Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1970 [PAGE 208]

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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

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sity. Funds for rental payments are available in state appropriations to the University. The Illinois Building Authority will request, at a later date, that jurisdiction of the land on which the project will be constructed be transferred to the Authority. The low base bid was submitted by McCarthy Bros. Construction Company, St. Louis, Missouri, in the amount of $4,598,727. The only other bid was received from J. L. Simmons Co., Decatur, Illinois. There are no irregularities in the bid proposal of the low bidder, which is deemed fully qualified to construct this project. Accordingly, the President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers recommends t h a t : 1. The Illinois Building Authority be requested to award a construction contract for the sum of $4,598,727 to McCarthy Bros. Construction Company, St. Louis, Missouri, the low base bidder, and proceed to procure this facility for the use of the University. 2. T h e Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver such instruments of transfer, conveyance, lease, contract, and other documents as are necessary to provide for carrying out of the foregoing project and facility by the Illinois Building Authority. 3. The adoption of the Resolution submitted herewith to implement the official actions required. Submitted herewith is a report of the Physical Plant Planning and Construction Office, including a schedule of the bids received, a copy of which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. Resolution Be It, and It Hereby Is, Resolved by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the Illinois Building Authority be, and it hereby is, requested to award to the McCarthy Bros. Construction Company, St. Louis, Missouri, a contract for the entire work for the construction of the Foreign Languages Building at the Urbana Campus for the fixed price of $4,598,727 being the base bid. Be It, and It Hereby Is, Further Resolved by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the Comptroller and Secretary of this public corporation be, and they hereby are, authorized to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver, in the name and in behalf of this corporation, such instruments of transfer, conveyance, lease, contract, and other documents as are necessary or appropriate in order to provide for the carrying out of the foregoing project and facility by the Illinois Building Authority. O n m o t i o n of M r . G r i m e s , t h e f o r e g o i n g r e s o l u t i o n w a s a d o p t e d b y the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , M r . H u g h e s , M r . Page, M r . Pogue, M r . Swain, Mr. W i l l i a m s o n ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Jones, G o v e r n o r S h a p i r o , D r . W e a t h e r l y . AGREEMENT WITH COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY FOR ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING, MEDICAL CENTER (19) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the Board authorize its Comptroller and Secretary to execute an agreement with Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago, to install primary feeders, transformers, and control equipment to serve the Administrative Office Building being constructed at the Medical Center campus, at a total cost of $1,773. Funds are available in state capital appropriations to the University for 1967-69 and have been released by the Governor. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , a u t h o r i t y w a s g i v e n a s r e c o m m e n d e d by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, Mr. H a h n , M r . Hughes, Mr. Page, M r . Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Jones, Governor Shapiro, Dr. Weatherly.