Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1978 [PAGE 248]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Increase in Contract of Equipment Planning Consultant for Replacement Hospital, Medical Center (23) On May 21, 1975, the Board of Trustees authorized the employment of Medical Equipment Design Associates, Inc., Minneapolis, to provide the professional services in the selection of equipment for the replacement hospital at a fee not to exceed $118,000 including reimbursable expenses authorized by the University. It was contemplated that the Capital Development Board would employ the firm to develop the specifications for the equipment to be purchased for the hospital with Capital Development Bond Funds. The equipment funds appropriated for FY 1977 were vetoed by the Governor. In order that the completion schedule of the hospital be maintained, it is necessary at this time to prepare the specifications for the equipment to be purchased with equipment funds requested for FY 1978 so that bids may be solicited when the funds are available. Accordingly, the President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends an increase in the contract with the Medical Equipment Design Associates, Inc., Minneapolis, to provide the professional services necessary for the development of the specifications for the equipment. The fee will be based on the firm's hourly rate schedule for personnel involved in the project and will not exceed $34,000 including reimbursable expenses authorized by the University. Funds for this project are available in the Hospital Income Account. T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, M r . Cordon, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Volgman; no, none. O n motion of Mr. Livingston, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, M r . Forsyth, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. Mr. H a h n asked to be recorded as not voting. Extension of Possession, Peoria School Site (24) On February 20, 1974, the city of Peoria, the University, and the Capital Development Board entered into a contract for the sale of land in Peoria, Illinois, to serve as the site for the Peoria School of Medicine. That contract was amended on February 16, 1976, to permit the city to remain in possession of a parcel in the north part of the site until March 31, 1977. The Chancellor at the Medical Center campus, at the request of the city of Peoria, has recommended that the deadline for surrendering possession be extended until June 30, 1977, for the convenience of the city. This extension will not interfere with any of the programs of the Peoria School of Medicine. I concur. T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Conlon, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Volgman; no, none. O n motion of Mr. H a h n , this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, M r . Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. Amendment to Lease of Space for Division of Services for Crippled Children in Springfield (25) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends amending the current lease for space in Building