Idaho State Board of Education Decision Index 1979 Item
FY1979 Operating
Budget for Agricultural
Research and
Cooperative Extension
Grant from Electric
Power Research
Institute
Motion
Date
The university requests authorization to increase the Agricultural
Research and Cooperative Extension FY1979 operating budgets by
$112,800 and $51,000 respectively.
In the FY1979 budgets approved for Agricultural Research and
Cooperative Extension last July, the university had projected a
reduction in federal appropriations for these programs, since the
President’s budget recommendation included a decrease on about 15%
for these programs. The actual awards for FY1979 that have just been
received for Agricultural Research are the same as FY1978 and a slight
increase for Cooperative Extension from FY1978.
The additional budgets for Agricultural Research will permit the
restoration of some portions of research programs that have been
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supported in FY1978, such as the 4-state project on chalk brook of leaf
cutter bees, and the projects on pea and lentil production. Also the
funds will help to improve the research efforts at some of the off
campus research centers. The Cooperative Extension additional budget
will be used to expand their information delivery ability by increasing
audiovisual and computer capacity.
The new federal appropriation levels have been reported to the Budget
Division and Legislative Fiscal Office so that they may be accounted for
in the FY1979-80 appropriations process.
M/S Hoopes/Hymas: that the FY1979 operating budgets for Agricultural
Research and Cooperative Extension be increased by $112,800 and
$51,000 respectively, as explained above.
Under section 4.41-#34 of these agenda items, is a request for
approval to apply for the renewal of a contract with Electric Power
Research Institute. The Department of Chemistry has been a
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subcontractor with Washington State University in earlier contracts. For
FY1980, Electric Power Research Institute is requesting the University
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of Idaho to submit the renewal proposal as prime contractor. Should
this proposal be accepted and funded, Professor Donald Adams,
formerly a faculty member at Washington State University, would be
employed by the University of Idaho to carry out the field research.
There are two provisions of the FY1980 application that need special
consideration and approval of the Board. Since the approval of the
request to apply for the renewal is not contingent upon acceptance of
these two provisions, the request for approval of the provisions is
separately presented. The two conditions are:
(a) That the principal investigators named in the contract, Dr. Sherry
Farwell and Professor Don Adams, be permitted to employ Joyce
Adams (wife of Professor Adams) as field technician on the project, and
(b) That the university be authorized to reimburse Professor Adams
twenty-five cents per mile for the use of his van and trailer unit,
payable totally from project funds.
The field work on the project will be conducted in the southern and
southwestern part of the United States over a continuous 26-week field
study period. In view of the facts that (1) the conduct of the field
monitoring work requires a field technician and (2) that Joyce Adams is
qualified to perform the work since she has been employed as a field
technician on the project the past two years by Washington State
University, it is requested that an exception to the university nepotism
policy be granted to allow the employment of Joyce Adams on the
project.
The additional mileage allowance is requested to permit adequate
reimbursement to Professor Adams for the use of a privately owned
trailer which he has converted to a field analytical laboratory. The total
mileage allowance is expected to cover the additional expense (gas, oil,
tires, routine, and emergency maintenance, etc.) associated with the
mobile field equipment including expense of the tour vehicle. It is
requested that an exception to the standard 15¢ mileage allowance
granted for the contract.
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: That the above exception to university policy be
approved for the proposed contract.
Re: Regents minutes for March 1976, p. 36,37
The Master Ground Lease, paragraph 9, for the Palouse Empire Mall,
indicates that the “Lessor (the Regents of the University of Idaho) will
at all times during the term of the lease maintain on deposit with the
Lessee (E.D. McCarthy, Inc) a current and valid power of attorney
designating one of the Lessor’s officers or employees as its attorney in
Power of Attorney for fact to execute in its name and on its meeting, the Regents designated
Transactions Regarding Sherman Carter, Financial Vice President and Bursar, as its attorney in 1/23/79
the Palouse Empire Mall fact as required by the master ground lease during his term as Bursar.
It is now requested that the Regents designate David L. McKinney,
Financial Vice President and Bursar, as the Regents attorney in fact, in
regard to these matters under the master ground lease for the Palouse
Empire Mall.
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: That the President and Secretary of the Board of
Regents be authorized to sign the Power of Attorney at Exhibit F.
Addition to the
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: that the revised budget for the Veterinary
Veterinary Medical
Medicine Program construction at Moscow and Caldwell be approved as 1/23/79
displayed as follows.
Building
On February 1, 1964, the Regents entered into a five-year rental
agreement for a strip of land 726 feet by 38 feet bordering the campus
on the north along the Union Pacific Railroad Right-of-way between
Line and Rayburn Streets. The purpose of this lease, which along with
a similar lease by the Northern Pacific Railway, covers an area that
actually represents the “front door” to the campus, was to allow the
Lease of Land- Union
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university to keep the area mowed and presentable. This agreement
Pacific Railroad
has been renewed every five years since inception. Cost is $25 for the
five-year period ending January 31, 1984. Before execution of the
renewal by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, they have requested
that authority of the President and Secretary to sign the lease
agreement be supported by resolution from the Board of Regents.
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M/S Hoopes/Swartley: That the following resolution be adopted: “Be it
resolved by the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho That the
act of the President and Secretary of said Board of Regents is signing
an agreement in writing dated December 21, 1978, between OregonWashington Railroad & Navigation Company and Union Pacific Railroad
Company, corporation, collectively, and the said Board of Regents of
the University of Idaho, whereby the term of that certain agreement
between said parties dated January 31, 1964, covering a lawn site on
the right of way of said Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation
Company and Union Pacific Railroad Company at Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho is extended to and including the 31st Day of January
1984, shall be the same and hereby authorized by, and said
agreement, dated December 21, 1978, is adopted as the agreement
and undertaking of, said Board of Regents of the University of Idaho.”
M/S Hoopes/Alford: That the academic calendar for 1980-81 be
Academic Calendar for approved as submitted in Exhibit C. (This calendar is a continuation of
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1980-81
the pattern last approved by the university faculty on May 3, 1977, and
by the Board on June 3, 1977, and December 8, 1978.)
Annually the University of Idaho has wool available for sale from the
Sheep Experiment Station at Dubois, Idaho. It is the University’s desire
to obtain the best possible price for this wool, but because of
fluctuating market conditions the best price may not be available at the
time of clipping. As such, it is considered to be in the best interest of
the university to hold this wool for a period of time and have a
Storage and Sale of
reputable marketing firm working to obtain the best prices.
Wool- For Information
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This is to inform the regents that the university has entered into a wool
Only
storage and sale agreement with Western Wool & Growers Service Co.
This agreement provides for the grading, storage, insuring, and sale, to
a qualified buyer, at a cost not to exceed 2 ¾ cents per grease pound.
Wool to be available this year is estimated at 55,000 pounds and will
not be graded or sold by Western Wool & Growers Services Co. without
the consent of the university. Proceeds from the sale of the wool will be
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remitted promptly by the contractor to the university net of the above
referenced charges.
Bids were requested in the customary manner for a master-audiofollow-video switcher as ordered by the Radio-Television Department.
Two bids were received in the amounts of $18,714 and $21,159.
Neither of these bids met specifications as outlined in the Request for
Quotation. The purchasing office then started negotiations with the two
bidders for equipment that would meet our minimum requirements.
The two companies responded with one proposing equipment costing
$20,680 that met minimum specifications, while the other firm agreed
to provide equipment exceeding minimum specifications at their
original bid price of $21,159.
The university wishes to purchase the equipment offered at the cost of
$21,159. The justification for accepting the higher priced equipment is
that the equipment offered exceeds minimum required features as
would be provided by the other firm, which far exceeds the worth of
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the additional cost of $479. In addition to the minimum required
than Low Bid
features, the switcher that the university wishes to purchase would
provide the following:
1. Preroll defeat from the control panel.
2. Mutual transition bar in addition to auto transition
3. Input capability for additional computer interface
4. Color burst defeat form the control panel
5. Timer runs to 100 minutes allowing timing of program material as
well as break material
6. Preset audio level controller from control panel
7. Mix and fade both, not just mix mode
8. Seven video program and auxiliary outputs
M/S Hoopes/Hay: That the bid in the amount of $21,159 as described
above, be accepted.
