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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1970
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174 BOARD OF TRUSTEES TRUSTEE-ELECT INTRODUCED [November 22 The President of the Board introduced Trustee-elect Russell W. Steger. VISITORS FROM INDIA The President of the Board introduced the following guests from India who are visiting the University of Illinois this month and who were invited to be guests of the Board at the meeting: Dr. D. P. Singh, Vice Chancellor, Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University; Dr. O. P. Gautan, Deputy, Chief Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi, India; Dr. Glenn C. Holm, Chief, Agricultural Universities Development Division USAID/American Embassy, New Delhi, India. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY The Board considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University. PRESIDENT'S REPORT President Henry presented a report on selected topics of current interest, copies of which were distributed at the meeting, and a copy was filed with the Secretary of the Board. RECOMMENDATIONS. BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION, ON T H E BIENNIAL BUDGET REQUEST FOR CAPITAL FUNDS, 1 9 6 9 - 7 1 (1) At its October meeting the Illinois Board of Higher Education reviewed the 1969-71 Biennial Capital Budget request of the University of Illinois, as well as those of other state colleges and universities and of the Illinois Junior College Board. T h e University had submitted a total capital budget request of $192,449,959 for its three campuses, basing its needs for facilities on enrollment-capacity data for 1974-75. T h e Board of Higher Education staff recommended a capital budget for the University of $132,386,329 and the Board revised this total to $133,520,291. This figure represented 68.13 per cent of the University of Illinois request, the highest percentage among the university systems. A copy of a table presenting the comparison of University requests and the Board of Higher Education staff and board recommendations is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. In his report on the capital budget requests, State Board Executive Director Lyman A. Glenny listed the following objectives sought in the staff's recommendations on the requests: to meet enrollment needs for 1971 and 1972 school years; to reflect Master Plan emphasis on upper-division and graduate enrollments; to encourage development of commuter institutions; to secure greater efficiency in the construction and use of physical facilities; to seek to maximize the amount of federal funds put to use in order to minimize costs to the state; and to provide only land needed for immediate construction. Concerning the objective of meeting enrollment needs for 1971-72 and 1972-73, the executive director's report stated, "The Board procedure has been to recommend financing for students who will be enrolled four years in the future. Normally, two or three full years are required to plan, construct, and equip a building for use. Hence the staff has reviewed the budgets in light of the enrollments which are estimated for the year 1972-73." As noted above, the University's estimates of space needs extended to the enrollment projections for 1974-75, since the buildings to be planned and funded during the 1969-71 biennium would have to provide most of the space needed for 1974-75 enrollments. In its methods used to evaluate capital requirements, the State Board staff considered the cost of construction for the current biennium and for the 1969-71 biennium and through application of a formula related to cost per square feet, reduced the Illinois Building Authority-eligible cost of projects accordingly. As in the present biennium, a 10 per cent reserve for potential cost increases, will be established.
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