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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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I recommend approval of the amendment of the By-Laws, in accordance with Article V I I I of the By-Laws of the Athletic Association which states that "any such amendment shall, after adoption by the Board, be submitted to the Trustees for its consideration before the same shall take effect."

On motion of Mr. Grimes, this recommendation was approved.

APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES, MEDICAL CENTER (12) After review by the Medical Center Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations, the Chancellor recommends the following appropriations from the Medical Center General Reserve: College of Dentistry: Department of Oral Pathology — equipment $ 21 000 Renovation and remodeling for which funds are assigned to the Physical Plant Department: Remodel and air condition rooms in the Library of Medical Sciences.. 17 250 Remodeling a classroom in the Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building 15 200 Remodeling a laboratory for the Department of Medicine 15 500 Remodeling a laboratory for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 500 Total, Medical Center General Reserve $100 450 The Executive Vice President and Provost and the Vice President and Comptroller concur. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . G r i m e s , t h e s e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s w e r e m a d e b y t h e following vote: A y e , M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , M r . H u g h e s , Mr. Jones, Mr. Pogue, M r . Swain, M r . Williamson; no, none; absent,

Mr. Page, Governor Shapiro, Dr. Weatherly.

REQUEST TO T H E ILLINOIS BUILDING AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING. MEDICAL CENTER (13) On October 22, 1968, the Illinois Building Authority received bids for construction of the Administrative Office Building at the Medical Center campus. The project is one which the Board at its meeting on July 26, 1967, requested the Illinois Building Authority to provide. The plans and specifications comply with the requirements of the Facilities for the Handicapped Act. The Authority will finance the construction and lease the facilities to the University. Funds for rental payments are available in state appropriations to the University. The Illinois Building Authority has requested that jurisdiction of the land on which the project will be constructed be transferred to the Authority. The low base bid was submitted by Coath & Goss, Inc., Chicago, in the amount of $3,139,278. Proposals were also received from Erik A. Borg Company, Skokie; Mayfair Construction Company, Chicago; Walsh Bros., Inc., Chicago; Wm. E. Schweitzer & Co., Evanston; and Telander Bros. Contractors, Inc., Chicago. There are no irregularities in the bid proposal of the low bidder, who is deemed fully qualified to construct this project. While the total funds required to complete construction were within the amount declared to be in the public interest by the Seventy-fifth General Assembly, the Board of Higher Education has arranged with the Illinois Building Authority that the Authority will not use a portion of this amount declared by the General Assembly to be in the public interest until the State Board specifically approves such use. This reserve amount consists of a "cost increase reserve" to be used for the purpose of offsetting cost increases determined by actual bid experience. In accordance with the procedure adopted by the Board of Higher Education on October 3, 1967, and in order to complete construction as planned, it is necessary that the University request the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Building Authority to release $164,420 of the $360,620 in the "cost increase reserve" for this project.