The University of Idaho has negotiated a contract with the Department
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of Energy and EG&G-Idaho, Incorporated, to take full responsibility for
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the operation of the technical components and associated support
activities of the INEL education program.
This agreement improves the university’s ability to organize the
educational programs at INEL, ensures that course and program
content uphold normal academic degree requirements, and clarifies the
program’s administrative structure. The general objectives of the INEL
program will not change significantly from the current operation but
this contract does identify the responsibilities, both fiscal and
programmatic, of the parties involved. A copy of the contract is on file
in the Office of the State Board of Education, and a summary of the
contract appears at Exhibit F.
Regents policy requires specific approval prior to acceptance of Grants
or contracts which limit disclosure of results. Although this contract
does not pertain to a research project, regents attention is called to the
fact that contract does require university personnel to safeguard the
security of restricted documents in the event that teaching duties would
authorize access to same.
M/S Hoopes/Alford: That the INEL contract be accepted.
Re: Regents minutes for October 1978, page 39
In October 1978, the regents authorized the university president to
sign an agreement which would be substantially the same as the draft
Washington-Oregon-Idaho Regional Veterinary Medical Program
Agreement submitted at that meeting. Since that time, the agreement
has been approved by Regents of Washington State University and
WOI Veterinary Medical Oregon State University and has been submitted to the Western
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Interstate Council on Higher Education.
Program Agreement
Copies of the final form of the agreement showing all changes have
been separately mailed, together with a memorandum of review, to all
regents and to persons service on the Veterinary Medical Task Force.
The most significant modifications are summarized at Exhibit G, and a
complete copy of the agreement is on file in the Office of the State
Board of Education.
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Payments to Outside
Consultants
Parking Lot
Improvement
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: That the university president be authorized to
sign the modified WOI agreement as explained above.
To comply with regents policy requiring approval of outside
consultants being paid more than $1,000 in one payment or $5,000 in
a fiscal year, approval is hereby requested to pay the following
individuals:
M/S Hoopes/Hay: To approve the following payments to outside
consultants:
Rasmussen, Larry B. Payment as a consultant for teaching services
rendered to the Department of Art and Architecture, fulltime, as the
Visiting Distinguished Professor of Architecture for the 1978-79
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academic year, in the amount of $10,000.
Barnet, Richard., Honorarium for participation in the Borah Symposium
on March 5, 1979, in the amount of $2,000.
Rostow, Walter, Honorarium for participation in the Borah Symposium
on March 5, 1979, in the amount of $2,500.
Dickey, James, Honorarium for delivering the Fifth Annual Extra Pound
Lecture on April 26, 1979 in the amount of $3,500.
Gwathmey, Charles, for presenting lectures, seminars and workshops
to the students of the Department of Art and Architecture on February
21-24, 1979, in the amount of $1,500.
Authorization is requested to complete a $38,000 parking lot
improvement project this coming summer. The source of funds for this
work is parking charges which were initiated about two years ago. The
major reason the university began to charge for parking was to
maintain, improve, and expand parking lots on the campus, since the
university could not afford to do such needed work with appropriated
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funds. This project is the second major effort to carry out that purpose.
Work to be performed is outlined below:
Parking lot #5, West of Theophilus Tower and north of McConnell Hall;
Parking lot #12, East of Theophilus Tower and parallel to Line and
Paradise Creek Streets; Work to be done is paving, and parking bumper
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Taylor Avenue
Improvements
Sale of Water Rights
installations.
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: That the Bursar be authorized to seek bids.
Re: minutes for October 1975, p. 53, and February 1976, p. 81
In December 1975, the university transferred to the City of Moscow
approximately one half acre of land adjacent to Taylor Avenue to
provide additional space needed for straightening, widening, and
reducing the grade. Taylor Avenue adjoins some of the university’s
family housing units and is one of the major arterials into the campus
from the SE; in its unimproved condition it hampered traffic flow and
posed considerable danger to pedestrians.
The land was sold to the city for the appraised market value of $9,000.
As reported to the Regents, this amount has been held in a land
acquisition reserve. During the negotiations for transfer and planning
for improvements, there was some discussion of the university
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participating in the cost to do that work, although there is no written
record of a formal agreement. The university did receive, prior to the
sale, a written notice from the city of intent to form a local
improvement district and subsequently reviewed and suggested
modifications to the city’s plans for the work.
The university has now been notified that its prorated share of costs to
do this work is estimated to be $11,600. In view of the mutual benefit
derived from the project, it is recommended that this cost-sharing be
approved, with payment to be made from the Land Acquisitions
Reserve Account.
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: That the university participation in costs to
improve Taylor Avenue, as explained above, be approved.
Along with the purchase of a 120-acre tract of land (June 1977) at
Aberdeen for the potato research program, the university acquired 160
shares of water rights. With the Installation of a well and sprinkler
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system for the irrigation of this land, the university has no use for the
surface water delivered by the canal company, however, it is the
opinion of the university that we should maintain, as a backup, one (1)
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share of water rights for each acre of land. Consequently, we have an
extra 40 shares of water, and wish to sell such to the highest
responsive bidder. The assessment for these shares is
$5.00/share/year, therefore, the savings in operating costs per year
would be $200. The amount that will be received from the sale is
difficult to determine, since a great deal depends upon the anticipated
supply of water available for this coming crop year, but it is estimated
that possibly about $35 per share will be realized. However, even if the
amount offered is very minimal, the university would still be saving
$200 per year assessment charges. Proceeds for the sale will be
deposited into the Local Station Fund for the support of the Agricultural
Research budget.
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: That the university be authorized to sell forty
(40) water rights shares as described above to the highest responsive
bidder.
M/S Hoopes/Hay: That the updated “Faculty-Staff Handbook” be
approved with the understanding that the revisions to personnel
policies (concerning appointment, employment status, reduction in
force, employment preference, and review) will be incorporated after
APA procedures are completed and the board has given them final
approval, and that the president and other appropriated university
officials will continue to correct the handbook and keep it up to date in
accordance with board actions and delegations of authority. (The last
General Updating of
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Faculty-Staff Handbook general updating was approved by board actions at its meeting of
October 3, 1974. The title has been changed from “University
Handbook” to “Faculty-Staff Handbook.”)
Each regent has been furnished a copy of the handbook and three
copies have been forwarded to the Office of the State Board of
Education. Copies are also available for inspection on campus in the
President’s Office, Office of Academic Affairs, and Office of Financial
Affairs.
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The Gault Hall cafeteria was closed last fall upon the completion of the
remodeled Wallace cafeteria. Due to the closure of this cafeteria, the
university now has various kitchen/dining equipment surplus to our
needs. Since the total value of the items exceeds $5,000, regents
approval is requested to sell the surplus equipment. The procedure to
be followed in the sale will be (2) receive bids from university
departments, fraternities, and sororities that wish to purchase items of
equipment, and accept all reasonable bids on a highest bid basis; (b)
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remaining equipment will be publicly advertised for sale requesting
Equipment
sealed bids (the items will be sold to the highest reasonable bidders);
(c) if any equipment remains unsold it will be put up for sale at a public
auction along with other university surplus property this spring; and (d)
if equipment still remains unsold, such items will then be donated to
nonprofit organizations needing the equipment.
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: That the sale of equipment as described above
be approved.
Re: Regents minutes, December 5, 1974, page 107
The above referenced action accepted the Virginia Mowry Bequest and
directed this university’s administration to develop criteria for awarding
the scholarship and submit it to the regents for approval when the
bequest distributed is actually received.
