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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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The addition for retirement contributions represents, in effect, a technical assignment of funds to the University of Illinois to provide sufficient funds to meet the expected obligations of the State Universities Retirement System to staff members of the University who will be retiring during the present fiscal year. The increase in the personal services item of House Bill 4215 totaling $3,541,126 would be used for the following purposes, in accordance with agreements reached among members of the General Assembly concerning this increase: 1. The level of employment of physical plant operations and maintenance personnel existing on June 30, 1972, would be maintained throughout the fiscal year 1972-73, except in areas subject to seasonal layoffs or in situations where such retention of employees would be contrary to state law or otherwise in conflict with sound public policy. 2. All employees presently paid under prevailing-wage agreements would receive increases in accordance with the terms specified in the renewal of such agreements. This procedure would conform to past practice, and the rates would be in accordance with state statutes and regulations. 3. Additional funds would be allocated sufficient to provide increases averaging 5.5 per cent to employees who are paid under negotiated-rate contracts — the increases to become effective upon the date specified in the renewal of such contracts. 4. Additional funds would be allocated sufficient to provide increases averaging 5.5 per cent for all other nonacademic employees, effective September 1, 1972. The University regrets that no funds were appropriated by the General Assembly for additional increases in the salaries of academic staff members. After consultation with the general-University officers concerned and with the chancellors, I am prepared to recommend to the Board of Trustees that sufficient funds be accumulated through further internal savings to permit increases in academic salaries averaging 5.5 per cent for eligible staff members, effective November 1, 1972. This increase would create a condition of substantial parity in the increases for nonacademic and for academic staff members — in the sense that the effective dates for their respective rate increases would be delayed in each case two months beyond the dates on which salary increases traditionally have become effective. Obviously, the implementation of the foregoing plans is subject to the approval of House Bill 4215 by the Governor, without reduction in the amounts appropriated by the General Assembly. Many members of the General Assembly and representatives of the Governor's office and of the Bureau of the Budget were of great assistance in reviewing the needs of the University of Illinois and in responding to those needs. Representative Clabaugh and Senator Weaver provided the floor leadership for House Bill 4215. In his last few months of active service, Dr. Lyle Lanier was particularly effective in providing the General Assembly with information and in providing the University of Illinois with his fine representation. (2) The recommendations of the University Building Program Committee1 for capital improvements in FY 1974 at all three campuses are submitted in the attached document. (This document is filed with the Secretary of the Board of Trustees.) Detailed supporting information will be compiled during the remainder of this month and submitted to the Office of the Board of Higher Education by August 14, 1972, in accordance with the schedule established by that office.

1 University Building Program Committee: Lyle H. Lanier, Executive Vice President and Provost, Chairman; Harlan D. Bareither, Director of University Office of Space Programming (staff consultant); Joseph S. Begando, Chancellor at the Medical Center; Donald J. Caseley, Vice Chancellor at the Medical Center; H. O. Farber, Vice President and Comptroller; V. L. Kretschmer, Acting University Director of Physical Plant Planning and Construction (staff consultant); Warren B. Cheston, Chancellor at Chicago Circle; Jack W. Peltason, Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign; William F. Sager, Professor of Chemistry and Head of the Department, Chicago Circle; Lucien W. White, Professor of Library Administration and University Librarian.

BUDGET REQUEST FOR CAPITAL F U N D S . FISCAL YEAR 1 9 7 4