Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944 [PAGE 242]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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in the new structure. Specifications were issued and bids opened for the proposed work on January 5, 1943, with the following results: Bidder Base Bid Alternate1 Alternate1 King & Petry £31 500 £75 ?I20 E. N . DeAtley 33 45° 75 T. J. Corkery 36 240 75 90 Mechanical equipment and service are not included in the above bids, and it is proposed to do such work through job orders or through additional minor contracts. T h e total cost of the project is estimated at $45,000. T h e W a r Production Board has approved the release of necessary materials. T h e Director of the Physical Plant Department recommends, and the Comptroller concurs, that an assignment of $45,000 for this project be made from the State appropriation above mentioned and that the contract for the construction work be awarded to King & Petry, the lowest bidder, I concur in these proposals and recommend that they be approved and that the Comptroller and Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the proposed contract. O n m o t i o n of M r . J e n s e n , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d and authority was granted as recommended. INSTALLATION OF REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS (20) On December 15, 1942 (Minutes, page 205), the Board approved a budget for remodeling and equipment in the Research and Educational Hospitals, including an item for refrigeration improvements. Specifications were prepared by the Physical Plant Department covering the installation of refrigeration equipment to replace the ammonia central refrigeration system now in operation. Bids received on the project were as follows. Burge Ice Machine Company $3 395 60 Carrier Corporation & Air Comfort C o r p o r a t i o n . . . . 3 928 00 Midwest Engineering & Equipment Company 3 466 00 T h e responsibility for securing necessary priorities was put on the University in all cases. T h e Physical Plant Department and the Business Office have been working with the lowest bidder to secure release of the necessary material, and in some cases it has been necessary to substitute materials for those originally specified. As a result, an addition of $218 to the original bid is necessary, making a total contract of $3,481 after deducting excise taxes of $132.60 which do not have to be paid by the University. The Director of the Physical Plant recommends that the contract be awarded to the lowest bidder, Burge Ice Machine Company, on the revised basis. T h e Comptroller requests authorization to execute this contract.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, this contract was awarded and authority was granted as recommended.

REFUNDS OF FEES TO STUDENTS WITHDRAWING FOR MILITARY SERVICE (21) A recommendation that for the period of the war the Board of Trustees authorize refunds of fees to students called into service with the armed forces during any semester or term, as follows: A student who withdraws from the University and enters active service with the armed forces within ten days after such withdrawal, will receive a refund of his fees as follows: (1) a full refund of fees if his withdrawal occurs at a time in a semester when, under existing regulations, he receives no credit for the work of that semester; (2) a refund of one-half of his fees if his withdrawal occurs at a time when he receives half credit for his work. No refund of fees will be made if his withdrawal occurs at a time when he receives full credit for his work.

d e d u c t i o n if all sheet metal, gutters and down spouts are omitted. 2 Addition if tongue-and-groove sheathing is used instead of gypsum plank sheathing