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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1974 Version B
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158 BOARD OF T R U S T E E S The President of the University presented the following recommendation. LITIGATION C O N C E R N I N G ALLERTON PARK (21) Members of the Board of Trustees are named as defendants in an action filed in the Circuit Court of Piatt County, Illinois (Case No. 72 C 77), by six residents of Piatt County. The Complaint alleges that a May 29, 1969, Memorandum of Agreement relating to the Oakley Reservoir Project between the University, the City of Decatur, the Sanitary District of Decatur, and the Director of the Illinois Department of Transportation is illegal and void. The University was a party to the Memorandum of Agreement by virtue of its ownership of Allerton Park. The Complaint seeks to enjoin certain state officials who are also defendants (the Governor, the Director of the Department of Transportation and the Director of the Department of Conservation) from executing any further agreements or assurances with the United States Government, and to enjoin all defendants from executing or implementing any agreements with the Corps of Engineers or other Federal agencies to accomplish the Oakley Reservoir Project. The University Counsel holds the opinion that the charges against the members of the Board of Trustees are not well founded and has requested that he be authorized to take such steps as are necessary or appropriate, including the employment of special counsel, to represent the members of the Board of Trustees and the University and to protect their interests in the proceedings. I concur. On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Neal, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Governor Walker. On motion of Mr. Swain, the Board adjourned. EARL W. PORTER EARL M. HUGHES Secretary President
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