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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Forbes, Ms. Kelly; n o , none.) Contract, Arborist Work, Urbana (22) T h e president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of a cost-plus contract to B&L Tre? Service, Inc., Champaign, the sole bidder, for arborist work (including tree removal and planting) at the Urbana-Champaign campus for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991. T h e University has the option to extend the contract from July 1, 1991, through June 30, 1992, under the same terms and conditions, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees. T h e contractor bid on percentages to be added to an estimated volume of material, labor, subcontractors, and equipment. T h e contract is for individual projects estimated to cost less than $100,000. Funds as required will be authorized by a contract work order which will be charged against funds allocated for each project. It is recommended that the comptroller be authorized to approve work orders under this contract for projects whose cost would not exceed the limits established by the Illinois Purchasing Act. (The bid received is within the Operation and Maintenance Division's estimate for the work, and it is recommended the contract be awarded.) O n motion of Mrs. Calder, this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n was approved by t h e following vote: Aye, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. G r a v e n h o r s t , Mr. H a h n , Ms. Reese, Mrs. S h e p h e r d , Mr. Wolff; no, n o n e ; absent, Dr. Bacon, G o v e r n o r T h o m p s o n . ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Forbes, Ms. Kelly; no, none.) Employment of Architect/Engineer, Law Building Addition and Remodeling, Urbana (23) T h e president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the firm of O'Donnell, Wicklund, Pigozzi and Peterson, Architects, Inc., Deerfield, be employed to provide the architectural/ engineering services required through the program definition/concept development phase for the Law Building addition and remodeling project at the Urbana campus. T h e firm's fee for the program definition/concept development phase will be on an hourly basis, not to exceed $59,000 plus authorized reimbursable expenses estimated to be $2,250. T h e proposed $10.0 million project consists of the construction of an approximately 51,000 gross square foot addition to and remodeling of approximately 21,000 gross square feet in the Law Building. Funds are available from private gift funds through the University of Illinois Foundation and from funds appropriated by the State of Illinois. A schedule of the firm's hourly rates has been filed with the secretary of the board for record. O n motion of Mrs. Calder, this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n was approved by t h e following vote: Aye, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. G r a v e n h o r s t , Mr. H a h n , Ms. Reese, Mrs. S h e p h e r d , Mr. Wolff; n o , n o n e ; absent, Dr. Bacon, G o v e r n o r T h o m p s o n . ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Forbes, Ms. Kelly; no, none.)