Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1946 [PAGE 1037]

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BOARD OF

TRUSTEES

[March 9

Biennium I I . Resources 1. Estimated balance in present assignments for new programs . $ 200 000 2. Estimated additional income from student fees, 1945-1947.. 800 000 3. Net additional public funds needed 1 401 000 Total Appropriation Needed (2 and 3) . (2 201 000) Total Addition to Budget . $2 401 000

SUMMARY OF BUDGET D E F I C I E N C I E S B I E N N I U M OF 1945-1947

A Original requests of Deans and Directors for all purposes; total increase $13 106 235 Transmitted to Department of Finance, October, 1944; total increase 9 079 447 Reduction Effected by the Administration of the University.... ?4 026 788 B Original requests of Deans and Directors for all purposes; total increase $13 106 235 Reduced request of Board of Trustees, January, 1945; total increase 6 128 672 Reduction Effected by University Officers and Board ? 6 977 563 C Original requests of Deans and Directors for all purposes; total in crease Tentative amount allocated in State Budget; total increase Total Reduction from Original Requests Supplementary appropriation requested Remaining Deficiency as of Original Requests

Ji3 106 235 5 677 3461 $ 7 428 889

2 201 000

? 5 227 889

BUILDING PROGRAM (2) In the appropriations for a State-wide System of Public W o r k s projects for the biennium of 1945-1947 there are appropriations totaling $16,809,000 for buildings and other capital improvements at the University of Illinois. T h e estimates of the costs of the projects included in the program were based upon actual costs of certain present University buildings adjusted to postwar costs. T h e 1940 Engineering-New Record Building Cost Index, which is considered the most authoritative index available, was 200. In estimating the costs of the projects in the University's building program for 1945-1947 the Physical Plant Department used an index of 275, or 37J/2 per cent higher than the 1940 index. Current bids being received correspond to an index of about 323 or more than 60 per cent above the building costs of 1940. It is obvious from these indications that most of the projects in the University's program can not be constructed without either supplementary appropriations or a material reduction in floor areas. Major capital appropriations will have to be made in the near future if the University is to meet adequately the educational needs of the State. In view of the excessive increases in building costs and unpredictable changes in educational and research demands to meet future needs which make present appropriations for buildings now being planned inadequate, the University Building P r o g r a m Committee has recommended that immediate conferences be held with representatives of the Illinois Post-War Planning Commission, the Governor, and the Illinois Budgetary Commission with a view to adopting policies and plans which will enable the University to proceed with a continuous building program adequate to meet needs now apparent. It is highly desirable that policy commitments be made even though additional funds are not actually available.

On motion of Mr. McKelvey, these conferences were authorized.

INSTITUTE O F LABOR RELATIONS (3) T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois has authorized establishing an Institute of Labor Relations to offer curricula and other educational

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Not including an addition of $100,000 for the Institute of Labor Relations.