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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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bids at a fixed fee of $157,500 plus reimbursements authorized by the University. The work of the firm required during the construction phase is subject to further Board action. After the receipt of bids for the construction and revenue bonds, the Board will be requested to approve contracts for the sale of revenue bonds, construction work, and the balance of the architectural and engineering services required during the construction phase. The cost of the latter will be on the basis of a fixed fee of $67,500 plus authorized reimbursements. Funds for this work are available on an interim basis in the Medical Center Campus Physical Plant Job Service Account. The total project funds, including reimbursement of the funds for the development of construction contract documents, will be financed from the proceeds of the revenue bond sale. Approval of this recommendation is subject to approval of the project as a noninstructional facility by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Cordon, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Volgman; no, none. O n motion of Mr. Conlon, these recommendations were approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mrs. Rader, Mr. Velasquez; no, M r . Forsyth; absent, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, Governor Thompson. Mr. H a h n asked to be recorded as not voting. Employment of Architectural/Engineering Consultant for Evaluation of the Waterproofing System for the Assembly Hall Roof, Urbana (26) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends the employment of Richardson, Severns, Scheeler, Greene, & Associates, Inc., Champaign, for consulting services to evaluate the existing waterproofing system for the Assembly Hall roof and the recommendation of alternative restoration methods and materials. The fee will be based on the actual payroll costs plus 150 percent, providing that the fee does not exceed $12,500 plus reimbursable expenses authorized by the University; the latter are estimated to be $2,000. Funds for this project are available from the operating reserves of the Assembly Hall. T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Conlon, Mr. Matthews, M r . Volgman; no, none. O n motion of M r . Lenz, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, M r s . Rader, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, Governor Thompson. Mr. H a h n asked to be recorded as not voting. Agreement for Gas Service for Heating Plant, Chicago Circle (27) The utilities plant at the Chicago Circle campus, which provides high temperature hot water for heating the campus buildings, is equipped to utilize both fuel oil and natural gas interchangeably as sources of energy. Fuel oil is the prime source of energy during the period October through April. Due to the shortage of gas, the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company has supplied gas on an interruptable basis from March through November 1976 in accordance with a gas service classification V-5, as filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission at a base unit cost of 13.30 cents per therm. The agreement with the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, approved by the Board on February 18, 1976, was cancelled by the company on March 1, 1977. The company has now notified the University of the possibility of gas being