Decision Index 1984

Routine Grant Acceptances - Page 49

The total dollar amount of awards in Exhibit D is $1,543,664.38.  Overhead is waived for the following grants listed in Exhibit D: No. 40 – in the amount of $12,400 (USDA agreement does not allow indirect costs); and No. 67 – in the amount of $26,115.60 (Northwest Area Foundation does not allow indirect costs).  None of the other grants waive overhead over $10,000.  No future state obligation will be incurred by the acceptance of these grants.

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Payments to Outside Consultants - Page 49

To comply with Regents’ policy requiring approval of outside consultants being paid over $1,000 in one payment or more than $5,000 in a fiscal year, approval is requested to pay the following:

• Bolton, William E., Memphis, Tennessee, consulting fee for GTS trip for Postharvest Institute for Perishables to Honduras, in the amount of $5,390, October 16-29, 1983.
• Ohms, Richard E., Lewiston, Idaho, consulting fee while working on a USDA short-course, in the amount of $2,106, November 1982, through October 1983.
• Parish, William R., Moscow, Idaho, consulting fee for College of Engineering space development and utilization study, in the amount of $5,100, January 1 – June 1984.
• Perron, Robert and Cook, Richard, Landscape Architect from Portland, Oregon, and Electrical Engineer from Spokane, Washington, respectively, consulting architectural and engineering fees for the development of a campus outdoor lighting master plan. The issues expected to be addressed include modification of existing system to reduce energy consumption and improvements in the system to address inadequate lighting problem areas for safety programs. The total contract is not to exceed $31,000 plus direct reimbursable expenses not to exceed $5,500.
• Scanlon, David, consulting fee to College of Forestry for remeasurement of four forest fertilization research sites, in the amount of $11,602, January 1984, through April 1984.
• Wang, Dr. Chi-Wu, Moscow, Idaho, consulting service to College of Agriculture on international programs, in the amount of $3,000 November 1983.
• Wanless-Cook Associates, Spokane, Washington, consulting engineering fee to perform the necessary professional services to address the requirements for providing primary power to the new Life Science Building, and to review the fire alarm systems in other facilities. The standard fee for basic services for the Life Science Building will not exceed $8,000, plus reimbursables not to exceed $1,000; and for the fire alarm systems, the basic fee will not exceed $8,000 plus reimbursables not to exceed $500.

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UI Korea University Cooperative Agreement - Page 50

An agreement to provide for cooperative research and training in agriculture has been signed between the University of Idaho and Korea University. The agreement provides for cooperative graduate training, cooperative research and training, sabbatical opportunities and jointly funded research programs. The university, under this agreement, will provide laboratory and office space for Korea University graduate assistants and/or sabbatical personnel and, contingent on availability of funds, one graduate assistantship per year. All other costs associated with this agreement will be funded by either the Korea University, external grants or contracts, or other funding sources. This agreement will have an initial duration of three years and may be extended if agreeable to both parties.

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UI/Campus Network, Inc. - Page 50

The university is pleased to advise the regents that the university has been invited to join a Campus Conference Network, whereby the campus can receive university courses and participate in teleconferences and seminars through the video classroom facilities in the Janssen Engineering Building. The University of Idaho will be one of 50 universities having access in the nation and the only institution in the immediate northwest region participating in this telecommunications network. The quality of the campus video facilities and the innovations developed in the engineering video outreach program were key factors in receiving the connection. The agreement signed with the network will provide some modest income to the university, paid by users of the programs. No commitment of funds was required of the university.

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Life Science Building Status Summary - Page 50-52

Throughout the various design phases of the Life Science Building, numerous schemes have been reviewed, costs estimated and refined.  Development of the project to date has resulted in a building configuration that meets both budget and program requirements. 

Design development documents for the Life Science project were essentially complete by October 20, 1983.  Subsequently, they were presented for review to the University of Idaho and the Permanent Building Fund Advisory Council.  The final design development presentation represents combined efforts of the Department of Public Works, the University of Idaho staff, Team 8 Architects, the laboratory consultants, and the program which meets the following goals of the University of Idaho:

To accommodate undergraduate and graduate instructional and research needs in new and remodeled facilities for the Biological Sciences, Bacteriology/Biochemistry, and WAMI;

To consolidate Life Science programs in one complex to allow for the common use of equipment and support services;

To develop new and existing general classrooms for university-wide utilization;

To provide program needs within a maximum budget of $10,150,000 and;

To develop plans for additional remodeling work in the existing facility to be completed as future funds are available. 

 A design booklet has been forwarded to the Regents under separate mailing.  A copy is on file as a permanent exhibit in the Office of the State Board of Education. 

Although design and budget refinements will continue until final completion of the contract documents (estimated by March 15, 1984), the size, character, and cost estimates of the building project are expected to remain as presented in the following numeric and graphic descriptions. 

It should be noted that the final location of the addition to the Life Sciences Building will necessitate the removal of the old gallery building.  The architects reviewed many options for the location of the addition and recommended the final location as the most cost beneficial for the university.  A space in the new addition will be dedicated to the gallery function that will provide a similar amount of space.  The university is, however, reviewing other long-range options for relocating the gallery to an area that will provide better public access, meet handicapped access and other life safety requirements.  The current old gallery building is deficient in several of these areas. 

Square Footage Summary

Location	Gross SF Sector Area	Net Assignable SF Sector Area	Efficiency Ratio
New Construction	56,460 GSF	34,755 NASF	0.61
Remodel Existing Building
Total Remodel Area	25,580 GSF	21,590 NASF	0.84
Total Project Area	82,040 GSF	56,345 NASF	0.68

Design Development 
Project Budget Summary – Total Program

GSF:    New Building Area        56,460 SF
Remodel Work Area     25,580 SF 82,040 SF

Item	Budget	Total
New Building Est. Construction Budget	6,209,000
Remodel Work Est. Budget	1,745,900
General Sitework	160,000
Subtotal		8,114,900
Field Management	286,000
Consultants’ Fee	354,000	640,000
Total Est. Construction Budget		8,754,900
Architect/Engineer Fees		758,000
Subtotal		9,512,900
Project Expenses	136,000
Furniture/Fixture/Equipment	144,100
Owner’s Administrative Expenses	7,000	287,100
		9,800,00
Contingency		350,000
Total Construction Budget		10,150,000
Projected Revenues
SB1149 (1983)                     150,000
FY84-PBF                           1,000,000
Requested FY85-PBF       4,000,000
UI Contribution               5,000,000
		10,150,000

Copies of Appendices A, B, C, and D are on file as permanent exhibits in the Office of the State Board of Education.

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Agreement Between the University of Idaho and St. Joseph’s Hospital - Page 53

Approval is requested to enter into an agreement with St. Joseph’s Hospital for the purpose of providing sociology students an opportunity to gain practical experience in a hospital environment. The agreement is for a period of one year, and covers students enrolled in the baccalaureate degree program in Sociology with a social work emphasis. The agreement makes no commitment of funds by the university. A copy of the Agreement is included as Exhibit E.

Moved by Mrs. Hymas, seconded by Mr. Hoopes, and carried that the university be authorized to enter into the above agreement.

A copy of Exhibit E is on file as a permanent exhibit in the Office of the State Board of Education.

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Memorandum of Understanding for Forest Cutting Boundaries - Page 53

The university requests approval to sign a “Memorandum of Understanding for a Cutting Boundary” (attached as Exhibit F) with Bennett Lumber Company, Princeton; Gem State Lumber Company, Juliaetta; Norman Berg, Troy; and the State of Idaho. Official public and survey corners used to determine some boundaries of the properties surrounding the university’s School Forest cannot be located. The adjacent landowners and the university are negotiating an agreement to observe boundary lines which would be established by marking on-the-ground “working corners” to be determined form whatever information is available, including those public land survey corners that can be located.

The university needs this “Memorandum of Understanding for a Cutting Boundary” signed before it can solicit bids for the sale of timber on portions of the School Forest.

Moved by Mrs. Hymas, seconded by Mrs. Hay, and carried that the Ui be allowed to sign a “Memorandum of Understanding for a Cutting Boundary” (attached as Exhibit F) to allow for sale of timber from the university’s School Forest in the spring.

A copy of Exhibit F is on file as a permanent exhibit in the Office of the State Board of Education.

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Cooperative Agreement with North Idaho College - Page 54

The university wishes to establish a cooperative agreement with North Idaho College for the purpose of providing a coordinated delivery of educational services in the Coeur d’Alene area. The cooperative agreement defines the role of each institution and provides the opportunity for the University of Idaho to utilize some of the facilities on the North Idaho College campus. A copy of the proposed cooperative agreement is provided in Exhibit G.

Moved by Mrs. Hymas, seconded by Mr. Evans, and carried that the University of Idaho be authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with North Idaho College for the delivery of educational services in northern Idaho. Further, that this item be referred to the Academic Affairs Council for review and establishment of guidelines for future cooperative programs.

