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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1988
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1988] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 527 By consensus, the board agreed that one roll call vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 29 through 33 inclusive. The recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. (The record of board action appears at the end of each item.) Employment of Construction Manager, Plant and Animal Biotechnology Laboratory, Urbana (29) T h e president of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends, subject to the approval of the U.S. Department of Agriculture/ the employment of GQbane Building Company, Chicago, to provide the professional services required as construction manager for the preconstxuction and construction phases of the Plant and Animal Biotechnology Laboratory. T h e firm's compensation for the professional services provided in connection with the preconstruction phase will be on an hourly basis, the total not to exceed $125,000, plus reimbursable expenses authorized by the University, estimated lo be $10,000. T h e firm's compensation for the anticipated 26-month construction phase will be a fee and staff cost, the total of each will not exceed $646,000 and $808,000, respectively, plus reimbursable expenses authorized by the University, estimated to be $190,000. Funds are available from U.S. Department of Agriculture grants. A schedule of the firm's hourly rate has been filed with the secretary of the board for record. On motion of Mr. Wolff, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Miss Smith, Mr. Wolff; no, none; absent, Mr. Hahn, Mrs. Shepherd, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Evenson, Mr. Wylie; no, none.) Purchases (30) 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 Recommended From Institutional Recommended Grand Total 1 Funds $ 2 747 350 37 Funds 30 833 969 12 $33 581 319 49 (including the A complete list of the purchases, with supporting information Approval is a condition of a grant from the USDA.
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