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1954]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

1353

I recommend that these appropriations be made from the General Reserve Fund.

On motion of Mr. Johnston, these appropriations were made by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hickman, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Megran, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Grange, Mr. Stratton.

APPROPRIATION FOR REMODELING AT THE PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES (12) The relocation of departments in the addition to the Research and Educational Hospitals has vacated certain space in the present Hospitals and in the Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building and more will be vacated next year. Completion and occupancy of the new East Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building will result in the relocation of the functions of the College of Pharmacy in that building, which will vacate additional space in the Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building. It has been contemplated that when these new buildings are completed and occupied, the space vacated will be remodeled to allow for better locations and expansion of existing departments to provide for future increased enrollments in the Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry. Committees working on the allocation of the space available have made reports which have been approved by the University Building Program Committee. It is now desirable to proceed with remodeling as rapidly as bids can be taken and contracts let as to space which is presently vacant and also as to space which will be vacated later. Funds were provided in the internal budget for the present year for a full year's operation of the Research and Educational Hospitals Addition, with the exception of three floors for which additional funds will be requested in the next biennium. Because of delays in the occupancy of the building and the difficulty of recruiting personnel, substantial balances remain in present operating appropriations. As they have become available, such funds have been placed in a special reserve, which now totals $371,293. It is conservatively estimated that a total of $940,000 will be available within the present biennium. The Administrative Committee of the Chicago Professional Colleges, the Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations, the Director of the Physical Plant, and the Comptroller recommend that this sum of $940,000 be reassigned for the following purposes, subject to release by the Administrative Committee of the Chicago Professional Colleges, such releases not to exceed the amount accumulated in the reserve at the time of the release: Pathology $ 73 000 Anatomy 62 500 Physiology-Pharmacology 290 000 School of Nursing 28 800 Bacteriology 8 400 Allergy and Dermatology 7 800 Hospital Admissions and Admitting Clinic 124 000 Utilities for the East Wing of the General Hospital 57 900 Utilities for the Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building 35 000 Purchase of laboratory equipment 50 000 Miscellaneous remodeling 17 600 Stair enclosures 60 000 Air conditioning 125 000 Total $940 000 The above amounts are subject to adjustment within the total by the Administrative Committee after contracts have been awarded. All contracts will be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , t h i s a p p r o p r i a t i o n w a s m a d e b y t h e following v o t e : A y e , M r . B i s s e l l , M r . H e r r i c k , M r . H i c k m a n , M r s . Holt, M r . J o h n s t o n , M r . L i v i n g s t o n , M r . M e g r a n , M r . N i c k e l l , M r s . Watkins; no, none; absent, M r . Grange, M r . Stratton.