A copy of Exhibit G is on file as a permanent exhibit in the Office of the State Board of Education.

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Purchase of One-half Interest in Land – Rosa Mae Rieman - Page 54

The university requests authorization to purchase the one-half interest owned by Rosa Mae Rieman in forty acres of land located at the university’s Experimental Forest. In 1938, M. Leo Rieman quit claimed an undivided one-half interest in a 40-acre parcel of land on the north side of Moscow Mountain to Mr. Horace Woodworth. In 1948, Mr. Woodworth gifted the entire 40 acres to the University of Idaho. At the time, Mr. Woodworth gave the land to the university, a title search was not performed; and, therefore, the one-half ownership of Mr. Rieman was not discovered. Now, Rosa Mae Rieman, widow of Leo Rieman, is claiming the one-half interest in this 40-acre parcel of land. Since 1948, this parcel, in its entirety, has been managed as part of the University’s Experimental Forest and, therefore, has become an important part of the Experimental Forest operation. Mrs. Rieman, has agreed to accept $10,000 for her claimed one-half interest, which in consulting with our forest management staff appears to be a reasonable price for the university to obtain clear and complete title to the land area.

Moved by Mrs. Hymas, seconded by Mrs. Hay, and carried that the University of Idaho be authorized to purchase the one-half ownership interest as described above at a cost of $10,000.

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Underground Easements to Idaho Power Company – Caldwell Branch Station - Page 55

The College of Agriculture’s Southwest Idaho Research and Extension Center at Caldwell, Idaho, has requested Idaho Power Company to replace an open wire electrical service with underground service to the office building. In order to provide this service, Idaho Power Company has requested the university to sign a permanent and perpetual easement ten feet wide by two hundred feet long in the NW¼ NW¼ of Section 10, T3N, R3W, BM, and a permanent and perpetual easement ten feet wide by one hundred forty-five feet long in the NE¼ NE¼ of Section 9, T3N, R3W, BM. Both parcels of land are owned by The Regents of the University of Idaho.

Moved by Mrs. Hymas, seconded by Mr. Hoopes, and carried that the University of Idaho be authorized to sign the easements requested by Idaho Power Company to provide underground electrical service at Caldwell, Idaho.

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Exception to Five Calendar-Year Residency Requirement – David R. Duba, Robert A. Burkhart, Lee Ann DuMars, and Carla J. Pharris - Page 55-56

The granting of exceptions to residency requirements are given only with Board approval. The following rules for “Exceptions to Residency Requirements for Special Graduate or Professional Programs” (State Board of Education Rule Manual) apply as follows, in the cases of the four students named above:

David R. Duba and Robert A. Burkhart

IDAPA08.00.D.6,la. Applicants who have established residency status in the state for a minimum of three continuous years immediately prior to the matriculation date and have had at least two years of continuous full-time employment in the state during the three continuous years may be considered an exception to the five calendar-year requirement and may apply for admission to the special graduate and professional programs. “Continuous full-time employment” means not more than two weeks of non-employment between one full-time employment position and another. 

Lee Ann DuMars and Carla J. Pharris

IDAPA08.00.D.6.lb. Applicants whose parents or guardians have established residency and a domicile in the state for at least 24 months immediately prior to the date of matriculation and who have provided more than 50 percent of the applicant’s support during that 24-month period, may be considered an exception to the five calendar-year requirement and may apply for admission to the special graduate and professional programs. 

Exhibit H lists pertinent facts involved in each student’s request for exception to the five calendar-year residency requirement. Based on the facts presented in Exhibit H, the university recommends to the Board that the four students above be permitted to apply as Idaho residents to the WAMI Medical Program and the WOI Veterinary Medicine Program. 

(For Board action taken on the above item, see Boardwork section of these Minutes, pg. 5.)

A copy of Exhibit H is on file as a permanent exhibit in the Office of the State Board of Education.

Purchase and Sale of Property and Equipment - Page 36

Requisition # 318071, Department: Computer Services, Item: Laser Printer, Amount: $35,000

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Routine Grant Acceptances - Page 37

The total dollar amount of awards in Exhibit C is $570,714.65. No future state obligations will be incurred by the acceptance of any of these grants.  None of the grants limit disclosure of the result. 

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Payments to Outside Consultants - Page 37-38

To comply with Regents’ policy requiring approval of outside consultants being paid over $1,000 in one payment or more than $5,000 in a fiscal year, approval is requested to pay the following:

Arana, Saul, Borah Symposium speaker, in the amount of $2,000, March 26-27, 1984.

Birns, Larry, Borah Symposium moderator, in the amount of $2,000, March 26-27, 1984. 

Bolton, William E., consultant fee for the Postharvest Institute for Perishables, in the amount of $20,825, January 6, 1984, through December 31, 1984.

Colby, William, Borah Symposium speaker, in the amount of $4,500, March 26-27, 1984. 

Gage, Dennis, consultant services to Department of Chemistry, on Hewlett-Packard grant in the amount of $3,250, December 1983, through June 1984. 

Grasselli, Jeanette, consultant services to Department of Chemistry, on Hewlett-Packard grant, in the amount of $2,500, December 1983, through June 1984.

Hammer, Douglas, consultant services as supervisor of Fire Service Training curriculum project, College of Education, in the amount of $1,026, January 1984. 

Harrington, Michael, Borah Symposium speaker, in the amount of $2,000, March 26-27, 1984.

Horn, Joseph, consultant services for computer program development and manuscript preparation, College of Forestry, in the amount of $2,000, February 1984, through September 1984. 

Lehman-Kessler, Marsha, consultant services for Interior Design course, College of Art and Architecture, in the amount of $7,750, January 1984, through May 1984. 

Markelov, Michael, consultant services to Department of Chemistry, on Hewlett-Packard grant, in the amount of $2,500, December 1983, through June 1984. 

McGehee, Ralph, Borah Symposium speaker, in the amount of $3,400, March 26-27, 1984.

Neese, Harvey, consultant services on Pakistan Water Research Project, College of Agriculture, in the amount of $2,300, January 1984.

Opheim, Kent, consultant services to Department of Chemistry , on Hewlett-Packard grant, in the amount of $3,250, November 1983, through April 1984.

Uribe, Armando, Borah Symposium speaker, in the amount of $2,000, March 26-27, 1984. 

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Change in Travel Expense Reimbursement Policy - Page 38-39

The University of Idaho requests approval to modify its travel expense reimbursement policy as shown below: (Modification underlined).

Lodging:	Actual cost for single room (receipt required).
Meal Allowance:	Actual costs not to exceed $15.00 per day in-state or $20.00 per day out-of-state, or 50% of current federal per diem rates (as published by the Department of State, Washington D.C., “Maximum Travel Per Diem Allowance for Foreign Areas”), while in each foreign country for overseas travel, whichever is the greater allowance.  (No receipts required).
Transportation:	Actual cost of lowest fare available.  (Receipts required).
Private Vehicle:	$.18 per mile based on ground mileage.
Taxis, Telex, Telephone, Misc.	Actual costs. (Receipts required).
Registration Fees:	Actual costs. (Receipts required).

The requested modification in reimbursement policy places the university policy in compliance and consistent with the federal reimbursement policies that are applicable to overseas travel supported by federal grant and contract activity of university personnel.

Moved by Mrs. Hymas, seconded by Mr. Hoopes, and carried that the University of Idaho be authorized to modify its travel expense reimbursement policy as shown above. 

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Change Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology (Department of Lands) Name to Idaho Geological Survey (University of Idaho) - Page 39

Legislation has been prepared to change the name and structure of the Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, currently a bureau within the Department of Lands.  The name would be changed to the Idaho Geological Survey and would be administered by the University of Idaho and its Board of Regents as a special program. 

The Bureau of Mines and Geology has traditionally been headed by the Dean of the College of Mines and Earth Resources at the University of Idaho.  It has been housed on the Moscow campus in university-supplied facilities for over 65 years.  The functions of the new survey would not differ substantially from the current bureau as it would be a research and information dissemination organization.  It is our understanding that the proposed changes are supported by the mining and minerals industry through the Idaho Mining Association.  The changes in current statues implementing the formation of the Idaho Geological Survey are contingent upon Senate Bill 1269. 

Moved by Mrs. Hymas, seconded by Mr. Mitchell, and carried that the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho support the creation of the Idaho Geological Survey under its jurisdiction.  Further, that the Board of Regents received annually a report from the Idaho Geological Survey. 

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Honorary Degree Recipients - Page 39

It was moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Hoopes, and carried that the following persons be approved as honorary doctorate degree recipients from the University of Idaho.  The honorary degrees will be awarded at the University’s May Commencement. 

Walter C. Sparks, Research Professor of Horticulture
Thomas C. Frye, Chairman, Moore Financial Group, Inc.
Bruce E. Colwell, Corporate Vice President, Diamond International Corporation

Routine Catalog Changes - Page 71

Approval is requested for the catalog changes as shown in Exhibit B.  The changes were circulated on campus in general curriculum-policy report #130.

