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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 23

In addition, the University will be obligated for meter and transformer rental for this building at a cost of $710.95 a month. The rental cost is the amount that the University would pay even if it were not taking advantage of the "multiple service and combined billing" arrangement. Funds are available in the state capital appropriation for the construction of the building for the payment of $7,609, covering the additional facilities, and in the operating budget of the Physical Plant Department for the payment of meter rentals. Accordingly, the Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that agreements be entered into with the Commonwealth Edison Company to provide for the installation of the underground and vault equipment and cables necessary to furnish service under the proposed arrangement. Approval is also recommended for the meter and transformer rentals of $710.95 a month. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller be authorized to execute the necessary agreements after approval by the Legal Counsel. O n motion of M r . H u g h e s , this recommendation was approved.

ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY

(12) The Director of the Physical Plant, the Vice-President and Comptroller, and the Vice-President in charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges recommend an increase of $5,774 in the contract with the George Sollitt Construction Company, 109 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois, for the construction of the Medical Research Laboratory on the Chicago Professional Colleges campus. The work will consist of changes resulting from redesign of the area to house X-ray equipment, mainly increases in the capacity of the electrical feeders and protective and switching equipment. The Laboratory was originally designed to provide service for the present X-ray equipment of 200 milliamperes. It was decided that the old machine would not be satisfactory and that a new 500milliampere machine should be purchased. Funds are available in the state and federal appropriations for the construction of the Medical Research Laboratory. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller be authorized to execute this change in the contract. O n motion of M r s . W a t k i n s , this recommendation was approved.

ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR FINE AND APPLIED ARTS BUILDING

(13) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend an increase of $3,356.28 in the contract with Kuhne-Simmons Company, Inc., Champaign, Illinois, to revise the connection to the sanitary sewer at the Fine and Applied Arts Building site. The contract drawings showed the gravity flow sanitary sewer running under the steam tunnel. Upon excavation it was discovered that the invert elevation of the steam tunnel is lower than the invert elevation of the sanitary sewer, which runs parallel and south of it. Therefore, it is necessary to construct a siphon system and modify a sewer arrangement. The cost estimates have been checked by the architects and by the Physical Plant Department and found reasonable. Funds are available in the state appropriation for the construction of the Fine and Applied Arts Building. I concur. O n motion of M r s . Holt, this recommendation was approved and the Comptroller was authorized to execute the change in the contract.

ADDITIONS TO CONTRACT FOR PHYSICS BUILDING

(14) The Head of the Department of Physics, the Director of the Physical Plant, and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend additions to the contract with the Mayfair Construction Company, Chicago, for construction of the first unit of the Physics Building, to provide for installation of acoustical ceiling tile and vinyl asbestos floor tile in certain areas at an additional cost of $11,683.85 and $6,313.38 respectively.