Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1954
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1192 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [December 16 CONTRACT FOR REMODELING BIOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY QUARTERS AT THE CHICAGO UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION (16) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Acting Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $8,194 to the Mueller Construction Company, Chicago, the lowest bidder, for remodeling quarters used by the Departments of Biology and Geography at the Chicago Undergraduate Division. The work will consist of construction of a new office and conversion of another office into a staff laboratory to provide for better utilization of space. Funds are available in an appropriation made by the Board of Trustees for this purpose. I concur and recommend that the Acting Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract. On motion of M r s . W a t k i n s , an a w a r d of this contract was approved and the Acting Comptroller and Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the same. CONTRACT FOR REMODELING AT THE CHICAGO UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION (17) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Acting Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $2,869 to Ford Bros., Inc., Chicago, the lowest bidder, for remodeling Room 127 at the Chicago Undergraduate Division. This work will consist of construction of a wooden frame elevated platform, installation of threeway lighting control switches for the operation of projectors, and ventilating installation. Funds are available in an appropriation made for this purpose by the Board of Trustees. I concur and recommend that the Acting Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract. On motion of M r s . Watkins, an award of this contract was approved and the Acting Comptroller and Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the same. PURCHASES Purchases Authorized (18) The following purchases were authorized by the Executive Committee on recommendation of the Director of Purchases and the Acting Comptroller and with the concurrence of the President of the University. ItemOne MI-12957-FE electron microscope One MI-12956-H vacuum pump One MI-12959 voltage stabilizer One MI-12941 double lens objective pole piece One binocular viewer One MI-12940-A wide angle objective pole piece Including service and parts for one year One multitape twelve-channel tape duplicator with accessories and variable equalizer One parcel delivery truck (for use on U. S. Government research projects, to be purchased with contract funds) One model 2 micro-oscillograph Department Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Vendor R a d i o C o r p o r a t i o n of America, Camden, N.J. $zo Cost 230 00 f.o.b. Camden, NJ. f.o.b. Chicago 3 295 " f.o.b. delivered Electrical Central Research 9 56i 56 Engineering Laboratories, f.o.b. Red Wing, Minn. Urbana T h e following purchase w a s authorized by the P r e s i d e n t on the recommendation of t h e D i r e c t o r of P u r c h a s e s a n d t h e A c t i n g C o m p t r o l l e r . Item Department Vendor Cost Equipment for government research Engineering Bendix Radio, Division of Si 8 507 55 Research Bendix Aviation Corp., f.o.b. program (restricted) Baltimore, Md. Towson, Md. Engineering Research Tom Purvis, Inc. (Ford), Mattoon University Broadcasting Rawdon Smith Associates, Washington, D.C. g 600 00 On motion of M r . Grange, these purchases were approved.
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