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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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ADJUSTMENTS IN THE BUDGET (8) On request of the Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts and concurred in by the Provost, I recommend that an assignment of $4,000 be made from the General Reserve Fund to the Department of City Planning and Landscape Architecture to supplement its budget for the current fiscal year 1055-56. This is a temporary adjustment necessary to take care of the teaching load due to the increase in enrollment, and consideration will be given to a permanent increase when the budget for 1956-57 is prepared. It has been necessary to assign $20,000 to the Chicago Undergraduate Division to provide for the increase in enrollment during the first semester of 1955-56. T h e Dean of the Division now presents a case for continuation of the service during the second semester, plus a need for another $10,000. This need for additional funds has been carefully studied by the Provost, who concurs in the request and recommends that the budget of the Chicago Undergraduate Division be increased by $40,000 on a permanent basis annually, and that an additional $10,000 be allocated to the Division for the second semester of 1955-56 only. I recommend that these appropriations be made; $40,000 would be from the unappropriated budget reserve and $10,000 from the General Reserve Fund.

On motion of Mr. Johnston, these appropriations were made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Stratton.

CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION O F ADDITIONS TO M E N ' S RESIDENCE H A L L S (9) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of the following contracts for the construction of two units (Additions Nos. 3 and 4) of the Men's Residence Halls and a connecting lounge south of the present units on Fourth Street. T h e two additions will house 450 students. General — Snyder Construction Company, Inc., Vincennes, Indiana, base bid $748 919 Credit for changing marble toilet and shower partitions to metal partitions— deduct 12 263 736 656 Installation of locks on all closet doors — add 7 100 $743 756 Plumbing — Edward M. Brumit, doing business as B & E Plumbing & Heating Company, Champaign 80 243 Heating, Temperature Control, and Ventilating — Ideal Heating Com61 780 pany, Chicago Electrical—R. A. Bland, doing business as R. A. Bland Electric Com68 332 pany, Champaign Total $954 " I The award in each case would be to the lowest bidder. Funds for this construction will be available through a bond issue under the Federal College Housing Loan Program. The total budget for this project, based on bids received, is less than estimated and thus will reduce the total financing requirements. Bids were also taken on the installation of an elevator in one of the two buildings for the use of wheel chair students, and while it would serve five floor levels it would actually be used by students on one of the lower levels. Consideration is being given to eliminating this elevator and installing ramps to make the lower floor of the building available to wheel chair students who would be assigned rooms on that floor. The University is permitted to hold any bids for sixty days from the date, November 29, 1955, they were opened. Since financing this project has not been completed, it is not legally possible to award these contracts effective immediately. Therefore, I recommend that the Board authorize its Comptroller and Secretary to award and execute these contracts if and when definite assurances have been secured for the financing of the project and for the availability of funds to meet contract payments as required