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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1990
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280 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [June 13 o t h e r candidate. T h e total n u m b e r of votes cast was 1,200, with Ms. Caporusso receiving 606. Urbana-Champaign Campus T h e election was held on March 5 and 6, 1991. Byron Mitchell, a j u n i o r in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received the largest vote tally. Mr. Mitchell received 1,011 votes of the 3,187 votes cast. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION, RETIRING STUDENT TRUSTEE, 1990-91 President Wolff recognized retiring student trustee, Mr. Scott Forbes. Mr. Grabowski and Ms. Reese presented Mr. Forbes with a certificate of appreciation. (Student T r u s t e e Dawn O'Shay Kelly was unable to attend today's meeting. H e r certificate will be mailed to her.) BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY President Ikenberry recognized and introduced observers from the campus senates and from the University Senates Conference. 1 H e then addressed the board on the matter of the possible budget reduction to the University's budget if proposed cuts in funding for higher education in the State are carried. T h e r e is a possibility that $30 million might be cut out of the University's budget, if a proposed cut of $100 million is made to the entire higher education budget. T h e president noted that in the last ten years, funding for the University has dropped consistently. H e noted that one of the State's strengths has been its higher education system, which has taken generations to build. T h e president referred to two recent editorials in the Chicago Tribune that called for an increase in the State income tax. OLD BUSINESS T h e r e was no business r e p o r t e d u n d e r this aegis. NEW BUSINESS Mrs. Gravenhorst asked for m o r e discussion on the functioning of the board's committees at the upcoming board retreat in July. REGULAR AGENDA T h e board considered the following reports and recommendations from t h e president of the University. Interim Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 1992 (1) In recent years, the trustees have approved the continuation of the previous year's budget into the next fiscal year when legislative action upon University 1 University Senates Conference: Frank Tachau, professor of political science, Chicago campus; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: John T. Pfeffer, professor of sanitary engineering in civil engineering; Chicago campus Senate: Edward A. Lichter, professor of medicine, College of Medicine at Chicago, and secretary of the Faculty Senate.
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