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Board approves voice‑vote package and roll‑call items including FY2026 preliminary operating budget and multiple project budgets
Summary
In a voice vote, trustees approved a package of routine academic and personnel items (items a1–27) including the resolution honoring Chancellor Jones. In a subsequent roll‑call vote, trustees approved the FY2026 preliminary operating budget and several capital project budgets and authorized a legal settlement; roll‑call responses were recorded as 'yes to all.'
The University of Illinois Board of Trustees approved two bundles of agenda items at its May 20, 2025 meeting.
On the regular voice‑vote agenda, Secretary Stein read items a1 through 27, which included approval of minutes, the resolution for Chancellor Robert J. Jones, bylaw amendments, athletic board appointments and a set of academic program approvals (new degrees, program revisions and faculty appointments). Trustee Basta moved the motion and the board approved the package by voice vote; the chair announced, “The ayes have it.”
The board then took a roll‑call vote on items requiring individual record votes. The roll‑call agenda included the preliminary operating budget for fiscal year 2026; project budgets for a nurse anesthesia program simulation lab (Chicago), an innovation center expansion (Chicago), a computer design research and learning center (Chicago) and the Springfield Library Commons (Springfield); purchase recommendations; disclosure of certain executive-session minutes under the Open Meetings Act; and authorization to settle Crispiano Domingo v. Justin Wooden. Secretary Stein called each trustee’s name and recorded responses that were read back as 'yes to all' or equivalent; the chair announced the motion carried.
Trustees were offered the option to record unique votes on single items if desired; none were recorded on the public minutes. The approvals forwarded from committee reflect prior committee review, and trustees were directed to committee materials for detailed committee deliberations.
