Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1950 [PAGE 982]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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C O N T R A C T FOR DRY CLEANING SERVICE FOR S T U D E N T S IN UNIVERSITY R E S I D E N C E HALLS (15) It has become desirable to provide a central procedure for dry cleaning service for men living in University residence halls at Urbana-Champaign. It may be desirable later to provide a similar service in women's halls. It would be operated as a part of the "canteen" service established in some of the residence halls. A contract would be made with one company for all such service, handled through the canteen, and all pick-ups and deliveries would be made from a central point in the halls. The hall management would supervise the collection of accounts and the payments to the contracting company. This service would not prevent any resident in the halls from having his dry cleaning done by another service. The Purchasing Division invited bids on this service from all local cleaners. Six bids were secured, and the best proposal is offered by William and Earnest Beightler, a partnership operating as "Chief Mini Cleaners." The schedule gives the lowest rates for individual items and a discount of 20 per cent for women's work and 25 per cent for men's work. This discount would be retained to cover the administrative cost of handling the centralized service, except that 5 per cent would be paid to the student organization in the halls for its social programs. The students would benefit by the lower schedule of rates. The Director of Housing, the Director of Purchases, and the Comptroller recommend that a contract be made with the "Chief Mini Cleaners" on the basis of their bid to provide service in the Men's Residence Halls and that the contract be extended to include the Women's Residence Halls if that becomes desirable. All financial obligation assumed by the University is covered by collections to be made from students, including the overhead expense. I recommend approval.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, this contract was awarded as recommended.

C O N T R A C T FOR REMODELING IN MEDICAL AND DENTAL C O L L E G E LABORATORIES BUILDING (16) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend the award of a contract for $1,696 to the Mutual Contracting Company, Chicago, Illinois, the lowest bidder, for remodeling of Room 166 in the Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building. T h e work required consists of the construction of glass partitions, installation of lighting fixtures, and incidental changes to provide additional needed office space. Funds are available in the special appropriation made by the Board of Trustees for this on October 25, 1949 (Minutes, page 922). I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract.

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

C O N T R A C T F O R INSTALLATION O F FIRE P U M P IN C H I C A G O ILLINI UNION (17) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract in the amount of $15,680 to the Economy Plumbing and Heating Company, Chicago, the lowest bidder, for the installation of a fire pump in the Chicago Mini Union Building. The work required consists of furnishing and installing a 500 gallon per minute fire pump with all necessary pipes from city water main and to existing standpipe system with the necessary electrical work as required to operate the pump as prescribed by code. Also the installation of a sprinkler system as requested by the Chicago Fire Prevention Bureau of the Chicago Fire Department in the room used for lumber storage. Funds are available in the budget of the Physical Plant Department for this work.