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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Operating Funds

T h e request for incremental operating funds for FY 1983 totals $48,733,500 and includes the components and programs outlined in Tables 1 and 2. This request differs only slightly from that presented in the preliminary budget which the Board of Trustees reviewed in July. The differences are due to the following: (1) technical changes in base data for price increase components; (2) a reduction in the general price increase request from 9 percent to 8.5 percent and a reduction in the utilities price increase request from 20 percent to 18 percent, both to recognize more recent inflation estimates; (3) the revision of estimates for several proj'ects requiring new funds for operation and maintenance support and the addition of a proj'ect at the Medical Center; (4) the addition of $65,000 for the Library Computer System to replace nonrecurring funds available in FY 1982 through a one-time grant; (5) the addition of a $29,000 increment for the Office of Real Estate Research from the Real Estate Research and Education Fund, in the light of approval of new legislation in FY 1982 establishing the fund and providing an appropriation to the University. In addition to the amounts shown in Table 1, an increment of $51,053,700 is requested for FY 1983 to raise the University's retirement appropriation to the statutory level.

Capital Funds

T h e FY 1983 request for new capital appropriations has two maj'or components: "regular" capital projects, described in Table 3, which total $20,836,000; and energy-related proj'ects which include energy conservation measures totalling $9,148,500 as described in Table 4, plus fuel conversion proj'ects at a total of $14,676,000 as outlined in Table 5. In addition, the FY 1983 capital budget request includes two special facilities, one for the Fire Service Institute, and the second, a police services facility at the Urbana-Champaign campus. T h e "regular" capital request has also been modified slightly from that contained in the Preliminary Capital Budget Request, and in the following ways: 1. The relocation of the Office of Admissions and Records (OAR) at Chicago Circle has been modified, and it is now proposed to relocate OAR to Henry and Jefferson Halls rather than to the Art and Architecture Building. This change will be less costly and will permit a more suitable realignment of architecture programs than before. 2. Funds have been added to provide a part of the cost of the acquisition of the Easter Seal Building in cooperation with the Medical Center Commission. T h e building will be used to house the combined personnel services offices for the Chicago campuses. T h e $350,000 for the University of Illinois' share of the acquisition cost has been taken from the Hospital Addition Remodeling project. 3. Slight shifts in total cost of the Urbana-Champaign SR ! remodeling and equipment projects have been made with no impact on overall costs. T h e energy conservation projects shown in Table 4 reflect slight changes in the priority rankings due to changes in payback calculations made to conform to new Illinois Board of Higher Education guidelines. The Fuel Conversion projects shown in Table 5 are the same as those in the preliminary budget with project cost figures added. T h e FY 1983 request for new capital appropriations for the Food Production Research Program is shown in Table 6. Several modifications have been made to this request, in keeping with the focus on the next two years as a second major effort in the Food for Century I I I program, to assure that a "critical mass" of new or remodeled facilities is available