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services required through the bidding phase of the project. I now request confirmation of this action. T h e professional services required through the receipt of bids will be at a fixed fee of $40,000 and a staff cost, on an hourly basis, not to exceed $87,000, plus authorized reimbursements estimated to be $1,500. Funds for this contract are available from private gift funds available through the University of Illinois Foundation.

On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, this report was received and confirmed. By consensus, the board agreed that one roll call vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 12 through 28 inclusive. The recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. (The record of board action appears at the end of each item.)

Authority to Execute Contracts, Willard Airport, Urbana

(12) Under the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure, the Board of Trustees has delegated to the vice president for business and finance or to the comptroller authority to approve and execute a variety of contracts, purchases, leases, change orders, and other transactions on behalf of the board. Most of these transactions are later reported to the board. Historically, many similar transactions related to the operation of Willard Airport are presented to the Board of Trustees for action, including use agreements with airlines and lease agreements for rental of space for commercial services. Such transactions involving other campus units, unless they relate to major changes in or deviations from University policy, would be approved administratively by the vice president for business and finance or the comptroller. T h e chancellor at the Urbana campus has recommended that with respect to such transactions (that is, those which do not change or deviate from University policy or which do not otherwise require specific board approval) the board delegate authority to approve and execute those transactions to the comptroller. Copies of any such agreements will continue to be filed with the secretary of the board and appropriate reports of the transactions will be made to the board. It is understood that this delegation does not authorize execution of agreements which require funding in excess of $50,000; which involve the acquisition, sale, or leasing of real estate (other than the use agreements and space rentals referred to above); or which deal with policy issues. T h e vice president for business and finance concurs in this recommendation. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mrs. Shepherd, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Downey, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Reese, Mrs. Shepherd; no, none; absent, Governor Edgar. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Ms. Caporusso, Mr. Mitchell; no, none.)

Contract With Health Services Initiatives, College of Medicine, Chicago

(13) T h e chancellor at Chicago has recommended a one-year agreement with Health Services Initiatives (HSI), a division of Michael Reese Doctors Group, and the