Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956 [PAGE 948]

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1956]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

945

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

CONTRACT FOR AIR CONDITIONING OF ILLINI U N I O N BOOKSTORE (15) The Director of the Illini Union, the Director of the Physical Plant, and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $10,850 to F . R. Inskip & Co., Champaign, the lowest bidder, for the installation of air conditioning in the Illini Union Bookstore. The total budget for this project, including insurance, architectural engineering services, and contingencies, is $13,000. Funds are available in the net income of the Bookstore. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a w a r d e d , a n d t h e C o m p t r o l l e r a n d S e c r e t a r y of t h e B o a r d w e r e a u t h o r i z e d t o e x e c u t e the same. CONTRACT FOR NEW GUTTER WORK ON ARCHITECTURE BUILDING (16) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $6,950 to Petry Roofing & Sheet Metal Company, Champaign, the lowest bidder, for replacing the gutters, plus the necessary auxiliary work, on the Architecture Building. Funds are available in the Physical Plant Department's budget. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract. O n m o t i o n of M r . H e r r i c k , t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a w a r d e d , a n d t h e C o m p t r o l l e r a n d S e c r e t a r y of t h e B o a r d w e r e a u t h o r i z e d t o e x e c u t e t h e same. PURCHASES Purchases Authorized (17) The following purchases were authorized by the President on the recommendation of the Director of Purchases and the Comptroller.

Item 300 reams 25 x 38 60 lb. English finish book paper Electronic equipment Department Office Supply Store Engineering Research Vendor Marquette Paper Corporation, Chicago Durst Electric Company, Champaign Cost

$2 880 00

f.o.b. Urbana

2 910 00

f.o.b. installed

O n m o t i o n of M r . B i s s e l l , t h e s e p u r c h a s e s w e r e a p p r o v e d . Purchases Recommended The Director of Purchases has proposed and the Comptroller recommends the following purchases. Unless otherwise specified, the purchase in each case is recommended on the basis of lowest bid. I concur.

Item 600 cases (approximate) of Pyrex laboratory glassware to be used by the Chicago Colleges and Divisions in I955-S6 Department Chicago Colleges and Divisions Vendor A. S. LaPine & Co., Chicago (100 cases) $2 E. H. Sargent and Company, Chicago (100 cases) 2 Wilkens-Anderson Company, Chicago (100 cases) 2 Schaar and Company, Chicago (100 cases) 2 Chicago Apparatus Company, Chicago (100 cases) 2 Fisher Scientific Company, Chicago (100 cases) 2 Total (16 A. Daigger & Company, Chicago Cost

800 00 800 00 800 00 800 00 800 00 800 00 800 00) 146 43 f.o.b. Urbana

One lot laboratory apparatus (a complete list, with descriptions, of the items included in this order was available at the Board meeting)

General Chemical Stores