Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1950 [PAGE 33]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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I concur and request that the Comptroller and Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this addition.

On motion of Mr. McKelvey, this addition to contract was approved and authority was given as recommended.

ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR VENTILATING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ANNEX (41) In accordance with Board action of May 27, 1947 (Minutes, page 317), the Comptroller executed a contract with F. R. Inskip and Company for a ventilating installation at the Electrical Engineering Annex on the basis of cost plus a fee estimated at a total cost of $2,815.10. The character of the work has been difficult, many changes being necessary in the original plans, and the contractor has failed to report promptly the costs of such changes. Total costs have amounted to $9,237.27 and have been verified by the Physical Plant Department and the Internal Auditing staff. T h e Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend that the total amount of the contract be increased by $6,422.17. Funds are available for this increase. I concur in this recommendation and request that the Comptroller and Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this addition to the contract.

On motion of Mr. McKelvey, this addition to contract was approved and authority was given as recommended.

AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR GENERAL CONSTRUCTION ON FIRE STATION AT URBANA (42) In order to accommodate the new fire truck, it is necessary to remodel the front of the Fire Station to provide for two doors and to enlarge the driveway in front of the building. Since it is impossible to anticipate difficulties which may be encountered in such remodeling, it is not considered advisable to attempt to secure firm bids on the project. The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend that the work be done by Lewis S. Colbert, Champaign, in accordance with his proposal for minor remodeling on a cost plus fee basis for 1948-1949. T h e total estimated cost of this project is $6,773. Funds are available in the Physical Plant budget for renewals and replacements. I concur in this recommendation and request that the Comptroller and Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this addition to the contract.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, this addition to contract was approved and authority was given as recommended. Director Havens was requested to confer with Mr. John Craig, State Fire Marshal, with respect to matters relating to fire protection.

AWARD OF CONTRACTS BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (43) T h e Board of Directors of the Athletic Association requests approval of the award of the following contracts: 1. A contract with N. W. Ayer & Son, Inc., Philadelphia, for television privileges for the 1948 home football games. Negotiations have been conducted with station W G N , Chicago, the National Broadcasting Corporation, Balaban and Katz, Chicago, and N. W. Ayer & Son, Inc., Philadelphia, for the right to televise and telecast the five football games to be played in Memorial Stadium during the season of 1948. T h e best offer was received from N. W. Ayer & Son, Inc., which proposes to televise all games and to pay to the Athletic Association $2,000 a game or $10,000 for the season, subject to the following limitations: ( a ) The telecast is to be only for direct play-by-play television while the game is in progress, and there is no right to retelevise or to make motion pictures. (b) At least five days in advance of each game the company shall submit to the Athletic Association for approval a complete script and description of