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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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vote: Aye, Mr. Fornof, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Grange, Mr. Stevenson. On motion of Mr. Fornof, the Executive Committee was authorized to act for the Board on the award for the contract for moving stairways, elevators, and lifts. On motion of Mr. Nickell, it was resolved that in awarding these contracts the Board of Trustees specifies that wages paid all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors in the construction of the East Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building shall be not less than the prevailing rates established in the Chicago area, a schedule of which is hereby filed with the Secretary of the Board for record.

CONTRACT FOR REMODELING IN OLD POWER PLANT BUILDING

(14) On February 22, 1952, the Board of Trustees appropriated $12,000 for remodeling the engine room of the old power plant building to provide space for a Heater Research Laboratory for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. By utilizing the University's standing cost-plus contract for general work, valuable time can be saved in the preparation of detailed plans and specifications necessary for lump sum bids. The cost of the general work is estimated at $8,300. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend that the general work on this project be done under the University's cost-plus contract with Clyde E. Gates, Champaign. I concur. On motion of Mr. Nickell, this recommendation was approved.

CONTRACT FOR REMOVAL A N D SALE OF EQUIPMENT IN T H E O L D HEATING PLANT IN CHICAGO

(15) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract to the Ashland Iron and Steel Company, Chicago, for removal and sale of four boilers and auxiliary equipment in the old heating plant at the Chicago Professional Colleges. The Ashland Iron and Steel Company will remove the equipment under stipulated conditions and pay the University $7,500. The equipment has a scrap value and the Business Office secured bids from wrecking and scrap iron companies on its removal. The equipment must be removed promptly as space in the building, which is adjacent to the Research and Educational Hospitals, is needed for temporary storage of equipment to be purchased for the new hospital addition. The building can also be used for other storage purposes. The Physical Plant Department will incur expense of supervision of disconnecting and removal of the equipment and of repairs to the floor to cover the boiler pits. This expense will probably be offset by sale of the old equipment, but the expense can not be determined until the equipment is removed and estimates have been made of the subsequent repairs needed in the building. The Comptroller recommends that the $7,500 from the sale of the equipment, or so much thereof as is necessary, be appropriated to the Physical Plant Department for said repairs. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute a contract with the Ashland Iron and Steel Company, and that the funds realized be appropriated as recommended herein. On motion of Mr. Megran, this contract was authorized and the appropriation recommended was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Fornof, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Grange, Mr. Stevenson.