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Routine Grant Acceptances - Page 72

The total dollar amount of awards in Exhibit D is $1,289,425.17.  Overhead is waived for No. 31 in the amount of $111,020 (National Endowment for the Humanities does not allow indirect costs).  No future state obligations will be incurred by the acceptance of any of these grants.  None of the other grants limit disclosure of the results. 

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Payments to Outside Consultants - Page 73

To comply with Regents’ policy requiring approval of outside consultants being paid over $1,000 in one payment or more than $5,000 in a fiscal year, approval is requested to pay the following:

Barrios, Jaime, Borah Symposium speaker, in the amount of $1,500, March 26-27, 1984.

Cordero, Manuel, Borah Symposium speaker, in the amount of $1,500, March 26-27, 1984.

Fink, John, honorarium for teaching Education Psychology, Education Off-Campus, three credits, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in the amount of $1,020, Spring 1984.

Giersdorf, Robert, honorarium for presentation of “The Future of Natural Resource-Based Tourism”, College of Law, in the amount of $2,300, April 10, 1984. 

Guerin, Mike, honorarium for teaching Reading in Training/Content, Education Off-Campus, three credits, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and teaching Reading in Middle and Secondary Schools, Lewiston, Idaho, in the amount of $2,040, Spring 1984.

Hallett, Norman, honorarium for teaching School Finances, Education Off-Campus, three credits, Meridian, Idaho, in the amount of $1,020, Spring 1984.

Halpern, Daniel, honorarium for poetry workshop, Department of English, in the amount of $2,000, April 16-20, 1984.

Johnson, David, honorarium for teaching Computer Programming for Educators, Education Off-Campus, three credits, Lewiston, Idaho, in the amount of $1,020, Spring 1984. 

Joki, Russell, honorarium for teaching Administration of Personnel, Education Off-Campus, three credits, Nampa, Idaho, in the amount of $1,020, Spring 1984.

Laschober & Sovich, Inc., South Pasadena, California, food facilities consultants.  Consulting fee to perform a study and provide schematic drawings on the best options available for the Student Union food service operation.  The basic service will be at an hourly rate with the total not to exceed $2,500, plus reimbursable expenses. 

Mann, Paul, royalties paid for videotape course “System Protection and Relaying” which was purchased by Stone and Webster and Southern California Edison Company, in the amount of $6,885.  Also, $315 to be paid to him for grading and compensation for credit activity in Electrical Engineering, February 1984.

Neese, Harvey, consulting services to College of Agriculture on Pakistan Project Proposal for Irrigation Systems Management, in the amount of $2,300, January 26-February 10, 1984.

Ohms, Richard, consulting services to College of Agriculture for Postharvest Institute for Perishables, in the amount of $9,166.75, December 5, 1983, to November 30, 1984. 

Phillips, David Atlee, Borah Symposium speaker, in the amount of $2,000, March 26-27, 1984.

Powers, Walter, honorarium for teaching Planning and Administrative Curriculum, Education Off-Campus, three credits, Coeur d’Alene, in the amount of $1,020, Spring 1984.

Steim, Barry, honorarium for teaching Education Law, Education Off-Campus, three credits, Coeur d’Alene, in the amount of $1,200, Spring 1984. 

Walseth, Gerald, honorarium for teaching Principles of Learning, Education Off-Campus, three credits, Harrison, Idaho, in the amount of $1,020, Spring 1984. 

Wilson, L. George, consulting fee to Postharvest Institute for Perishables, Jamaica workshop, in the amount of $2,855.70, February 1984.

Zoller, Susan, honorarium for teaching Reading in Content, Education Off-Campus, three credits, Sandpoint, Idaho, in the amount of $1,020, Spring 1984. 

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Moving Expenses - Page 74

Moving expenses for Dr. William Saul, Dean, College of Engineering, from Madison, Wisconsin, to Moscow, Idaho, in the amount of $11,716.11.  In accordance with Dr. Saul’s employment agreement, the university has agreed to pay the cost of moving household goods, subject to Board approval. 

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University of Idaho Foundation, Inc., Annual Report - Page 74

The 1983 University of Idaho Foundation, Inc., Annual Report has been provided by the Board.  Additional copies of the report are available in the Foundation’s office.  The report contains audited financial statements and summarizes the Foundation’s activities during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1983. 

A copy of the University of Idaho Foundation, Inc., 1983 Annual Report is on file as a permanent exhibit in the Office of the State Board of Education. 

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Edith S. Tucker and Joyce T. Tobyn Trust - Page 74

Trustees for the Edith S. Tucker and Joyce T. Tobyn Trust are in the process of distributing the Trust’s assets to the University of Idaho.  The fair market value of the assets is expected to be approximately $181,000.  The assets will be deposited  with the University of Idaho Foundation, Inc., for the establishment of the E. Mack and Edith S. Tucker/John T. and Joyce T. Tobyn Academic Excellence Memorial Endowment Fund as stipulated by the trust. 

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Idaho Geological Survey - Page 74

Senate Bill No. 1269, changing the Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology to the Idaho Geological Survey, was passed by both Houses of the Legislature and signed by Governor Evans.  Thus, the Idaho Geological Survey will become a special program of the University of Idaho under the jurisdiction of the Board of Regents/State Board of Education.  Dean Maynard M. Miller will continue his management of the operation under the title of director of the survey as provided for in the legislation. 

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Auxiliary Enterprises’ Current FY 1984 Operating Budget Status - Page 74

In accordance with the Board’s financial management policy, status reports of the operating budgets of the university’s auxiliary enterprises are to be submitted to the Board at the regular April meeting.  Exhibit E contains status reports of the current FY 1984 operating budget for the University of Idaho’s auxiliary enterprises – student housing, food services, student union, student health, family housing, bookstore operations, and associated students. 

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Renaming of the Laboratory of Anthropology - Page 75

The university plans to change the name of the Laboratory of Anthropology to the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology.  Alfred Bowers, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, was the first anthropologist to fill an academic position in Idaho.  Dr. Bowers is the acknowledged expert on the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Indian peoples and is a scholar of international reputation.  The renaming of the laboratory is an appropriate honor to Dr. Bowers’ scholarly contributions and to his continued generosity to the University of Idaho.  The staff of the laboratory unanimously endorses renaming the laboratory. 

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Report of University’s Long-Range Planning Activity - Page 75

The faculty and staff of the university have been involved in a long-range planning activity since last September.  The focus has been on: 

Attempting to forecast the changing environment in which the university will be providing its educational services over the next decade.

Identifying goals that reflect the university’s plans for responding to the anticipated changes.

Development of strategies to achieve these goals. 

At the April meeting the university reviewed with the Board the status of the long-range planning activity, including some of the issues and responses developed to date.  Comments and suggestions from Board members were welcomed.  The first phase of the long-range plan will be presented to the Board at the June 1984 meeting.  No action is requested at the April meeting. 

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Purchase, Sale or Disposal of Property and Equipment - Page 75-76

Forestry Skidder

On April 5, 1984, the Executive Director approved the purchase of a new skidder and the disposal by public bidding process of the old skidder.  The need for approval to issue a purchase order before the April Board meeting was necessitated by the skidder manufacturer’s timing requirement for manufacturing the equipment and ensuring the university that the new skidder would be available for 1984 summer work.  The purchase price is $52,000 with  a guaranteed repurchase at the end of a three-year period of $40,500.  The proposed contract calls for $20,000 down on delivery date and the balance to be financed by the company for three years at 6 ½% simple interest, payable in three annual installments beginning October 1, 1984.  Retail value of this equipment is approximately $88,000.  The sale value of the old skidder is approximately $30,000.

It was moved by Mrs. Hymas, seconded by Mr. Mitchell, and carried to ratify the Executive Director’s approval to permit the university to issue a purchasing order for a new forestry skidder and to sell the old skidder through a public bidding process. 

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University of Idaho/Washington State University Cooperative Agreement FM Radio License (Action taken 4/27/84) - Page 76-77

The university requests authorization to enter into a cooperative agreement with Washington State University for the purpose of upgrading the quality of facilities and teaching support for the University of Idaho’s radio broadcast academic programs.  The agreement involves assignment of our current FM radio license to Washington State University.  A copy of the proposed Memorandum of Agreement is enclosed as Exhibit F. 

Funding support for the FM radio station on the University of Idaho campus was, at one time, a part of the School of Communication budgeted funds.  Then, approximately ten years ago, the funding was transferred to the KUID-TV operations and involved about $60.000 in FY 1980.  In 1981, when the funding for public broadcasting was eliminated, the FM funding was also eliminated.  When funding for the educational TV system was restored at a much reduced level, no funding was made available from Idaho Educational Public Broadcasting Systems funds to reinstate the FM radio station support.  It was, therefore, necessary for the University of Idaho to provide additional funding for one full-time faculty position from university funds in order to minimally operate the station for the benefit of the academic program. 

