Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1942 [PAGE 163]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 22

Whereas, the Owner duly requested the Government, through the Public W o r k s Administration, to consent to an extension of the time for the completion of the P r o j e c t ; and, Whereas, the Public W o r k s Administration has considered such request for an extension of the completion time for the Project and pursuant thereto has forwarded to the Owner a consent to the extension of the Project completion date which is in words and figures as follows: WAIVER P a r a g r a p h 3 of the said amended Offer, as modified by a Waiver dated November 14, 1040, permits the completion of the Project not later than November 30, 1940, but upon certain conditions therein stated. Said P a r a g r a p h 3 is hereby further waived to the extent necessary to permit completion of the Project not later than January 31, 1941, but upon the conditions (1) that no further extension of time will be granted; (2) that in determining the cost of the Project for the purpose of computing the amount of the grant, the cost of any work done or performed subsequent to January 31, 1941, shall be excluded; (3) that the Applicant, by appropriate action, duly agrees to reimburse the Government for such expenses (including salaries) for field inspection and auditing, incurred by the Government after August 31, 1940, as, in the determination of the Commissioner, are reasonably chargeable to the P r o j e c t ; and (4) that no part of such amount to be reimbursed to the Government shall be included in the Project costs upon which the amount of the grant shall be computed. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Federal W o r k s Administrator

By: J. J. MADICAN

Acting Commissioner of Public Works Whereas, the owner has received a copy of Letter of Instructions No. 222, dated August 9, 1940, issued by the Commissioner of Public W o r k s of the Public W o r k s Administration, which indicates the nature of the field inspection and auditing expenses that may be incurred; and, Whereas, said consent and said Letter of Instructions No. 222 have been duly read in open meeting and carefully considered; and, Whereas, under the terms of such consent the extension of the completion date for the Project has been granted upon the condition that the Owner, by appropriate action, duly agrees to reimburse the Government for such expenses (including salaries) for field inspection and auditing incurred by the Government after August 31, 1940, as, in the determination of the said Commissioner of Public W o r k s , are reasonably chargeable to said Project, and upon the further condition that no part of the amount to be reimbursed to the Government shall be included in the Project costs upon which the amount of the grant shall be computed; and, Whereas, it is deemed desirable and for the best interests of the Owner to agree to reimburse the Government for such expenses in accordance with the provisions of such consent and to take such appropriate action as may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions hereof; Now, therefore, be it resolved, by the Board of T r u s t e e s of the University of Illinois as follows: SECTION I . T h a t the above quoted consent is hereby deemed acceptable and satisfactory, and, pursuant to the conditions therein, it is hereby specifically covenanted, agreed, and directed that the Owner shall reimburse the Government for such expenses (including salaries) for field inspection and auditing, incurred by the United States of America after August 31, 1940, as in the determination of the said Commissioner of Public W o r k s are reasonably chargeable to the Project. SECTION 2. T h a t the amount to be reimbursed to the United States of America pursuant to such consent and to the within resolution shall be considered as a cost to the Owner of constructing said Project but shall not be included in the Project costs upon which the a m o u n t of the grant payable to the Owner shall be computed by the Government. SECTION 3. T h a t such amount to be reimbursed to the United States of America as aforesaid shall be provided and m a d e available.