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B O A R D OF T R U S T E E S

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The lease for the Springfield office provides for an increase in rent of $50 per month or $1,200 for the biennium. The premises have been under lease by the University for the Division of Services for Crippled Children since 1946 at a rental of $500 a month, and the lease for the coming biennium is the first rent increase. Officers of the Division of Services for Crippled Children report there has been an increase of approximately $600 a year in taxes paid by the owners since 1946, and the costs of maintenance and repair of the property have also risen. The property was a private home which was converted to office space, and the Division first had only about 4,000 square feet of space. However, additions to the property and a refurbishing of space which was not usable have been made by the owners so that at the present time the Division uses approximately 7,600 square feet of space on the premises. For these reasons, the increase in rent requested by the owners is justified. The terms of the new leases at Belleville and Peoria are the same as those in effect in previous leases. The Division has funds in its budget for the rentals. The Acting Director of the Division of Services for Crippled Children and the Vice-President in charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges concur in these recommendations. I recommend approval. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, the renewals of these leases, on the terms indicated, was authorized by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Harewood, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton, Mr. Wilkins.

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

(20) Appropriations for wages, expense, and equipment for the current year are inadequate in many departments. The Vice-President and Comptroller and the Vice-President and Provost recommend the following supplemental appropriations: Security Office $ 5 300 Civil Engineering 2 500 Library Additions, Urbana 20 000 Zoology 4 000 Physical Plant Operation, Urbana 18 000 (Through reassignment of funds for Champaign County Regional Planning) Statistical Service Unit, IBM 650 Rental 12 227 (From Indirect Costs general) Chicago Undergraduate Division, Engineering 5 300 Chicago Undergraduate Division, Radioisotope Laboratory 2 591 Special Legal Services 8 100 Admissions and Records, Urbana 6 329 Total $84 347 I concur. On motion of Mr. Johnston, these appropriations were made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Harewood, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton, Mr. Wilkins.

CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION O F COOLING TOWER

(21) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $77,620, subject to availability of funds in the state appropriations for 1950-61, to Fluor Products Company, Oak Park, the lowest bidder, for the construction of a cooling tower for an addition to the Abbott Power Plant. I concur. O n motion of M r . Swain, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . H a r e w o o d , M r . Herrick, M r . Hughes,