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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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1996] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 617 next fiscal year and reminded the board members that the president is also a faculty member. With that in mind, Dr. Bazzani recommended that the president's salary be set at $245,000 for Fiscal Year 1997. The members of the board concurred with this recommendation. Some added that release time should also be given the president. EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNED There being no further business, the executive session adjourned at 4:15 p.m. BOARD MEETING RECESSED At this time, the board recessed to reconvene on Thursday, June 13, 1996, following meetings of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds and the meeting of the Board as a Committee of the Whole. (Ms. Reese joined the meeting at 8:30 a.m.) MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Dr. Gindorf, chair of the committee, called the meeting to order and asked Mr. Robert K. Todd, associate vice president for administration and human resources, to present the items on the committee's agenda. Mr. Todd presented five recommendations for selection of architect/ engineer for projects at the University. One of these was for roofing repairs at the Chicago campus, one for remodeling a portion of the Clinical Sciences Building at Chicago, another for professional services for the Urbana campus, another for an addition to and remodeling of the Assembly Hall at Urbana, and finally, one for the new Spurlock Museum at Urbana. There was discussion of the plans for building the Spurlock Museum, chiefly focused on the funding of the project. The funds thought to be available at the time of the gift were greater than at present. Mr. Engelbrecht questioned the availability of funds sufficient to complete the entire project. It was described that the facility could be constructed but that there would not be enough money to provide enough interior display cases, thus exhibits would not be displayed as advantageously as possible. Both Mrs. Gravenhorst and Ms. Reese opined that providing the facility would probably mean that gifts for provision of interior display cases would be forthcoming. Following this was a brief discussion about possible improvements for the Pavilion at the Chicago campus. Dr. Bazzani told the committee that planning funds for the Agriculture Library had been approved by the Legislature. He noted that he hoped that the Capital Development Board would delegate authority to the University for management of this project. He said that the next
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