WASHBURN UNIVERSITY OF TOPEKA BOARD OF REGENTS EXECUTIVE SESSION May 18, 1994 ___________________________________________________________________________ _______________ I. Chairperson Ferrell called the meeting to order at 5:10 p.m. in the Cottonwood Room of the Memorial Union. Present were: Mr. Ferrell, Mrs. Parks, Mr. Felker, Mr. Roth and Mr. Heitz. It was moved and seconded to recess to Executive Session for a period not to exceed one hour for the purpose of discussing personnel matters and to reconvene in open session immediately following in the Cottonwood Room. Motion passed. The Board recessed to Executive Session at 5:11 p.m. Mr. Maag arrived at 5:15 p.m. Mr. Kimbrough arrived at 5:20 p.m. At 6:10 p.m. the Board reconvened in open session in the Cottonwood Room. It was moved and seconded to adjourn until 7:00 p.m. and to reconvene the Board meeting in the Kansas Room of the Memorial Union at that time. Motion passed. The Board recessed to the Lincoln Room for its pre-meeting dinner. _________________________________ Kenneth P. Hackler Secretary, Board of Regents WASHBURN UNIVERSITY OF TOPEKA BOARD OF REGENTS MINUTES May 18, 1994 ___________________________________________________________________________ _______________ I. Chairperson Ferrell called the Board to order at 7:10 p.m. in the Kansas Room of the Memorial Union. Present were: Mr. Ferrell, Mr. Felker, Mr. Heitz, Mr. Kimbrough, Mr. Maag, Mr. Montgomery, Mrs. Parks, and Mr. Roth. III. Approval of Minutes It was moved and seconded to approve the Amended Minutes of the Washburn University Board of Regents meeting of April 21, 1994 as circulated at the meeting. Motion passed unanimously. IV. New Business A. Items for 1994-95 Plan of Operations (Budget)/Salary Supplement It was moved and seconded to tentatively approve the 1994-95 Budget, including salary supplement, and items 2. through 6. shown on the agenda item. Mr. Mosiman reviewed proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal year, noting that the overall budget provides for salary increase of approximately 2.5% for salaries and wages of employees, excluding Law School faculty pursuant to the Law School Financing Plan; the increase in Other Operating Expenditures of 3.0%. He also noted that the proposal includes approximately $100,000 for faculty salary improvement, $20,000 for improvements of classified and wage and hour salaries, and a $25,000 pool for salary improvements for exempt employees. Additionally, he said there is approximately $143,000 in "contractual" obligations for the ensuing fiscal year. In response to questions, Vice President Mosiman noted that the salary increase proposed for all employees including faculty, but excluding Law School faculty, was 2.5%. He said the range of proposed salary increases for Law Faculty range from about 5% to about 8% or 9% for an average of about 7%. Regent Montgomery expressed concern about the difference in salary increases for law faculty as compared to all other faculty. It was noted that the Law School financing plan, which was adopted by the Board several years ago, authorizes the Law School to recommend tuition increases to fund increases in the Law School budget. Mr. Montgomery noted that the information that he has heard concerning the need for increasing law faculty salaries, as well as other professional school salaries, is anecdotal rather than documented. He said that he would like to see if the salary comparisons are on peer institutions or the entire universe, and to have specific information concerning specific individuals justifying the need for such dramatic increases. Mr. Montgomery noted that the Regents system has recently approved differential tuition program for the School of Law at the University of Kansas to raise the tuition for the law school by about $20-$30 (over a 3-5 year period) to be able to be used to fund the law school. He said it's not an on-going plan, but one of a limited duration. It was the consensus of opinion expressed that there needs to be a re-examination of the Law School Financing Plan including identification of peer institutions for salary comparison purposes as well as specific information with respect to situations in which Washburn offers were rejected on the basis of salary instead of anecdotal reports. President Thompson said there is a need to look at the salaries of all employees and noted that in terms of peer institution for Washburn, we look at Wichita State University. The motion was approved unanimously. Action of the Board of Regents on agenda item IV.A. included establishment of the following rates of tuition: Proposed Rates 1994-95 A.Undergraduate - per credit hour Resident $ 90 Non-Resident $171 B.Graduate - per credit hour Resident $114 Non-Resident $197 C.Law - per credit hour Resident $188 Non-Resident $290 Also approved was an increase in student fees charged the law students from $15 to $20 and an increase in the allocation of student fee money to campus-wide student activities from $45,308 to $56,216 and a reduction in allocation of student fee dollars to the Memorial Union from $145,662 to $142,806 with an overall allocation of student fee money of $848,442 (Table 3 of the agenda item, a copy of which is attached to these Minutes). Also approved were a faculty salary policy (Table 4 of the agenda item, a copy of which is attached); and the approval of building construction fund projects for 1994 (Tables 6A, 6B and 6C of the agenda item, copies of which are attached); and, the scheduling of the public hearing on the 1994-95 Operating Budget for Wednesday, July 27, 1994 in the Kansas Room of the Memorial Union commencing at 4:00 p.m. B. Campus Facilities 1.Revised Campus Master Plan It was moved and seconded to approve the Washburn University of Topeka Master Plan 1994 Update as provided with the agenda item for the meeting. Motion passed. 