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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 27

quest that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute them. On motion of Mr. Herrick, these contracts were awarded and the Comptroller and Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the same. This action was taken by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Grange, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Stratton.

CONTRACT FOR REFRIGERATION INSTALLATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF T H E LAW BUILDING (12) Contracts previously awarded by the Board of Trustees for the construction of the Law Building do not include refrigeration installation planned in the original design to provide for summer cooling throughout the building. A decision on this phase of the work was deferred until it could be certain that sufficient funds would be available. It is now clear that this can be included. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $67,767 to F. R. Inskip and Company, Champaign, the lowest bidder, for the refrigeration work. This installation will involve additional work by other contractors, and the Physical Plant Department has obtained the following estimates of the added costs for their particular phases of the construction program: Electric — Square Deal Electrical Contracting, Inc., Urbana $15 377 00 Heating — Gallaher and Speck, Chicago 9 140 00 Ventilating — Robt. H . Bishop, Champaign 1 927 33 Since these contractors are already on the job, it is not feasible to take competitive bids, and it is unlikely that other contractors coming into the construction program could do the work for less. Funds are available in the state appropriation for the construction of the Law Building, subject to release by the Governor. I concur in the recommendation for the award of this contract, subject to release of funds by the Governor, and request that the Comptroller and the Secretary of. the Board be authorized to execute it. I also request that the Board authorize changes in the electric, heating, and ventilating contracts in the amounts indicated above to cover the additional work required in connection with the refrigeration installation. This phase of the work will be integrated with the work of other contractors and will not affect the completion date of the building.

On motion of Mr. Herrick, the recommended contract was awarded to F. R. Inskip and Company, and the Comptroller and Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the same; and the recommended changes in the other contracts were authorized — all subject to the release of funds by the Governor. This action was taken by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Grange, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent. Mr. Johnston, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Stratton.

CONTRACT FOR REMODELING IN DENTISTRY-MEDICINEPHARMACY BUILDING (13) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $44,082 to the Simpson Construction Company, Chicago, the lowest bidder, for remodeling in the Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building to provide more adequate quarters for the School of Nursing and the Department of Physiology. Funds are available in a special appropriation made by the Board of Trustees on May 15, 1954, for remodeling. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this contract was awarded and the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the same.