The distribution, which amounted to $203,287.18 was received on
March 14, 1979, and will be held as a perpetual endowment. The
annual investment income earned by the endowment will be used to
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Virginia Mowry Bequest
provide Virginia Mowry Scholarships to assist deserving and needy
students, graduate or undergraduate, in any department or college at
the University of Idaho who without such assistance might not be able
to complete their college level studies.
Specific criteria for awarding the scholarships would be as follows:
The recipient must be a student at the University of Idaho and—
1. Be a degree candidate.
2. Be enrolled as a fulltime student.
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3. Have demonstrated financial need.
4. Have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0
Recipients will be selected by the university’s Student Financial Aid
Committee.
The amount of each award will be determined by the Student Financial
Aid committee.
It is recommended that the endowment be invested in the University of
Idaho Consolidated Investment Trust and that the annual investment
income be used to award scholarships in accordance with the criteria
set forth above.
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: That the recommendation in the paragraph
immediately above be approved.
Re: Regents minutes, June 3, 1971, page 107, Regents minutes,
February 1-2, 1973, page 67, Regents minutes, April 6, 1973, page 109
The above referenced action resulted in the regents accepting a trust
agreement which provided for the eventual establishment of the Boyd
Archer Martin and Grace C.S. Martin Institute of Human Behavior at the
University of Idaho.
Dr. and Mrs. Martin have rescinded the aforementioned trust
agreement and in its place have prepared a new trust agreement which
provides for the eventual creation of a charitable remainder unitrust,
Boyd Archer and Grace
and designates the Regents of the University of Idaho as trustee for
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C.S. Martin Institute of
the unitrust. A copy of the portion of the trust agreement which
Human Behavior
pertains to the unitrust is attached as Exhibit C.
In addition to the trust agreement, Dr. and Mrs. Martin have prepared
an institute agreement, which establishes the Boyd and Grace Martin
Institute of Human Behavior as an endowment at the University of
Idaho and sets forth the terms and conditions for the administration
and management of the Boyd and Grace Martin Institute of Human
Behavior. A copy of the Institute agreement is attached as Exhibit D.
It is recommended that the regents agree to act as trustee for the
unitrust and that the institute agreement be accepted and approved. It
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for FY1980
is further recommended that the president and secretary of the regents
be authorized to execute the trust agreement and Institute agreement
on behalf of the University of Idaho.
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: That the recommendations in the paragraph
immediately above be approved.
It is requested that the following increases in the uniform student fee
be approved, effective with the beginning of the 1979 fall semester.
Furthermore, it is requested that the following increases in student
housing and food service charges be approved, effective with the
beginning of the 1979 fall semester.
None of the above increases in uniform student fees or student housing
and food service charges provides any revenue for the General
Education Budget of the university nor are they intended to offset
reductions in the General Education Budget.
To address the increase in Miscellaneous Receipts income components
of the General Education appropriation for colleges and universities, it
is requested that the nonresident student fees be increased by $100
per semester ($5.00 per credit hour for part-time students) for all full4/5/79
time students not declared residents of the State of Idaho for purposes
of paying uniform student fees: plus an additional $50 per semester
($2.00 per credit hour for part-time students) for all nonresident
students who are not citizens of the United States.
It is also the apparent intent of the legislature that the WAMI student
tuition be increased from $1,029 to $1,529 per year and the WOI
veterinary medicine student fee be increased from $1,029 to $1,429
per year.
More detailed explanation of the above requested changes in student
fees and student housing/food service charges is presented in Exhibit
G.
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: That the following increase in student fees for
the University of Idaho be approved:
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Nonresident Tuition
Waivers for Women's
Athletics Program
Medical Insurance for
University Employees
1. Increase in student housing and foods service charges as noted
above.
It is requested that the number of nonresident tuition waivers for
women’s athletics program be increased from 28 to 50, effective with
the 1979 fall semester. The increase in waivers would allow the
women’s program to be on any equitable waiver basis with the men’s
program, complying with the intent of Title IX. With the increase, the
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following allocation of waivers would be made to the several women’s
programs.
M/S Hoopes/Miller: That the University of Idaho be authorized to grant
a maximum of 50 nonresident tuition waivers for the women’s athletics
program.
Re: Regents minutes, July 1978, pages 64-65
Authorization is requested to renew the university’s employee medical
insurance contract for the period May 1, 1979 through April 30, 1980.
Experience during the past year has been very good. We have been
advised by the carrier, New England Life Insurance Company, that
absent any changes in benefits, not premium increase would be needed
next year.
The present maternity benefit is $300. To comply with the 1978
Amendments to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, it is necessary that insurance
reimbursements for pregnancy related expenses be paid on the same
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basis as other medical expenses, i.e. 80% of actual cost less $100
annual deductible for out-patient office calls.
Approximately 65% of the cost of implementing this change can be
absorbed from the premium stabilization reserve.
Anticipated monthly insurance costs for employees and various
categories of dependents are shown below. The university pays the
premium for employees; employees pay the premium to insure their
dependents.
The net impact on the UI General Education budget is expected to be
approximately $3,500. Provision has been made to cover this cost; any
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shortfall could be covered by dividend reserves.
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: That the university be authorized to renew its
present employee medical insurance contract as explained above.
The Park Village married student apartment buildings now receive
steam heat from the university’s central heating plant. The poor
condition of the steam transmission system causes expansive
maintenance, ineffective energy usage, and problems due to heating
shut downs during cold weather when repair work is required.
Replacement of existing underground steam lines to these buildings is
estimated to cost about $166,850. Installation of individual heating
units in each of the eight buildings would cost about $35,000. This
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alternative is recommended because it is not only less expensive than
Village Apartments
replacement of the present system, but also would be more efficient in
providing heat to each of the 64 apartments. The university would
purchase the equipment and the university personnel could install the
units. Authorization is, therefore, requested to proceed to purchase the
required equipment and install eight heating units in the Park Village
apartments, using Park Village bonds and repair and replacement
reserve funds to finance the project.
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: That the above described project be authorized.
Authorization is requested to retain the firm of Architectural Workshop,
a Moscow firm, as the architects to develop plans and specifications to
enclose the ground floor of the College of Mines Building. The present
building was constructed in 1961 as a cooperative funding venture
Appointment of an
between the state and the mining industry. Due to insufficient funding
Architect to Develop
Plans and Specifications at that time, the ground floor was not finished, and left open during
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for Modifications to the further expansion. The Engineering Council for Professional
Development during a review mandated that the university “show
College of Mines
cause” by June 1980 that in-house laboratory facilities for the
Building
geological engineering program will be provided for accreditation of the
program. Therefore, the College of Mines and Earth Resources has
initiated a fund raising program from industry to finance the enclosure
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Residency
Classification- Kimberly
J. Dickey
APA Procedures for
Proposed FY1980
Student Fee Increase
of the ground floor area providing laboratory facilities for the Geological
Engineering program.
The university has received a gift from industry which will be used to
pay the architect’s fee which is estimated at $10,525. If the fund
raising program is successful, the university will then present to the
regents the plans/specifications and proposed financing in requesting
authorization to proceed with the project.
M/S Hoopes/Alford: That the bursar be authorized to contract with the
firm of Architectural Workshop to develop plans and specifications for
the project as outlined above.
A residency appeal has been received from Ms. Kimberly J. Dickey,
whose current address is Box 288, Central College, Pella, Iowa 95219.
The Admissions Office and the Residence Review Committee have both
determined that Ms. Dickey must be classified as a non-resident.
President Gibb has reviewed information relative to the request and
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supports the decision of the Admissions Office and that of the
Residence Review Committee. Ms. Dickey now wishes to appeal her
residency classification to the State Board of Education. Her letter to
appeal and supporting documents are at Exhibit I.
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: that the request of Ms. Kimberly Dickey to be
classified as a resident be disallowed.
