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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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availability of funds, to Ryan Bros., Inc., Chicago, for furnishing the necessary materials and equipment (with operators) for snow removal and minor landscape and site work at the Chicago Circle and Medical Center campuses. T h e contract is for the period July 1, 1978, through June 30, 1979. T h e contractor will be compensated for furnishing each item of equipment, with operator, at the rate specified, and material will be supplied at the unit rate specified in the proposal. T h e estimated cost is $38,800. Institutional funds are available subject to Board of Trustees approval of the operating budget for FY 1979. T h e s t u d e n t a d v i s o r y v o t e w a s : A y e , Miss C o n l o n , M r . O v e r s t r e e t , Miss W i n t e r ; n o , n o n e . O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , this c o n t r a c t w a s a w a r d e d b y t h e following vote: Aye, M r . Forsyth, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . Lenz, M r . Livingston, M r . Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, M r . Velasquez; no, n o n e ; absent, Mrs. Rader, Governor Thompson.

Contract for Construction of Metal Storage Building, Department of Anthropology, Urbana

(26) The president of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of a contract in the amount of $78,289 to Dean Evans Company, Champaign, the low bidder on the base bid plus additive alternate B, for construction of a pre-engineered metal storage building for the Department of Anthropology at the Urbana campus. The building will be 60' X 80' X 10' in size and will be located at the corner of Griffith Drive and Gerty Street. T h e Buildings and Grounds Committee on January 19, 1966, approved this area for the construction of metal storage buildings. Work is expected to begin about June 1. 1978, with completion expected by August 15, 1978. Funds are available from institutional funds included in the FY 1978 budget of the Urbana campus.

The student advisory vote was: Aye, Miss Conlon, Mr. Overstreet, Miss Winter; no none. On motion of Mr. Neal, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Mrs. Rader, Governor Thompson.

Contract with ITEL Corporation, Leasing Division, for Lease of Data Processing Equipment

(27) The University has been leasing its administrative and research and instructional computer center's basic data processing equipment from the University of Illinois Foundation. T h e foundation has authorized entering into an agreement with I T E L Corporation, Leasing Division of San Francisco, California, whereby the foundation would sell, as of June 30, 1978, all of its owned data processing equipment to I T E L . I T E L has proposed a contract with the University whereby the University would lease the data processing equipment, presently in use and now leased from the foundation, to the University for the period from July 1, 1978, through June 30, 1979, with the option to renew the contract on a year to year basis at the same terms for the same equipment. T h e contract also contains a purchase option that can be exercised by the University during the term of the contract and in accordance with a specified purchase price in the contract applicable to each group of equipment.