Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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1994] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 113 By consensus, the trustees approved of this recommendation as submitted, formal action to be taken subsequently when the board convenes in open meeting. Report from Legal Counsel Mr. Higgins briefed the board on a complaint received from the City of Chicago. This involves a suit brought by the city against the University concerning a jurisdictional matter. He further explained that this could potentially become a revenue issue for the city. Mrs. Calder requested a copy of the complaint and the brief. In response to a request from Mr. Boyle for an update on the Federal suit brought against the University for the continued use of Chief Illiniwek as a symbol of the University, Mr. Higgins said that he expected to hear from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in the Department of Education in the near future. He indicated that this agency would attempt to determine whether use of this symbol creates a hostile environment on the Urbana campus. Mr. Higgins said that he planned to meet with officials in charge of this case at OCR in the next few weeks to discuss this more fully. Ms. Reese stated that she feared that anti-Chief forces might prevail and asked Mr. Higgins if he had suggestions for preventing this. He indicated that he hoped to persuade OCR officials to the contrary. Dr. Bacon asked if this effort to retain the Chief Illiniwek symbol was the best use of University resources. She said she wished to register a minority opinion, stating that she was opposed to defending continued use of the symbol — Chief Illiniwek. Mrs. Calder opined that she would prefer that this case not go to outside counsel but that the Federal review process proceed and she hoped the University would abide by it. Report on Collective Bargaining Negotiations Dr. Bazzani summarized the negotiations with the Illinois Nurses Association (INA) and the University Police Association, both at the Chicago campus. He said that the University negotiators were working diligently on both contracts. He noted that grievances were a major issue in both cases and that with regard to the INA, the determination of staffing numbers was also a major issue. Personnel Matters — Chicago Chancellor Stukel described the search for an executive associate vice chancellor for administration and human resources and indicated that he planned to bring a recommendation to the board to appoint Michael Tristano, as he was the first choice of the search committee. He told the board that this announcement might get to the media before it got to them formally.
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