December 2021 Board of Regents Meeting
Agenda
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2021
8:00 a.m. Sixth Floor, West Committee Room
Litigation Review Committee
Regent Huebsch, Chair/Regent Farnsworth, Vice Chair
- Resolution to Conduct Non-Public Meeting of the Litigation Review Committee to Discuss Attorney-Client Privileged Matters – Review/Action – D. Peterson
8:00 a.m. Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Audit & Compliance Committee
Regent Kenyanya, Chair/Regent Rosha, Vice Chair
- External Auditor Report – S. Paulson/K. Knudtson/J. Dockendorf
- Oversight of Compliance with Laws and Regulations – K. Bonneson
- Information Items – K. Kuhns/B. Kumher
9:15 a.m. Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Mission Fulfillment Committee
Regent Davenport, Chair/Regent Johnson, Vice Chair
15 min break to be taken at call of the Chair
- Annual Report on the Status of University Research & Commercialization of Technology – J. M. Oakes
- Encouraging Multidisciplinarity in Research and Teaching – R. Croson/J. M. Oakes/R. McMaster
- Consent Report – Review/Action – R. Croson
- Information Items – R. Croson
Approximately 30 min Following Adjournment of Mission Fulfillment Committee
Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Audit & Compliance Committee
Regent Kenyanya, Chair/Regent Rosha, Vice Chair
- Resolution to Conduct Non-Public Meeting of the Audit & Compliance Committee to Discuss Information Technology Security – Review/Action – B. Gulachek/B. Dahlin
Approximately 15 min Following Adjournment of Audit & Compliance Committee
Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Finance & Operations Committee
Regent Mayeron, Chair/Regent McMillan, Vice Chair
15 min break to be taken at call of the Chair
- Twin Cities Campus Master Plan – Action – M. Frans/M. Berthelsen/G. Havens
- Resolution Related to Operating Model for Twin Cities Campus Dining Program – Review/Action – M. Berthelsen/A. Keran
- MPact 2025: Innovative Financing to Support Strategic Objectives – M. Frans/M. Volna
- President’s Recommended Supplemental 2022 State Budget Request – Review/Action – J. Gabel/M. Frans/J. Tonneson/B. Gulachek
- MPact 2025: Enterprise Risk Management Plan – M. Frans
- FY 2023 Budget Variables and Levers – J. Tonneson
- Consent Report – Review/Action – M. Frans
- Information Items – M. Frans
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2021
8:00 a.m. Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Governance & Policy Committee
Regent Verhalen, Chair/Regent Huebsch, Vice Chair
- Policy Amendments Related to Board-Required Reports – Review – B. Steeves/J. Langworthy
- Board of Regents Policy: Namings – Review – J. Gabel
Approximately 15 min Following Adjournment of Governance & Policy Committee
Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Board of Regents Meeting
Regent Powell, Chair/Regent Sviggum, Vice Chair
- Introductions – J. Gabel
- Vice President and Budget Director
- Approval of Minutes – Action – K. Powell
- Report of the President – J. Gabel
- Report of the Chair – K. Powell
- Receive & File Reports
- Quarterly Report of Grant and Contract Activity
- Eastcliff Annual Report
- Consent Report – Review/Action – K. Powell
- Gifts
- Report of the Faculty Consultative Committee/Senate Consultative Committee – N. Patterson
- MPact 2025 Update – J. Gabel
- 2021 University Performance and Accountability Report – Review – J. Gabel/R. Croson
- PEAK Action Plan – J. Gabel/M. Frans/K. Horstman/A. Laws
- Employment Agreement for Chief Auditor of the University of Minnesota – Review/Action – K. Powell
- Employment Agreement for President of the University of Minnesota – Review/Action – K. Powell
- Report of the Committees
- Old Business
- New Business
- Adjournment
Committee Consent Reports:
Finance & Operations: Purchase of Goods and Services $1,000,000 and Over; Capital Improvement Budget Amendment; Employment Agreements; Report on the Expense Patterns of Public Higher Education Institutions; Schematic Designs; Ratification of Additional Personal Holidays.
Mission Fulfillment: Academic Program Changes; Conferral of Tenure; Human Fetal Tissue Research Report to the Minnesota Legislature.
Committee Information Items:
Audit & Compliance: Semi-Annual Institutional Compliance Officer’s Report; Institutional Conflict of Interest Report; Semi-Annual Controller’s Report.
Finance & Operations: Central Reserves General Contingency Allocations; FY 2021 Annual Financial Report; Administrative Cost Definition and Benchmarking Update; Annual Report on Targeted Business, Community Economic Development, and Small Business Programs; Commercial Paper Issuance Update; Semi-Annual Capital Project Management Report; Investment Advisory Committee Update; Quarterly Asset Management Report; Quarterly Purchasing Report.
Mission Fulfillment: University, Student, Faculty, and Staff Activities and Awards.
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Materials and videos
Board of Regents
Audit & Compliance Committee
- Docket: Audit & Compliance Committee (PDF)
- Video recording: Audit & Compliance Committee
- Docket: Audit & Compliance Committee - Non-Public Meeting (PDF)