Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
- Adopted Guideline #8 for consensus on Chief Illiniwek concerning high integrity - athletic programs
- Approved request for new operating and capital appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007*
- Approved contract award for Renovation Organic Laboratory and Library in Noyes Laboratory
- Employed architect/engineer for Library/Undergraduate Library Improvement (Sprinklers) Project
- Employed architect/engineer for Natural History Survey
- Employed architect/engineer for phase one of the Memorial Stadium Phased Development Plan, Division of Intercollegiate Athletics
- Employed architect/engineer for south campus chilled water improvements
- Employed construction manager for instructional facility, College of Business
- Approved conference center project
- Approved purchase of fuel for Building Services
* FY 2007 priorities and amounts for UIUC are: repair and renovation $ 12.45 M, deferred maintenance $ 12 M, Lincoln Hall remodeling $ 50.8 M, South Farms realignment $ 131.3 M, Electrical & Computer Engineering Bldg (match) $ 30 M, for a total of $ 236.55 M
In actions affecting not just this campus the Board:
- Approved appointments to the faculty, administrative/professional staff, and intercollegiate athletic staff
- Approved the operating budget for Fiscal Year 2006
- Approved academic appointments for contract year 2005–2006
- Approved requests for new operating and capital appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007
- Renewed Fiscal Year 2006 agreements for UI Alumni Association and UI Foundation
Presentations on FY 2007 operating budget needs cited $ 61.1M to strengthen academic quality [$ 9.6 M academic programs, $ 12.2 M new teaching/research faculty,
$ 39.3 M compensation (4% merit, 0.5% compression, recruitment, and retention)].
The needs also include $ 9.5 M for deferred maintenance (repair and renovation plus operations and maintenance), and $ 13.1 M to meet inflationary costs, for a grand total of
$ 83.7 M (which is 7% of FY 2006 base). This is the first year of a projected five-year plan that includes reducing the current student/faculty ratio of 21.3 (steadily up from 15.7 in 1983) to 18.4. By contrast, current ratios are Michigan 15.8, Northwestern 13.5 and Duke 7.9.
John E. Prussing
UIUC Senate Observer