Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1970
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382 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [May 21 MINUTES APPROVED T h e Secretary presented the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Trustees on July 24, 1968, press proof copies of which had previously been sent to the Board. O n motion of Mr. Swain, these minutes were approved as printed on pages 1 to 30 inclusive. THE OAKLEY DAM PROJECT A N D ALLERTON PARK T h e opportunity to present petitions and to appear before the Board had been requested by Dr. Jack Paxton of the "Committee on Allerton P a r k " and Mrs. Ross Martin for the "Republican Women's Petition to Save Allerton Park." By consensus, the Board agreed to hear and receive the two petitions and D r . Paxton and M r s . Martin spoke briefly. T h e petitions were received and are filed with the Secretary of the Board. VISITATION PROGRAM President Hughes then made the following announcement: It is timely for me to report to the Board, and to the members of the Committee on General Policy as well, that I have received a large number of communications from parents, students, and others concerning the visitation program. I have made no attempt to analyze these in detail, but it is clear that the parents from whom I have heard are not in agreement about the desirability of continuing the program. A number favor it strongly; a number do not favor it at all. I understand that these communications are being studied by the staff and will be taken into account in the evaluation now before the Committee on General Policy. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY T h e Board considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University. PRESIDENT'S REPORT President H e n r y 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. REVISED CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST FOR 1 9 7 0 - 7 1 (1) The Governor has directed that the budgets of all state agencies be prepared on an annual basis — beginning with the fiscal year 1969-70 (FY 1970). Accordingly, it has been necessary to divide into two parts the University's budget for capital funds previously approved by the Board of Higher Education for the biennium 1969-71. The Director of the Illinois Department of Finance requested on February 3, 1969, that the University submit a revised capital request for FY 1970 (1969-70), including the following categories of funds: (a) reappropriations of generalrevenue funds provided for capital purposes in earlier biennia but not to be expended by July 1 1969; (b) funds to be provided by the Illinois Building Authority for all new buildings approved by the Board of Higher Education for the biennium 1969-71; (c) general-revenue funds for part of the total amount included in the earlier capital request for the biennium 1969-71. The figures supplied by the University in response to this request were included in the Governor's budget recommendations to the General Assembly for FY 1970. They are shown in detail in a document being filed with the Secretary of the Board. Pertinent summaries of the revised capital request for Fiscal Year 1971 are printed at the end of this memorandum. The latter consists principally of the residue of the 1969-71 general-revenue (non-building) projects not included in the
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