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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Funds are available in the budget of the Department of Plant and Services.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, authority was given as recommended by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Jones, Mr. Stone, Dr. Walker; no, none; absent, Mr. Grimes, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Page, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain.

CONTRACTS FOR STEAM AND CHILLED WATER SERVICE TO MUSIC BUILDING A N D FOREIGN LANGUAGES B U I L D I N G . URBANA (27) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of the following contracts for underground piping for steam and chilled water service to the Music Building and Foreign Languages Building at the Urbana campus, the award in each case to the low bidder: Project Firm Bid Music Building Julian Engineering Company, Chicago $118 460 Foreign Languages Building Reliable Plumbing & Heating Company, Champaign 43 400 Funds are available in state capital appropriations to the University and have been released by the Governor. Bids received on March 24, 1970, were rejected by the President in accordance with Section IS (e) (2) of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure since these bids exceeded the project budget. Subsequently the scope of the work was revised in rebidding the project to lower costs and the present bids are within the project budget. (Bids for these projects were advertised in the manner prescribed by the Illinois Purchasing Act, and the following bids were received on May S, 1970: Foreign Music Languages Both Contractors Building Building Projects Reliable Plumbing & Heating Company, Champaign $123 435 $43 400 $166 500 Julian Engineering Company, Chicago 118 460 58 460 173 300 Healy Mechanical Contractors, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota 123 000 54 800 169 300 Bellis-Hanley, Inc., Chicago ... 169 895 Cool-Rite Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Urbana ... ... 171 000 Inskip Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning Co., Champaign 127 721 54 545 William Adams Engineers, Inc., Chicago 126 490 62 340 S. J. Reynolds Co., Inc., Cicero 173 371 55 955 225 000)

On motion of Mr. Clement, these contracts were awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Jones, Mr. Stone, Dr. Walker; no, none; absent, Mr. Grimes, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Page, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain.

CONTRACTS FOR REMODELING IN DAVENPORT HALL, URBANA (28) T h e President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of the following cost-plus contracts based on percentages bid for contractors' fees for remodeling in the southeast wing of Davenport Hall at the Urbana-Champaign campus for the Department of Anthropology, the award in each case being to the low bidder.