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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

(January 14

offset the cost to the University of electrical services for lighting and minimal heating. Two shelters were constructed in 1980 and the district has plans to construct additional shelters on University property as funds become available. The sites for additional shelters were approved by the Buildings and Grounds Committee on June 18, 1981. The district now has requested reconsideration of the flat sum annual payment since some of the shelters are located adjacent to an existing light source, making it unnecessary to install lights in them. Electricity for heating will not be provided. The district has indicated that the shelters are used chiefly by University staff and students. The campus administration concurs in this assessment of the situation. Accordingly, the chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus and the executive vice president have recommended that the previous authorization of the board and the present lease agreement with the district be amended to provide for an annual rental payment of one dollar for each bus passenger shelter. I concur.

On motion of Dr. Donoghue, this recommendation was approved.

Sale of Properly Acquired by Will of David Avery Hills

(12) T h e gift of a house at 817 Morningside Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, and certain securities was made to the University by the will of the late David Avery Hills. Title to the property was received by the University in December 1981. David Avery Hills was born October 14, 1889, in Chicago. He was a member of the class of 1917 and received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. Mr. Hills died on June 15, 1981, at the age of 9 1 , leaving the bulk of his estate to the University. T h e president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the Board of Trustees authorize the sale of the residence for a sum not less than the amount of the low appraisal after deducting a customary real estate commission and other closing costs. It is further recommended that the comptroller and the secretary of the board be authorized to execute the necessary documents to complete the sale if an acceptable offer is received which meets or exceeds such amount and to negotiate the terms of the sale, including a sale by contract for deed if appropriate, to consummate the transaction. A schedule of the appraisals received has been filed with the secretary for record.

On motion of Dr. Donoghue, this recommendation was approved. By consensus, the board agreed that one roll call vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 13 through 18 inclusive. The recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. (The record of board action appears at the end of each item.)

Contract for Carpet Replacement and Repair, Library of the Health Sciences, Medical Center

(13) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends the award of a contract for $28,550 to C. E. Korsgard Co., Wood Dale, the low base bidder, for the repair and replacement of carpeting in the Library of the Health Sciences at the Medical Center campus. T h e work consists of removing 75 percent of the existing carpeting in the basement level and replacing it with new carpeting, and the repair of 1,200 square yards of existing carpeting on the first, second, and third floors.