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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

[September 13

in attendance: Mr. Kirk Hard, interim executive assistant to the president of the University, and Mr. R. C. Wicklund, associate secretary. (Dr. Robert M. Berdahl, vice chancellor for academic affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, attended the meeting for Chancellor Morton W. Weir.) MILE SQUARE HEALTH CENTER1 Following the meeting of the University Hospital Committee the cont r a c t u a l relationship for Mile Square Health Center was discussed. Additional discussion related to board m e m b e r s ' preferences for voting on the item on Wednesday, September 12 or Thursday, September 13 followed. Mr. Grabowski moved to approve the City of C h i c a g o / University of Illinois Proposal and Contractural Relationship for Mile Square Health Center at this meeting. U p o n motion of Mrs. Calder, the motion to vote on the item on Wednesday, September 12 was tabled. T h e board recessed at 4:00 p.m. to reconvene at 8:30 o'clock T h u r s d a y morning, September 13, 1990. BOARD MEETING, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1990 W h e n the board reconvened at 8:30 a.m. in Room C, Chicago Illini Union, Chicago campus, Chicago, Illinois, the following members of the b o a r d were present: Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon, Mr. Kenneth R. Boyle, Mrs. Judith Ann Calder, Mrs. Susan L. Gravenhorst, Mr. Ralph C. H a h n , Ms. Judith R. Reese, Mrs. Nina T. Shepherd, Mr. Charles P. Wolff. T h e following members of the board were absent: Mr. Donald W. Grabowski, Governor James R. T h o m p s o n . Mr. Scott Forbes, nonvoting student trustee from the Urbana-Champaign campus, was present. Ms. Dawn O'Shay Kelly, nonvoting student trustee from the Chicago campus, was absent. Also present were President Stanley O. Ikenberry; Dr. Robert W. Resek, vice president for academic affairs; Dr. James J. Stukel, interim chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago; and the officers of the board, Dr. Craig S. Bazzani, comptroller (and vice president for business and finance); Mr. Byron H. Higgins, university counsel; Mr. Bernard T. Wall, treasurer; and Dr. Michele M. T h o m p s o n , secretary. In addition, the following persons were also in attendance: Mr. Kirk Hard, interim executive assistant to the president of the University, and Mr. R. C. Wicklund, associate secretary. (Dr. Robert M. Berdahl, vice chancellor for academic affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, attended the meeting for Chancellor Morton W. Weir.)

1 Beginning at 1:30 p.m., the board met as a Committee of the Whole at which time there was a presentation by the University of Illinois Foundation. Following that meeting there was a meeting of the University Hospital Committee to receive a report from the director regarding an update on the hospital budget, revenue expected and realized for the past fiscal year, patient census by days and category of payor, expenses for major items, such as equipment ana thirdparty settlements for patient charges. T h e director concluded that the hospital ended the year in a positive cash position, the proportion of patients sponsored by third-party payors increased and more was collected in third-party settlements than anticipated.