Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1960 [PAGE 1175]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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On motion of M r . Hughes, this recommendation was approved, and the requested assignment of funds was made by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . H a r e w o o d , M r . H u g h e s , M r . Johnston, Mr. Pogue, M r . Swain, M r s . W a t k i n s , Mr. Wilkins, M r . Williamson; no, none; absent, M r . Herrick, M r . Stratton.

CONTRACTS FOR FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT IN M E N ' S RESIDENCE HALLS

(10) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $261,646 to the Illinois Range Company, Mount Prospect, Illinois, the lowest bidder, for the food service equipment to be installed in the Peabody Drive Residence Halls for undergraduate men students now under construction. This Company is currently completing an equipment contract for the Central Food Stores Building and is doing it in a very satisfactory manner. Funds are available in the proceeds of the bond issue for this project. I concur. O n motion of Mr. Swain, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Harewood, Mr. H u g h e s , M r . Johnston, M r . Pogue, M r . Swain, M r s . Watkins, M r . Wilkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Herrick, M r . Stratton.

CONTRACT FOR INTERIOR DECORATING IN M E N ' S RESIDENCE HALLS

(11) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend employment of Ernst C. Von Ammon, 920 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, for interior decorating services in the public areas of the Peabody Drive Residence Halls at a fee of $5,000, which is less than four per cent of the estimated cost of the furnishings for which he will be responsible. I concur. On motion of M r . Johnston, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, Mr. H a r e w o o d , Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, M r . Pogue, M r . Swain, M r s . W a t k i n s , Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Williamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Herrick, Mr. Stratton.

CONTRACT FOR COOLING TOWER REPLACEMENT O N THE ILLINOIS N E U R O P S Y C H I A T R Y INSTITUTE BUILDING

(12) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $8,978 to the Mutual Contracting Company, Chicago, the lowest bidder, for the replacement of a cooling tower on the Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute Building in Chicago. The work will include demolition of the present obsolete tower from the roof of the building and the installation of structural steel, roofing, and siding and the setting in place of a new cooling tower being purchased by the University. The tower which was built into the top of the Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute Building when it was constructed by the State Department of Public Welfare in 1040 does not have the capacity now required and is in such condition that a new cooling tower must be provided for operation of the air-conditioning systems in this building. Funds are available in the Physical Plant budget. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract. On motion of M r . H u g h e s , this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Harewood, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, M r . Pogue, M r . Swain, M r s . W a t k i n s , Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Williamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Herrick, M r . Stratton.

ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR FAMILY HOUSING UNITS

(13) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller