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542

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 21

T h e following bids were received and publicly opened on January 30; 1980: G & M Electrical Contractors Co., Chicago Midwest Interstate Electrical Construction Co., Chicago Base Bid $156 077 $186 034

(A bid for this work was also received from Fries Walter Co., Hillside, in the amount of $199,000, which failed to provide the bid security required by the bid documents.) Establishment of Development Reserve for Recreational Facilities, Peoria School of Medicine (31) T h e chancellor at the Medical Center has recommended the establishment of a Student Programs and Services Development Reserve for the purpose of completing the construction of recreational facilities for students attending the Peoria School of Medicine. The reserve would come from student service fees collected and is in accordance with the "Guidelines and Definitions" pertaining to the handling of locally held funds approved by the board on May 18, 1977. It is further recommended that an allocation for the cost of construction of the facilities, currently estimated at $50,000, be made from the Student Fee Service Revolving Account to the Student Programs and Services Development Reserve. T h e construction is planned to include the addition of a fenced multipurpose court (for tennis, volleyball, and basketball), lighting, painting and striping, and seeding adjacent areas. I concur. Purchases (32) T h e president submitted, with his concurrence, a list of purchases recommended by the directors of purchases and the vice president for administration. T h e list of purchases was 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 U.S. 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 Recommended From Institutional Recommended Grand Total Funds $ Funds 2 400 817 96 $2 507 717 96 106 900 00

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 n d a copy is being filed with the secretary of the board for record. Contract for Installation of Cabling for Physiology Monitoring System, University of Illinois Hospital, Medical Center (33) T h e president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of a contract to Mid-America Electric Co., Palatine, the low base bidder, in the amount of $67,758 for installation of