Eastern’s Board of Trustees will vote Monday on Student Senate’s recommendations for student fee increases and the transfer of authority to determine a tuition rate for online courses.

The BOT will also hear reports on the presidential search, next year’s budget and some of this year’s expenditures.

The senate voted last semester to increase student fees by $29.20, plus a $9 campus improvement fee, and divided that amount among nine student fee-funded boards. The recommendations went through interim President Lou Hencken and Shirley Stewart, acting vice president for student affairs, without being changed.

A proposed revision to board regulations would delegate the power of figuring out tuition rates for online courses to the university president from the BOT, Jeff Cooley, vice president for business affairs, said Thursday.

The tuition rate will vary by the course, but won’t take into account residency status or student fees.

The BOT will review bids for the purchase of a fire sprinkler system for Greek Court. The university recommended to the BOT Carter Construction Services $178,300 construction bid and Automatic Fire Sprinkler, LLC’s $446,300 installation bid.

The BOT will also review a bid from Cavinder Elevators and Kone, Inc. for routine elevator maintenance. The university recommended to the BOT to approve Beech Grove, Ind.-based Cavinder Elevators’ $327,805 bid. A ceiling of $425,000 had been set, and Peoria-based Kone, Inc. bid $556,500. Of the contract price, 25 percent would cover materials and 75 percent would pay for labor.

A $6 million-maximum bid on providing food for Dining Service and University Catering is also up for approval. Of all the bids Eastern received, it recommended Allen Foods in St. Louis to the BOT.

Cooley said the search for a food provider has gone on for several months, and involved visits to company facilities and taste tests.

Also on the agenda is a summary of purchases that did not require BOT approval, including $224,622 for William B. Meyer, Inc. to move books into Booth Library and $220,000 for H & H Transportation for operating the Panther Express shuttle buses.

In other business, the Financial Aid Office will submit its annual Financial Aid Programs Report, which shows a decline in both the total number of financial aid recipients and the percent of those enrolled receiving financial aid for last fiscal year. The drop in the number of recipients is due to last year’s enrollment, Stewart said.