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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

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Expenditure of these funds is subject to approval by the governor. I recommend that the comptroller be authorized to submit requests to the Capital Development Board and the governor for approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , a u t h o r i t y w a s g i v e n as r e c o m m e n d e d b y t h e f o l l o w i n g vote: Aye, M r s . D a y , D r . D o n o g h u e , M r . Forsyth, M r . H a h n , Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone; no, n o n e ; absent, Governor T h o m p s o n . ( T h e student advisory vote w a s : Aye, M r . L a m m , M r . P i t t m a n ; n o , none.)

Requests for Operating and Capital Appropriations, Fiscal Year 1986

(6) I submit herewith requests for incremental operating funds and for new capital appropriations, including capital projects for energy conservation and fuel conversion, and the Food Production Research Program (Food for Century I I I ) for FY 1986, as shown in the following tables. (Copies of the complete budget documents are filed with the secretary of the board for record.) T h e request for incremental operating funds totals $52,088,700 and represents an 11.2 percent increase over the FY 1985 operating budget from appropriated funds. This request is similar in emphasis and content to the preliminary operating budget request presented to the board in July. Funds sought for "Continuing Components" are somewhat less than in recent years, with a corresponding increase in academic program support. A request for statewide operating budget support for facilities remodeling and renovation is expected to be incorporated within the budget request of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, and therefore is not separately identified in the University's request. The incremental operating budget request is summarized in Table 1. T h e individual academic programs included in the request are shown in Table 2. In addition to these amounts, a request for funds sufficient to meet the statutory requirement for the University's share of State Universities Retirement System funding is also included. As shown in Tables 3, 4, and 5, the University's FY 1985 request for new capital appropriations consists of three major components. 1. A "regular" request totalling $44,810,000 for remodeling and renovation of existing facilities and the construction of the highest-priority new facilities to meet changing academic program requirements (Table 3 ) . 2. Energy conservation project requests totalling $14,373,600 to continue the University's efforts to reduce operating costs and fuel consumption (Table 4 ) . 3. T h e Food Production Research request of $1,600,000 to continue the progress of this contribution to the research capabilities of the University (Table 5 ) . The FY 1986 request includes planning funds for the final project which will mark the end of this program as a separate category of capital appropriations requests. Together, these three components total $60,783,600 in requests for new capital appropriations. The "regular" capital request is similar to that reviewed by the board in July, although some changes have been made. 1. The remodeling of the former Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences building has become the top priority for the Urbana-Champaign campus, and the thirdpriority University project. Remodeling of this facility will provide new space for the Department of Geology and for the Institute for Environmental Studies. Those moves will, in turn, make space available for the School of Life Sciences and for the College of Engineering. 2. At Chicago, the Library Remodeling Project has been changed to reflect relocation of the Office of Admissions and Records from the Library to the Peoria