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revision. The limitations there suggested for the Chicago Circle campus would violate the essential mission and bright promise of this campus as an integral part of an organic University of Illinois. Circle is a comprehensive university in an urban setting with unique opportunities to relate to the problems and potentials of Chicago. 3. The Board of Trustees reaffirms its position on governance as expressed in its resolution of September 17, 1975. T h e present voting structure of the Board of Higher Education should not be changed. T h e student advisory vote w a s : Aye, M r . Conlon, M r . S u m m e r s , M r . Szegho; no, none. T h e f o r e g o i n g r e s o l u t i o n w a s u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d by t h e following vote: Aye, M r . Forsyth, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . Lenz, M r . Livingston, M r . N e a l , M r s . R a d e r , M r s . S h e p h e r d , M r . V e l a s q u e z ; n o , n o n e ; absent, Governor Walker.

OLD AND NEW BUSINESS Meeting of the Committee of the Whole, October 8,1975 1

M r . N e a l a n n o u n c e d t h a t , o n t h e basis of t h e m e e t i n g of O c t o b e r 8 a n d s u b s e q u e n t discussions, h e b e l i e v e d t h e B o a r d s h o u l d establish a c o m m i t t e e t o r e c e i v e i n f o r m a t i o n o n affirmative a c t i o n a n d e q u a l o p p o r t u n i t y o n a r e g u l a r basis a n d t h a t h e h a d a s k e d P r e s i d e n t C o r b a l l y t o d e v e l o p a form a t for t h e f u n c t i o n a n d o p e r a t i o n of s u c h a s t a n d i n g c o m m i t t e e . I t w a s p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h e Civil Service M e r i t B o a r d is also s t u d y i n g t h e s u b j e c t of e q u a l o p p o r t u n i t y as it affects its o p e r a t i o n s a n d t h a t it w o u l d b e useful t o c o o r d i n a t e t h e activities of t h e T r u s t e e c o m m i t t e e w i t h t h a t of the Merit Board.

REGULAR AGENDA

T h e B o a r d c o n s i d e r e d t h e following r e p o r t s a n d r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s from t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y .

Requests for Operating and Capital Appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 1977

(1) As President of the University, I submit herewith requests for new operating and capital funds for the University of Illinois for fiscal year (FY) 1977. (A copy of this document has been filed with the Secretary of the Board for record.) The request for new operating funds differs from the September 17, 1975, "preliminary analysis," primarily as a result of removal of space realignment, remodeling, and replacement funds ($2,500,000) from the operating budget request and their inclusion in the capital request. In addition, there is a small increase in funds requested for the 7.5 percent salary increase ($63,000) and in funds requested for operating costs for new facilities ($91,200). This latter category is increased because of the addition of: a) the Liquid Storage Facility ($1,875) and the Goldberg Research Center ($120,100) at the Medical Center; b) the Veterinary Medicine Feed and Storage Facility ($4,771) at Urbana-Champaign; and c) a small decrease in funds requested for the Rockford School of Medicine. The net effect of these changes reduces the total operating budget request by $2,345,800 from the September 17, 1975, preliminary analysis.

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