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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956
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1954] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 131 The President submitted and analyzed the requests of the University. The Committee, after detailed study and questioning, agreed in principle on increases to fill the following needs: I. Operating Budget 1. To maintain present level of operation. 2. To activate new areas. 3. To provide for salary increases for both the academic and nonacademic staff. 4. To provide for additional enrollment. 5. To meet increased costs of operations for present programs. 6. To strengthen and develop the educational program. The Committee recognized that University officers and the Budget Committee had made a thorough study of all requests and had screened them carefully to include only significant items. After full discussion, it was agreed that the total budgetary request — $91,730,000 — could be justified for presentation to the General Assembly. The Committee also considered an increase in student fees to offset in part the increased cost of operation. Fees now charged at the University of Illinois are below the average charged at comparable institutions. In view of the increased cost indicated by the proposed budget, the Committee recommends an increase in fees of $15.00 a semester for all students — both resident and nonresident. Such an increase would put the University of Illinois in the upper half of Big Ten institutions but not at the top. II. Capital Budget The Committee reviewed the capital askings proposed by the University Building Program Committee. T o these was added an item of $6,750,000 for a permanent site for the Chicago Undergraduate Division and for making studies for its development. Total capital askings of $37,185,000 are recommended for presentation to the Budgetary Commission. I I I . Summary Detailed statements of the proposed operating and capital budgets and comparisons with present budgets are attached. In making recommendations, the Committee believes it is the responsibility of the Board of Trustees to submit to the General Assembly a comprehensive statement of what in its best judgment is needed to operate and maintain the University, to meet its changing requirements, and to provide for its development. Accordingly, the Committee recommends: 1. That a proposed operating budget of $91,730,000 (of which $81,900,000 would be from General Revenue Funds) and a proposed capital budget of $37,185,000 be approved for filing with the Department of Finance; 2. That the President of the Board of Trustees and the President of the University be authorized to present these needs to the state administration and the Illinois Budgetary Commission. Special Committee on the 1955-57 Biennial Budget W I R T HEREICK W A Y N E A. JOHNSTON HERBERT B. MEGRAN M R S . FRANCES B. W A T K I N S P A R K LIVINGSTON, Chairman The President of the University also read a supplementary statement concerning the budget for 1955-57. A copy of this statement and the complete text ot his discussion of all proposed increases which he presented in support of his recommendations have been filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. Following extended discussion, on motion of Mr. Livingston the following budget for operations and building program for 1955-57 was approved, and the President of the Board and the President of the University were authorized to present these estimates to the Governor, the Illinois Budgetary Commission, and other state officials as representing the needs of the University for funds for operation and for buildings and other permanent improvements for the biennium of
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