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campus. Mr. William G. Cummings of the Office for Capital Programs made a presentation that included details of plans for correcting some of the problems in this part of the campus. The board members then toured the area discussed.

BOARD MEETING RECESSED

Following the tour, the board recessed at 4 p.m. to reconvene at 11 o'clock Thursday morning, April 9, 1992.

BOARD MEETING, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 19921

When the board reconvened at 11:00 a.m. in Room C, Chicago Illini Union, Chicago campus, Chicago, Illinois, the members of the board (including Trustee Judith Ann Calder), officers of the board, and officers of the University as recorded at the beginning of these minutes were present with the exception of Trustee Donald W. Grabowski and Dr. James J. Stukel. (Dr. David C. Broski, interim vice chancellor for academic affairs, Chicago campus, attended the meeting for Chancellor James J. Stukel. President Ikenberry and President Lamont expressed condolences to Dr. Stukel and his family on the death of his father.)

BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

President Ikenberry recognized and introduced observers from the campus senates and from the University Senates Conference.2 The president then spoke briefly on the governor's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 1993, noting that the Illinois Department of Corrections and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services were the only State entities in receipt of budget increases. The president reported that the higher education budget has no increase for FY 1993 and remarked that this is actually a budget cut due to the University's unavoidable costs that will increase, such as commodities and utilities. Dr. Ikenberry indicated that cuts in other areas would be needed to accommodate these unavoidable costs. The president told the board that a modest salary increase program was needed for faculty and staff, even if it had to be given at mid-year and that this would necessitate further cuts in certain areas of the University. He stated to the board members that in the next few months they and he would need to become interpreters of the needs of higher education to the legislature. Dr. Ikenberry also spoke to the need for a tuition increase, indicating

1 Prior to this, a meeting of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds was held to present to the board information concerning repair and remodeling of buildings in the Auxiliary Facilities System and to provide for more discussion of the planned repair to the campus core area on the east side of the Chicago campus. 2 University Senates Conference: Karyn Holm, professor of medical surgical nursing and associate dean of clinical affairs, College of Nursing, and clinical chief of medical surgical nursing, University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago campus; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: Achsan Guibbory, professor of English; Chicago campus Senate: Joyce Johnson, associate professor of medical surgical nursing.