Re: Agenda item 4.71, April 1979
M/S Hoopes/Swartley: That the University of Idaho be authorized to
proceed with notice requirements of Section 67-5203 (c), Idaho Code,
for the proposed amendments to the student fee schedule effective
with the 1979 fall semester, excluding item #4 in Exhibit J. A copy of
the proposed amendments and statement of purpose for review under 4/5/79
Administrative Procedure Act is included as Exhibit J to this
supplemental agenda. Final action is anticipated at the May 10-11,
1979 Regents meeting. The public notice will include an invention to
interested persons to submit oral or written testimony at the public
hearing to be held at that meeting.
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Student Fee Increases
for FY1980
The university submitted to the Board of Regents for consideration, at
the April meeting, increases in University of Idaho student fees for
FY1980. The various proposed increases are summarized below:
(1) Athletic Fee Increase: Current- $30.00/semester; Proposed$45.50/semester
This additional income, estimated at $186,000 during FY80, is intended
to bring the support of women’s athletic program up to an equitable
support level to the men’s program. Following the intent and objectives
of federal Title IX legislation, the University of Idaho is defining equity
of support for the men’s and women’s athletic programs as equal
support per participant from the total of general education dollars,
student athletic fees and Vandal Booster contributions. The funds
generated by gate receipts, game guarantees and shared conference
FY receipts may be shared within the total athletic program after
coverage of the expenses of the individual sport that generated the
income. This additional income will be used to provide additional
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support for the women’s program in areas of athletic scholarships,
team and staff travel, operation expenses, equipment and coaches.
(2) Intramurals/Recreation Fee Increase: Current- $2.50/semester;
Proposed- $4.50/semester
Currently the intramurals/recreation program is supported by the
General Education budget for the director’s salary and by the student
fee for intramural officials and game supervisors and for equipment.
Recently responsibility for supervising the several recreational facilities
such as the Swim Center, Women’s Gym and Memorial Gym (including
the newly-remodeled weight room) have been added to this program.
The anticipated additional income of $24,000 during FY80 will provide a
fulltime assistant secretary, two graduate assistants to help coordinate
intramural programs, and supervision for the several facilities
mentioned above.
(3) Student ID Card Increase
Present equipment to produce student identification cards is old,
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requires high maintenance costs and is becoming unreliable. The
additional income from this fee increase (estimated at $6,000 during
FY80) will permit implementation of a more modern and controllable ID
Card system whereby one card can be used for ID purposes, for
obtaining services, and for obtaining meals in the cafeteria. Funds will
be used to purchase cards and obtain and install card readers in the
areas where students have service entitlements (library, athletic events,
health services, swimming pool, etc.). It is possible this fee increase
can be reduced or eliminated after approximately three years when all
equipment is installed and the system is fully operational.
(4) WAMI Regional Medical Program Tuition: Current- $1,029/year;
Proposed- $1,529/year
WOI Veterinary Medicine Tuition: Current- $1,029/year; Proposed$1,429/year
Both WAMI and WOI tuition increases reflect legislative intent as
discussed by the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee and
acted on by the Legislature by approval of appropriations measures for
both of these programs.
In compliance with regents instruction, recommendations for increases
in nonresident and foreign student tuition have been deleted from the
previously submitted proposal and will be separately considered by the
Board.
Notice to the public and to the Legislative Council concerning fees
subject to Administrative Procedure Act review requirement have been
issued as reported on the State Board of Education Rulemaking
Procedures Compliance Form, separately filed with that office.
Pursuant to public notice, the Board convened a public hearing at 11:45
a.m. to accept oral testimony regarding the University of Idaho Student
Fee Increases for FY1980. The following person testified: Richard D.
Gibb, President, University of Idaho.
There being no further testimony, the Board closed the hearing at
11:50 a.m.
M/S Hymas/Miller: That the following increases in student fees for the
University of Idaho be approved:
1. Increase the uniform student fee $18 per semester from $19 per
semester to $237 per semester.
2. Increase the WAMI tuition $500 per year from $1,029 per year to
$1,529.
3. Increase WOI veterinary medicine tuition $400 per year from $1,029
per year to $1,429.
Regents approval is recommended for a proposal submitted by the
Vandal Boosters that the person now employed by that organization as
a fund raiser for men’s and women’s athletics at the University of Idaho
be appointed as a regular university employee on an annual contract.
Under an agreement, included as Exhibit E, Vandal Boosters would
agree to reimburse the University for the full expenses incurred as a
result of hiring said fund raiser, to include salary, fringe benefits,
secretarial wages and other support expenses. Continuation of
Agreement with Vandal
employment would be contingent upon renewal of the support
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Boosters for Support of
agreement. The annual renewal date has been fixed in advance of the
Athletic Fund Raiser
final date for exempt employee notice of non-reappointment.
The Vandal Boosters have recommended this arrangement to facilitate
inter-action and coordination of the fund raiser with the athletic
department. The university administration concurs with the
recommendation and believes that regular employment status would
enhance the fund raising effort.
M/S Hymas/Miller: That the agreement for support of the Vandal
Boosters Athletic Fund raiser be approved.
Bids were received on April 4, 1979, from KRPL, Inc. Moscow and KAIN
Radio, Nampa for the exclusive rights to be the originating radio station
Commercial Radio
for the broadcast of University of Idaho football during the period 1
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Broadcast Rights for
July, 1979 through 30 June 1980. The bids included a payment to the
Football
university of the broadcast rights of $102 from KRPL, Inc, and $101
from KAIN Radio. The two proposals provided comparable coverage
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Assignment of
Defaulted National
Direct Student Loans
throughout the state, and the programming arrangements as presented
by both stations were very satisfactory. The university recommends
that the bid from KRPL, Inc be accepted.
M/S Hymas/Alford: That the 1979-80 contract for commercial radio
broadcast rights for football be awarded to KRPL, Inc.
Recent procedural changes have been made by Secretary Joseph A.
Califano, Jr. of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare with
respect to defaults in the National Direct Student Loan Program. These
changes include a provision whereby defaulted loans can be assigned
to the US Office of Education for collection during the next year and
such loans will be deducted from an institution’s calculated default rate.
However, any subsequent recovery of these loans by the federal
government will not be returned to the institution making such
assignment. The University of Idaho currently has a default rate of
7.1% as compared to 17.7% nationally.
The University of Idaho currently has 61 defaulted uncollectible loans,
representing $38,333.23 in outstanding principal. These loans have
accumulated since the inception of the program in 1959 and each has
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been through the complete internal collection process as well as
assignment to outstanding collection agencies. The debtors either
cannot be located or have insufficient assets to warrant court action
and further collection efforts are not feasible. Since the inception of the
program, the university has loaned $7,558,975 to students under this
program.
It is the university’s desire to assign the above referenced $38,333.23
of defaulted loans to the federal government for collection and further
reduce the default rate. Since 10% ($3,833.32) of the referenced
defaulted loans represent the university’s contribution to the program,
regents approval is hereby sough to assign these loans to the federal
government for collection.
A letter will be sent to each affected person, notifying that person of
the intent of the university and providing one final opportunity for
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Salary
Recommendations for
FY1980
Resurfacing the
Alterations to the
Outdoor Track
clearing the debt.
M/S Hymas/Hay: That the bursar be authorized to assign $38,333.23 of
defaulted principal of National Direct Student Loans to the federal
government for collection.
Recommendations for salaries for faculty and other exempt employees
for the fiscal year which begins July 1, 1979, will be mailed to the
regents about May 1, 1979. Those recommendations will be in
compliance with regents instructions and funding allocations. Salary
changes for classified employees will be in accordance with pay scales 5/10/79
established by the Idaho Personnel Commission and will not be listed in
the document provided to the regents.
M/S Hymas/Miller: That the salary recommendations for faculty and
other exempt employees be approved.
