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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES (SUPPLEMENTARY) , (24) T h e Committee on Special Appropriations and Nonrecurring Expenditures recommends assignments from the General Reserve Fund for the following purposes: Microscopic equipment for the Chicago Professional Colleges...$ 3 829 Library stacks for the Medical Library at the Chicago Professional Colleges II 000 Books, other publications, and binding for the University Library 35 000 Calculating machines for instruction and research in statistics.. 6 000 Total $55 829 O n m o t i o n of M r . D a v i s , these a p p r o p r i a t i o n s w e r e m a d e as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, M r . Davis, M r s . Grigsby, Mr. Livingston, D r . L u k e n , M r . M c K e l v e y , D r . M e y e r ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Fornof, M r . Green, M r . McLaughlin, M r . Nickell, M r . Williamson. APPROPRIATION FOR ERECTION OF TEMPORARY WAREHOUSE THROUGH FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY (25) In accordance with action of the Board on September 24, 1946 (Minutes, page 47), authorizing the Comptroller to apply for needed additional facilities which might be available through Federal W o r k s Agency, application was made for a temporary warehouse in order to help relieve the critical storage problem of the University and release for other use space in University buildings now used for storage. This request was approved and a temporary building providing space for about 13,000 square feet will be moved to the campus and erected by the Agency. It will be located in the Physical Plant service yard east of Goodwin Avenue, Urbana. T h e University must meet the expense of clearing the site, grading, drives or walks, heating, and lighting. Heating will be extended only to a portion of the building where material to be stored requires protection from extreme cold. T h e preliminary estimate of the Physical Plant Department of the cost of this work, subject to receipt of bids on various items of construction, is $15,000, which includes a fire alarm system and also necessary engineering and architectural services. The Committee on Special Appropriations and Nonrecurring Expenditures recommends an appropriation of this amount at this time so that necessary work can proceed at once. It is understood that the exact amount required may be less than this figure, or that some supplement to the appropriation may later be found necessary, after the exact bids are secured. I concur and request an appropriation of $15,000 from the General Reserve Fund for this purpose. O n m o t i o n of D r . M e y e r , 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 s r e c o m mended, by the following vote: Aye, M r . Davis, M r s . Grigsby, M r . Livingston, Dr. L u k e n , M r . McKelvey, Dr. M e y e r ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Fornof, M r . Green, M r . M c L a u g h l i n , M r . Nickell, M r . Williamson. CONTRACT FOR ELECTRICAL WORK IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY (26) Bids were received on February 4 for electrical work in connection with remodeling Room 215 Electrical Engineering Laboratory. (See Minutes, July 30, 1946, page 9, and January 25, 1947, page 221, for appropriation and previous bids.) Bids were received under three plans: (1) on the basis of a guaranteed maximum cost plus fee in addition; (2) cost plus fixed fee, with cost estimated only; (3) on a firm lump sum bid basis. The following bids were received:

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Guaranteed Maximum Bean Electric Co Anderson Electric Co. . . . $19 600 Band Electric Co 14 990 Plus Fee $5 000 00 4 996 66 Estimated Cost #15 000 14 133 Plus Fee #5 000 4 711 Sum Bid ?I3 5 2 5 24 600 19 850