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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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270 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [May 11 attendance: Mr. Donald K. Coe, director, University Office of Public Affairs; Mr. Kirk Hard, executive assistant to the president of the University; and Mr. R. C. Wicklund, associate secretary emeritus. EXECUTIVE SESSION Chair Lamont, referring to Section Two of the Open Meetings Act, stated: "A motion is now in order to hold an executive session to consider information regarding the appointment, employment, or dismissal of employees or officers, to discuss pending, probable, or imminent litigation, the acquisition of real property, to discuss campus security, and to receive legal advice from counsel/' The motion was made by Ms. Reese and approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Engelbrecht, Dr. Gindorf, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Lopez, Mrs. O'Malley, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Dr. Bacon, Mrs. Calder, Governor Edgar. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Didato-Castillo, Mr. Rose; no, none.) Disclosure of Executive Session Actions Under Open Meetings Act (1) Under an amendment to the Open Meetings Act passed by the General Assembly, effective July 1, 1989, public bodies subject to the Act which conduct business under exemptions specified in the Act must, at least every six months, determine whether the need for confidentiality still exists with respect to each item considered under such exemption. A biennial volume of board proceedings has been published since the previous report, in effect releasing the minutes of executive sessions through June 1994. Attached are copies of the executive sessions of July and September 1994. (Attached materials are filed with the secretary of the board for record.) The university counsel and the secretary of the board, having consulted with appropriate University officers, recommend that all executive session items from July and September 1994 be made available to the public at this time. I concur. By consensus, the trustees approved of this recommendation as submitted, formal action to be taken subsequently when the board convenes in open meeting. Authorization for Settlement (2) The university counsel recommends that the board approve settlement of the University's potential liability at the Maxey Flats Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site ("site") in the amount of $105,809.10. The United States Environmental Protection Agency is alleging that the University is one of many parties who disposed of low-level radioactive waste at the site between 1963 and 1977. Slightly more than .06 percent of the waste at the site has been attributed to the University. The University's total settlement costs are based upon a percentage of past remedial costs plus a percentage of estimated future remedial costs multiplied by a premium of 2.5. (Past remedial costs total $14.8 million while estimated future remedial costs total $62.7 million.) The vice president for business and finance concurs.
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