Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1990 [PAGE 335]

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Office shall be managed by a Clerk of the Senate who shall be designated by the Presiding Officer.] [d] c. T h e Presiding Officer shall [also] secure the services of a Parliamentarian. Section 2. Deputy Presiding Officer. Whenever the Presiding Officer [Chancellor] is unable to act as Presiding Officer and whenever the Presiding Officer [Chancellor] wishes to participate in floor debate, the Presiding Officer [Chancellor] shall designate an alternate to discharge on an interim basis the functions of Presiding Officer. In the event that the Presiding Officer [Chancellor] has been unable to designate such an alternate, the Secretary of the Senate shall assume the function of Presiding Officer. Section 3. Secretary of the Senate. (This section is unchanged.) ARTICLE V GENERAL PROVISIONS (Sections 1 and 2 are unchanged. Section 3 is added and includes what had previously been Article IV, Section 1, Paragraph c , with the replacement of [Presiding Officer] with Chancellor each time the reference appears.) Section 3. To enable the Senate to conduct its affairs, the Chancellor shall cause support services to be provided, including the dissemination of materials and the provision of adequate resources for Senate use, by an Office of the Senate. This Office shall be managed by a Clerk of the Senate who shall be designated by the Chancellor.

O n motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved. By consensus, the board agreed that one roll call vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 14 t h r o u g h 34 inclusive. T h e recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. ( T h e record of board action appears at the end of each item.) Amendment to General Rules (Article IV, Section 4(c) — Disability (Sick Leave) Benefits)

(14) Legislation has been enacted which will require participation in the State Universities Retirement System (SURS) by certain University employees who are employed full-time or part-time for at least four months. Previously an appointment for less than half-time or less than one academic year did not qualify as employment for pension purposes. T h e new law creates an unintended change in the University's sick leave obligation. Article IV, Section 4(c) of the General Rules Concerning University Organization a nd Procedu re requires that the sick leave benefit of twelve cumulative and compensable days plus thirteen noncumulative days be extended to all employees who participate in the SURS. T h e University supports the change in policy that will require the parttime and short-term employees to participate in the SURS, but it would be unreasonable and undesirable to extend cumulative and compensable sick leave benefits to them. T h e vice president for academic affairs recommends a change in the General Rules which maintains the status quo in the sick leave benefit. I concur. (In the text below, deletions are interlineated and additions are underscored.) SECTION 4. RETIREMENT, DEATH, SURVIVOR, AND DISABILITY (SICK LEAVE) BENEFITS University policy provides for the payment of salary in case of illness or other disability for specified periods as described below. In addition to the benefits provided by the University, a system of retirement, death, survivor, and disability benefits is