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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 18

On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved and authority was given as requested by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Governor Walker.

Budget of the Athletic Association for 1974-75

(3) T h e Director of Intercollegiate Athletics has submitted, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association, the budget for the Association for 1974-75 which is summarized as follows with comparative figures for the preceding year: Income Appropriations Excess of Income 1973-74 $ 2 366 000 2 366 000 -01974-75 $ 2 468 296 2 468 296 -0-

The budget has been reviewed and approved by the Chancellor at the UrbanaChampaign campus and the Vice President for Planning and Allocation. I recommend that this budget be approved and that the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association be authorized to make such changes and adjustments, including approval of new appointments and acceptance of resignations, as are necessary within the total income and surplus of the Association, provided that: appointments of head coaches and administrative officers and assignments of funds for new projects or nonrecurring capital expenditures in excess of $12,500 shall be presented to the Board of Trustees for approval. A copy of the budget is being filed with the Secretary of the Board of Trustees for record.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved and authority was given as requested.

Requests for Operating and Capital Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1976

(4) As President of the University, I submit herewith the following requests for new funds for the University of Illinois operations and for capital budgets 1 for Fiscal Year 1976. These requests for new funds vary only in a minor way for operating funds from the July 17 submission,* primarily as a result of final action on House Bill 2274 by Governor Walker, final revisions in utility cost projections, and additional Student Loan Matching Funds based on federal formulas. T h e net effect of these changes increases the total request by $662,500. In submitting this request for your approval, I wish to call special attention to the personal services item. This request still calls for salary increases averaging 9.5 per cent. I do not believe that this amount is sufficient. We must institute a step-range plan for our nonacademic employees and it is clear that all of our personnel have lost ground to inflation this year. It is impossible to estimate today the salary conditions which should prevail for 1975-76 or the setting within which salary decisions will be made for 1975-76. Some faculty groups have estimated that increases for 1975-76 of over 20 per cent are necessary to overcome the ravages of inflation and those estimates are not without merit. Other systems of higher education within Illinois are seeking salary increase funds ranging from 10 per cent to

1 A copy of the complete operating and capital budget request document has been filed with the Secretary of the Board. a On July 17, 1974, the Board approved the materials submitted as ''documents for discussion" with the Board of Higher Education or its staff, but with the Board reserving final action on the recommendations and accompanying documents until a subsequent meeting.