The University of Idaho was scheduled to host the Big Sky Conference
track meet in May 1979. The university had to request that the meet be
held at another institution because the outdoor track surface was in
poor condition and the track had not been converted to a metric track
of 400 meters. The track surface is not only undesirable for the Big Sky
meets, but also is not satisfactory to hold any such track meets at the
university. The track, which is a rubberized asphalt surface, has been
used for about seven year. The live expectancy of such an asphalt
surface in providing an adequate surface is five years.
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It is proposed that the asphalt surface be replaced with a synthetic
polyurethane material at an estimated cost of $130,000 which includes
the cost of converting to a metric track. The synthetic surface will
initially cost more than an asphalt surface; however, upon studying the
long-term cost of the two types of surfaces, it has been determined
that over a twenty year period the synthetic material total cost would
be about the same cost as asphalt. The cost analysis indicated that the
life expectancy of the two types of surfaces, as to providing an
adequate running surface was five years for asphalt versus twenty
years for the synthetic, with only a thin top layer applications on lanes
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#1 and #2 being required in nine to ten years. With the long-range
cost of the two systems being about equal, the advantages of a
synthetic system were reviewed, which convinced the university that
the synthetic track would be the best surface. Some of the advantages
of the synthetic track are (1) the texture (hard/soft) of the material
does not changes dramatically due to warm or cold weather (with
weather conditions in Moscow, the asphalt surface is continually hard
during the time of year the track is heavily used); (2) water will drain
through the synthetic surface, whereas the water puddles on asphalt,
requiring sweeping before the track can be used after rain; (3) the
resilience to the runner’s legs is excellent, therefore helping to prevent
physical problems to knees, ankles and the cause of “shin splints”; (4)
the surface does not absorb the heat in the warm weather, helping to
eliminate heat blisters on the runners’ feet; (5) we have communicated
with various track coaches and all agree that a synthetic surface is a
much superior running surface; and (6) although not all great
importance, the appearance is much more desirable.
M/S Hymas/Swartley: That the university be authorized to expend up to
the maximum amount of $130,000 from Athletic Facilities maintenance
reserves to resurface the outdoor track surface.
The university is in need of a preliminary design study and cost
estimates for the required modifications to increase the capacity of the
makeup boiler feed water system at the central heating plant.
During the cold spell last winger, the heating plant generated an
average of 65,000 pounds of steam per hour. Because of temperature
Appointment of
Engineering Consultant and wind conditions, steam demand exceed the available capacity of
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the plant on December 29, and December 30, 1978. The reason the
Firm- For Information
demand exceed the capacity was the lack of makeup boiler feed water.
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This is the result of insufficient water treatment equipment. On those
two days that the demand exceeded the capacity of the plant it became
necessary to reduce the distribution pressure to match the available
makeup water. This resulted in freezing the steam coils in four
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university buildings.
The consulting engineering firm of Boullion, Christofferson and Schairer
has done all the design work on the university’s heating plant for many
years and they are acquitted with the entire system. This firm was
engaged on a time-and-material basis, not to exceed a fee of $5,000 to
make a preliminary design study and cost estimates for the required
modifications to increase the makeup water capacity. Funds for this will
be obtained through the appropriated plant outlay budget.
Due to limited availability of the consulting engineers in the time period
so that this project would be taken into consideration during the
allocation process for the FY1980 operating budget, it was necessary to
seek immediate authorization for the contract. Therefore, the university
requested and obtained the approval to proceed with the appointment
of the engineers consultant firm from the chairman of the university
executive committee through the Executive Director of the State Board
of Education with the understanding that the Board of Regents will be
advised on this action at the next regularly scheduled meeting.
The university campus parking lot regulations are reviewed each year
for the purpose of making changes or improvements to the program,
and to make any editorial changes which experience has shown are
needed to clarify. Regents approval will be requested at the June 1979
meeting of the revised regulations to be effective August 28, 1979. A
copy of the regulations showing proposed changes, together with a
statement summarizing the significant changes, is included at Exhibit G.
Approval of Campus
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Notice of intent to request renewal at the next regularly scheduled
Parking Lot Regulations
meeting is hereby given pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.
It is further recommended that, in addition to the formal hearing to be
held at the June Board meeting, an additional hearing be conducted on
campus by the university to allow interested students a convenient
forum for comment. It will be necessary for the board to appoint a
hearing officer.
M/S Hymas/Miller: That the University of Idaho be authorized to
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Implementation Plan
for Financial Exigency,
Agricultural Research
and Cooperative
Extension Service
Sale of Timber from
University Forest
proceed with notice requirement of Section 67-5203 (c) Idaho Code for
the proposed amendments to the campus parking regulations effective
August 28, 1979. Final action is anticipated at the June 21-22 regents
meeting at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Public hearings will be scheduled at
the University and at the June Board meeting; public notices will
include an invitation to interested persons to submit oral or written
testimony at either public hearing. The regents hereby appoint
Institutional Services Director Jack Brunton as hearing officer for the
hearing to be held on the university campus.
At the April 17, 1979, meeting of the Board of Regents, a resolution
was passed which declared that the Agricultural Research and
Cooperative Extension Service programs will be in a state of financial
exigency in fiscal year 1980. As instructed in the resolution, the
university will be bringing to the regents meeting on May 10, 1979 a
recommended program for implementation of the financial exigency. It
is understood that the Board will not consider the university’s
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recommended program until the June 21-22, 1979, meeting in Coeur
d’Alene.
M/S Alford/Miller: To receive the program to implement the declaration
of financial exigency for Agricultural Research and Cooperative
Extension as submitted by President Richard D. Gibb to President J.
Clint Hoopes, dated May 9, 1979 final action on the proposal will be
taken at the June 21-22, 1979 meeting of the State Board of Education.
Re: Regents minutes for July 6, 1972, p. 32
The reference approved the establishment of a local service account for
the maintenance and improvement of the University Experimental
Forest, with funds being deposited into that account from the sale of
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timber from salvage and harvest cuts. Bids are being solicited and will
be opened May 25, 1979, for the sale of approximately 1.1 million
board feet of saw timber, 300,000 board feet of pulp, and 22,000
board feet of peelers. Authorization is now requested for the bursar to
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contract with the high bidder or bidders for these sales.
M/S Hymas/Evans: That the above request be approved.
Regents approval of reorganizations of an institution’s administrative
structure is required by subsection 801.1 of the Board’s Policy Manual
for Higher Education Institutions. The last such approval of the
administrative organization of the University of Idaho was granted in
October 1977.
Approval of the organization chart at Exhibit B is now requested. This
Revised Administrative chart lists the officers that report directly to the president, the vice
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president, or the executive assistant to the president. The position of
Organization Chart
vice president and administrative services is no longer shown and the
student-services area formerly listed under that vice president are now
listed under the executive assistant to the president/coordinator of
student services.
M/S Swartley/Miller: That the administrative organization of the
University of Idaho, shown in Exhibit B, as explained, be approved.
Approval is requested for the addition of the following two sentences
to the requirements for admission by examination (paragraph 3-b on
page 18 of the 1978-79 general catalog):
“To assist in this evaluation, applicants must submit, along with the UI
application for admission, three letters of evaluation from counselors,
teachers or other educational authorities who can attest to the
Addition to Admission
applicants academic potential. As this is a special admission procedure, 6/21-22/79
Requirements
the applicant, if admitted will be required to attend preacademic
planning within a specified office or program to be state in a hearing of
acceptance.”
M/S Swartley/Hymas: That the catalog change shown above be
approved, effective immediately. (This recommendation was approved
by the university faculty at the meeting of May 1, 1979.)
Revised Regulation on
M/S Swartley/Hymas: That the revised regulation on field trips and
Field Trips and Official
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official student travel, as shown in Exhibit D, be approved, effective
Student Travel
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immediately. (This recommendation was approved by the university
faulty at the meeting of May 1, 1979.)
Edwin W. Hall, a lifelong resident of the Wallace, Idaho area bequeath
a portion of his estate to the University of Idaho to be held in trust in a
fund to be known as “The Florence M. Hall and Edwin W. Hall
Scholarship Fund.”