2.West Entrance to Student Union Vice President Mosiman presented for information only proposals concerning improvement of the west entrance to the Memorial Union. Mr. Mosiman noted that he is reluctant to plan significant improvements to the Memorial Union in light of information received concerning the potential for a major expenditure of approximately $200,000 for air conditioning for the Memorial Union in the foreseeable future. No action was taken. 3.College Ave. Street, Parking and Traffic Improvement It was moved and seconded to approve Option II of the proposed improvements to the College Ave. entrance to the University. Motion passed unanimously. The improvements approved through Option II include the construction of a parking lot on the north side of Morgan Hall and the closure of existing College Ave. from 17th to the first street south of the Bennett Academic Computer Center; construction of a new sidewalk/fire lane on the north side of Morgan Hall; replacement of the Boswell and College Ave. entrances to the campus for a total estimated dollar expenditure of $241,000. C. Washburn Endowment Association Financial/Performance Reports Mr. Mosiman presented for information only a report prepared by the Treasurer of the Washburn Endowment Association, Mr. Lee Benson, and Shawmut Bank. No action was taken. The Board received the information. D. Purchase of Microwave Equipment for KTWU It was moved and seconded to approve the award of a contract to R. F. Technologies in the amount of $34,620 for various microwave equipment for the KTWU microwave studio to transmitter link as outlined in the agenda item. Motion passed unanimously. * University Cafeteria Plan It was moved and seconded to approve a revised draft of the Washburn University Cafeteria Plan presented to the Board of Regents at its meeting. Motion passed. The revised policy plan document will be placed in the University's Business and Financial Affairs Handbook. * General Education Requirements It was moved and seconded to approve the proposed policy on general education adopted by the General Faculty at its meeting May 5, 1994 to become effective for students enrolling in the 1995-96 academic year. Motion passed unanimously. (The policy will be iterated in the catalog becoming effective for the 1995- 96 academic year.) * Task Force on Intercollegiate Athletics University Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Regents announced plans of the University administration to address Title IX/gender equity issues at the institution. He noted that an ad hoc task force on intercollegiate athletics is being appointed by President Thompson with the primary purpose of making recommendations for Title IX compliance and allocation of resources in the athletics department to achieve that. * Items added at the Board of Regents Meeting with consent of the Board. E. Personnel It was moved and seconded to approve the faculty personnel actions in the agenda item for faculty leave without pay, promotion/tenure and faculty appointment. Motion passed unanimously. Approval of the motion includes: the award of a one-year leave of absence without pay and benefits to Cathy Lesser Mansfield; the promotion of Nina Tarr to Professor, School of Law; and, *the appointment of Mike Manske to Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice with an annual basic salary of $32,940. *Item added at the Board of Regents Meeting with consent of the Board. F. Financial Reports It was moved and seconded to approve the financial reports in IV. F. 1., 2. and 3. Motion passed unanimously. It was moved and seconded to recess to Executive Session for the purpose of discussing a personnel matter for a period not to exceed 30 minutes and to reconvene in open session following the Executive Session in the Kansas Room of the Memorial. The Board recessed to Executive Session in the Kansas Room at 8:26 p.m. At 8:55 p.m. the Board reconvened in open session in the Kansas Room of the Memorial Union. It was moved and seconded to recess to Executive Session for a period not to exceed 30 minutes for the purpose of continuation of discussion of the personnel matter and to reconvene in open session in the Kansas Room at the conclusion thereof. Motion passed unanimously. At 9:18 p.m. the Board reconvened in open session in the Kansas Room of the Memorial Union. There was no action to be taken. It was moved and seconded to adjourn. The Board adjourned at 9:18 p.m. _________________________________ Kenneth P. Hackler Secretary, Board of Regents