Executive Council met at 11 a.m. at 611 Allen Hall. Present were Dr. Malcolm Portera, presiding, Dr. David Cole, Bill Broyles, Dr. Melvin Ray, Dennis Prescott, Ms. Leah Norman, Dr. Euel Coats, Dr. Joe Thompson, Matt Allen, Dr. Roy Ruby, Dr. Bob Altenkirch, Dr. Vance Watson, Charles Guest, Dr. Roy Ikenberry, Joe Farris, Mike White, Dr. Gene Tice, Ed Grandpre, and architect Bill Wenzel.

Mr. White, Dr. Tice and Mr. Wenzel presented the site plan and schematic designs for the planned student apartment complex to be built east of the new main entrance to campus from Hwy. 82. The first-phase of construction will accommodate 450 students in a village-type setting on a 15-acre wooded area. The site plan and schematics were approved.

Dr. Ruby recommended approval of Student Affairs Policy 91.315 on Guidelines Concerning the Use of Surveillance Cameras on Campus. The council recommended approval of the policy with a wording change suggested by the Faculty Senate. Dr. Ruby noted that the policy provides for the use of surveillance cameras only for crime prevention and investigation and does not permit intrusions into the professional or personal lives of anyone. The council recommended approval of the policy.

Ms. Norman presented for concept approval a proposal to locate a temporary facility to accommodate the landscape architecture department near the site of the planned new landscape architecture building west of Stone Boulevard and north of Thompson Hall. The department will need to vacate its current location in Montgomery Hall to make way for the renovation of that building. The proposal was approved in concept and referred to the Campus Planning and Development Committee for review, with a request that the committee review the choice of site, parking availability, and practices related to use of portable housing for temporary occupancy.

Ms. Norman distributed for initial review a proposed revision of the university travel policy.

Ms. Norman reported that a state property audit of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station found no items unaccounted for.

Ms. Norman noted that a prototype of a proposed traffic sign design is in place behind Allen Hall.

Dr. Altenkirch reported on continuing negotiations with federal agency employees concerning the university's indirect cost recovery rate for federal contracts.

Dr. Coats requested comment on issues that ought to be considered in relation to the state group insurance plan. Mr. Broyles noted that the association of staff councils has compiled a list of items for consideration.

The meeting adjourned at approximately 11:40 a.m.