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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Funds for the support of this program in FY 1982 are available in the operating budget of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Chicago Circle. T h e executive vice president recommends approval. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Madden, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Bandala, Mr. Bettenhausen, Mr. Persons; no, none.)

Extension of Con tracts with Champaign and Urbana to Inspect Private Certified Housing, Urbana

(15) T h e chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus has recommended that the University extend its present contracts with the cities of Champaign and Urbana in the conduct of inspections of privately owned Certified housing facilities. For many years the University has had a program for the inspection of nonUniversity housing to be certified for occupancy by undergraduate students, the objective being "to provide safe, healthful, and educationally beneficial housing for single undergraduate students." For the past three years, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs has been working with the two cities to develop a new arrangement under which these inspections are conducted. T h e intent is to permit the University to continue a necessary service at a lower cost and to allow for improved use of staff. Since 1969, the University has contracted with the cities to conduct annual health and safety inspection to ensure compliance with municipal standards. (Other rental units in Champaign and Urbana are inspected on a schedule of once every seven years.) Detailed reports of the inspections are submitted to the owner/ manager as well as to the Office of Housing Information in the Office of the Dean of Students. In addition, University staff also have inspected the facilities to ensure compliance with University standards. Owners failing to comply with the requirements and expectations of either the cities or the University have faced withdrawal of certification. Authority to make that determination has been with the appropriate campus administrative office and will continue to remain there. Under the current proposal, the campus will no longer maintain an inspection staff. T h e cities of Champaign and Urbana will assume the responsibility for inspecting on no less than an annual basis all certified housing facilities for compliance with both municipal standards and the additional standards of the University. The future costs of the new arrangement will be somewhat higher than the $13,000 the cities now receive. However, the final figure remains to be negotiated. Some costs will be absorbed by a phased reduction of existing staff and by staff assignment to other duties within student affairs. A net cost saving is anticipated. The final contracts will be reviewed with University officers; each contract will also require the approval of the two city councils. The executive vice president recommends approval. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Howard, Mr. Madden, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone; no, Mr. Hahn; absent, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Bandala, Mr. Bettenhausen, Mr. Persons; no, none.)