Eastern’s Board of Trustees will hear proposals for purchase approvals, a possible increase in the graduation application fee and a contract renewal and wage agreement, among other proposals at its fall meeting Monday.

The board will meet at 10 a.m. Monday in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Preceding the scheduled board meeting, board members will attend a planning sub-committee meeting in the 1895 Room of the Union, which will begin at 8:15 a.m. and will focus on planning for fiscal year 2005, said Vicki Woodard, university spokeswoman.

The board will vote on a recommended expenditure of $467,330 for a professional services agreement. The contract would be with Systems and Computer Technology Software and Resource Management Corporation and would provide project management, training and consulting services for the installation of administrative software programs.

Also on the board’s agenda is consideration of an increase to the graduation application fee. Currently, the fee is $15 and is charged when a student applies for graduation for the first time.

An increase of $10 is being requested. If the board approves the request, the fee would go into effect beginning in spring 2003.

Included in the agenda for the meeting is the meeting is a contract renewal and wage agreement for Painters District Council #58. The union, which represents about 17 Eastern employees, ratified a new contract that would run May 1, 2002 through April 30, 2005 on July 30.

The board must approve the contract for it to go into action.

The board also will hear reports on enrollment, earned degrees and technology, as well as reports from interim President Lou Hencken and other groups including Faculty Senate, Staff Senate and Student Senate.