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New Textbook Rental closer to reality
Board of Trustees approve construction for new facility
Kevin Murphy/Managing Editor
Issue date: 12/1/08 Section: News
The Board of Trustees unanimously approved the construction for a new Textbook Rental facility at its Nov. 21 meeting.
After the meeting, the university held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new facility, off Edgar Drive near Greek Court.
"We've waited such a long time to get a new textbook rental facility," said Jill Nilsen, vice president for external relations. "Now it's becoming a reality so that's exciting."
The total cost for the new facility will be $2,847,234. Felmley-Dickerson Company of Bloomington earned the construction bid, Clark Plumbing & Heating of Champaign will handle the plumbing, and T.A. Brinkoetter & Sons of Decatur will handle the heating.
Earlier in the meeting, the board unanimously released a bond that will fund the facility. The bond shall not exceed $5 million.
Nilsen said Dan Nadler, vice president for student affairs, said the facility should be completed one year from now. She said students in the fall would most likely pick up their books from the old Textbook Rental facility, and drop their books off at the new facility.
In other business, the board unanimously approved a labor agreement between the building service workers' union and the university.
The union - American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees - ratified the contract on Nov. 14. The contact, which is effective from Sept. 15 to Sept. 14, 2011, is a three-year agreement. The agreement will cost the university $171,915 in 2008, $177,072 in 2009, and $182,384 in 2010.
The board also approved policy revisions, except for a policy pertaining to tuition.
The policies, which have not be reviewed or revised in 10 years, contain minor revisions. Many of the revisions contain language updates to certain polices to ensure they meet laws passed by the General Assembly.
"As I understand it, there's still some doubt about what the law actually says," said BOT member Robert Webb about the tuition policy. "We wanted to delay adopting a policy until we get a clarification of that. There seems to be some conflict of what terms the student role is and what the Board of Trustees role is."
Eric Wilber, student executive vice president and student trustee, sent an e-mail to BOT and said no one really had any answers, which is why the board did not make any decisions.
Jeff Cooley, vice president for business affairs, and Nadler said there are plans to update campus security. They plan to have active shooter training exercise and possibly install another set of sirens on the north side of campus. They also plan to put cameras throughout public areas of the Triad residence halls.
The board also approved the naming of the percussion lab in the Doudna Fine Arts Center as the Vaughn and Ruth Jaenike Percussion Lab. The anonymous donor wanted the lab to be named after Vaughn and Ruth Jaenike because of their relationship to Eastern. The anonymous donor donated $25,000 to the New and Emerging Artist Series as well.
Kevin Murphy can be reached at 581-7942 or at kjmurphy@eiu.edu.
After the meeting, the university held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new facility, off Edgar Drive near Greek Court.
"We've waited such a long time to get a new textbook rental facility," said Jill Nilsen, vice president for external relations. "Now it's becoming a reality so that's exciting."
The total cost for the new facility will be $2,847,234. Felmley-Dickerson Company of Bloomington earned the construction bid, Clark Plumbing & Heating of Champaign will handle the plumbing, and T.A. Brinkoetter & Sons of Decatur will handle the heating.
Earlier in the meeting, the board unanimously released a bond that will fund the facility. The bond shall not exceed $5 million.
Nilsen said Dan Nadler, vice president for student affairs, said the facility should be completed one year from now. She said students in the fall would most likely pick up their books from the old Textbook Rental facility, and drop their books off at the new facility.
In other business, the board unanimously approved a labor agreement between the building service workers' union and the university.
The union - American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees - ratified the contract on Nov. 14. The contact, which is effective from Sept. 15 to Sept. 14, 2011, is a three-year agreement. The agreement will cost the university $171,915 in 2008, $177,072 in 2009, and $182,384 in 2010.
The board also approved policy revisions, except for a policy pertaining to tuition.
The policies, which have not be reviewed or revised in 10 years, contain minor revisions. Many of the revisions contain language updates to certain polices to ensure they meet laws passed by the General Assembly.
"As I understand it, there's still some doubt about what the law actually says," said BOT member Robert Webb about the tuition policy. "We wanted to delay adopting a policy until we get a clarification of that. There seems to be some conflict of what terms the student role is and what the Board of Trustees role is."
Eric Wilber, student executive vice president and student trustee, sent an e-mail to BOT and said no one really had any answers, which is why the board did not make any decisions.
Jeff Cooley, vice president for business affairs, and Nadler said there are plans to update campus security. They plan to have active shooter training exercise and possibly install another set of sirens on the north side of campus. They also plan to put cameras throughout public areas of the Triad residence halls.
The board also approved the naming of the percussion lab in the Doudna Fine Arts Center as the Vaughn and Ruth Jaenike Percussion Lab. The anonymous donor wanted the lab to be named after Vaughn and Ruth Jaenike because of their relationship to Eastern. The anonymous donor donated $25,000 to the New and Emerging Artist Series as well.
Kevin Murphy can be reached at 581-7942 or at kjmurphy@eiu.edu.
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