The cooperative agreement with Washington State University will provide an opportunity, at no significant difference in cost to the University of Idaho, to significantly upgrade the radio broadcast program by providing access to the Washington State University’s KWSU radio facilities and staff.  Washington State University would benefit by being able to have a local FM radio broadcast license to complement its outstanding AM radio production and the FM station in the Richland-Kennewick-Pasco area. 

The university believes that it is these types of cooperative agreements between Washington State University and the University of Idaho that can offer future students on both campuses a more enriched educational service.

Moved by Mrs. Hymas, seconded by Mr. Evans, and carried that the University of Idaho be permitted to sign a cooperative agreement with Washington State University for the purpose of upgrading the quality of facilities and teaching support for the UI’s radio broadcast academic programs and the assignment of the FM license to Washington State University. 

Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Hoopes voted no. 

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Primary Power for the Life Sciences Building - Page 77

The existing campus electrical distribution system is nearing full capacity and is not able to provide primary power loads projected for the new Life Sciences Building.  A new feeder will be required from the campus substation to the project site to supply the power required by the new facility.  Construction of the building is scheduled to begin June 1984.  The electrical engineering firm of Wanless-Cook Associates has analyzed the Life Sciences power requirements and has recommended a system consisting of a new 13,200 volt feeder, associated substation equipment, a 200 AMP underground feeder to the site, a vacuum breaker and a transformer.  This change will also add capacity to accommodate future growth of power requirements in that sector of the campus.  Engineering design and complete construction costs are estimated at $115,000.  Funding for the project will come from reducing a current budget for cogeneration facility planning from $90,000 to $10,000 and cost savings in the end wall painting budget ($35,000). 

Moved by Mrs. Hymas, seconded by Mr. Mitchell, and carried that the university be authorized to encumber funds and proceed immediately with design and construction to ensure timely provision of power for the new Life Sciences Building. 

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Student Housing and Food Service Charges - Page 78

It is requested that the following increases in student housing and food service charges be approved, effective 1984 summer session:

Annual Proposed Charges		Combined Charges and Amount of Increase
Room Rent	Meal Charges	FY84	FY85	Amount	%
Double room- $842	Plan A 10/week - $1,073	$1,808	$1,915	$107	5.9
Double room- $842	Plan B 14/week-$1,229	$1,954	$2,071	$117	5.9
Double room-$842	Plan C 20/week - $1,319	$2,038	$2,161	$123	6.0
Steel Hall	None	$676	$708	$32	4.7
Targhee Hall	None	$676	$708	$32	4.7
Single Student Apartments	None	$1,242	$1,262	$20	1.6
Married Student Housing*
Park Village		190	195	5	2.6%
South Hill
One bedroom-unfurnished		195	200	5	2.6
Two bedroom-unfurnished		215	220	5	2.3
Three bedroom- unfurnished		235	250	15	6.4
Two bedroom-furnished		230	235	5	2.2
*All married student rates are monthly charges.

Justification: The requested increases in housing rentals and meal charges are necessary to cover an average 7% increase in salaries, and an estimated 5% inflationary increase that must cover projected operating cost increases, such as 28% for electricity and significant increases in telephones, solid waste disposal, etc.

Pursuant to public notice, the Board convened a public hearing at 11:15 a.m. on Friday, April 27, 1984, in the Galena Room of the Student Union Building, University of Idaho, Moscow, to accept oral testimony regarding the proposed increase in Student Housing and Food Service Charges.   The following person testified in favor of the proposed increase: David L. McKinney, Financial Vice President & Bursar. 

At 11:20 a.m., there being no further testimony, the Board closed the public hearing. 

Required public notice having been given, it was moved by Mrs. Hymas, seconded by Mr. Mitchell, and carried to approve the proposed increase in Student Housing and Food Service Charges as shown above.  As required by Part I-Procedure for Rulemaking, Chapter A, of the State Board of Education Rule Manual, a copy of all written testimony, a record of oral testimony, and all other records pertaining to this increase will be placed on file as a permanent exhibit in the Office of the State Board of Education. 

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Uniform Student Fee Increase - Page 79

It is requested that the uniform student fee for all full-time students be increased $2.00 per semester, from $408.00 to $410.00.  The breakdown of this fee increase, the current fee rate, and the total additional revenue anticipated is shown below:

SUMMARY OF UNIFORM STUDENT FEE INCREASES

Full-time Student	Current Fee	Requested Increase	Total Additional Revenue
Intramurals/Recreation/Locker Fee	$6.50	$2.00	$28,200
All Other Fees	$401.50
Total Current Fee	$408.00
Total Proposed Fee		$410.00
% Increase		0.5%

Pursuant to public notice, the Board convened a public hearing at 11:20 a.m., on Friday, April 27, 1984, in the Galena Room of the Student Union Building, University of Idaho, Moscow, to accept oral testimony regarding the proposed increase in Uniform Student Fee Increase.  The following person testified in favor of the proposed increase: David L. McKinney, Financial Vice President & Bursar. 

At 11:25 a.m., there being no further testimony, the Board closed the public hearing.

Required public notice having been given, it was moved by Mrs. Hymas, seconded by Mr. Mitchell, and carried to approve the proposed Uniform Student Fee Increase as shown above.  As required by Part I-Procedure for Rulemaking Chapter A, of the State Board of Education Rule Manual, a copy of all written testimony, a record of oral testimony, and all other records pertaining to this increase will be placed on file as a permanent exhibit in the Office of the State Board of Education. 

Routine Grant Acceptances - Page 57

The total dollar amount of awards in Exhibit D is $1,859,570.12.  Overhead is waived for No. 39 in the amount of $13,320, No. 40 in the amount of $21,060, No. 100 in the amount of $12,000 (USDA agreements do not allow indirect costs), and No. 125 in the amount of $38,262 (Idaho Wheat Commission does not allow indirect costs).  No future state obligations will be incurred by the acceptance of any of these grants.  None of these grants limit disclosure of the results.

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Payments to Outside Consultants - Page 58

To comply with Regents’ policy requiring approval of outside consultants being paid over $1,000 in one payment or more than $5,000 in a fiscal year, approval is requested to pay the following:

Dessert, Archie M., consulting fee for GTS trip to Panama, Postharvest Institute for Perishables, in the amount of $4,487.93, March 3-23, 1984.

Hicks, Dr. James, consulting fee for taking part in the Jamaica workshop, Postharvest Institute for Perishables, in the amount of $2,182.65, February 19-March 2, 1984.

Jimenez, Dr. Miguel, consulting fee for trip to Panama, Postharvest Institute for Perishables, in the amount of $4,014, March 15-April 7, 1984.

Neese, Harvey C., consulting expenses incurred during assessment of staff for participation in international programs, College of Agriculture International Programs, in the amount of $3,167.09, March 16-April 5, 1984.

Tallman, Bob, for four rodeo performances (announcer), Idaho Western Classic Rodeo, in the amount of $3,200, April 13-15, 1984.

Telecommunications International, Inc.,  consulting fee to evaluate potential cost savings and improved service capability for the university’s telephone system, including feasibility of equipment ownership, etc., for an amount not to exceed $15,000, plus expenses.

Walker,Alan, consulting fee for developing Fire Service Training self-study curriculum materials (as per grant from Bureau of Lands, Rural Community Title IV Program), Fire Service Curriculum – Vocational Teacher Education, in the amount of $11,000, June 1984 through March 1985.

Larry Hodge Consulting Engineering, Moscow Civil Engineering; Riley Engineering, Inc.,  Spokane , Mechanical Engineering; Perron and Cook Consulting, Portland and Spokane, Landscape Architect and Electrical Engineering, to provide various professional consulting services during fiscal year 1985.

Larry Hodge Consulting Engineering – Fees not to exceed $20,000
Riley Engineering, Inc. – Fees not to exceed $17,500
Perron and Cook Consulting- Fees not to exceed $30,700

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University of Idaho FY1985 Holiday Schedule - Page 59

The following is the FY 1985 Holiday Schedule:

July 4, 1984 (Independence Day)	University closed
September 3, 1984 (Labor Day)	University closed
October 8, 1984 (Columbus Day)	University open *
November 12, 1984 (Veterans Day)	University open*
November 22-23, 1984 (Thanksgiving Day Holiday)	University Closed
December 24-25, 1984 (Christmas Eve & Day)	University Closed
December 31, 1984 (New Year’s Eve)	University Closed
January 1, 1985 (New Year’s Day)	University Closed
February 18, 1985 (President’s Day)	University Closed
May 27, 1985 (Memorial Day)	University Closed

*November 23 and December 24 will, in the usual case, be taken as days off in lieu of the Columbus Day and Veterans Day holidays.  Employees who qualified for time-and-a-half compensation for overtime or holiday work will accrue four hours of compensatory time off for each of the holidays on which they work; that is, a total of eight hours for the two holidays, which they may qualify for compensatory time off on December 31st.  (Persons to whom this provision applies are classified employees in pay grade 25 and below and those above pay grade 25 whose positions are not administrative, professional, or executive.)  Exempt staff and classified staff above pay grade 27 who are not administrative, professional, or executive, may apply a day of annual leave for December 31st closing.