The principal of the trust is to be invested and managed as directed by
the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho. Income earned by the
trust shall be used to assist young men and young women to attend
the University of Idaho by means of scholarships, gifts, loans and/or
other appropriate means. Such assistance is however restricted to
young men and women residing within the confines and boundaries of
Wallace School District No 393 or Mullan School District No. 392, both
of which are located in Shoshone County, Idaho.
Mr. Hall appointed three people to serve as a Board of Advisors to the
university regarding the maintenance, operation and award procedures
for the scholarship fund, when vacancies occur, the Board of Regents
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Edwin W. Hall Bequest
are authorized to appoint a citizen of their choice, who resides in the
geographical area specified in the above paragraph, to the advisory
board. The advisors named by Mr. Hall are Archie Hulsizer, Harry F.
Magnuson and Richard G. Magnus.
Twenty-five thousand dollars has already be distributed to the
university and an additional six to seven thousand dollars is expected to
when the estate is legally settled.
It is recommended that the bequest be accepted and that the
university’s financial vice president and its director of student financial
aid work with the aforementioned Board of Advisors to develop the
criteria and guidelines for administering the scholarship. It is also
recommended that the principal of the fund be invested in the
University of Idaho’s Consolidated Investment Trust.
M/S Miller/Hymas: That the recommendations in the paragraph
immediately above be approved.
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Regents approval is recommended for the cooperative agreement with
the Whitman County Alcoholism Center at Exhibit G which has been
proposed by the Psychology Department as a means of providing field
counseling experience for graduate students preparing for human
services careers in the field of counseling. Students will be involved in a
Comparative
Agreement with Witman training program involving accepted therapeutic procedures; the
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program does not involve research nor the recruitment of experimental
County Alcoholism
subject. No new state obligation will be incurred by acceptance of this
Center
agreement, which is planned to continue indefinitely but which may be
terminated by their party upon the giving of 60 days written notice to
the other party.
M/S Swartely/Seppi: That the above agreement be approved.
The university requests authorization to accept donations to cover the
full construction costs and to proceed to build a potato storage facility
at the Aberdeen Research and Extension Center. A number of
contributors have agreed to donate sufficient funds and/or
materials/equipment to construct and equip the facility in accordance
with university specifications at an estimated value of $75,000. Staff of
the Aberdeen Research and Extension Center will coordinate the
construction. All labor costs involved in the construction will be paid
from donated funds. The university has recognized over the years the
Acceptance of
need for such a potato storage facility, but has been unable to finance
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Donations for a Potato
the construction through the appropriated Agricultural Research
Storage Facility
Budget. When the new facility is completed, it will release space in an
older facility which will be made available for use of ARS personnel
stationed at Aberdeen. It is anticipated that facility use charges to ARS
for this space will meet any increased costs for maintenance and
operation of the new facility. Therefore, it is requested that the
university be authorized to accept these donations of materials,
equipment and funds in assisting the research efforts of Idaho potato
production at the Aberdeen Research and Extension Center.
Detailed listing or information on the individual contributors has not
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been completely finalized or inclusion in this agenda item. However,
such information on each contribution and plans will be available at the
June Regents meeting for review upon request.
M/S Seppi/Hymas: That the university be authorized to accept
donations and to proceed to construct a potato storage facility as
described above.
The Idaho Wheat Growers through the Idaho Wheat Commission has
offered to construct a grain elevator for university use at the Tetonia
Research and Extension Center. It is the intent of the Wheat
Commission to assign ownership of the grain elevator to the University
of Idaho upon completion of construction. The value of the elevator to
be constructed by the Wheat Commission, in accordance with
university specifications, would be $110,000. The university has
Acceptance of a Grain recognized over the years the need to replace an old, inadequate
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Elevator from the Idaho building now being used for storage, but has been unable to finance
the construction through the appropriated Agricultural Research
Wheat Growers
Budget. Therefore, it is requested that the university be authorized to
accept this very generous offer from the Idaho Wheat Growers to
construct a grain elevator to further the research efforts in wheat
production at the Tetonia Research and Extension Center.
M/S Seppi/Hymas: That the university be authorized to accept the
Idaho Wheat Commission’s offer to construct a grain elevator as
described above.
Re: Regents minutes for April 1979, page 68
The above referenced regents action authorized by the university to
proceed to purchase equipment and install eight heating units in the
Park Village Apartments at an estimated cost of about $35,000. Upon
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receiving the bids for the equipment, and with some necessary
Village Apartments
alterations of the original design, the total cost of the project now will
be about $48,500. This revised cost estimate, although considerable
higher than was planned, is still much less expensive than replacement
of the present system which would cost about $166,850. In addition, it
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Parking Lot
Improvements
Compensation in
Addition to Certified
Salary
will be more efficient in providing adequate heat to each of the 64
apartments. The heating system for these apartments is in very poor
condition and it is highly desirable to replace it before the 1979 fall
semester starts. Therefore, regents authorization is requested to
proceed with the project at the revised estimated cost of $48,500.
There are sufficient funds in the Park Village bonds and repair and
replacement reserve to finance this cost overrun.
M/S Swartley/Alford: That the revised budget of $48,500 to install new
heating units in the Park Village Apartments be approved.
Re: Regents minutes of March 1979, page 50
The reference authorized the university to seek bids for parking lot
improvement projects this summer with an estimated cost of $38,000.
One bid was received from United Paving, Inc. in the amount of
$49,800. The university’s estimate of $38,000 was made in January
1979; the tremendous cost increase in oil base products since that
time, therefore, has caused this project bid to exceed the estimated
cost by $11,800. There will be sufficient funds available from parking
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charges to cover the bid cost of $49,800, with the net effect of less
parking lot improvement work being done next summer. If the
university rejects this bid and goes out for bids again, it will probably
only result in a higher cost. Therefore, it is recommended that the
university be authorized to sign a contract with United Paving, Inc., to
accomplish the proposed parking lot improvements.
M/S Swartley/Alford: That the bursar be authorized to sign a contract
with United Paving, Inc., in the amount of $49,800.
M/S Swartley/Hymas: That the payment in addition to certified salary
be made to George L. McCurry, Construction Foreman, for excessive
overtime accumulated during the unusually severe winter in snow
removal supervision. Mr. McCurry is an exempt classified employee at a 6/21-22/79
pay grade 23D; therefore, regents approval is necessary for the
payment of overtime. An emergency does exist in that the university
would not be able to accomplish required repairs and maintenance
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Construction of a
Pesticide Storage
Building
Remodeling WorkCollege of Forestry,
work this spring and summer if Mr. McCurry were allowed
compensatory time off for all of his overtime hours. He has
accumulated 38 hours at $7.29 per hour for a total payment of $277.02
and 38 hours which has been taken in compensatory time off.
Authorization is requested to construct a pesticide storage building at a
maximum cost of $50,000. The source of funds will be form the FY1979
capital outlay allocation in the Agricultural Research operating budget.
The increased public awareness of the possible hazard to personal and
environmental safety has led to additional state and federal regulations
concerning the safe storage and disposal of agricultural pesticides
chemicals. On the Moscow campus, the present storage methods of
pesticide chemicals required for the research being conducted by the
Agricultural Experiment Station have been determined not in
compliance with these additional regulations.
A pesticide storage building has been designed to meet the present
state and federal regulations and provide a central storage location for
the major portion of the agricultural pesticide chemicals held on the
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Moscow campus. The central storage location will increase the
efficiency of the required record keeping and inventory control as well
as provide additional safety for university personnel and the public.
The proposed building is a concrete structure 24 feet wide by 32 feet
long and includes heating and ventilating equipment to provide a
storage environment within the building as recommended by the
chemical manufacturers. The building has four rooms, three for the
storage of the different classes of pesticides, and a preparation room
where the chemicals may be transferred from the storage containers to
containers suitable for field use.
