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BOARD OP TRUSTEES

[September 10

Request for Operating and Capital Appropriations, Fiscal Year 1989

(3) T h e request for incremental operating funds and for new capital appropriations for the University of Illinois for Fiscal Year 1989 is presented herewith for action by the Board of Trustees. T h e accompanying tables and the document "Budget Request for Operating and Capital Funds, Fiscal Year 1989," contain detailed information about each element of the operating and capital budget requests. (Copies of the complete budget documents are filed with the secretary of the board for record.) T h e General Assembly adopted FY 1988 operating budgets for all State agencies considerably below the levels under review when the University's preliminary FY 1989 operating budget request was completed. The governor made further reductions in the General Revenue Fund and Agriculture Premium Fund appropriations made by the General Assembly, reducing the University's appropriations by $18 million below last year's level. As a result of these actions, the final FY 1989 operating budget request has been modified in several areas to address the most critical budget needs created by the massive loss of revenue for the current year. Certain technical adjustments in the preliminary requests also have been made. T h e FY 1989 operating budget request recommends a total of $88.7 million in incremental funds for FY 1989 — a 16.7 percent increase over the FY 1988 operating budget. T h e individual categories which make up the FY 1989 request are identical to those in the preliminary request, and are summarized in Table 1. Individual program areas are outlined in Table 2. Table 3 provides a detailed review of each funding change from the preliminary to final request. In addition, the final request includes funds sufficient to meet the statutory funding requirement for the State Universities Retirement System. T h e University's request for new capital appropriations is summarized in Table 4, which displays individual projects in priority order. These projects and funding totals are nearly identical to the ones included in the preliminary request and reviewed by the board in July. Two projects included in the preliminary request document have been excluded from the final request, pending more detailed reviews at the campus level: the W I L L Radio and Television Building at Urbana-Champaign, and the Ambulatory Care Facility at Chicago. Each of these projects represents an urgent need which will be addressed in future capital budget requests. Two other changes have been made in the capital budget request, based on further review of project priorities and overall campus needs: the equipment request for the Engineering Research Facility at Chicago has been increased from $4.0 to $5.8 million; and the planning request for Noyes Laboratory remodeling at Urbana-Champaign has been changed to include planning plus remodeling funds for the first phase of the project. In addition to the Capital Development Fund increases sought for FY 1989, the University requests $7,834,000 for the fourth year of the higher education renovation and repair program supported through "Build Illinois." These operating and capital budget requests have been prepared by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, based upon the recommendations of the University Planning Council and review by the University Policy Council. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, these requests were approved as recommended by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Calder, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr.