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vides that all expenses under the Act must be paid for from the receipts under the Act. The Vice President for Financial Affairs has recommended the lease of the Concourse Level Exhibit Area at McComiick Place in Chicago from the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority for the purpose of conducting the semiannual examinations. The lease will cover the first full week in May and in November of 1973 through 1975 at a rental of $6,000 for each week. Funds are available from the fees collected. I concur. O n motion of M r . Pogue, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, M r . Forsyth, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . H u g h e s , M r . Pogue, M r . Steger, M r . S w a i n ; no, n o n e ; absent, D r . Bakalis, M r . Neal, Governor Ogilvie.

L I M O U S I N E SERVICE AT T H E UNIVERSITY OF ILUNOIS-WILL-ARD AIRPORT, SAVOY

(15) Limousine service was provided under contract at the University of IllinoisWillard Airport from January 1, 1959, to August 1, 1971. Since August 1, 1971, the only commercial transportation service between the airport and the surrounding community has been provided by taxi companies on a nonscheduled basis. The current needs for limousine service have been reviewed and evaluated, with the conclusion that a scheduled type of limousine service is_ indicated. Proposals were solicited from various limousine, taxi, and other transportation companies to provide an airport limousine service on a scheduled basis and provide for adequate vehicular equipment to be available to meet all arriving commercial airplane flights. In the specifications, flat rates were established by the University for providing limousine services to Champaign-Urbana, Rantoul, and Allerton Park (Monticello). In addition, insurance coverages, operation experience and safety, and operational standards were defined. Earl Huffman, doing business as A-l Limousine Service, Champaign, submitted the only proposal. It provides for monthly payments of $300 per month to be made to the University, in addition to the specified $.25 per vehicle exit fee and a $.25 per passenger exit fee, for special parking locations and for exclusive solicitation privileges within the Airport Terminal Building. The income to the University for the period December 21, 1972, through June 30, 1973, is expected to be approximately $4,800, and subsequent annual income is estimated at $10,000. The Chancellor and the Vice President for Financial Affairs, with the concurrence of the Director of the Institute of Aviation, recommend that the Board of Trustees authorize a contract to be executed with Earl Huffman, an individual doing business as A-l Limousine Service, on the foregoing basis for an initial period from December 21, 1972, through June 30, 1973, subject thereafter to three annual renewals upon the same terms and conditions at the option of the University. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Mr. Neal, Governor Ogilvie.

P H A S E I I - L O N G - R A N G E COMPUTER PLANNING

Change Order — Administrative Data Processing Equipment (16) On November 17, 1972, the Board of Trustees authorized a contract for leasing a Model 370/155 computing system from the Illinois Consortium for Computer Services. This represented the first phase of a long-range plan to lease more sophisticated equipment to enhance the development and the establishment of the management information system for the University. Some of the requirements for an efficient system necessitate the acquisition of equipment having greater storage capacity, improved versatility, greater internal speed, and advanced levelsof peripheral devices to provide increased capability at a cost lower than that of similar equipment currently available.