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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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APPROPRIATION FOR INSTITUTE OF AVIATION (6) I n the general reductions required to prepare a balanced budget for 1953-54, the appropriations for the Institute of Aviation were decreased by approximately $33,000, and the Institute has had to absorb approximately $2,000 in prevailing wage rate increases for which additional funds were not made available to it. In 1953-54 the Institute was able to transfer expenditures of approximately $7,000 t o prior earnings of the Airport thus enabling it to operate within t h e available appropriations. In 1954-55 there will be a deficit of approximately $4,500 if the Institute maintains its present level of operations. T h e deficiency will be corrected in 1955-56 by increased income resulting from the higher flight instruction fee approved by the Board and the Institute's share of the additional state appropriations being requested for 1955-57 for increased prevailing wage rates. There remains, however, a need for a nonrecurring appropriation of $4,500 for the remainder of the year 1954-55. T h e Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations h a s reviewed the recommendation of the Director of the Institute of Aviation for this assignment of funds and recommends it be made. I concur. O n motion of M r . Livingston, this assignment w a s m a d e b y t h e

following vote: Aye, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Stratton.

SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES (7) The Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations recommends assignments of funds from the General Reserve as follows: T. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, remodeling in the East Chemistry Building $29 450 2. College of Commerce and Business Administration, remodeling and purchase of equipment for David Kinley Hall 4 910 Total $34 360 I concur. On motion of Mr. Nickell, these appropriations were made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Stratton. CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY (8) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of contracts as follows for the construction of the Child Development Laboratory as a part of the Home Economics Building project: General — Felmley-Dickerson Company, Urbana $367 650 This is the net amount of the general contract after deducting alternates, totaling $10,350, which the University has elected to take, from the base bid of $378,000. Electric — Brunkow Electric Company, Champaign 36 820 Plumbing—Wm. Adams Engineers, Inc., Chicago 33622 Heating— Gallaher and Speck, Inc., Chicago 25 502 Ventilating — Robert H . Bishop, Champaign 18 868 Dumb-waiter Installation — Fairhall Elevator and Machine Company, Danville 3 064 Pipe Covering—Sprinkmann Sons Corporation of Illinois, Peoria 2 768 Temperature Controls — Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Company, Peoria 8 847

Total $497 141 In each case the recommendation is for the award to the lowest bidder. Funds a r e available in the state appropriations for buildings and other capital improvements made to the University for 1953-55. T h e Sixty-ninth Geni a l Assembly of Illinois h a s recently amended the appropriation act to permit use of the funds for the construction of the Child Development Laboratory as a