Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1950 [PAGE 1190]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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pared a remodeling plan which will provide four new offices (three for Military Science and one for Naval Science) and one additional classroom, will improve security (for storeroom space), will eliminate corridor noise outside of three classrooms, and will provide better quarters for the carpenter shop used for construction of training aids. The estimated cost of this remodeling is $12,000. The Provost and Comptroller have reviewed the plans for this project and recommend approval.. A special appropriation will be required. I concur and recommend an appropriation of $12,000 for this project.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this appropriation was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Fornof, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Livingston, Mr. McLaughlin, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Nickel], Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Stevenson.

FENCING FOR NEW AGRICULTURAL FARMS (16) Improved fencing is required on farms recently acquired for agricultural purposes and on one of the outlying experiment farms: McCuUough Farm, 160 acres; Sullivan Farm, 80 acres; Newton Agricultural Experiment Farm, 50 acres. Present fencing is either inadequate or does not exist around areas where new plantings will be made or where land will be rehabilitated or used for grazing. A committee of the College of Agriculture studied the needs and submitted a detailed report recommending amounts and types of materials to be used. The Dean of the College of Agriculture has requested an appropriation of $6,600 for this purpose. The Provost and the Comptroller have reviewed the report and concur in the recommendation. I concur and recommend a special appropriation be made from the General Reserve Fund.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, this appropriation was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Fornof, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Livingston, Mr. McLaughlin, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Stevenson.

CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSE ON NORTHERN ILLINOIS EXPERIMENTAL FIELD (17) An area of eighty acres on one of the Wright Farms in DeKalb County was assigned for use as an agricultural experimental field to replace a field formerly leased by the University, and is now known as the Northern Illinois Agricultural Experimental Field of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Donors have made grants of funds to the University for improvements of the field. The main service building and drives have been completed and electric power has been brought into the field. There remains in the trust fund for these improvements a balance of approximately $14,000. Bids have been taken on the construction of a dwelling for the resident technical man in charge of the field. T h e Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Comptroller recommend the award of a contract for $11,700 to Watts and Merriman of Shabbona, Illinois, the lowest bidder, for the construction of this house. The contract does not include the septic tank, water heater, lighting fixtures, and certain other accessories which will be installed by others. The estimated cost of these additional installations is approximately $1,000. The lowest bidder is a small and comparatively new company. The bid is not clearly defined as to some items. In case it is found the bid is inadequate according to specifications, or if this company is unable to submit a satisfactory performance bond, the Director and the Comptroller recommend that the contract be awarded to the next lower bidder, Guldbeck and Ekstrom, DeKalb, whose bid is $12,375. I concur in these recommendations. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r n o f , t h e a w a r d of t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a u t h o r ized, u n d e r t h e t e r m s a n d c o n d i t i o n s s t a t e d .