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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 19

CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF T H E OPTICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY OF T H E UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL

(20) The Vice President for Planning and Allocation recommends award of a contract for the operation (fitting and dispensing of glasses) of the Optical Department of the Eye and Ear Infirmary of the University of Illinois Hospital to The House of Vision, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. The company will pay the University a minimum of $20,000 per year, or 17.6 per cent of the company's annual gross sales through the Optical Department, whichever is higher. This is the proposal most favorable to the University of those received. A schedule of bids received has been filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. The term of the contract will be July 1, 1974, through June 30, 1976, with an automatic renewal on an annual basis on the same terms and conditions unless terminated by the University or The House of Vision, Inc., upon 180 days' notice in writing to either party. The Chancellor concurs in this recommendation. I recommend approval. On motion of Mr. Steger, this contract was awarded.

CONTRACTS FOR FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY STUDY, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL. CHICAGO

(21) The Vice President for Planning and Allocation has recommended the award of two contracts for study of the feasibility of financing a 500-bed replacement hospital for the University at the Medical Center campus. The firm of Coopers & Lybrand is recommended in an amount not to exceed $15,000 and Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc., is recommended in an amount not to exceed $12,000. The opinions of two independent firms of the financial projections and assumptions prepared by the staff of the University of Illinois are required for assurance of the Health Education Commission, the Board of Higher Education, and the Bureau of the Budget, as well as others, concerning the financial feasibility of the University's plan to generate sufficient hospital revenue to retire $30 million worth of project costs of the $60 million replacement facility.' Funds are available in the University of Illinois Hospital revenue income account. I concur. O n motion of Mr. Livingston, these contracts were awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. H a h n , Mr. H o w a r d , Mr. Hughes, Mr. Livingston, M r s . Rader, Mr. Steger; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Mr. Neal, Mr. Swain, Governor Walker.

ILLINOIS LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION GRANT FOR JANE ADDAMS SCHOOL O F SOCIAL WORK AT CHICAGO CIRCLE

(22) The Illinois Law Enforcement Commission (ILEC) proposes to award to die University of Illinois for the Jane Addams School of Social Work a grant in the amount of $298,140.80 to support an experimental program of providing social work services and legal services directly to adult inmates at institutions operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. This program would operate in conjunction with the criminal legal services project of the Illinois Appellate Defender program, and in cooperation with a comparable program at Southern Illinois University. The grant includes money to provide both social work services and legal services directly to inmates. The University, through the Jane Addams School, will provide the social work services and will designate established legal assistance agencies to provide the legal services. Upon such designations being made, that portion of the grant intended to support legal services will be diverted by ILEC

* On June 4, 1974, the Board of Higher Education approved the project in general and will recommend a capital appropriation of $1,750,000 for Fiscal Year 1975 for planning through design development studies and completion of contract documents to the point where long delivery items could be bid. Release of the appropriation is contingent upon the financial feasibility study referred to above.