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BOARD OF

TRUSTEES

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pany and its receivers for the ventilating installations in the new Law Building to R. H . Bishop upon terms that will not relieve the Company and its receivers from liability to the University under the contract in the event of any failure on the part of Mr. Bishop to perform. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H e r r i c k , t h i s a s s i g n m e n t w a s a u t h o r i z e d by the f o l l o w i n g 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 , Mrs. H o l t , 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 , Mrs! W a t k i n s ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Grange, M r . Stratton. CONCLUSION OF NEGOTIATIONS W I T H OZARK AIR LINES FOR THE USE OF T H E UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AIRPORT (25) At the April 21, 1954, meeting of the Board of Trustees, a report was made of the negotiations with the Ozark Air Lines for the continued use of the University of Illinois Airport. The one question which remained unsettled in the negotiation was the amount of the landing fees to be charged. T h e University had taken the position that the landing fees should adequately cover any direct expenses which result from the use of the University Airport by Ozark Air Lines. Ozark had proposed a landing fee of two per cent of an "on line revenue," not including mail or cargo revenues, collected at the station. The Board of Trustees reaffirmed the University's position and instructed the Director of the Institute of Aviation and the Comptroller to continue negotiations on the basis of the principle of recovery of costs. Negotiations have resulted in an agreement with Ozark Air Lines satisfactory to the University and to Ozark. The University had originally proposed a fee which would result in a charge of $6,600 for landing fees. This was based upon a series of costs which included $2,278 for the removal of snow from the runways. Ozark has requested that the University not remove the snow with the understanding that during those periods when snow on the runway prohibits their landing they will overfly the field. Since the University does not remove snow from the runways for its own operations at the Airport, it is willing to accede to the request from Ozark. This will reduce the direct expenses chargeable to Ozark's operation to $4,322 or $360 a month. Ozark has agreed to a contract with the University which will provide for landing fees of $360 a month, or two per cent of the "on line revenue," whichever is the greater. The contract will be dated July 1, 1953 (the date the previous contract expired), and will continue for a two-year period, subject to the usual cancellation provision of thirty days' notice by either party. Ozark has also given a check based upon the above proposal which will pay their account to the University in full to May 1, 1954No action is required on this report since the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board were previously authorized to execute a contract based upon the principle of recovery of direct costs.

This report was received for record.

SECRETARY'S REPORTS

T h e Secretary presented for record the following lists: ( 1 ) appointments made by the President; ( 2 ) graduate fellows; ( 3 ) resignations and declinations; ( 4 ) leaves of absence.

APPOINTMENTS MADE BY T H E PRESIDENT

(The date in parentheses is the date on which the appointment was made by the President of the University. C = College; S = Station; E = Extension.)

BALDWIN, DAVID, Instructor in Medicine, in the College of Medicine, on threetenths time, five months beginning April 1, 1954, $1800 a year, supersedes (4-28-54). COTSONAS, NICHOLAS J., JR., Assistant Professor of Medicine, in the College of Medicine, on 90/100 time, five months beginning April 1, 1954, $765° a 5 e a r ' supersedes (4-22-54). , DEBOIS, BENNIE L., Registered Pharmacist in Hospital Pharmacy in the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, in the College of Pharmacy, April 5-August 31, 1954. $4500 a year (4-22-54).