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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April IS

FIRING RANGE FOR POLICE TRAINING INSTITUTE O F T H E DIVISION O F UNIVERSITY EXTENSION, URBANA

(34) The Police Training Institute proposes to construct a firing range on the south campus. The site has been approved by the Buildings and Grounds Committee and is located approximately one-third of a mile east of South First Street Road and south of the A. T. & T. Road. The project consists of construction of two outdoor firing ranges, including a firing shelter and a steel building for classroom and office use, storage, washrooms, and ammunition vaults. The Board of Higher Education reviews all requests for facilities not already approved by the Board or Legislature which are to be used primarily for purposes other than instruction. The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, requests authority to submit appropriate materials to the State Board of Higher Education requesting approval of the proposed firing range for the Police Training Institute as a non-instructional facility. On motion of Mr. Stone, authority was granted as requested by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Jones, Mr. Stone, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Page, Mr. Steger.

SELECTION O F A PRESIDENT O F T H E UNIVERSITY

(35) At the direction of the Trustees, the Secretary presented the following matters for action concerning the selection of a President of the University: 1. Appointment of the Consultative Committee to Assist in the Selection of a President. In accord with the action of the Board on March 18, 1970, the committee members have been nominated in the manner prescribed by the Board, the University Senates Conference concurring.1 The list of committee members is printed below. 2. Adoption of the Charge to the Consultative Committee. The committee charge, prepared in consultation with the University Senates Conference, is presented for approval. The text of the charge is printed below. 3. Appropriation for Anticipated Expenses to be Incurred by the Consultative Committee. It is not possible to estimate what the expenses of the Committee might be. It is recommended that the Board approve an allocation of $10,000 from the general reserve for this purpose. If this amount proves to be inadequate, a further recommendation will be presented later. The trustees anticipate that the Chairman of the Consultative Committee will arrange for an organizational meeting as soon as possible, to enable the Board and the Committee to meet in advance of the May 20 meeting of the Board of Trustees. This meeting will be in executive session. On motion of Mr. Clement, these actions concerning the selection of a President of the University were approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Jones, Mr. Stone, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Page, Mr. Steger. President Hughes expressed the satisfaction of the Trustees in the actions just taken. He announced that the Board did not contemplate that there would be alternates or deputies for the members of the Consultative Committee; rather, that those that could not serve would be replaced through the selection procedures already employed. He stated that it was the Board's judgment that meetings of the Consultative Committee should be held in executive session. He read a memorandum from the University Counsel in which the Counsel advised that closed sessions of the Committee would be in accord with

1 Should the University connection of any member terminate during the course of the committee's work, the Board expects such member to be replaced by the same procedure employed in his selection.