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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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374 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [September 14 was killed in an automobile accident on December 15, 1994, while performing duties related to her employment with the Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Illinois. The vice president for business and finance concurs. I recommend approval. By consensus, the trustees approved of this recommendation as submitted, formal action to be taken subsequently when the board convenes in open meeting. Next, Mr. Higgins reviewed the status of the Tully case with the board. This is a taxpayer suit that seeks to forestall the appointment of a new board to be seated in January 1996, based on this individual's right as a voter to have the current board members serve out the terms to which they were elected. Mr. Higgins reviewed the progress of this suit and indicated that it would probably be decided by the Illinois Supreme Court. Mr. Higgins explained that each trustee was named as a defendant in the case in order to provide for relief in the event of an eventual positive determination by the court. He explained that should the court decide that the statute providing for appointed trustees, as of January 1996, be determined unconstitutional, then the court order must encompass the rights of the current trustees to their terms of office. Lengthy discussion followed on the progress of this case from June 1995 to the present and the trustees' legal representation. Additional Subjects Discussed Mr. Lamont informed his colleagues that he was preparing a letter as chair to Dr. Richard Wagner, executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, expressing his dismay that the IBHE was apparently attempting to extend their authority into an area given by statute to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. That is the determination of student fees. Mr. Lamont explained that the IBHE was suggesting that the University needed to hold a student referendum on the issue of increasing student fees before effecting such a change. The board discussed the statutory authority of the board and the practical fact that the board has sought student opinion in many ways, but not always through a student referendum. Also, Mrs. Gravenhorst asked about certain personnel salaries, effective Fall 1995. President Stukel noted this and indicated that he would review salaries for a set of mid-level administrators and advised that the chancellors had to be more diligent in assigning salaries to newly hired administrators as well. Mrs. Calder and Mr. Lamont echoed the same concern as Mrs. Gravenhorst, asking for a review of salary decision-making and a report later.
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