Irregular help employees who work on October 10 and November 11 are eligible for cash compensation at one and one-half times their regular rate.  For purposes of compensation, employees who work on November 23 and December 24 or 31 are to be compensated at their regular hourly rates.

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Routine Catalog Changes - Page 59

Approval is requested for the catalog changes as shown in Exhibit B.  The changes were circulated on campus in general curriculum-policy reports #132 and #133.

It was moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Mitchell, and carried to approve the routine catalog changes and the notice of intent to initiate a new and expanding program “Cooperative Program in Pulp and Paper Technology” in cooperation with the University of Minnesota.  (A copy of the Notice of Intent is on file as a permanent exhibit in the Office of the State Board of Education.)

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Salary Recommendations, Budgets and Budget Transfers - Page  

The University of Idaho requests approval of the FY 1985 operating budgets and salary recommendations for the following categories of funded activities:

• General Education
• Agricultural Research & Extension Service
• WOI – Regional Program in Veterinary Medicine
• WAMI – Medical Education Program
• FUR – Forest Utilization Research
• IGS – Idaho Geological Survey
• Local Service Operations
• Auxiliary Enterprises

These operating budgets and salary recommendations are presented in separate documents distributed to the Board.  Copies of these documents are available in the Office of the State Board of Education and the University of Idaho Library.

Outlined below is a brief discussion of the appropriated funds operating budget changes.

1. GENERAL INFLATION – MCO ADJUSTMENTS

A. General Education
Support Budget MCO Increases	Requested	Allocated
Fixed Costs
Gas	7.0%	7.0%
Electricity	50.0%	28.0%
Solid Waste/Sewage	5.0%	5.0%
Property Insurance	12.0%	12.0%
Police/Fire Protection	5.0%	5.0%
Fringe Benefit Rate Increase	12.1%	13.6%
Other Support Funds	5.0%	5.0%
Library Acquisitions	10.5%	10.5%
Departmental Equipment	5.0%	5.0%

The original requested increase for electricity was 50%, based on Washington Water Power’s (WWP) rate increase request to PUC.  The commission approved a 28% increase and has not acted on the appeal for the balance of the increase nor on the new request from WWP for an additional 33% increase.  The university has elected to allocate only a 28% increase for electricity and to use the balance of the funded increase to address a shortfall in health insurance premium increase and for additional support budget funding in several colleges.

University of Idaho Special Programs
AG RES & EXT		WOI VET MED		WAMI		FUR
Request	Actual	Request	Actual	Request	Actual	Request	Actual
5.00%	-6.4%	5.00%	4.97%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	0.00%
5.00%	0.68%	0.00%	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

In order for Agricultural Research and Extension to provide comparable faculty salary equity funds as was allocated in General Education, it was necessary to adjust the level of support funds originally requested.  This was possible since this year’s appropriation for ARES was a lump sum appropriation.

The budget requests for WOI and WAMI are based upon contractual cost per student in the program rather than an MCO buildup; so, there is no direct correlation.  The FUR appropriation was only sufficient to cover minimum personnel costs.

2. GENERAL EMPLOYEE SALARY POLICY – TOTAL UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO

A. Faculty and Non-faculty Exempt Staff

The overall average increases in salary recommended for all faculty and non-faculty exempt staff for FY 1985 are:

Merit, Promotion & Longevity                  6.64%
Salary Equity Adjustments                         2.46%
Overall Average Increase                           9.10%  

The promotion raises were allocated at the same amount as last year.  These were:
      AY        FY       
To professor                                         $1,500  $1,850
To associate professor                       $1,000   $1,250
To assistant professor                           $750    $900
To senior instructor                               $500    $750

Salary raises that exceeded fifteen percent or were less than three percent were supported by a written justification to the President.

The salary level for IA/GA positions was set at $7,300 per academic year.  As in the past, this is the value used for distributing funding to the colleges.  Each college or department has the flexibility of fixing individual awards according to the situation existing and is not held to this exact figure.  This 11.8% increase includes recognition of the increase in fees which must be paid by all IA/GA’s.

The distribution of salary equity reflected the major equity differentials (e.g., full professor generate more equity funding than new assistant professors).  The allocations of faculty salary equity funds to the colleges were based on the number of faculty in each rank and an equal equity adjustment value per rank that was based on the computed need for faculty salary equity presented to the Board and the Legislature.

B.   Classified Staff

Due to the manner in which the Legislature mandated classified salary adjustments according to Hay Plan points, some university classified employees received 5% pay grade adjustments and some received 10% pay grade adjustments.  The overall average pay grade adjustment for the University of Idaho classified staff for FY 1985 is 7.5%.  The difference between the funded 7% CEC adjustment and the real cost was covered by above MCO funding.

The University of Idaho continues its policy of recognizing outstanding meritorious service among its classified staff by committing funds equal to about 1.2% of the classified salary base.  Thus, approximately 20% of the classified staff were awarded merit increases, in addition to the Legislature mandated salary adjustment.

3.  INTERNAL REALLOCATIONS

The FY 1985 General Education budget development process includes internal reallocation of funds to help address some of the major needs that the university believes are important to its long-range plans.  These needs supported through reallocation include:

Classified Merit Increases – Partial	$16,623
Faculty Positions in Computer Sci. & Ele. Eng.	$75,000
College of Mines – Additional Support Funds	$10,000
Geological Engineering – 1.2 Faculty Position	$18,700
College of Letters & Sci. – Add’l. Support Funds	$25,000
College of Ag. Separation of An. & Vet Sci. Departments	$30,500
Expansion of Coeur d’Alene Educational Services	$25,000
Special Education/Voc. Educ. Teacher Educ.	$15,000
Additional Student Counseling Services	$15,000
Expansion of High School Relations Program	$15,000
Executive Director, UI Foundation	$48,800
Total	$294,623

The source of reallocated funds include reallocated vacant positions, changes in salary lines caused by terminations or retirements, and the reduction of investment in some service activities.  The opportunities for significant reallocation continue to diminish as teaching loads across the campus grow, and salary lines of retiring staff approximate the competitive salary levels needed to recruit new staff.  Furthermore, there is a limit to how much support service can be reduced.  The University of Idaho already spends significantly less on support services than most universities and colleges.

(For action taken on UI’s FY1985 Operating Budget see page 6 of these minutes.)

4. FUNDING IN EXCESS OF MCO/CEC

Salary Equity	$557,300
Classified Salary – CEC 7% Funding Shortfall	36,423
Classified Merit Increase – Partial	43,077
Total	$636,800

The allocation of funds above MCO/CEC to salary increase, primarily for faculty and administrative salary equity adjustments, reflects the university’s highest priority in its FY 1985 budget request – salary equity.  Although it appears that the peer group institutions will also be granting salary increases next year, the net effect of the overall 9.1% increase for university faculty and non-faculty exempt staff should be to achieve a modest improvement in the university’s competitive salary status.

Moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mrs. Fields, and carried that the FY1985 salary recommendations listed above be approved.

 

Timber Sale from School Forest – Re: Regents’ Minutes, July 1982, page 32 - Page 63

The reference above established the procedure whereby the university seeks authorization to sell timber harvest from the School Forest land.  The university again requests approval to sell approximately seven million board feet of sawtimber, pulp logs, cedar products and cedar poles, plus other minor forest products such as firewood, posts, poles, and Christmas trees, during the fiscal years 1985 and 1986.  Proceeds from the sale of timber is used to support the operational costs of the School Forest operation.

Moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Mitchell, and carried that the University of Idaho be authorized to sell timber harvest from the School Forest land, as above described.

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Student Insurance – Re: Regents’ Minutes for May 1983, page 58 - Page 64

In the referenced action, approval was granted to place student health insurance with Capital Planning Services of Boise, as agents for Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company, for a three-year period beginning August 1984.

Under the current student insurance contract, the mandatory accident insurance premium remains level for the three-year period, but the carrier may request increases in the optional health insurance premium as warranted by claims experience.

For the 1984-85 school year, the accident premium would remain at $1 per student per semester.  The carrier has requested a premium of $118 per year, or $59 per semester, for the optional health insurance currently purchased by about 1,200 UI students.  This compares with a current premium of $88 per year or $44 per semester.

The increase, although significant, is supported by claims experience.  Notice of this premium adjustment and a request for comments have been submitted to the ASUI Senate through the ASUI President.

Moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mrs. Fields, and carried that the student insurance premium quoted above be accepted.

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Employee Health Insurance – Re: Regent’s Minutes for June 1983, pages 73-74 - Page 65

The University of Idaho requests approval to renew its employee health insurance contract with Medical Service Bureau (Blue Shield of Idaho), effective July 1, 1984, through June 30, 1985.

