Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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616 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [June 13 By consensus, the trustees approved of this recommendation as submitted, formal action to be taken subsequently when the board convenes in open meeting. Discussion of Relations with the City of Chicago Mrs. Calder asked Mr. Higgins for information on relations with the city of Chicago, particularly regarding litigation. Mr. Higgins replied that there were two cases pending. One of these concerns the issue of the autonomy of the University in the city of Chicago. Mr. Higgins indicated that the University was successful in defending this with a trial court. He explained that as an instrumentality of the State the University cannot subjugate itself to another instrumentality. He went on to say that the University always prefers to be a partner with the city and to keep adversarial elements in the relationship to a minimum. He then noted some things the University is doing to build this relationship, such as paying utility taxes and paying for the cost of water, something most universities do not do within the municipalities in which they are located. Mr. Higgins also noted that the Illinois Attorney General was not joining the University in these issues. Potential Real Estate Acquisition Vice President Bazzani reported to the board on a property at 1026 Damen that had been presented to them as a potential acquisition at the May 1996 meeting. He indicated that since acquisition of this property involved a trade of space with a State agency, in order to make the space available to the University, and a current tenant refused to vacate, this arrangement did not seem probable at this time. He indicated that he would apprise the board if the situation changed. EXECUTIVE SESSION II The trustees noted at the beginning of this meeting, Dr. Bazzani, and Dr. Thompson were present for this portion of the executive session. Dr. Bazzani reviewed for the board President Stukel's salary and reminded them of the fact that this represents the total compensation he receives from the University. In short, President Stukel has his salary and the President's House in Urbana provided him. Dr. Bazzani then presented comparative data of salaries of other Big Ten institutions' presidents. The range for these was from $300,000 at the high end to $236,000 at the low end. Dr. Bazzani then remarked that the University was to get an increment of 3 percent for salary increases for faculty and staff for the next fiscal year. He noted that this would probably result in faculty receiving an average of 3.96 percent salary increase and possibly a little higher. Dr. Bazzani urged the board to consider benchmarks in determining the presidential salary for the
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