Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1968 [PAGE 828]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 16

Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Jones, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Governor Kerner, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Dr. Weatherly.

APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES, MEDICAL CENTER (15) T h e Executive Vice-President and Provost, the Vice-President and Comptroller, and the Chancellor of the Medical Center campus recommend the following nonrecurring appropriations from the Medical Center General Reserve: Medical Center Illustration Studios, equipment $ 20 815 00 Medical Research Laboratory, equipment 39 80S 84 Research and Educational Hospitals Department of Surgery, equipment 31 671 00 Department of Medicine, equipment 16 000 00 Research and Educational Hospitals Laboratories, equipment 28 000 00 Department of Anesthesiology, equipment 17 000 00 Total, Medical Center General Reserve $153 291 84 I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H u g h e s , t h e s e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s w e r e m a d e b y t h e following v o t e : Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , M r . H u g h e s , M r . Johnston, M r . Jones, M r . S w a i n ; no, n o n e ; absent, Governor Kerner, Mr. Page, Mr. Pogue, Dr. Weatherly. CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ORCHARD DOWNS LAUNDRY BUILDING ADDITION. URBANA (16) T h e President of the University recommends award of the following contracts for construction of an addition to the South Orchard Downs Laundry Building for the Housing Division, Urbana, the award in each case being to the lowest bidder. (All appropriate administrative officers have been consulted.) G e n e r a l — B a r b e r & DeAtley, Inc., Urbana Base bid $25 8S0 00 Additive alternate for supervision of other contracts assigned to the general contractor 1 500 00 Subtotal $27 350 00 Plumbing — Reliable Plumbing & Heating Company, C h a m p a i g n . . . . 14 995 00 Heating — F . R. Inskip, an individual doing business as Inskip Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning Co., Champaign 4 334 00 Ventilation — F . R. Inskip, an individual doing business as Inskip Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning Co., Champaign 6 116 00 Electrical — Square Deal Electrical Contracting, Inc., Urbana 7 264 00 Total $60 059 00 Since F . R. Inskip, an individual doing business as Inskip Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning Co., Champaign, is the lowest bidder for heating and ventilation work, it is also recommended that these two awards be combined in a single contract in lieu of separate contracts. It is further recommended that all contracts other than the general contract be assigned to the contractor for general work, making the total of the contract $60,059; and that an agreement be entered into with Barber & DeAtley, Inc., Urbana, for the assignment of these other contracts for $1,500. This amount is included in the $60,059 contract price, and is the amount bid by that firm for the supervision of contracts assigned to the general contractor. Funds for this work are available from the proceeds of the sale of revenue bonds and Housing Division operating reserves. Submitted herewith is a report from the campus architect including a schedule of bids received, a copy of which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e s e c o n t r a c t s w e r e a w a r d e d b y t h e fol-