No changes in benefits are recommended for FY 1985.  To achieve the premium adjustment requested by the carrier, the schedule presented below produces an average total premium increase of 25%.  Internal adjustments consistent with recommendations of the University Health Insurance Advisory Committee and the UI Retirees Association Board of Directors have been incorporated to improve correlation between premiums and costs of claims for the various categories of insured persons.

These adjustments have also been independently reviewed by the university’s health insurance consultant, Wohlman and Sargent of Seattle.   The consultant concurs that the adjustments are reasonable and accurately reflect anticipated costs of claims for FY 1985.

Biweekly Premium Schedule
Active		Current Rates	Proposed FY85 Rates
	Employee	$24.21	$29.41
	Spouse	$20.56	$24.16
	Child	$5.31	$6.64
	Over Age Dependent	$8.11	$10.14
Retired
	Retiree w/o Medicare	$25.11	$40.24
	Spouse w/o Medicare	$21.32	$27.72
	Retiree w/Medicare	$4.98	$11.39
	Spouse w/Medicare	$7.21	$9.73

Moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Evans, and carried that the University of Idaho Group Health Insurance Contract with Medical Service Bureau (Blue Shield of Idaho) be renewed as explained above.

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No-Cost Lease Agreement – Koller USA Corporation - Page 65

Koller USA Corporation of Corvallis, Oregon, has offered the university, the use of a Koller K-300 logging yarder and SKA-1 carriage, under a no-cost lease agreement.  The value of the equipment is about $30,000, and would be used on the University of Idaho’s Experimental Forest.  Students and faculty, as well as the public sector, will benefit from the availability of this equipment in demonstrating the capabilities of a small, low-expense cable logging system, and, also, the use of an intermediate support carriage which is a concept fairly new to northwest logging, but widely used in European countries.  Authorization is requested to sign this no-cost lease agreement with Koller USA Corporation.

Moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Mitchell, and carried to authorize the University of Idaho to sign a no-cost lease agreement with Koller USA Corporation as described in the paragraph above.

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University of Idaho Magazine Printing Agreement – Re: Regents’ Minutes, March 1983, page 54 - Page 65-66

Last year, the University of Idaho received approval from the Board to enter into a one-year, renewable agreement with University Network Publishing, Inc., to publish the university’s news magazine that is sent to alumni and friends.  The university requests authorization to renew that agreement for a two-year period, effective with the October 1984 issue.  The major change in the renewal agreement is that six issues will be published rather than the previous nine issues.  The net annual cost of the new agreement is expected to be approximately the same as last year’s cost per issue, or about $26,300 for FY 1985.  The agreement does provide for adding additional pages at about $3,500 per eight-page supplement.

This approach to publish a good quality alumni news magazine continues to be the best approach from both cost and quality.

Moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Evans, and carried that the University of Idaho be authorized to renew for a two-year period a publishing agreement with University Network Publishing, Inc., to publish the university’s news magazine for alumni and friends, as described in the above paragraph.

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Computer Stores Operation - Page 66

The University of Idaho requests approval to create a stores operation for sale of computer hardware and software to campus departments, LCSC departments,  and to provide opportunities for resale of such items to faculty, staff and full-time students.  Sales to faculty and staff would be an authorized payroll deduction, if elected by the purchasers, in up to 52 pay periods.  The University of Idaho would be authorized to collect the cost of disbursements in addition to the cost of equipment.  Also, the university would be authorized to negotiate contractual agreements with vendors to allow for the discount purchase of hardware and software for the purpose of reselling to qualified buyers.  Restrictions for resale of items will be dependent upon contractual limitations placed by the vendors, and would include provisions for prohibiting the further resale of computer equipment by faculty, staff, and students.  Vendors selected for participation would be evaluated on their costs, features, compatibilities with other campus systems, and user interest.  The stores operation would not be supported by state funds and would operate in the best interests of the university.  The stores would only sell to faculty, staff, and students those major computer equipment and software items which are compatible with current university computer equipment and for which vendors offer discounts to educational institutions for resale that are not readily available to faculty, staff, and students directly from vendors.

Moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mrs. Fields, and carried that the University of Idaho be granted approval to begin a computer stores operation as described in the above paragraph.

Mr. Mitchell voted no.

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Architectural Service Agreement – Administration Building Auditorium - Page 67

The university plans to renovate the auditorium in the Administration Building with the $400,000 funding authorization included in the university’s FY 1985 Capital Improvement budget plan.  To select an architectural firm for this renovation project, Facility Planning developed a “Request for Proposals” which was made known to all architectural firms in Idaho, requested each to submit their interest in doing the project along with their qualifications, their proposed approach to the project, experience in such projects, etc.  Nine proposals were received for the university’s consideration.  A university committee of seven members was established to review the proposals.  The committee reduced the number of proposals to three for further consideration.  The three finalists were interviewed by the committee.  The proposal of Hummel & Dropping Architects or Boise was selected by the committee for approval by the Regents.  With Regents’ approval, the university proposes to negotiate a fixed, basic fee contract, not to exceed $50,000 with Hummel & Dropping.

Moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mrs. Fields, and carried to authorize the University of Idaho to negotiate a fixed, basic fee contract (not to exceed $50,000) for the administration building auditorium remodel project.

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Exchange of Right-of-Way Easements - Page 67

Potlatch Corporation has agreed to exchange no cost right-of-way easements with the university for portions of existing roads in and adjacent to the university’s forest.  Under the proposed right-of-way easement agreement, the following would be granted by each party.

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Potlatch Grants to University of Idaho - Page 67-68

A portion of an existing road over and across the SE¼NE¼, NE½SE¼, W½SE¼, NE¼SW¼, S ½NW ¼ , Section 5, Township 40 North, Range 4 West.

Portions of the proposed roads lying approximately in the E½NW ¼ , W½NE¼ , NE¼NE ¼ , Section 5, Township 40 North, Range 4 West, and the SW¼SE¼ , E½SE¼ Section 32, W½SW¼ Section 33, Township 41 North, Range 4 West.

This no-cost exchange of rights-of-way would be a cooperative road use agreement with Potlatch Corporation which would be very beneficial to both parties in allowing each better accessibility to their land ownership.

Moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Mitchell, and carried that the University of Idaho be authorized to enter into a no-cost exchange of rights-of-way with Potlatch Corporation, as described in the above paragraphs.

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Water and Sewer Line Easement – Stepping Stones, Inc. - Page 68

Stepping Stones, Inc., a nonprofit organization with its primary objective being to build group homes for developmentally disabled persons in Latah County has requested a water and sewer line easement across university land.  Stepping Stones, Inc., purchased land adjacent to and southeast of the university’s sheep farm north of the Pullman Highway, on which they wish to build a group home.  The most desirable access connection to city water and sewer lines is near the University Inn, which would run the connecting lines under university-owned land, and therefore would require an easement from the university.  Authorization is requested to allow the university to grant this easement to Stepping Stones, Inc., and also to seek an annexation of the land area into the Moscow city limits.

Total land area involved is approximately two acres, immediately north of the University-4 Theatre and University Inn Best Western motel.

Moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Mitchell, and carried that the University of Idaho be authorized to grant the above-defined water and sewer line easement to Stepping Stones, Inc.

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Telephone Cable Easement – Mountain Bell - Page 68

Mountain Bell Telephone Company has requested a 10 foot wide right-of-way easement across university land located along Interstate 84 highway between Boise and Mountain Home.

Mountain Bell is proposing to install a new fiber optic cable from Boise to Pocatello, which would provide improved toll services to all cities in southern Idaho.  The cable would be buried at a depth of about forty-eight (48) inches on university property along the Interstate 84 highway fence.  Since the right-of-way would be along the highway fence and the cable would be buried at 48 inches, granting of such an easement should not affect any future use of this land.  The university wishes to request authorization to grant this right-of-way easement to Mountain Bell.

Moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Mitchell, and carried that the University of Idaho be authorized to grant a right-of-way easement to Mountain Bell Telephone Company, as described in the above paragraph.

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Renaming of Physical Science Building - Page 69

Moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mrs. Fields, and carried that, an unanimously recommended by the faculties of the Departments of Chemistry and Physics, by the administrators of those departments, and by the Dean of the College of Letters and Science, the name of the Physical Science Building be changed to Malcolm M. Renfrew Hall (abbreviation REN).

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Renaming of the Law Building - Page 69

Moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mrs. Fields, and carried that, as recommended by the faculty of the College of Law, the name of the Law Building be changed to the Albert R. Menard Law Building (abbreviation LAW).

Conversion of IH Position to Budgeted Position - Page 40

Title:  Counselor
Term:  Fiscal Year
Type:  Exempt
FTE:  .5
Salary:  $7,800.00
Department:  Learning Resource Center
Funding:  General Education
Justification:  Conversion of a part-time position funded as irregular help to a regular budgeted position.

