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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1952
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640 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [March 13 Pipe covering contract—Standard Asbestos Manufacturing Company, Chicago Changes in the plumbing and heating pipes on eighth and ninth floors necessary to complete the special diet kitchen and air conditioning of research wards on those floors 3 472 07 Heating and refrigeration contract—M. J. Corboy Company, Chicago Additional heating and refrigeration work required to complete the installation of the special metabolic diet kitchen and research wards; additional plumbing work is also needed to complete the air conditioning of these wards 6 052 89 Kitchen and cafeteria equipment contract—Stearnes Company, Chicago T h e special metabolic diet kitchen and wards on the eighth and ninth floors require additional kitchen equipment for the research work contemplated 17 885 87 Plumbing contract — Economy Plumbing and Heating Company, Chicago Additional labor and materials needed in plumbing work to complete the diet kitchen on the eighth and ninth floors 2 222 37 Total increases in all contracts $79 332 30 Funds are available in the state appropriation for "Construction of addition to present hospital." I concur and recommend that the Comptroller be authorized to execute these contract changes. On motion of Mr. Johnston, authority was given as recommended. SALE OF PROPERTY AT 6 0 1 HAINES BOULEVARD, CHAMPAIGN (32) Professor Royden Dangerfield, Director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, leases the University-owned residence at 601 Haines Boulevard, Champaign. He has offered to purchase this property in accordance with t h e procedure approved by the Board for the sale of residence properties purchased by the University for faculty housing. The price is $22,550, which is the original cost to the University plus cost of improvements. I recommend that this offer be accepted, and that the officers of the Board be authorized to execute the necessary deed of conveyance. On motion of Mrs. Holt, the sale of this property was authorized, 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. CONTRACT FOR INSTALLATION OF DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRIC SERVICE EQUIPMENT (33) The Director of the Physical Plant and t h e Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $10,752 to Anderson Electric, Inc., Danville, the lowest bidder, for the installation of a DC motor generator and switch gear previously purchased, extending utilities to and connecting the generator with t h e existing service system to provide direct current electric service to engineering laboratories for instruction and research purposes. Funds are available in the state appropriation for "Construction of extensions t o the Utility Distribution Systems." 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 Mr. Hickman, this contract was authorized as recommended. APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL F U N D S FOR AIRPORT. (34) In 1946, Congress passed the Federal Airport Aid Act which provided for federal aid on a matching basis to airports, subject to appropriations, for a period of seven years. Under this Act, the Civil Aeronautics Administration has issued a tentative allocation of $60,000 for improvements at t h e University of Illinois Airport.
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