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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1952
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i95i] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 851 by tl The Director of Purchases and the Comptroller also recommend purchase of approximately 2,600 tons of V/z in. screenings coal, to be delivered to the Abbott Power Plant during August, 1951, from the Republic Coal and Coke Company, Chicago, the lowest bidder, at the same price of $3.85 per ton, f.o.b. mine, plus freight at $.99, total, $4.84; total estimated cost, $12,584. This is a firm price. I concur in these recommendations. On motion of Mrs. Holt, this contract and purchase were authorized. AUTHORIZATION O F PURCHASES (23) The University of Illinois Statutes include the following provision governing purchases which has been in effect for approximately seventeen years: "Purchases shall be made on the basis of competitive prices wherever practicable, quality, suitability, and service considered. Purchases amounting to $1,000 or more made from general funds or non-itemized appropriations shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees or to the Executive Committee, unless, in the opinion of the President of the University, urgent necessity exists that requires immediate action, in which case the President shall act and report promptly to the Board." Materials and equipment needed for research are in short supply. In the case of research work for the Armed Forces, it is not always feasible to defer action on recommendations for purchases until a Board meeting. Accordingly, to expedite purchasing procedure, I request a ruling by the Board of Trustees that the provision in the Statutes shall not apply to purchases under $3,000 on government research contracts. On motion of Mr. Johnston, the provision in the University of Illinois Statutes relating to purchases was amended to provide that all purchases amounting to $2,500 or more shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees or to the Executive Committee for approval unless an emergency exists in which case the President of the University is authorized to act and to report his action to the Board. PURCHASES Purchases Authorized (24) The following purchases were authorized by the President's Office on the recommendations of the Director of Purchases and the Comptroller. Item 50 sheets, 24 ounce hard copper, 36" 196* 50 sheets, 24 ounce hard copper, 42* 196* 36 sheets, 20 ounce copper, 48* x 96*, leaded both sides One 750 kva transformer Department Physical Plant Vendor Tanner & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Cost ti 665 81 f.o.b. delivered 90', 4 wire, 2500 amp., weatherproof, bus duct with fittings One 2500 amp. circuit breaker One 1600 amp. circuit breaker Three 2500-volt indoor current transformers Four cathode ray oscillographs with green, short persistence cathode ray screen One 10* precision lathe Physical Plant for remodeling Engineering Research Laboratory Physical Plant for remodeling Engineering Research Laboratory Physics R. E. Uptegraff Manufacturing Co., Scottsdale, Pa. 5 973 00 f.o.b. freight prepaid Graybar Electric Supply Co., 11 933 8s Chicago f.o.b. freight prepaid Alfred Crossley & Associates, Chicago Monarch Machine Tool Co., Sidney, Ohio 1 312 00 f.o.b. Clifton, NJ. Physics 6 030 00 f.o.b. Sidney, Ohio On motion of Mr. Megran, these purchases were approved.
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