To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff
           <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Pam Voitik, Director, Campus Services" <pvoitik@uiuc.edu>

Reply-To: crc@uiuc.edu
 Subject: MASSMAIL - FY09 Parking Rate Changes

It is time once again for renewal of campus parking permits.  Significant 
events in the past year have resulted in major changes related to parking. 
A recent ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court said that parking fees are a 
mandatory subject of bargaining.  As a result of this ruling, the 
University of Illinois has begun to significantly revise its parking 
permit fee structure.  

University representatives began a process of negotiating parking rates 
with unions on each campus.  For the Urbana campus, a number of agreements 
have been reached that feature a sliding scale parking rate, based on the 
annual salary of each employee. Specifically, the parking fees paid by 
these employees will be 0.7% (seven-tenths of one percent) of their annual 
base salary.  Represented employees whose union contracts have not yet 
come up for negotiation will continue to pay the FY08 parking rate of 
$35.58 per month, pursuant to the requirements of Illinois public sector 
labor law.  

Chancellor Richard Herman and Provost Linda Katehi have decided to extend 
the new parking rate structure to all nonrepresented employees on the 
Urbana campus (faculty, academic professionals, and open range civil 
service staff).  Additionally, they have also added a cap to the sliding 
scale structure that will provide an upper limit to the monthly parking 
rate.  For FY09, this cap is $40 per month.  Therefore, beginning July 1, 
2008, all nonrepresented employees on the Urbana campus will be charged 
either:  (a) 0.7% of their annual base salary per month for rental lot 
permits, or (b) the designated cap of $40 per month, whichever is less.  
For most employees, this new fee structure based on a sliding scale 
percentage rate will result in a decrease in their monthly parking fee.  
For the minority of employees who, based on their annual earnings, will 
see an increase in their parking fee, the maximum increase will be $4.42 
per month (i.e., the difference between the cap rate of $40 per month for 
FY09 compared to the FY08 rate of $35.58 per month).
This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Chancellor

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