~MINUTES~ PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL
July 25, 2001

Present: Tom Anderson, John Cormier, Rosalie Crouch, Bruce Elliott, Bo Faulkner, Jim Fisher, Joe Good, Ray Greenberg, Sarah King, Kay Meier (for Adrian Reuben), Jerry Reves, Ken Roozen, Sabra Slaughter (Council Secretary), Stuart Smith, Paul Taylor, John Sutusky, and Walker Coleman

Guests: Scott Commins, Wayne Brannan, Tiffany Chellis, Marion Woodbury, Ken Spicer, Thomas Pope, Eddie Troublefield, Dave Northrup, Bob Woods, Susan Haskill, Lisa Montgomery, Ralph Green, and Charles Winstead

NOTE: Copies of all handout and visual materials used at the meeting are on file in the Office of the Council Secretary.

ITEM 1. Severe Weather Plan

Mr. Brannan and Ms. Chellis updated on changes to the MUSC severe weather plan enacted in time for the current tropical storm season.

ACTION: Council received this as information.

Also discussed under this Item was the urgent Need for Additional Emergency Generator Capacity/Facilities to assure continuous clinical operations even in the highest intensity storms.

ACTION: Council asked Mr. Brannan and Mr. Smith to develop an infrastructure budget request for presentation to the South Carolina Legislature that would assure provision of all necessary emergency backup generators.

ITEM 2. FACS Update

Dr. Spicer and Dr. Northrup presented background, need, and cost for a proposed upgrade to the Picture Archive and Communications System (PACS) which will facilitate transmission speed of the system as well as increase archive capacity for images. This will be proposed at the upcoming Board of Trustees meeting.

ACTION: Council accepted this as information.

ITEM 3. Financial Update

Mr. Troublefield reported that the University had a budget surplus of over $7 million at the end of the 00/01 Fiscal Year. Ms. Montgomery showed a $6 million surplus for the MUHA over the same period, while Mr. Wood reported a $136,000 deficit for UMA.

ACTION: Council accepted this as information.

ITEM 4. Parking Survey

Dr. Sutusky presented the latest draft of the parking survey which included amendments suggested at the June 12, 2001 Council meeting.

ACTION: Council approved the survey with a realignment of map crosshairs to depict quadrants that more appropriately reflected working population located in the Medical Center. Dr. Greenberg will work with Dr. Sutusky on a cover letter clarifying the survey’s intended use as well as importance.

EXTRA ITEMS/DISCUSSION

Dr. Crouch announced that the final total for research funding support in FY 00/01 had surpassed the $120 million target, reaching $123 million, while Indirect Cost recovery had increased significantly.

Mr. Smith invited Council members to attend the facilities portion of the upcoming MUHA Board meeting discussion and voice their support of the request for the proposed qualifications of an architect for the Clinical Enterprise Strategic Plan. Also discussed were potential candidates for the presenter at the upcoming MUSC Board meeting.

Dr. Greenberg suggested an Expansion of Board Room Audiovisual Capabilities by addition of a permanent laptop computer with Internet connections.

ACTION: Dr. Slaughter will look into securing and adding the laptop computer.