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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[December 18

AWARD O F CONTRACT A N D APPROPRIATION FOR ADDITION TO THE OBSERVATORY (8) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend the award of a contract for $35,853 (base bid of $34,703 plus alternates for air conditioner units in three rooms) to Dean Evans, Champaign, the lowest bidder, for the construction of a basement and a one-story addition to the Observatory at Urbana. T h e Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations recommends an appropriation of $43,650 to cover the cost of this project. T h e difference-between the contract price and the appropriation requested is for equipment, architectural and engineering services, landscaping, insurance during construction, and contingencies. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract.

On motion of Mr. Williamson, this contract was awarded and the Comptroller and Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the same, and the required assignment of funds was authorized. These actions were taken by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Stratton.

APPROPRIATION FOR REPAIR OF UNIVERSITY CHIMES (9) T h e University chimes, presented as senior memorials by the Classes of 1914 to 1922, inclusive, and installed in the University Library, now Altgeld Hall, are in need of extensive repairs. In accepting the chimes the University obligated itself to maintain them. P a r t of the work that now needs to be done was deferred in previous years because replacement parts for the playing mechanism were not available. T h e University of Illinois Foundation has included the restoration of the chimes in its fund-raising program. Gifts received specifically for this purpose plus unrestricted funds which the Foundation's Board of Directors has assigned, totaling $4,845, are available to the University, but an additional $1,155 *s needed to cover the complete cost of the indicated repairs. T h e McShane Bell Foundry Company, Baltimore, Maryland, which installed the chimes, has offered to do the complete job of overhauling, repairing, plus electrification of the tower clock, for $6,000. In consideration of the gifts of individual donors and the assignment of funds offered by the Foundation, and in view of the University's obligation to the original donors (the Classes of 1914 to 1922, inclusive) of the chimes, I recommend ( a ) acceptance of the $4,845 offered by the Foundation for this purpose; (b) an appropriation of $1,15.5 from the General Reserve Fund to be expended on the repairs of the University chimes; and (c) that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute a contract with the McShane Bell Foundry Company for $6,000 for the complete overhaul and repairs of the chimes, including the electrification of the tower clock.

On motion of Mr. Bissell, this appropriation was made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Stratton.

CONTRACT FOR SERVICE OF CONSULTANT O N CENTRAL FOOD STORAGE BUILDING (10) T h e Board of Trustees has authorized a contract with A. Epstein and Sons, Inc., Engineers, Chicago, for complete architectural and engineering services for the construction of a central food storage building to service the dining facilities in the Men's Residence Halls, both present and future units. T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend the employment of Arthur W. Dana, Food Service Consultant, New York City, for planning the layout