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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 26

The E. H . Marhoefer Company has agreed to accept this additional work on the basis of reimbursement for time and materials at cost plus 15% for overhead and 5% for profit. The Company further guarantees a maximum cost to the University not to exceed $18,060. This proposal has been checked and approved by the Architects, Holabird and Root. Funds are available for this work in the special state appropriation for this project. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend that the Board approve this addition to the original contract with E. H . Marhoefer Company.

On motion of Mr. Fornof, these recommendations were adopted.

A C T I O N S O F THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Secretary presented for record the following report of actions by the Executive Committee on recommendations submitted by the President of the University:

August 20, ii)47 1. The retirement of Professor Edna E. Walls of the Department of Home Economics, effective September 1, 10472. The award of a contract in the amount of $129,000 to the Kuhne-Simmons Company, Incorporated, the lowest bidder, for the construction of the superstructure of the Power Plant Addition. 3. Award of a contract to the W. A. Pope Company, Chicago, in the amount of $17,358, subject to a maximum of 18% escalation, for the installation of a high pressure steam line between the University Library Building and the Auditorium. This is in addition to the contract with the W. A. Pope Company for the Utilities Distribution project. 4. Award of a contract to the Otis Elevator Company in the amount of $16,612 for the installation of an elevator and a dumb waiter in the Electrical Engineering Building. 5. Amendment of the contract with the A. S. Schulman Company for electrical work in the Utilities Distribution System to provide service connections to the Mechanical Engineering Building at a cost of $2,274. 6. A special appropriation of $2,500 for interior improvements in several engineering buildings to provide additional classroom space. 7. Purchases amounting to $1,000 and over (see Appendix, page 877). 8. Award of contract to the John Felmley Company, the lowest bidder, to move the houses on the site of the Chemistry Building to new foundations and connect utilities at a cost of approximately $26,500. It was estimated that an additional $1,000 was necessary to cover expenses incurred by the Physical Plant Department on this job. The Executive Committee therefore made a nonrecurring appropriation in the amount of $27,500 for the necessary capital expenditures and a recurring appropriation of $7,000 for annual operation and maintenance expense. September 8, 1947 1. Additions to contracts awarded by the Board of Trustees on January 25, 1947, for the construction of the Utilities Distribution System at UrbanaChampaign: Warner Construction Company (construction of tunnels and conduits) .$442 210 W. A. Pope Company (piping in steam distribution tunnels) 135 95 1 A. S. Schulman (electric distribution system) 26 141 The Asbestos and Magnesia Materials Company (insulation for piping in tunnels) 55 970 The original contracts were based on bids received for all construction to be done but were limited in amount to funds then available (i.e., the appropriation made for the biennium of 1045-1947). T h e State appropriation made by the 65th General Assembly of Illinois to the University for 1947-1949 includes additional funds for the Utilities Distribution System, which will permit the original contracts to provide for all work contemplated.