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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 23

AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR ABBOTT POWER PLANT ADDITION (9) The Board of Trustees on June 15, 1948, approved a special appropriation of $49,220, the estimated expenditure required in the 1947-1949 biennium for the addition of a 7500 kilowatt service generator, Unit No. 4, in the Abbott Power Plant, Urbana. The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract to Sargent and Lundy, Engineers, Chicago, for all engineering services on the complete project. The agreement will be contingent on an additional State appropriation for the 1949-1951 biennium for the completion of this project, and if such an appropriation is not made the University agrees to reimburse Sargent and Lundy only for actual expenditures. The contract provides for reimbursing Sargent and Lundy for salaries paid engineers and draftsmen at their regular rates, plus 50 per cent; for salaries paid resident field engineers, plus 10 per cent; for stenographic and clerical services, traveling expenses, and miscellaneous expense at actual cost. Estimated expenditures under this contract during the 1947-1949 biennium are $49,000; if an additional capital appropriation is received and the project is completed in 1949-1051, the total expenditures under this contract are estimated to be $110,000. I concur and request that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, authority was granted as requested.

AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR UNDERGROUND CONDUIT ON SOUTH FARMS (10) The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend a contract with Sargent and Lundy, Engineers, Chicago, for engineering services in connection with the construction of an underground conduit line from the South Farm main switch gear station east to the President's House and to the Horticulture Field Laboratory to replace the existing pole line. Funds are available in the Physical Plant operation and maintenance budget for the preparation of plans and specifications. This improvement is necessary to eliminate frequent power failures which affect the large refrigerating equipment in the cold storage area of the Horticulture Field Laboratory, research work in this building, and electrical service to the President's House. Such interruptions will continue until the present overhead line is replaced with underground service. Some of the planning will be done by the Physical Plant Department, but the necessary personnel is not available for all of the work. I recommend that authority be granted the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board to execute this contract; the cost is estimated not to exceed $2,500. The contract will provide for payment by the University of the salaries of engineers and draftsmen, plus 100 per cent, plus actual clerical wages and other expenses incurred.

On motion of Mr. Nickell, authority was granted as recommended.

AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONTROL EQUIPMENT IN NOYES LABORATORY (11) The Board of Trustees has appropriated $2,500 for the installation of temperature and humidity control equipment in the Noyes Laboratory for research work financed partly by a grant from the National Institute of Health and partly by the State Water Survey Division, which is housed in this building. The Chief of the State Water Survey, the Director of the Physical Plant Department, and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract for the installation of this equipment to Climatic Engineering, Inc., Danville, the lowest bidder, at a cost of $5,860. The cost of this installation will be charged in part, $1,660, to the appropriation made by the Board of Trustees, and the balance of $4,200 will be paid from State Water Survey funds. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract.

On motion of Mr. Davis, authority was given as recommended.