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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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REQUEST TO ILLINOIS BUILDING AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR PAINTING FOR UTILITIES BUILDING, PHASE III A D D I T I O N , CHICAGO CIRCLE (20) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the Illinois Building Authority be requested to award a contract in the amount of $14,889 to S. Meltzer & Sons Decorating Co., Chicago, the low bidder for field finish painting for the Utilities Building, Phase III Addition at the Chicago Circle campus, and proceed to procure this work for the University. This work is part of the project for Chicago Circle, Phase I I I construction which the Board, on July 26, 1967, requested the Illinois Building Authority to provide. The Authority will finance the construction and lease the facilities to the University for rental payments for which the state appropriations are available. Jurisdiction of the land has been transferred to the Authority. It is also recommended that the 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 the carrying out of the foregoing project by the Illinois Building Authority, and that the resolution submitted herewith be adopted to implement the official action requested. 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 S. Meltzer & Sons Decorating Co., 2671 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, a contract for field finish painting for the Utilities Building, Phase I I I Addition at the Chicago Circle campus for the sum of $14,889.00 and proceed to procure this work for the University. 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 on 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.

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

EXERCISE OF OPTIONS TO RENEW CONTRACTS FOR A N N U A L ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE SERVICE, CHICAGO CIRCLE (21) On May 20, 1969, the University received bids for annual elevator maintenance service for Fiscal Year 1970 at the Chicago Circle campus. The contract documents provided that the University will have the option to renew these contracts annually through June 30, 197S, and with the further provision that if the annual options are exercised that unit prices for metal and metal products will be adjusted by the appropriate index published by the United States Department of Labor, and that unit prices for labor be adjusted on the basis of the percentage change in the preceding year's wages. On June 18, 1969, the Board of Trustees authorized the awarding of these contracts to the low bidders. In addition to these contracts, bids were received on February 3, 1970, and on March 5, 1970, for elevator maintenance service for Phase I I I buildings which were activated after the above original contracts were awarded. These minor contracts did not require Board approval and were executed by the University. These contracts contain the same option renewal and escalation provisions as the original contracts for annual elevator maintenance service. T h e Physical Plant Department and the Purchasing Division have determined that it would be more economical to exercise the option for renewing the existing contracts for elevator maintenance service than to solicit for new bids. Accordingly, the President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that subject to funds being made avail-