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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[June 19

other's patients. T h e dollar value of t h e care provided at each institution is approximately equal. The chancellor at the Medical Center now has recommended that the contract with the West Side Administration Hospital be renewed for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1981. Anticipated full utilization of the contract for the coming year would result in a net cash benefit to the University Hospital of approximately $2,000. Funds are available in the University Hospital Income Fund (should they be needed) to reimburse the Veterans Hospital. The vice president for administration concurs. I recommend approval.

Agreement for Services with Ozark Air Lines, Inc., Willard Airport

(26) The present agreement with Ozark Air Lines, Inc., for services in the Willard Airport Administration Building, including operation and maintenance service, expires June 30, 1980. Although both parties wish to renew the agreement, Ozark's plans for levels of air service to Willard have been uncertain, making it difficult to negotiate new rates for University services. It is proposed, therefore, pending completion of negotiations for a new agreement, that the present agreement be extended on a month-to-month basis for a period not to exceed four months. The rates in the new agreement, when determined, will be effective July 1, 1980, and appropriate adjustments will be made to bring interim payments into agreement with the contractual rates effective July 1, 1980. The chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus and the vice president for administration recommend execution of extensions of the present agreement as described. I concur.

Illinois Educational Consortium (Amendment of Bylaws)

(27) Two articles of the bylaws of the Illinois Educational Consortium (IEC) are recommended for amendment. (A resolution in which the amendments are displayed has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.) The major change is within Article V which now requires that certain acts of the Board of Directors, described as "matters of fundamental importance," be formally approved by each IEC member, i.e., the governing boards. Although the provision was desirable in the early years of I E C , it no longer appears to be practical and has resulted most recently in the inability of I E C to confirm the selection of its new president. T h e amendment proposed would provide that all future action regarding matters of fundamental importance (the selection or removal of the president of IEC, amendment of the articles of incorporation or bylaws, and the determination of an amount to be allocated to each member as its share of any annual operating deficit), be approved by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the voting directors of the corporation. 1 Presently, such approval must be given by the vote of all of the original members of the corporation. The second amendment to Article X I I I would provide that future amendments to the bylaws be approved by two-thirds of the voting directors. The vice president for administration has recommended approval. I concur.

1 The Board of Directors is presently comprised of two representatives from each of the four University governing boards (the "original members") plus one nonvoting member representing the Illinois Community College Board. In the past, however, a nonvoting membership was given to a representative from the Board of Higher Education and a representative from Illinois' private colleges and universities. (The two nonvoting memberships are currently open.)