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\n<\/TABLE>The potential impact of a ballot initiative to cap state spending, steady health insurance premiums for employees, satisfaction surveys and campus expansion plans were the hot topics during the recent UNMC Employee Forums. <\/p>\n

Citing a report by the University of Nebraska’s budget office, UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., said the spending-cap bill, known as Initiative Measure 423, could cost the medical center millions and lead to major cuts throughout the university system.<\/p>\n

According to the budget office’s report, had the ban been enacted 10 years ago, the fiscal year 2006-2007 budget for the entire university system, which is currently $454 million, would be $134 million. <\/p>\n

If that decrease filtered down proportionately through the university’s four campuses, UNMC’s budget for this year would have been chopped by $30 million.<\/p>\n

“That means we would have to cut programs, maybe even schools,” Dr. Maurer said. <\/p>\n

The only way to offset the lack of state funding would be to raise tuition to levels comparable, and in some cases exceeding, private colleges and universities, Dr. Maurer said.<\/p>\n

Also during the forums, which were attended by nearly 200 people, UNMC Human Resources Director John Russell reported on the preliminary results from the 2006 UNMC Employee Satisfaction Survey.<\/p>\n

In almost every category, UNMC employees were more satisfied with their workplace experience than they were when the last survey was taken in 2004, Russell said.<\/p>\n

And in the few categories that saw a decline in satisfaction from 2004, the level of employee satisfaction was still very high, Russell said.<\/p>\n

UNMC benefits specialist Jo Watkins discussed the upcoming enrollment in the NU Flex benefits program, which starts Nov. 13 and ends Dec. 1.<\/p>\n

Watkins also noted that for the first time in several years, health insurance premiums for active, full-time UNMC employees did not go up.<\/p>\n

Director of Facilities, Planning and Construction Ron Schaefer reported on the UNMC facilities plan that was recently approved by the Board of Regents. <\/p>\n

The plan featured a synopisis of UNMC’s projected expansion over the next several years, including the possibility of moving Saddle Creek Road west to make room for more medical center facilities. <\/p>\njRcoMxoPdmcpPodpE<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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