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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 19

T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend that Wesley Foundation be permitted to use four to six classrooms in the Mechanical Engineering Building during the period of construction of the new Church with the understanding that the Foundation will reimburse the University for the additional costs that will result from such use. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o h n s t o n , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . M r . H e r r i c k a n d M r s . H o l t asked to be r e c o r d e d as voting " n o . " APPROPRIATION FOR IBM EQUIPMENT (6) The Provost and the Comptroller recommend an appropriation of $10,000 for improvements in the IBM tabulating equipment at Urbana-Champaign. The present equipment was acquired in 1949, and a large number of procedures have been converted from manual to mechanized operations with resulting increases in efficiency and economy. Equipment is now being used to its capacity for administrative work, and a night shift has been added to provide service for research projects. Replacement of some of the equipment with new machines will permit increasing the work load by one-third within the same space available because of the increased speed and other improvements in new machines. Funds for the increased rental of the machines will be included in the IQ 55~5° budget but to convert to new equipment a nonrecurring appropriation of $10,000 is required for the purchase of control panels, cabinets, and for installation costs. I recommend that this appropriation be made and that the Comptroller be authorized to purchase additional panels from the International Business Machines Corporation, Springfield, at an estimated cost of $19,540. T h e University will receive an allowance of $8,202, the original cost of the old panels, when they are removed. T h e difference between the purchase price and the appropriation will be provided from the regular budget of the Statistical Service Unit. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h i s a p p r o p r i a t i o n w a s m a d e a n d the r e c o m m e n d e d p u r c h a s e w a s a u t h o r i z e d b y t h e f o l l o w i n g v o t e : Aye, M r . Bissell, M r . H e r r i c k , M r s . H o l t , M r . J o h n s t o n , M r . Livingston, M r . M e g r a n , M r . Nickell, M r . Swain, M r s . W a t k i n s , M r . Williamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Stratton. APPROPRIATION FOR URBANA CITY DUMP (7) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller request an appropriation of $4,200 for two final payments due for the University's proportionate share of the cost of additional land purchased for expansion of the city dump which the University has been using under the contract with the city of Urbana for the disposal of University garbage. I recommend that this appropriation be made from the General Reserve Fund for 1955-56. O n m o t i o n of M r . N i c k e l l , t h i s a p p r o p r i a t i o n w a s m a d e b y t h e foll o w i n g v o t e : A y e , M r . Bissell, M r . H e r r i c k , M r s . H o l t , M r . J o h n s t o n , M r . Livingston, M r . M e g r a n , M r . Nickell, M r . Swain, M r s . Watkins, M r . Williamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Stratton. IMPROVEMENT OF LINCOLN AVENUE AND NEVADA STREET (8) T h e University of Illinois is committed to paying its proportionate share of the costs of the widening and resurfacing of Lincoln Avenue and Nevada Street, and the Board has already authorized the payment of $2,000 as part of the cost of preparation of plans. Urbana city officials are anxious to complete this project during the summer of 1955 and have proposed the following plan of payments by the University: August 1, 1955 $ 25 000 January 3, 1956 21 907 January 2, 1957 23 255 January 2, 1958 22 244 January 2, 1959 21 232 Total $113 638