Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1990 [PAGE 341]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. G r a v e n h o r s t , Mr. L a m o n t , Ms. Reese, Mrs. S h e p h e r d ; n o , n o n e ; absent, G o v e r n o r Edgar, Mr. Wolff. ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Ms. Caporusso, Mr. Mitchell; no, none.) Contract for Joint Purchase and Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit with West Side Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago (19) T h e chancellor at Chicago has recommended delegation of authority to the comptroller to negotiate and approve an agreement for the joint purchase and use of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unit with West Side Veterans Administration Medical Center (WSVAMC) through a matching Federal grant from the Veterans Administration (VA). T h e University of Illinois Hospital (UIH) and WSVAMC have submitted a proposal for a matching Federal grant for the acquisition of an MRI. T h e Advanced Technology Medical Equipment Shared Acquisition Program allows VA medical centers and a sharing partner to compete for Federal funds to acquire advanced technology equipment. T h e UIH-WSVAMC proposal has been selected as one of the finalists in the funding competition. T h e agreement will be contingent upon the award of the matching Federal grant and the approval of the Certificate of Need by the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board. T h e estimated acquisition and installation cost of the MRI is $2,525,000. T h e Federal grant and the UIH will each pay half this cost. T h e UIH payment will be to the VA, which will acquire the equipment. Title to the MRI will initially be vested with the WSVAMC, a Federal requirement of the program. T h e title to the MRI will pass to the University at no cost after five years. In addition to paying half the purchase and installation cost of the MRI, the University will be responsible for the Certificate of Need, facility renovation, and start-up costs, estimated at $435,000. T h e MRI unit will be installed in the University's MRI facility and staffed by UIH personnel. T h e agreement provides for not more than 50 percent of the volume of the MRI to be utilized for WSVAMC referrals. T h e WSVAMC will pay the University a per-patient fee that will cover the direct operating costs. Also, the WSVAMC will pay half the annual maintenance cost for the MRI (estimated at $208,000 annually). Funds for this agreement are included in the Fiscal Year 1992 operating budget of the U I H . T h e vice president for business and finance concurs. I recommend approval. O n motion of Mr. Boyle, this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n was approved by t h e following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. G r a v e n h o r s t , Mr. L a m o n t , Ms. Reese, Mrs. S h e p h e r d ; n o , n o n e ; absent, G o v e r n o r Edgar, Mr. Wolff. ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Ms. Caporusso, Mr. Mitchell; no, none.) Contract, Precast Concrete, Memorial Stadium Restoration, Urbana (20) T h e president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends the award of a contract for $3,857,400 to