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Review of Tenured Faculty Members - Page 41

In January 1984, the Regents of the University of Idaho established the review process for tenured faculty.  Since that time, 633 University of Idaho faculty members have been reviewed, the results of which have been reported to the Board annually, in accordance with Board policy established at the same time.  Performance review results for the 1983-84 academic year are listed below:

Number reviewed first time: 22
Number re-reviewed: 25
Total reviewed: 47
Number found competent: 45
Further review: 2

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Purchase and Sale of Property and Equipment - Page 41

Requisition #342219, Department: Agriculture, Item: Phototypesetter, Amount: $29,000.

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Routine Grant Acceptances - Page 41

The total dollar amount of awards in Exhibit B is $4,716,591.14.  Overhead is waived for No. 108 in the amount of $32,562.72, and No. 136 in the amount of $56,642 (USDA agreements do not allow indirect costs).  No future state obligations will be incurred by the acceptance of any of these grants.  None of the grants limit disclosure of the results.

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Financing the UI’s Portion of the Life Science Building - Page 41-42

The university requests Regents’ approval to: (1) reassign the following student building debt service fees to debt retirement of the $5 million Life Science Building construction debt; (2) provide funds to service the remaining debt requirements for the ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center roof and; (3) to consummate the escrow agreement and other legal documents necessary to defease the University Classroom Building bond issue and establish an escrow fund to guarantee debt service coverage for the remaining life of the bond.

	Full-Time Uniform Fee Per Semester	Part-Time Credit Hour Fee	Annual Revenue Generated
Infirmary Building Fee	$3.50	$0.10	$51,100
Education/Law Building Fee	$5.00	$0.15	$73,150
Residence Halls Operating/Debt	$24.75	-0-	$349,150
University Classroom Bldg. Fee	$10.00	$0.35	$147,150
ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center Rood	$5.00	$0.25	$75,000
	$48.25	$0.85	$695,550

Further explanation of this request is contained in Exhibit C.

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Moving Expenses - Page 42

Dr. Raymond Dacey’s (Dean, College of Business and Economics) moving expenses from Norman, Oklahoma, to Moscow, Idaho, are expected to be approximately $8,900.  In accordance with Dr. Dacey’s employment agreement, the university has agreed to pay the cost of moving household goods, subject to Board approval.

Kenneth White’s (Superintendent, Building Maintenance and Operations), moving expenses from Sedalia, Colorado to Moscow, Idaho, are estimated to be $5,206.32.  In accordance with Mr. White’s employment agreement, the university has agreed to pay the cost of moving household goods, subject to Board approval.

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FY1983-84 Carryover Funds - Page 42-43

General Education

The FY1983-84 carryover funds in General Education that are available for one-time expenditure during FY1984-85 are $302,500.  These local funds will be used for departmental contingencies, and to partially cover the 3% holdback.

Agricultural Research and Extension Service

The FY 1983-84 carryover funds in Agricultural Research and Extension Service that are available for one-time expenditure during FY1984-85 are $54,000.  These funds will be used to help offset an expected deficit in federal funds for FY1985.  If the federal budgets are approved as currently written, Agricultural Research and Extension Service will have an approximate shortfall of $100,000 from the amounts appropriated by the 1984 Legislature.

WOI Veterinary Medicine

The FY1983-84 carryover funds in the WOI Regional Program in Veterinary Medicine that are available for expenditure in FY1984-85 are $79,500.  These funds will be used to provide temporary salaries for two postdoctoral fellowships, two graduate assistants, a media specialist, and additional irregular help.

WAMI Medical Education

The FY1983-84 carryover funds in the WAMI Medical Education Program that are available for one-time expenditure during FY1984-85 are $28,600.  These local funds will be used to replace funding lost by the decrease in students, to assist in funding the Independent Study in Medical Science course, and to replace microscopes.

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Agreement – North Country Book Express, Inc. - Page 43

The university received permission from the Board’s Executive Directo on July 31, 1984, to sign an agreement with North Country Book Express, Inc., (NCBE) for 12 issues of a magazine titled Idaho the University.  NCBE is a local publisher who will be working with the university to produce a public relations/information-type magazine aimed at alumni and friends of the university.  The $75,250 two-year contract began August 1, 1984, and runs through July 31, 1986.  Long-range plans for the magazine are that after the first two-year period, the advertising revenues will begin bearing the cost of the magazine.  This contract is a substitution for a proposed contract approved by the Board in June 1984, with University Network Publishing, Inc., of Tucson, Arizona.  The university was not able to negotiate all conditions of a contract with University Network Publishing Inc. that were acceptable to the university.  The contract with NCBE has the potential for being a better financial arrangement for the university, plus allowing the university to associate with an Idaho firm to produce its alumni magazine.

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Campus Police Unit Contract - Page 43

The university has made minor revisions in the police contract with the city and has sent it for approval by the Moscow City Council.  The contract shall be for an indefinite period of time unless changed by mutual agreement of the parties or terminated as provided for in the contract.  The operating budget shall be negotiated each university fiscal year.  See Exhibit D.

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Closing of Bank Account - Page 43

The university closed two bank accounts in June 1984 that were maintained in the Idaho First National Bank.  These accounts were utilized for the Student Union Bond Issue as required by the original bond indenture.  The university has established an irrevocable escrow with the Idaho First National Bank to cover the outstanding debt obligations and as a result of the bank accounts that are no longer necessary.  The account numbers closed were 10-38027-8 and 10-38032-4.

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Moscow – Groundwater Basin Study - Page 44

The university requests authorization to contribute $10,000 in FY 1985 and $6,000 in FY1986 to a Moscow-Pullman Groundwater Basin Study.  For a number of years, the University of Idaho has been participating with representatives of Washington State University and the cities of Moscow and Pullman in monitoring changes in the underground water resources serving the region.

Recently, the Water Resources committee, representing the various constituencies in the region proposed to update a previous groundwater basin study.  The two-year project would cost $86,500 the first year and $54,500 in the second year.  The US Geological Survey organization will provide $46,500 in the first year and $39,500 in the second year.  The four regional participants (UI, WSU, Moscow, and Pullman) would share equally the balance of the project costs.  The study is an important step to a better understanding of the actual groundwater basin formation and better information for long-range economic planning in the region.  

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Land Acquisition – 66.54 Acres at Pierce, Idaho - Page 44

The US Department of Education has declared 66.54 acres of land located at Pierce, Idaho surplus to the University of Idaho government’s needs and available for transfer to a tax-supported educational applicant for approved educational uses.  The land area is an archeological/historical site and would serve the university’s instructional and research programs very well as laboratory sites for anthropology, archaeology, education, forestry, history, sociology, and the physical/biological sciences.  In fact the area has been used by the Laboratory of Anthropology under the direction of Professor Roderick Sprague for the last few years.  The university requests authorization to submit an application to the US Department of Education for the acquisition of this land area.  See Exhibit F.

Exception to Five Calendar-Year Residence Requirement – William G. Ekern, Stephen Andrew Gardai, and Mary Goeden Ollie - Page 29

The granting of exceptions to residence requirements are given only with Board approval.  The following rule for “Exceptions to Residency Requirements for Special Graduate or Professional Programs” (State Board of Education Rule Manual) applies as follows, in the cases of the three students named above:

William G. Ekern, Stephen Andrew Gardai, & Mary Goeden Ollie

IDAPA08.00.D.6.la.  Applicants who have established residency status in the state for a minimum of three continuous years immediately prior to the matriculation date and have had at least two years of continuous full-time employment in the state during the three continuous years may be considered an exception to the five calendar-year requirement and may apply for admission to the special graduate and professional programs.  “Continuous full-time employment” means not more than two weeks of non-employment between one full-time employment position and another. 

Exhibit B lists pertinent facts involved in each student’s request for exception to the five calendar-year residency requirement.  Based on the facts presented in Exhibit B, the university recommends to the Board that the three students named above be permitted to apply as Idaho residents to the WAMI/WICHE Program and the WOI Program.  NOTE: See page 9 for Board action.

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Purchase and Sale of Property and Equipment - Page 30

Requisition # 343995, Department: Chemistry, Item: Spectrophotometer; Amount: $30,000.

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Routine Grant Acceptances - Page 30

The total dollar amount of awards in Exhibit B is $1,126.013.  No future state obligations will be incurred by the acceptance of any of these grants.  None of the grants limit disclosure of the results. 

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Payments to Outside Consultants - Page 30-31

To comply with Regents’ policy requiring approval of outside consultants being paid over $1,000 in one payment or more than $5,000 in a fiscal year, approval is requested to pay the following:

Ballard, J. Clark, consulting fee for technical assistance on the Pakistan Irrigation Systems Management Research Project, in the amount of $1,279.85, September 16-20, 1984. 

Bell, George M., teaching services rendered in College of Law in the amount of $9,600, August 1 – December 31, 1984.

Hardison, O. B., Jr., visiting speaker/lecturer on NEH visiting scholar series, in the amount of $4,250.

