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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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repaid with interest. The center expects to begin repayment before the end of the fiscal year. The loan will enable physicians of the University of Illinois at Chicago to participate fully and equally in the use of the machine to be operated by the Kidney Stone Center, and the University of Illinois will share financially in the center's income to the extent that University physicians provide services. The loan will not be made until all the arrangements have been completed. This should occur within the next two to three weeks. Medical Service funds will be used for the transaction. The chancellor at Chicago has recommended approval of the loan under the arrangement described above. The university counsel and the vice president for business and finance have reviewed this recommendation and concur in it. I recommend approval. O n motion of Mrs. Day, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. H a h n , M r . Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Becker, M r . L a m m ; no, none.) Report of Rejection of Bids; and Contract for Remodeling Student Residence Hall, Chicago (10) Bids for the renovation of the heating and air-conditioning system in the Student Residence Hall at Chicago were received on August 8, 1985. The low acceptable bid for the work exceeded the funds available. Pursuant to the provisions of Article II, Section 4(k)(2) of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure, the bids for this work were rejected; and the president now reports their rejection. The bid documents were then revised to reduce the scope of the work; and bids were received on September 18, 1985. The low bid is within the funds available for this project. The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, now recommends award of a contract for $429,624 to G. F. Connelly Co., Inc., Chicago, the low bidder on its base bid, to provide cooling for the individual dormitory rooms by replacing the existing steam heating units with heating/cooling units in each room, from the second floor to the eighth floor. Funds are available in the Auxiliary Facilities System Repair and Replacement Reserve account. A schedule of the bids has been filed with the secretary of the board for record. O n motion of Mrs. Day, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Mr. Forsyth, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, M r . Madden, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Smith; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Becker, Mr. L a m m ; no, none.) Increase in Contract for Integrated Information Systems, Physical Plant Department, Chicago (11) In October 1984, the Board of Trustees approved employment of Information Management Group, Inc., Oak Brook, for professional services to replace the Chicago Physical Plant's "job cost accounting system" (Phase II) and to design and develop a "work order system" (Phase III). The firm's fee was based upon