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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Ms. Caporusso, Mr. Mitchell; no, none.) Purchases

(29) T h e president submitted, with his concurrence, a list of purchases recommended by the directors of purchases and the vice president for business and finance. T h e purchases were presented in two categories: purchases from appropriated funds (i.e., from State appropriations to the University); and purchases from institutional funds. T h e latter term designates funds received by the University under contracts with the United States government, private corporations, and other organizations; grants from foundations, corporations, and other donors; and University revolving funds authorized by law. T h e total amounts of these purchases were: From Appropriated Funds Recommended From Institutional Funds Recommended Grand Total $ 216 852

9 698 490 $ 9 915 342

A complete list of the purchases, with supporting information (including the quotations received), was sent to each member of the board in advance of the meeting. A copy is being filed with the secretary of the board for record.

O n motion of Mr. Boyle, the purchases r e c o m m e n d e d were authorized by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Reese, Mrs. Shepherd; no, none; absent, Governor Edgar, Mr. WolfF. ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Ms. Caporusso, Mr. Mitchell; no, none.) Willard Airport Runway Extension

(30) On November 15, 1990, the board authorized an application for Federal funds for land acquisition and land reimbursement, and Phase I of a multi-year project to construct, light, and mark a 1200-foot southwest extension of Runway 4L-22R and its parallel taxiway. That application was modified as a result of board action on June 13, 1991, to include a request to rehabilitate the southeast and center taxiway light systems. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Illinois Department of Transportation officials recently informed the University that a significant amount of discretionary funds might become available in the fourth quarter of this Federal fiscal year. To be eligible to receive those funds, a project application must be on file and bids must be received at the Division of Aeronautics August 2 letting, which is the last scheduled letting prior to the end of the Federal fiscal year. The FAA and the Division of Aeronautics have requested that the University submit an application for funds to complete Phase II of the project (pave, groove, light, and mark a 1200-foot southwest extension of the runway and its parallel taxiway) in order to compete for the discretionary funds, should they become available.1 The estimated cost is $2,258,000. FAA would provide 90 percent ($2,032,000) of the cost. The balance of the cost, which includes the University's and State's share, will be borne by the Division of Aeronautics.

1 In the event that Fiscal Year 1991 discretionary funds are not available in this amount, FAA will issue a grant using FY92 entitlement and/or discretionary funds.