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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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I concur and recommend t h a t the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract.

On motion of Mrs. Holt, this contract was authorized as recommended.

APPROPRIATION A N D CONTRACTS FOR ILLINI GROVE (30) Bids received for the improvement and development of Illini Grove (the old Forestry) as a recreational area indicate that this will cost #38,000. The Board of Trustees has appropriated $25,000 for this project. The Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations has approved the project in principle and recommends an additional appropriation to complete it. Subject to approval of such an additional appropriation, the Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of contracts to the lowest bidders as follows: General work — Contracting Construction Company, Danville $16 394 Plumbing work — J. L. Robinson, Champaign 4 443 Electrical work — Potter Electric Service, Urbana 8 628 I recommend t h a t an additional appropriation of $13,000 be made, and that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute these contracts.

On motion of Mr. Hickman, this additional appropriation was made, the contracts were awarded and authority was given as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Fornof, Mr. Grange, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Stevenson.

CHANGES IN CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONS TO T H E RESEARCH A N D EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS (31) The Vice-President in charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges, the Director of the Physical Plant, and the Comptroller recommend increases in contracts for the construction of the additions to the Research and Educational Hospitals as follows: General contract — Patrick Warren Construction Company, Chicago (a) For installation of an electrically operated rolling type steel door in the main north-south tunnel at the ambulance driveway, to make it possible to move heavy equipment in and out $1 i l l 00 (b) Changes on the eighth and ninth floors to complete a special metabolic diet kitchen and wards, and research air conditioning with close tolerances for control tests on patients 4 424 70 (c) Three additional display cases on the fifth floor requested by the Department of Surgery I 298 62 (d) Revisions of the mechanical equipment rooms to accommodate larger duct sizes for more quiet operation of the ventilating system 3 170 45 Total increase in this contract $10 004 77 Ventilation contract — Bloomer Heating and Ventilating Company, Chicago (a) Changes on the eighth and ninth floors for a special metabolic diet kitchen and wards, and research air conditioning which requires very close tolerances, so that research work can be rigidly controlled . . . 24 214 23 (b) Revisions of the ventilating system in the penthouse to provide more quiet operation 5 169 33 (c) Change in fans and size of ducts to provide more quiet operation of ventilating system 1 021 85 Total increase in this contract 30 405 41 Electrical contract — Wadeford Electric Company, Chicago Revisions in t h e eighth and ninth floors to complete a special metabolic kitchen, and in wards, and in the air conditioning to serve the wards. The overhead ceiling lights must be changed to cove lighting due t o the use of multivent ceiling panels 9 288 92