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Regents want to improve I
By Matthew Watte__
Senior Reporter
An NU Board of Regents subcom
mittee met Thursday to discuss how
the board could work better and
faster.
The governance subcommittee,
which reviews the way the regents do
business, spent the most time discuss
ing a proposal to limit the number of
business items that come before the
regents.
Regent Don Blank of McCook said
that the session was held to present
and discuss ideas, not to make any
formal decisions.
There were questions about
whether the regents were delegating
enough authority to the president and
the chancellors, Blank said. He said
that because of an information log
jam, the regents may be missing some
major strategic issues.
The regents currently examine all
items that cost more than a set
amount. That amount varies depend
ing on the issue.
James Van Horn, associate NU
vice president for business and fi
nance, said the regents should raise
the set amounts.
In a written statement, Van Horn,
along with NU General Counsel Dick
Wood, proposed changes in regent
approval of business items. During
regent meetings in 1992-93,335 busi
ness items were discussed.
Under current regent policy, any
construction project that costs more
than $100,000 must come before the
board. Regents also must approve
statements of need, program, sche
matic design, design development
ana tne lowest oia trom the contrac
tor.
Under the proposed policy, regents
would approve the above statements
and a budget for the project. Admin
istrators would then take bids and
select the lowest. If the bid came in
below the regents budget, the board
would not have to approve the con
tract.
Regent Nancy O’Brien of Water
loo questioned that proposal, which
did not include regent approval of the
schematic design, during early dis
cussion on the matter.
“Under this plan, we wouldn’t see
what a building looks like,” O’Brien
said. “No way.”
After some discussion, the mem
bers of the committee agreed that re
gent approval of the four statements
and the budget was necessary.
Regents hope to stress policies
By Chris Haln_
Senior Editor
The agenda for the NU Board of
Regents’ meeting today is the type
that its members would like to avoid
in the future, regents said Thursday.
At its monthly meeting, the re
gents will discuss an agenda domi
nated by administrative and business
items, with a few items of interest.
“There’s not a lot on this agenda,”
University of Nebraska spokesman
Joe Rowson said.
The board would like to change
the focus of its meetings. The gover
nance committee on Thursday con
sidered a proposal that would restruc
ture meetings to eliminate some pro
cedural elements.
“We want to see if we can mini
mize management issues and put
more emphasis on policies, Regent
Chairman Charles Wilson of Lincoln
said.
The board will decide if NU should
purchase the Beta Sigma Psi Frater
nity house, 2224 U St., for conver
sion into family housing units.
An informational item on the
agenda concerns the proposed man
datory purchase of individual com
puters by students in the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Ar
chitecture.
The computer issue had the poten
tial of putting significant financial
strain on architecture students, Wil
son said. However, it probably can’t
be avoided, because architecture stu
dents need to have computers avail
able almost 24 hours a day.
NU President Dennis Smith also
will discuss the engineering task
force at the meeting. Rowson said the
president probably would clarify the
goal of the task force.
Regent Robert Allen of Hastings
has requested that the regents discuss
the task force’s forthcoming report.
According to a note on the agenda,
Allen has raised questions about the
expected report.
The regents also have been setting
aside a portion of their meetings to
discuss strategy items. This month’s
item is student recruitment.
“There has been some press about
top students from the state who leave
the state to attend college,” Wilson
said.
“We want to see what the Univer
sity of Nebraska can do to recruit stu
dents to the campuses.”
Committee to enforce parking laws
By Awdfw Luc—__
Staff Reporter
A new citizen committee will
be ticketing cars parked in handi
capped spots, a Lincoln police
spokesman said.
Capt. Doug Ahlberg of the Lin
coln Police Department said the
volunteer program was another
step to enforce handicapped park
ing laws.
The Americans with Disabili
ties Act requires owners of prop
erty open to the public to make
improvements to assist the dis
abled. Property owners must build
sidewalk ramps and install signs
warning illegal parkers of possible
fines.
“Lincoln wanted to address this
issue, so Mayor (Mike) Johanns set
up a committee in February,”
Ahlberg said.
The city also raised the fine for
parking illegally in handicapped
spaces, Ahlberg said. The fines
went from $37.75 for each offense
to $97.75 for a first offense. Within
the same year, the second offense
fine is $197.75, and the third of
fense fine is $297.75.
The committee is taking appli
cations from interested volunteers.
Anyone older than 20 can contact
the Lincoln police for an applica
tion before Oct. I. When the ap
plications are in, the police will
complete background checks and
interview prospective volunteers.
The 10 chosen volunteers will
go through a training program that
will teach department procedures.
That includes how to write a cita
tion and how to fill out an activity
sheet.
Volunteers also will take a (
course in conflict resolution.
“The volunteers will work
within the policy and procedures
of the police department,” Ahlberg
said.
The volunteers will be sched
uled to work a set number of hours.
They also will be expected to pro
vide their own transportation.
They will be given a vest and an
identification card.
“[The volunteers] will have di
rect communication with the po
lice department in the form of cel
lular telephone,” Ahlberg said.
A recently passed Lincoln city
ordinance gave the volunteers the
power to assess fines. The state
passed a similar statute that gave
them the power to patrol private
parking areas but not to give tick
ets.
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