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Special Meeting
April 9, 1959

WHEREAS, the Board of Regents adopted a By-Law effective September 19, 1953, in words and figures as follows:

"Staff members in the Agricultural Extension Service who receive benefits under the Federal Civil Service Retirement Program shall be eligible for benefits under the University's retirement plan only for the difference between the amount received by them under the Federal Civil Service Retirement Program and the amount such staff members would be entitled to receive under the University's retirement plan."

and

WHEREAS, Said By-Law, effective September 19, 1953, repealed the By-Law, effective December 1, 1947, and

WHEREAS, the By-Laws of the Board of Regents, effective January 7, 1956, repealed the said By-Law, effective September 19, 1 953, and since January 7, 1956, the Board of Regents has had no By-Law which makes any distinction with respect to University retirement benefits for Agricultural Extension employees, dependent upon the dates of their respective retirements or otherwise, and

WHEREAS, Agricultural Extension employees, retiring prior to December 1, 1947, and subsequent to January 7, 1956, became entitled to receive and have received retirement benefits upon the same basis as all University staff members, without respect to benefits received by them under the Federal Civil Service Retirement Program, and

WHEREAS, as the result of the foregoing By-Laws and changes thereof, the Agricultural Extension employees, above named, have been discriminated against as compared with their fellow Agricultural Extension employees, and the Board of Regents desires to correct this inequity:

NOW THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED:

1. That, as to the eleven persons, above named, the retirements to be paid to them be corrected by paying to them retirement benefits based on their respective ages and their respective total earnings at the date of their respective retirements, such corrected payments to be effective as of January 7, 1956.

2. That no retirement benefits be paid to them for the period of time from December 1, 1947, to January 7, 1956, except any payments made to W. H. Brokaw, Jessie Green and Allegra Wilkens during said period of time be and the same are hereby ratified.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the foregoing provisions, set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 preceding, be conditioned upon each of said persons executing and delivering to The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, a release discharging the Board of Regents, its members, officers, agents, employees, successors and assigns of and from any and all known and unkown demands, actions, causes of action and liabilities for any other retirement benefits, past, present and future, than as herein provided, under any and all By-Laws of the Board of Regents with respect thereto and/or the provisions of Section 85-106, R.R.S. Neb. 1958.

The adoption of the foregoing resolution was moved by Regent Foote, and seconded by Regent Elliott, put to vote and unanimously carried.

Elevator replacement So. Lab.Building - Omaha

From the Business Manager, Mr. Carl A. Donaldson, comes itemization of bids received for the work necessary to replace the elevator in the South Laboratory Building at the College of Medicine at Omaha.

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Special Meeting
April 9, 1959

WHEREAS, the Board of Regents adopted a By-Law effective September 19, 1953, in words and figures as follows:

"Staff members in the Agricultural Extension Service who receive benefits under the Federal Civil Service Retirement Program shall be eligible for benefits under the University's retirement plan only for the difference between the amount received by them under the Federal Civil Service Retirement Program and the amount such staff members would be entitled to receive under the University's retirement plan."

and

WHEREAS, Said By-Law, effective September 19, 1953, repealed the By-Law, effective December 1, 1947, and

WHEREAS, the By-Laws of the Board of Regents, effective January 7, 1956, repealed the said By-Law, effective September 19, 1 953, and since January 7, 1956, the Board of Regents has had no By-Law which makes any distinction with respect to University retirement benefits for Agricultural employees, dependent upon the dates of their respective retirements or otherwise, and

WHEREAS, Agricultural Extention employees, retiring prior to December 1, 1947, and subsequent to January 7, 1956, became entitled to receive and have received retirement benefits upon the same basis as all University staff members, without respect to benefits received by them under the Federal Civil Service Retirement Program, and

WHEREAS, as the result of the foregoing By-Laws and changes thereof, the Agricultural Extension employees, above named, have been discriminated against as compared with their fellow Agricultural Extension employees, and the Board of Regents desires to correct this inequity:

NOW THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED:

1. That, as to the eleven persons, above named, the retirements to be paid to them be corrected by paying to them retirement benefits based on their respective ages and their respective total earnings at the date of their respective retirements, such corrected payments to be effective as of January 7, 1956.

2. That no retirement benefits be paid to them for the period of time from December 1, 1947, to January 7, 1956, except any payments made to W. H. Brokaw, Jessie Green and Allegra Wilkens during said period of time be and the same are hereby ratified.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the foregoing provisions, set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 preceding, be conditioned upon each of said persons executing and delivering to The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, a release discharging the Board of Regents, its members, officers, agents, employees, successors and assigns of and from any and all known and unkown demands, actions, causes of action and liabilities for any other retirement benefits, past, present and future, than as herein provided, under any and all By-Laws of the Board of Regents with respect thereto and/or the provisions of Section 85-106, R.R.S. Neb. 1958.

The adoption of any foregoing resolution was moved by Regent Foote, and seconded by Regent Elliott, put to vote and unanimously carried.

Elevator replacement So. Lab.Building - Omaha

From the Business Manager, Mr. Carl A. Donaldson, comes itemization of bids received for the work necessary to replace the elevator in the South Laboratory Building at the College of Medicine at Omaha.

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