Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1988
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102 BOARD OF T R U S T E E S [October 9 EXECUTIVE SESSION President Shepherd, 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, and to discuss campus security." The motion was made by Mr. Forsyth and approved unanimously. Pending Litigation Concerning Insurance Coverage University Counsel Byron H. Higgins reported on the possibility of potential litigation with one of the University's insurance carriers; the issue is in different interpretations of coverage by the carrier and the University. The case is complex and may involve protracted litigation. Pending Litigation Involving Construction of the Chicago Housing and Commons Mr. Higgins and Vice President Bazzani reported an apparent default in the work of the general contractor for this project, the Klein Construction Co. of Westmont. There may be litigation involving the role of the bonding company as well as that of the contractor. The project could be delayed by several months or as much as a full year. (Following this meeting, the board's Committees on Buildings and Grounds, Student Welfare and Activities, and Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity held meetings as scheduled and the Board of Trustees reconvened in regular session at 2:30 p.m.1) PRESENTATION, TRUSTEE CANDIDATES President Shepherd, noting their attendance at this meeting of the board, introduced two candidates for trustee in the forthcoming election, Dr. David A. McConnell of Dundee, and Mr. Charles P. Wolff of Elgin. (In addition, the following incumbent trustees are candidates for reelection: Mrs. Day, Mr. Madden, and Mrs. Shepherd.) BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY President Ikenberry recognized and introduced observers from the campus senates and from the University Senates Conference.2 1 At the Student Welfare and Activities Committee meeting, the trustees received presentations from administrators and students actively involved in the intramural and intercollegiate athletic programs at Urbana. (At the Board of Trustees' luncheon, some twenty-four student representatives of the intramural and intercollegiate programs were guests of the board.) At the meeting of the Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Committee, presentations from both campuses were made by women who, administer programs for women at the campuses, as well as (in Chicago) leaders of the Committee on the Status of Women at the Chicago campus. In addition, the trustees heard a report with regard to the role and progress of women at Urbana in athletics, intercollegiate athletics m particular. 3 University Senates Conference: Bruce L. Larson, professor of biological chemistry, Department of Animal Sciences, Urbana-Champaign campus; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: Donald L. Uchtman, professor of agricultural economics; Chicago campus Senate: Stanley K. Shapiro, professor of biological sciences, University Center.
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