Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3361:10 - University of Cincinnati › Chapter 3361:10-5 - Organization › Section 3361:10-5-01 - Organization: the president of the university

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The president of the university shall be
			 elected by and hold office at the pleasure of the board. The president shall be
			 the executive head of the university and charged with the supervision of all
			 its interests and activities.
(B)
			 The president shall preside at commencements and other public occasions. The
			 president shall have the authority to sign such diplomas and certificates and
			 confer such degrees and honors as may be granted by the board unless such
			 authority is rescinded by the board.
(C) The president or the president's designee
			 shall attend all meetings of the board and its committees. The president and
			 the appropriate board committee chairperson shall have the authority to act for
			 and in behalf of the board, when necessary, during the interval between the
			 June and September meetings of the board, provided that any such action of a
			 financial nature shall not exceed the authority granted by paragraphs (E)(2),
			 (E)(3)(a), and (E)(3)(b) of this rule and by rule
			 3361:10-1-06
			 of the Administrative Code. All such actions shall be reported to the board at
			 its September meeting.
(D) The
			 president shall present proposed annual budgets, and submit to the board
			 periodically, for its information, an organizational chart of the university.
			 The president shall, preferably at a regular meeting of the board in the fall
			 of every odd-numbered year, submit to it a biennial report for the prior two
			 years.
(E) Without board of
			 trustees' approval, the president or the president's designee shall have the
			 authority to:
(1) Approve all budget transfers
			 in undesignated general or auxiliary funds, and all additional appropriations
			 of undesignated general, auxiliary or plant funds in amounts of four million
			 five hundred thousand dollars. The four million five hundred thousand dollar
			 limit may be increased to five million dollars with the verbal or written
			 consent of the chairperson of the finance and administration committee. Under
			 normal conditions written approval is preferred. The president shall report all
			 such approved transfers and appropriations to the board for information at its
			 next regular meeting.
(2) Approve
			 and execute
(a) Contracts (including term
			 contracts which are the result of ordinary competitive bidding procedure),
			 purchase orders and modifications thereof which require the expenditure of
			 funds by the university of amounts not in excess of four million five hundred
			 thousand dollars; provided that the four million five hundred dollar limit may
			 be increased to five million dollars with the verbal or written consent of the
			 chairperson of the finance and administration committee, or in the absence of
			 the chairperson of the finance and administration committee, the vice
			 chairperson of the finance and administration committee, which consent when
			 given by the vice chairperson of the finance and administration committee and
			 attested as provided in these bylaws shall be conclusively presumed to have
			 been given in the absence of the chairperson of the finance and administration
			 committee. Under normal conditions written approval is preferred.
(b) Grants, sponsored contracts and other
			 contracts which do not require the expenditure of funds by the university
			 (other than as an incident of performance of the contract), and modifications
			 thereof, in any amount.
The president shall report all such approved and executed
				contracts, purchase orders, grants or modifications to the board for
				information at its next regular meeting or at such intervals as the board of
				trustees shall direct. Such report may be in summary form showing aggregated
				information for multiple contracts.
(3) All delegations of contracting authority
			 by the president to a designee as authorized or provided for in paragraphs
			 (E)(1), (E)(2) and (E)(3) of this rule shall be in writing and otherwise
			 conform to the requirements of paragraph (F) of rule 3361: 10-1-05 of the
			 Administrative Code.