University of North Florida
Board of Trustees
July 25, 2006
Conference Call at 1:30 p.m.
Agenda
Item 1 Call to Order
Chair Taylor
will call the meeting to order.
Item 2 Chair's Report
Chair Taylor
will address the Board and present the Chair’s Report.
Item 3 President's Report
President Delaney will address the Board and present
the President’s Report.
Chair Taylor
will address the Board and ask for approval of the Board of Trustees June 20,
2006 minutes.
RECOMMEND:
Approval of the minutes.
MOTION and second required.
The
Board of Governors passed a policy which stated that:
Neither the tuition nor out-of-state fee may be lower than the rate in
effect for 2005-2006.
As a result of this policy, the University must alter
its schedule of tuition and fees for out-of-state students, keeping the
out-of-state fees the same as last year while adding in the 3% in-state tuition
increases. The attached schedule of tuition and fees shows the resulting costs
to out-of-state students.
Vice
President Serwatka will address the Board and present the modified schedule of
tuition and fees.
RECOMMEND: Approval. MOTION and second required.
The
new tuition and fees regulations are being presented by the University for
approval by the Board. The new tuition regulation incorporates the tuition
rates set in item 5. The new fees reflect fees previously approved by the Board
and those miscellaneous fees approved by the President on behalf of the Board.
After the full Board
of Trustees has voted to adopt the select regulations
(tuition and fee regulations) and the Board of
Trustees has provided copies to the Board of Governors, the
select regulations will become effective upon the Board of Governors’ approval
or 60 days after being provided to the Board of Governors, whichever occurs
first.
Vice
President Stone will address the Board and present the approval of regulations.
RECOMMEND: Approval. MOTION and second required. A separate MOTION and second are required for each of the two regulations.
The
University of North Florida’s Board
of Trustees is charged with approving and submitting the PECO
plan for the University in consultation with the President. The attached
schedule shows UNF’s proposed one-year and five-year capital requests (PECO).
Each of the items included in this proposed request is consistent with the
University’s strategic plan.
Vice President Shuman will address the Board
and present the PECO submissions.
RECOMMEND: Approval. MOTION and second required.
Item 7B Amending the Master Plan to Include the Purchase and Use of the AOL Building
Through this action the Board would approve
amending the recently adopted Master Plan to include the purchase and use of
the AOL building on Kernan Boulevard.
This building would allow UNF to address the need to add additional classroom and
administrative space. It would also
eliminate the need for other renovations, as noted in Item 7a. (motion and second required)
President Delaney will address the Board and
present the amending of the Master Plan to include the purchase and use of the
AOL building.
RECOMMEND:
Approval.
MOTION and second required.
Item 8 Trustee Appointment Process
The Board of
Governors has requested input from Boards of Trustees on a process to be used
in appointing new trustees to local university boards. Chair Taylor and
President Delaney have outlined a system for providing the BOG with potential
nominations that involves input from the University administration and review
by members of the current Board.
Chair Taylor
will address the Board and present a recommended trustee appointment process.
DISCUSSION: No MOTION required.
When UNF put
together its first set of requests for 2007-2008, the University thought that
its requests for more teachers and more nurses would become part of a
system-wide effort. But based on communication with the BOG staff, the
administration learned that the system was taking a different approach:
supporting the increase of nursing faculty as opposed to nurses and relying
solely on SUCCEED grants for increasing teacher supply.
Because
elements of these initiatives were central to our strategic planning, Academic Affairs,
in consultation with President Delaney decided to (a) incorporate the most
important elements of nursing and teacher preparation into UNF’s unique LBRs,
(b) reprioritize and recalculate what the University was asking for in two of
the other three initiatives (coastal and ecological research and community-based
learning) and (c) completely eliminate the request for support for the global
health initiative.
President
Delaney
will
address the Board and present the resubmission of the LBRs.
DISCUSSION: No MOTION required.
Item 10 Proposed Meeting Schedule for 2007
Additional Item: AFSCME Union Negotiations
President Delaney said union negotiations with ASFCME were in final stages. These negotiations were within the budgetary framework previously discussed, including a focus on strengthening the merit process. When the paperwork was completed, a conference call would be arranged for approval.
REPORT: No MOTION required.
Item 11 Adjournment