Jorns, James, consulting fee for General Technical Service trip to Honduras, Postharvest Institute for Perishables contract, in the amount of $4,111.02, June 6 – July 9, 1984.

Kember, W.D., consulting fee for technical assistance on the Pakistan Irrigation Systems Management Research Project, in the amount of $5,799.82, July 9 – August 21, 1984. 

L’Hote, Willard, a teaching consultant in the Department of Art, College of Art and Architecture, in the amount of $9,376.96, academic year 1984-85.

Nelson, Roger H, payment for teaching CE 444, Steel and Timber Design for the Civil Engineering Department, in the amount of $4,500, fall semester 1984.

Wang, C.W., consulting fee for work done on international programs, FWR Experiment Stations, in the amount of $4,000, January – October 1984.

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Moving Expenses - Page 31

Dr. Richard Gill’s (Assistant Professor, Engineering Science Department) moving expenses from Beavercreek, Ohio to Moscow, Idaho, are estimated to be approximately $5,000.  IN accordance with Dr. Gill’s employment agreement, the university has agreed to pay the cost of moving household goods, subject to Board approval.

Thomas Sawyer’s (Utilities/Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning Engineer, Physical Plant) moving expenses from North Canton, Ohio, to Moscow, Idaho, are $5,411.23.  In accordance with Mr. Sawyer’s employment agreement, the university has agreed to pay the cost of moving household goods, subject to Board approval. 

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Support of Architectural/Engineering Design Study for Moscow/Pullman Airport Terminal Facilities Upgrade - Page 31

The university requests authorization to contribute $8,000 toward the architectural/engineering design study proposed for the upgrading of the Moscow/Pullman airport terminal and related facilities.  The total design study is expected to cost approximately $40,000.  The cities of Pullman and Moscow, the Port of Whitman Authority, Latah County, Washington State University, and University of Idaho are being asked to contribute to this essential first step to obtaining federal, state and local assistance in upgrading the airport facilities.  The growth in commercial and private aviation traffic at the airport creates the need to upgrade current facilities for safety and adequacy of service reasons. 

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Transfer/Trade COMARC Computer Gifts - Page 31-32

The University of Idaho requests authorization to transfer computer equipment to COMARC Systems of San Francisco in trade for new equivalent equipment.  A year ago, COMARC Systems gave the University of Idaho a major software package supporting their geographic data management systems.  To use the sophisticated COMARC software system, the university agreed to acquire the computer equipment which supports the software.  The total cost of the equipment acquisition was $57,670. 

Subsequent developmental efforts of COMARC Systems and their evaluation of the university’s specific educational needs suggest that alternative microcomputer hardware would be more appropriate.  Thus, they have proposed to take some of the equipment obtained last year and replace it with microcomputer equipment that COMARC Systems is now focusing their developmental efforts on.  The value of the equipment to be traded is about $38,525.  The only cost to the university would be approximately $250 to cover shipping costs of the new equipment. 

Although the current equipment being used by the university would not be obsolete and will support some of the COMARC systems, we would like to take advantage of the offer to allow us more capability to expand the use of the system to many disciplines on the campus.  We appreciate the generosity of COMARC Systems to help the university develop this very valuable educational support service and their assistance in evaluating our progress to date.

Academic Calendars - Page 35

To avoid having the University of Idaho and Washington State University commencements on successive days, it is recommended that, beginning with the spring semester 1984-85, the University of Idaho commencement be moved to Friday from Saturday (WSU’s commencement is on Sunday).  Approval is requested, therefore, for the following revised entries in the spring semester 1985 academic calendar:

Last day of instruction (Thursday): May 2
No classes (Friday): May 3
Final examinations (Saturday, Monday-Thursday): May 4, 6-9
Close of spring semester/commencement day (Friday): May 10

With these changes, the spring semester will still have 81 school days.

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Academic Calendars for 1985-86 and 1986-87 - Page 35

Approval is requested that the academic calendars for 1985-86 and 1986-87, as shown in Exhibit A be approved.  (These calendars provide for 160 days in each academic year).

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Routine Grant Acceptances - Page 36

The total dollar amount of awards in Exhibit B is $1,976,208.75.  Overhead is waived for No. 5 in the amount of $11,976.92 and No. 6 in the amount of $32,769.23 (USDA agreements do not allow indirect costs).  No future state obligations will be incurred by the acceptance of any of these grants.  None of the grants limit disclosure of the results.

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Payments to Outside Consultants - Page 36-37

To comply with Regents’ policy requiring approval of outside consultants being paid over $1,000 in one payment or more than $5,000 in a fiscal year, approval is requested to pay the following:

Bohanek, Raina, honorarium for teaching Ed 440/563-70 (Methods of Teaching Content Reading), three credits, in Coeur d’Alene, Education Off-Campus, in the amount of $1,200, fall semester 1984.

Buescher, Ronald, consulting fee for Postharvest Institute while in Honduras, GTS #46, in the amount of $6,155.24, May – June 1984.

Childs, Barney, honorarium for visiting NEH scholar, NEH grant, in the amount of $3,000, November 1984. 

Dennis, Dr. Dehryl, honorarium for teaching Ed 591-80 (Administration of Personnel), three credits, in Boise, Education Off-Campus, in the amount of $1,200, fall semester 1984.

Fitzpatrick, Joy, honorarium for teaching Guid 415-70 (Principles and Practices I/Guidance), three credits, Coeur d’Alene, Education Off-Campus, in the amount of $1,200, fall semester 1984. 

Loosle, Darrel, honorarium for teaching Ed 530-80 (School of Law), three credits, Meridian, Education Off-Campus, in the amount of $1,200 fall semester 1984.

Raunio, Elmer, consulting fee for University Research Office to perform basic background work for grant applications, Grants and Contracts, in the amount of $2,900, November 1, 1984, through June 30, 1985. 

Russell, Doug, honorarium for teaching Ed 501-70 (SEM Staff Development/Effective Instruction), one credit, Coeur d’Alene, Education Off-Campus, in the amount of $1,500, fall semester 1984. 

Schell, Stewart, consulting fee for participation in the WAMI course, Med. Sci. 521 (Natural History of Infectious Diseases), in the amount of $1,470, fall semester 1984. 

Stanton, Gary, honorarium for teaching SpEd 540-70 (Behavior Analysis in Applied Settings), three credits, Coeur d’Alene, Education Off-Campus, in the amount of $1,200, fall semester 1984. 

UI/Idaho Falls Center for Higher Education, outside teaching instruction, fall semester 1984, (Exhibit C) in the amount of $74,534.

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Shriners Hospital for Cripple Children Affiliation Agreement - Page 37

The University of Idaho requests authorization to sign an affiliation agreement (Exhibit D) with the Spokane, Washington, unit of Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.  The purpose of the agreement is to allow University of Idaho students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts or Science in Home Economics or Child Development/Family Relations to utilize the hospital for practicum and educational purposes.  There will be no cost to the University of Idaho.  This agreement is for a one-year term; however, it can be renewed from year to year or cancelled at anytime by either party giving a three-month advance notice.  The agreement, as presented to the Board at their September 1984 meeting, has been modified and is now acceptable to both parties. 

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US Department of Agriculture Land Use Agreement at Aberdeen Research & Extension Center - Page 37

The US Department of Agriculture, through their Agriculture Research Service (ARS) has requested a no-cost long-term use of 0.28 acres of land at the Aberdeen Research & Extension Center for the purpose of building an 80’ by 30’ metal, prefabricated machine shed.  The terms of land use agreement would be for twenty-five (25) years with options to renew.  ARS is heavily involved in the research programs at Aberdeen with a number of employees working at Aberdeen, along with vehicles and equipment stationed at the research and extension center.  Constructing a new shed would benefit the university by releasing storage space formerly used by ARS.  The agreement will include the stipulation that if ARS should discontinue using the machine shed they would either remove the building or turn the building over to the university. 

The University of Idaho requests authorization to negotiate and sign a land use agreement with the US Department of Agriculture as described above. 

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State Division of Highways Road Right-of-Way - Page 38

In 1945, the university granted a road right-of-way to the State of Idaho Division of Highways for the purpose of reconstructing 6.28 miles of State Highway 9 from Yale, Idaho, northerly to the junction of State Highway 6 near Harvard, Idaho.  Part of the proposed reconstructed highway and, therefore, the 1945 granted right-of-way runs through a portion of the university’s Experimental Forest land.  The State Division of Highways completed part of the reconstruction last summer and now plans on completing the road when weather allows.   However, due to increased highway construction standards since 1945, the highway department needs some minor additional right-of-way from the university.  The additional right-of-way will involve about two acres of university land.  The reconstructing of this highway will be beneficial to the university in improving the conditions for hauling logs from the university forest, will improve access entrances to our lands, and will eliminate flooding conditions by installing large culverts. 

The University of Idaho requests authorization to grant additional road right-of-way to the State Division of Highways as described above.