The Board of Trustees is ready to act on contracts for three unions at today’s meeting, but not all three unions are ready for the board.

The university administration has reached tentative agreements for contracts with the Carpenters Local 347, the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council and the Eastern chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois.

The Carpenters Local and IFOPLC have both ratified their tentative agreements and now await the approval of the board. UPI, however, has not yet ratified the tentative agreement.

“We have had difficulty working out the details that we worked out on the tentative agreement,” said UPI president Charles Delman.

Thursday, Delman said the union would not ratify the tentative agreement by Friday’s meeting. “I wish I could be more optimistic, but I really don’t know,” he said earlier in the week.

President Hencken was hopeful the UPI contract would be ready for today’s meeting. After today’s meeting, the board won’t have another chance to act on the tentative agreement until the next Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 15.

“I hope we don’t have to (wait until December) because we’re very anxious to get the faculty members’ raises in this month’s paychecks,” Hencken said earlier in the week.

The UPI tentative agreement still awaiting ratification by the union spans from Sept. 1, 2006 to Aug. 31, 2010 and will affect approximately 600 employees. The estimated cost increase over the four-year-agreement totals $9,263,800.

The Carpenters Local tentative agreement spans from May 1, 2006 to April 30, 2009 and will affect 21 employees. The estimated cost increase over the three-year-agreement totals $97,150.

The IFOPLC tentative agreement spans from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2009 and will affect 17 employees. The estimated cost increase over the three-year-agreement totals $108,990.

Also on the agenda for today’s meeting is a report by Dan Nadler, vice president for student affairs. He will report on student activities on campus to update the board about topics of campus life.

“Keeping the board informed of what we do is an important part of these meetings,” Hencken said.

Alumni and technology reports will also be presented at the meeting.

Call to order will be at 1 p.m., followed immediately by executive session. The public meeting should resume around 1:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.