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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 12

Requests for Operating and Capital Appropriations, Fiscal Year 1987

(4) Requests for incremental operating funds and for new capital appropriations for the University of Illinois for Fiscal Year 1987 are presented herewith for action by the Board of Trustees. The accompanying tables and the attached document "Budget Request for Operating and Capital Funds, Fiscal Year 1987" contain detailed information about each element of the operating and capital budget request for the coming year. (Copies of the complete budget documents are filed with the secretary of the board for record.) The request for incremental operating funds totals $63,323,200 and represents an increase of 12.4 percent over the University's FY 1986 operating budget from appropriated funds. This request is essentially the same as the preliminaryoperating budget information presented to the board in July. Slight adjustments have been made following final action on FY 1986 appropriations. Requests for additional funds for an expanded program in business administration at Chicago and for an increased effort in biotechnology at Urbana-Champaign have been included. The overall operating budget request for incremental funds is summarized in Table 1. Individual academic programs are identified in Table 2. In addition, the University's request is also included for funds sufficient to meet the statutory requirement for the State Universities Retirement System for FY 1987. The 1987 request for new capital appropriations is summarized in Table 3. Consistent with growing facilities needs presented to the board in July, the FY 1987 request for Capital Development Fund appropriation totals $58,713,300. The final request is consistent with the preliminary data presented in July; adjustments in project priorities and cost estimates have been made following gubernatorial action on FY 1986 appropriations. In addition to Capital Development Fund increases for FY 1987, the University seeks appropriations for three major initiatives supported within the "Build Illinois" program: $22,499,900 for construction of the engineering research facility in Chicago; $7,834,000 for the second year of the higher education renovation/ rehabilitation program; and $16,385,900 for construction and remodeling in the Animal Sciences Laboratory at Urbana-Champaign. The third item represents the completion of the Food Production Research Program (Food for Century I I I ) as a special capital request category. These requests have been prepared by the vice president for academic affairs, based on the recommendation of the University Planning Council and a review by the University Policy Council. I recommend approval.

O n motion of M r . H a h n , these requests were approved as recommended by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, M r . H a h n , Mr. Howard, M r . Logan, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . M a d d e n , Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, M r . Becker, Mr. L a m m ; no, none.)