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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 18

$ 16,998,86 $ 732,051.11 $1,201,622.09

Total, Funds Received from Individuals Total, Chicago Professional Colleges Grand Total

This report was received for record.

ADDITION TO CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MEN'S RESIDENCE HALLS (21) T h e Director of the Physical Plant and the Acting Comptroller recommend an increase of $2,950 in the contract with the Felmley-Dickerson Company for the construction of the Men's Residence Halls, approved by the Board November 23, 1951, for the construction of a ramp at the west end of the Flagg House unit for the use of paraplegic students living in the Parade Grounds Units, so that they may have better access to the food service facilities which have been enlarged as a part of the residence halls expansion program. T h e estimate of cost has been checked by the Physical Plant Department and found to be a reasonable charge. Funds are available in the proceeds of the Residence Hall bond issue of 1951. I concur and recommend that the Acting Comptroller be authorized to execute this addition to the contract. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h i s i n c r e a s e w a s a p p r o v e d a n d the A c t i n g C o m p t r o l l e r w a s a u t h o r i z e d t o e x e c u t e t h e c h a n g e in the contract. APPLICATION OF ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY FOR RATE INCREASES (22) The President of the University reported on a conference he has had with officials of the Illinois Power Company relating to the University's position on the Company's rate hearings before the Illinois Commerce Commission. The Company has requested authority to increase rates charged for electric power, gas, and steam. T h e University is cooperating with the municipal officials of Urbana and Champaign in preparing data and assembling other information pertinent to the proposed rate increases to be used at the hearings. If, after the University's investigation has been completed, it concludes that the proposed rate increases are not objectionable, it will withdraw from the hearings and state its position to the Commission. T h i s report w a s received for record.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

A t t h i s p o i n t , a n E x e c u t i v e S e s s i o n h a v i n g b e e n r e q u e s t e d , it w a s so o r d e r e d f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n of t h e f o l l o w i n g r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s f r o m the P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y . EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION FOR CONTROL SYSTEMS LABORATORY (23) T h e Department of the Navy has requested the University to acquire a special purchase computer for use in certain of the classified programs being carried on for the government by the Control Systems Laboratory. It is proposed that this be accomplished by a contract with the Office of Naval Research which will reimburse the University for all costs of such acquisition, including an allowance for indirect costs. It will then be necessary for the University to subcontract with a vendor approved by the government and the University. Because of the problems involved resulting from classified research and the unique nature of the equipment to be acquired, it is very probable that a vendor will have to be chosen primarily upon basis of ability to deliver and with only informal competitive proposals. It is anticipated that the cost of the equipment will not exceed

$320,000.

T h e acquisition of this equipment by the Control Systems Laboratory will commit the University to the continuation, for several years, of certain of the government-sponsored programs of the Control Systems Laboratory. T h e Director of the Laboratory and the Dean of the College of Engineering recommend the negotiation of these proposed contracts as described above