Western Kentucky University President Timothy Caboni said Friday the university will roll back the salary cuts employees took this year that were enacted to achieve some $27 million in spending reductions as part of a round of annual budget belt-tightening spurred by the coronavirus pandemic. âWhen we began that, we said that we would remain committed to restoring those as soon as it was fiscally feasible to do so,â Caboni told the universityâs Board of Regents on Friday during the groupâs fourth-quarter meeting. âToday, Iâm very pleased to announce â due to the hard work and persistence of faculty, the way in which we reduce spending, our self-discipline on searches and positions â that all university-wide centralized salary reductions implemented in response to the COVID pandemic will end this month.â