M/S Seppi/Hymas: That the university be authorized to expend up to
the maximum amount of $50,000 from the Agricultural Research
budget to construct a pesticide storage building as described above.
Authorization is requested to perform remodeling work in the College
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of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences building at the estimated costs
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Wildlife, and Range
Sciences
of $18,000. The work to be done is in room no. 22, to allow the
consolidation of several working areas into one functional unit,
including the word processing center, editorial staff, copying services
and mailroom activities. These particular operating units all must work
together on a regular basis, but are currently located in different areas
of the building. The remodeling of this room is designated to make
these operational units more efficient and at the same time convert the
areas now occupied into instructional and research use. Funds in the
amount of $18,000 are available in the University Experimental Forest
account, and the work will be done by the university physical plant.
M/S Seppi/Hymas: That the university be authorized to proceed with
the remodeling work as described above.
Re: Regents minutes for May 1979
Proposed changes to the University of Idaho Campus Parking Lot
Regulations, to be effective August 28, 1979, were presented to the
regents at their regular meeting in May, 1979. The board was notified
that formal approval of the revised regulations would be requested at
the regular June meeting. To ensure a convenient forum for comment
by students and other interested persons in the university and the
community, the regents authorized an additional public hearing which
was conducted at the university on May 15, 1979, have been forwarded
Notice of Policy and
to the Board office.
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Rulemaking- Campus
Notice to the public and to the Legislative Council concerning
Parking Lot Regulations
amendments to these regulations, as required by the Administrative
Procedure Act, have been issued as reporting on the State Board of
Education Rule-making Procedures Compliance Form, separately filed
with that office. In addition, minutes of the supplementary hearing held
on May 15, 1979, have been forwarded to that office.
A copy of the revised regulations, together with a summary of changes
and a statement of purpose, is included at Exhibit I. Changes in
proposed revisions which have now been made as a result of
comments submitted at the May 15, 1979, public hearing are indicated.
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These are (1) deletion of the recommendation to reimpose the $30
charge for handicapped parking decals, and (2) including the statement
of use of parking revenues under the “Administration” section rather
than under the section dealing with the purpose of regulations.
Pursuant to public notice, the Board convened a public hearing at the
Career Development Center of Hedlund Vocational/Education Center,
North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, at 11:15 a.m., Friday, June
22, 1979, to hear testimony regarding proposed amendments to
Campus Parking Lot Regulations. The following person testified:
Richard D. Gibb. At 11:19 a.m., there being no further testimony, the
Board closed the public hearing.
M/S Swartley/Hay: To approve the amendments to Campus Parking Lot
Regulations. The amendments will become effective August 18, 1979. A
copy of all written testimony, a record of oral testimony, and all other
records pertaining to adoption of these amendments will be placed on
file at the Office of the State Board of Education.
Acceptance for Transfer
M/S Hay/Alford: That the courses taught by the College of St. Gertrude
of Credit for Courses
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Taught by College of St.
as indicated in the listing in Exhibit J.
Gertrude
The University currently utilizes a billing procedure to collect
delinquent parking citation charges and travel advances from
employees. Because of the large number of accounts that have fallen
into the delinquent category, the time and effort of maintaining such
Payroll Deductions for
records as become significant.
Overdue Parking
To help resolve this situation, it is the university’s request to
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Citation Charges and
incorporate a payroll deduction authorization on parking permit
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applications and travel advance requests. These procedures are
Returned
currently in operation at the other universities in the state. Such
authorization would be worded as follows:
Parking Permit Applications- “I have read the UI Campus Traffic and
Parking Regulations, and I hereby authorize the Bursar of the
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University of Idaho to make a payroll deduction for any traffic or
parking violation fees that are delinquent, not under appeal, and for
which the appeal time has elapsed.”
Travel Advances- “It is understood that the travel advance I have
requested and received for this travel requisition, from the Bursar, will
be repaid upon filing a properly completed travel claim or by a
deduction from my payroll check.
A travel claim supported by receipts must be filed within 15 days after
return from a trip. If not I hereby authorized the University of Idaho to
make a payroll deduction for the amount of this advance.”
Payroll deductions would be made only after notice and an opportunity
to be heard is afforded to the employee.
Regents approval is hereby requested to implement this policy effective
July 1, 1979.
M/S Hymas/Seppi: That the Bursar be authorized to implement the
above payroll deduction procedures.
The Board convened a public hearing at 9:05 a.m. to hear oral
testimony and accept written testimony on the “Approval of
Implementation Plan for Financial Exigency for Agricultural Research
and Cooperative Extension Service.”
A copy of all written testimony, and a record of oral testimony, and all
other records pertaining to the aforementioned item are on file as
Approval of
Implementation Plan for permanent exhibits in the Office of the State Board of Education.
There being no further testimony, the Board closed the public hearing
Financial Exigency for
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at 10:20 a.m.
Agricultural Research
and Cooperative
At the April 17, 1979 meeting of the Board of Regents, a resolution was
Extension Service
passed which declared that the Agricultural Research and Cooperative
Extension Service programs will be in a state of financial exigency in
fiscal year 1980. The resolution instructed the university to bring to the
May 10, 1979, meeting of the Board of Regents a program for
implementation of the financial exigency. That program was received
by the Board at the May 10 meeting for consideration at the June 21-
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22, 1979 meeting of the Regents. Copies of the implementation
program were distributed to members of the Board at the May 10
meeting.
M/S Seppi/Hay: That the program for implementation of the financial
exigency for Agricultural Research and Cooperative Extension Service
be approved. Mr. Miller voted no.
The University of Idaho requests the Board of Regents to submit for
consideration by the Governor and the 1980 Legislature, the
authorization to expend federal funds in the amount of $83,600 for
FY1970 and $250,000 for FY1981, in support of the reinstatement of
the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP).
In FY1980 state appropriations for the Cooperative Extension Service,
the federal funds supporting EFNEP were not included. The program
was thus discontinued by the university effective July 1, 1979.
Subsequently, several members of the Legislature have indicated a
desire to reevaluate the decision of the 1979 session with respect to
this program and have suggested that the Board of Regents submit the
Reinstatement of
program for consideration by the 1980 Legislature.
Expanded Food and
The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program is designed for
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Program in Cooperative low-income families to help them improve their diets through nutrition
education and to help them become better managers of their
Extension Service,
FY1981, Budget Request resources. The monies supporting the program are appropriated by
Congress to the US Department of Agriculture specifically for
conducting educational programs with low-income people in the 50
United States.
These funds have been allocated by formula to the 50 state
cooperative Extension Services for administration of this program within
each of the states. These funds carry no offset requirements;
therefore, it is not necessary to use state or local funds to support this
educational program. Restrictions on the funds are that not more than
30 percent of the total annual federal appropriation can be used for
professional and support costs, including the cost of 4-H professionals.
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Twenty percent of the total federal Expanded Food and Nutrition
Education funds are specifically earmarked for 4-H youth work in food
and nutrition programs.
This program was operated successfully for nine years in the State of
Idaho. During FY1979 40 half-time paraprofessional aides worked on a
one-to-one basis with families and youth. Aides were hired from the
local communities in which they lived. They were primarily from lowincome backgrounds. Through this employment many became selfsupporting and were taken off welfare rolls. These aides received
wages starting at the minimum wage and worked for not more than 20
hours per week.
During the nine years the program operated in Idaho more than 12,400
families and 19,500 youths benefited from the program. Twenty-five
percent of these persons were form minority groups. Two-thirds of the
families that took part in this program had an annual income of less
than $5,000. Primary emphasis was placed on young families.
The results of the program as shown by surveys indicated that
participants increased their use of agricultural products (especially milk
and vegetables), increased the quality of their diets, learned how to
stretch their food dollars and/or food stamps over the entire month,
and learned how to spend more on the food dollars for nutritious
foods.
