Minutes of the Regular Meeting, September 9 ... - Digital Collections

September 9-10, 2008 31361President Boren recommended that the Board of Regents ratify the awards and/ormodifications for April 2008 submitted with this Agenda Item.Regent Bell moved approval of the recommendation. The following voted yes on themotion: Regents Wade, Bell, Rainbolt-Forbes, Dunning and Clark. The Chair declared themotion unanimously approved.FISCAL YEAR 2009 SALARY PROGRAM – NCNew funds are available for a permanent 2 percent salary increase for NormanCampus faculty and staff in FY09. The 2 percent increase will be distributed across the boardwith departments allowed to award additional increases on the basis of meritorious performance.The salary guidelines allowed flexibility in addressing special salary needs such as compression,retention and exceptional merit. Recommended salary increases total $4.9 million, including $3.3million in educational and general funds.The Law Center has recommended salary increases averaging 3.3 percent with a totalcost of $233,000.A report detailing recommended salaries for staff earning over $60,000 annually andfor all faculty is provided separately.President Boren recommended the Board of Regents approve the Fiscal Year 2009Norman Campus salary and wage increases for faculty and staff, as presented, with an effectivedate of October 1, 2008 for monthly employees and September 27, 2008 for hourly employees.Regent Clark moved approval of the recommendation. The following voted yes onthe motion: Regents Wade, Bell, Rainbolt-Forbes, Dunning and Clark. The Chair declared themotion unanimously approved.FRED JONES JR. MUSEUM OF ART, EUGENE B. ADKINS GALLERY ADDITION –NCAt the October 2007 meeting, the Board of Regents ranked Elliott + AssociatesArchitects, of Oklahoma City, first among firms considered for providing professionalarchitectural and engineering services for the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Eugene B. AdkinsGallery Addition project. A feasibility study for construction was completed, and the projectwas approved by the Board at the May 2008 meeting as a part of the comprehensive CampusMaster Plan of Capital Projects for the Norman Campus.Project design is currently underway. The plan calls for creation of the new EugeneB. Adkins Gallery and associated archive storage space on the second floor to display, store andcurate Southwest and Native American works of art included in the Adkins Collection. Asplanned, the existing rooftop sculpture garden will be enclosed to create a new third floorgallery. Also, a major new staircase leading from the lower galleries into this new third-floorarea will be constructed. Additional public restrooms and heating, ventilation and airconditioning system upgrades also will be included in the project. Renderings of the plans areattached hereto as Exhibit O. The current project budget is $6,000,000. At the conclusion of thedesign development phase, an updated construction cost estimate will be prepared by theconstruction manager in consultation with the project architect. It is anticipated that the designfor the project and a revised project budget will be presented to the Board for approval byDecember 2008.