Central Michigan University’s Board of Trustees is expected to discuss an increase of room and board rates for the 2010-11 academic year at Thursday’s meeting.

Most plans are proposed to increase about $200 a year, according to information provided in a meeting packet. A standard residence hall with an unlimited meal plan is proposed to increase $196, to $8,092 from $7,896.

Robinson Hall’s room and board with an unlimited meal plan is slated to increase $214, to $8,900 a year from $8,686. Campbell, Kessler, Kullhavi, Celani and Fabiano halls, with unlimited meal plans, could increase $226, to $8,900 from $8,686.

Making Public Comments According to the Board’s bylaws, individuals and organized groups who want to appear before the Board to present any matter concerning the governance of Central Michigan University have the right to do so at the formal meeting by doing the following: — Deliver a written request to the Board’s secretary before the beginning of the Board meeting to speak on an item before it is considered by the Board. — Deliver a written request to speak to the Board’s secretary before the time of public comment begins. Each speaker may address the Board for up to five minutes, and that could be reduced to three minutes depending on the list of speakers. The Board may permit any individual or group to present any matter to the Board at any time, without prior notice, upon motion and second by members of the Board, and approval by a majority of the Board members.

“We certainly give instruction to administration of keeping cost down as much as possible,” said Stephanie Comai, Board of Trustees chairwoman. “Obviously, we have to have the appropriate amount of resources to have an excellent experience in the residence halls.”

The board meeting takes place at 10 a.m. Thursday in the President’s Conference Room across from Quiznos in the Bovee University Center.

Master’s and Doctoral tuition rates are another topic trustees are slated to address. For a Michigan resident working on a Master’s degree, the rate per credit hour is recommended to increase to $456 from $434. It is proposed for the Doctoral students’ tuition rate to increase to $525 per credit hour from $508.

ProfEd is looking at a 3 percent proposed increase.

“We look at our competitors,” Comai said of determining the change.

She said undergraduate tuition will be discussed at the Board meeting in July.

Other items

An authorization for the list of deferred maintenance projects for the next fiscal year is another item on the agenda. The total amount requested is a little more than $1.8 million.

Projects on the list include sidewalk repairs, roof replacement on campus, domestic water replacement and a flooring project for Warriner Hall. The money would be temporary borrowed from the Reserve for Future Construction Funds.

“Deferred maintenance is really important,” Comai said. “We have a number of buildings that were built quite a few years ago. We are not a brand new campus.”

A number of grants also will be discussed during the meeting.

A closed meeting with the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribal Council will take place at 8 a.m. Thursday at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort’s Water Lily room. The trustees-faculty liaison Committee meeting is from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. today in the President’s Conference room in the UC.

The student-liaison meeting takes place at the same time in the Bovee University Center Terrace Room C.