If this request is approved, it is proposed that a professional nutritionist
be hired to coordinated the total program, design educational material,
and conduct training for paraprofessional aides who would work on a
one-to-one basis with disadvantaged people of the state. Overall
coordination of the program would be hired who would also take care
of the bookkeeping of this program. Twenty full-time equivalent
paraprofessional aides would be employed.
M/S Hymas/Seppi: That the Board request the Governor and the 1980
Legislature to authorize the College of Agriculture to expend $83,600 of
Land Gift from James
Spence for College of
Forestry
Compound Screening
Agreement- Dow
Chemical Company
federal funds in FY1980 and $250,000 of federal funds in FY1981 to
reinstate the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP).
Mr. James Spence of Anchorage, Alaska, has generously given
approximately 40 acres of land, located in Bonner County Idaho, to the
University of Idaho for the benefit of its College of Forestry, Wildlife,
and Range Sciences. Mr. Spence hopes the college will be able to use
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the property, which is primarily forest land, to benefit its teaching and
research programs. A copy of the Deed of Gift is attached as Exhibit E.
M/S Miller/Evans: That the Deed of Gift presented at Exhibit E be
accepted.
The university is currently negotiating an agreement with Dow
Chemical Company whereby the university could periodically select and
submit, for biological activity screening, lists of compounds developed
in university research projects. For compounds it wishes to screen and
which have been made available only to Dow, that company would
agree to assume the university cost of cataloging, packing, and
shipping.
Should Dow determine after screening that it has no further interest in
any compound, the university is free to publish or otherwise use the
results. On the other hand, if the company has a continuing interest in
the compound, the parties would make mutually suitable arrangements
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for further testing on a case by case basis.
The agreement recognizes that patent interest in any compound shall
be in the name of the inventor or the inventor’s contractual assignee.
In return for a royalty, the university would agree to grant to Dow a
time-limited exclusive marketing license, subject to any superior rights
of an external research funding agency. The term of the agreement
would be for one year, renewable by mutual consent of the parties.
In essence, the agreement provides a method for exploring
marketability of compounds developed in university research which can
be implemented at no cost to the university and which could
subsequently result in royalty income from any such compound which
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prove to have market value.
M/S Hymas/Seppi: that the university be authorized to enter into the
above-described Compound Screening Agreement with Dow Chemical.
Bids were requested to be submitted on or before October 10, 1979,
for exclusive commercial radio broadcast rights for Vandal Basketball
for the 1979-80 season. The only proposal was received form KRPL,
Commercial Broadcast
Inc., Moscow, in the amount of $50. The university recommends
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Rights for Basketball
acceptance of that bid.
M/S Hymas/Seppi: That the proposal submitted by KRPL, Inc. to
broadcast University of Idaho 1979-80 basketball games as accepted.
The university wishes authorization of change the name of the
Women’s Health Education Building to the Physical Education Building
so that the name is consistent with the functions performed in the
building. At the time this building was first occupied, the primary use
Renaming of University
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Physical Education
physical education, and recreation operations. The current name of the
Building
building implies that the building is used for activities of only one sex,
which is not a true description of the actual use of the building.
M/S Miller/Hay: That the Women’s Health Education Building be
renamed the Physical Education Building.
Statement of Purpose
Although less than one percent of university students register after the
10th day of classes, the present $15 late registration penalty has not
proved effective in encouraging those students to register at the proper
time. The reason for this becomes apparent upon comparing the late
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registration penalty with the deferred payment plan.
Late Registration Fee
Under the deferred payment plan, which has been established to
accommodate students who lack sufficient funds to pay full fees on
registration day, students may pay 40 percent down and the balance in
subsequent installments. A charge of $5, $10, or $15 is assessed
depending on the amount deferred.
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Because the penalty for registering late, on the other hand, is also $15
and a student registering late avoids the 40 percent down payment,
present procedures actually encourage late registration over deferred
registration. Occasionally, students have registered for the first
semester as late as December 15. This prolongs the registration
process unduly, distorts enrollment data which are reported to the
board in October, and delays even partial receipt of fees by the
University. An increase in the late registration fee is recommended to
remedy this potential for abuse.
Proposed Amendment
It is recommended that the university’s late registration fee be
increased from $15 to $50 effective with the spring 1980 semester.
M/S Miller/Swartley: That the University of Idaho be authorized to
proceed with notice requirements of Section 67-5203 (c) Idaho Code,
for the proposed amendment to the University of Idaho Student Fee
Schedule. The proposed amendment, together with a statement of
purpose, are stated above. Final action is anticipated at the January
1980 regents meeting. A public notice will include an invitation to
interested persons to submit oral or written testimony.
Following a 1970 recommendation by the Governor’s Statewide
Planning Committee for Vocational Rehabilitation Services that one of
the Idaho institutions of higher education established a program to
train rehabilitation personnel, the University of Idaho Rehabilitation
Memorandum of
Counselor Education program was established in 1974. A cooperative
Understanding with
agreement established between the University of Idaho, the Idaho
Washington State
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and the federal government
University,
Vocational/Rehabilitation initiated a professional graduate program at the university which has
produced 73 master’s degree rehabilitation counselors in the past five
Counseling Programyears.
For Information Only
Federal grant support has provided approximately $100,000 annually
for the support of this program. Planned reduction in the federal
support level was to have required a commitment of $25,000 in salary
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funds in fiscal year 1980 and would have required $50,000 in salary
fund in fiscal year 1981. Because of budgetary constraints, it is not
possible for the university to continue with the planned contribution of
salary funds.
A cooperative agreement has been worked out with Washington State
University which would permit the graduate program to continue to be
offered to students in this area on a cooperative basis between the two
institutions. Under that agreement, the program will be established at
Washington State University during the 1979-80 academic year, but will
continue to be administratively housed at the University of Idaho
College of Education. Courses will be taught by WSU faculty members
and by grant-supported UI faculty members.
During the first year, WSU will attempt to obtain an additional FTE to
be assigned to the rehabilitation counselor education program for 198081 at which time WSU will provide the equivalent of two FTE’s and
permit the total program in rehabilitation counseling to be offered at
WSU. In 1981-82 administration of the program will be transferred to
WSU College of Education which will then assume full responsibility for
the program and will provide required courses for licensure and degree
purposes. The cooperative relationship with the UI will continue in that
UI students enrolled in the UI’s Guidance Counseling program may
specialize in Rehabilitation Counseling via the courses taught on the
WSU campus. it will permit students who have now begun the program
at the University of Idaho to complete their studies, and will ensure
that a graduate vocational rehabilitation counseling program continues
to be available for Idaho students. This will comply with the directives
of the Governor’s Task Force at a significant reduction in expense to
the State of Idaho via the cooperative program arrangements.
The program is tentative and depends on provision for an additional
WSU FTE in Rehabilitation Counseling by 1980-81, as well as upon
continuing demand for specialists in this field in both Idaho and
Washington.
The University of Idaho Foundation, Inc., Annual Report for the year
ended June 30, 1979, is available and has been mailed to each member
of the Board of Regents and the Office of the State Board of Education.
University of Idaho
Foundation, Inc., Annual Total revenues generated by the Foundation for the benefit of the
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Report- For Information University of Idaho amounted to $1,656,944. A breakdown of that
amount by areas benefited follows: Endowment, Scholarships and
Only
Student Loans; University Colleges, Departments, and Organizations;
Foundation Projects and Activities.
The University of Idaho has encountered a problem because of the
wording of the late-registration entry in the academic calendar. That
entry is: “Last day to register without late fee.” If taken literally, a
student who is willing to pay the fee may register as late as the last
day of classes in a semester. The entry should simply state: “Last day
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to register.’ With this simplified wording, a student would have to
Registration Entry
petition for waiver of the requirement and pay the late fee.
M/S Solberg/Evans: That effective immediately the entry in the
academic calendar concerning the last day to register be changed to
read: “Last day to register.” (This change was approved by the
university faculty at the meeting of October 9, 1979.)
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