Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1950
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1948] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 83 TABULATING MACHINE INSTALLATION IN CHICAGO (12) The University has an installation of International Business Machines in Chicago in addition to the one in Urbana, under a contract approved January 25, 1947 (Minutes, page 224). It is desired to enlarge this installation to provide for further mechanization of the registration procedure at the Chicago Undergraduate Division. The present installation in Chicago is located at the Chicago Professional Colleges although it provides certain services to the Undergraduate Division. Additional equipment is necessary to take care of the contemplated registration program at the Chicago Undergraduate Division. This equipment should be contracted for now to secure installation for use in 1949-1950. The machines are installed on a rental basis amounting to $130 a month after allowing for an educational discount of 20 per cent. The Director of Admissions and Records requests approval of such a contract, the necessary funds to be provided in the operating budget beginning with 1049-1950. The Business Manager of the Chicago Divisions, who has general charge of the tabulating machine equipment in Chicago, concurs. I concur and request that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute a contract with the International Business Machines Corporation for this equipment and to make minor changes in the contract as the needs of the service may require. On motion of Mrs. Holt, authority was given as requested. AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR REFRIGERATOR AT CHICAGO UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION (13) Bids have been received for the construction of a walk-in refrigerator for food service at the Chicago Undergraduate Division. This facility is necessary to comply with health standards. Funds are available in the operation and maintenance budget for this project. The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract to the lower bidder, Bromann Brothers, Chicago, in the amount of $5,550 for this construction. 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 given as requested. AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR FLOORING IN STADIUM (14) As a part of the restoration of the West Great Hall of the Stadium to its prewar use for physical education and athletic activities, it is proposed to resurface the floor (an area in excess of 20,000 square feet) with asphalt tile rather than the wood mosaic block flooring previously used. Bids have been received on the furnishing and the application of such material. The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend an award of the contract to W. Lewis and Company, the lowest bidder, in the amount of $6,107.77. Funds are available for this work in reserves accumulated from operation of temporary housing facilities. I concur and request that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract. On motion of Mr. Davis, authority was given as requested. AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE BUILDING (15) The Department of Architecture has requested improvement of the artificial lighting in all of the drafting rooms. Students have been complaining of eyestrain and members of the faculty who are now carrying heavy schedules and who must spend long hours in these rooms are having the same difficulty due to inadequate lighting. Bids have been received for rewiring, repowering, and relighting of rooms 200 and 210 in the Architecture Building. The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Comptroller recommend that the contract for this work be
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