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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR FILTRATION PLANT IMPROVEMENTS AT URBANA

[July 22

(45) Bids were received for the installation of a Venturi meter, piping, pump installation, and other miscellaneous work at the Filtration Plant in Urbana. Only one bid was received from Robert Gordon, Inc. of Chicago in the amount of $72,754, although drawings were taken out by six contractors for the purpose of preparing bids. This bid has been checked by Alvord, Burdick, and Howson, engineers on this project, who consider it satisfactory. The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend the award of a contract to Robert Gordon, Inc., on the basis of their bid of $72,754. Funds are available in the State appropriations for "Fire Protection Facilities," and "Water Station Improvements." I concur and request that the Comptroller and Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the contract.

On motion of Mr. McLaughlin, this contract was awarded and authority was given as recommended.

SPECIAL APPROPRIATION A N D AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR OFFICE REMODELING

(46) The Dean of the College of Law has requested that room 315 in Altgeld Hall be divided into two smaller rooms by putting up a partition in that room. This remodeling will provide a small office for the faculty editor and a small room for the clerical staff of the new publication The Law Forum. The cost of this remodeling is estimated at $3,300. The Head of the Department of Psychology requests that room 400 in Gregory Hall be divided into five rooms to provide rooms for carrying out research in the fields of experimental psychology and psychology of learning. The committee appointed by President Stoddard to consider priorities of remodeling work recommends that this work be considered of highest priority. Estimated cost of this work is $15,700. The Committee on Special Appropriations and Nonrecurring Expenditures has considered these requests and recommends a special appropriation of $19,000 to cover the costs of remodeling in the two areas named above. The general work in Gregory Hall is estimated at $8,073. Since this is remodeling work and the securing of fixed bids is not practical, the Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend that the contract for the general work be awarded to Lewis S. Colbert on the basis of his proposal for minor remodeling for 1948-1949 on a cost plus fee basis. I concur and recommend a special appropriation of $19,000 for the above remodeling and the award of the general contract for the remodeling in Gregory Hall to Lewis S. Colbert.

On motion of Mr. McKelvey, this remodeling was approved, and the appropriation was made, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Fornof, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Livingston, Mr. McKelvey, Mr. McLaughlin, Mr. Nickell; no, none; absent, Mr. Davis, Mr. Green, Dr. Luken, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Williamson.

AWARD OF CONTRACTS FOR FIRE PUMP AT CHICAGO

(47) The second phase of the water supply program for fire protection for the Chicago Professional Colleges requested by the Fire Marshal and recommended by the report of Holabird and Root of 1944, provides for the installation of a 750 gallon a minute electric fire pump with all connections, the installation of the overhead fire mains in the basement of the first unit of the Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building, and a direct connection with the city water mains. The completion of this phase will provide a separate water distribution system in University buildings for fire service, independent of that used for domestic service, except the Chicago Illini Union Building, but including the Illinois Neuropsychiatry Institute and the Institute of Juvenile Research. Bids were received for this work on January 26, 1948, and the contract for piping in all buildings except Building 909 was awarded to the M. J. Corboy