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1958] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS I205
I recommend that these contracts be awarded and that the Comptroller and
the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute the same, subject to the
release of funds by the Governor.
On motion of Mr. Williamson, these contracts were awarded, as
recommended, and the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board
were authorized to execute the same. This action was taken by the
following vote: Aye, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston^ Mr.
Livingston, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none;
absent, Mr. Bissell, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Stratton.
CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF RADAR ANTENNA TOWER
(19) The Director of the Physical Plant Department and the Vice-President and
Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $39,080 to C. A. Petry & Sons,
Inc., Champaign, the lowest bidder, for the construction of a radar antenna tower
north of and adjacent to the Engineering Research Laboratory. This tower is
needed for research being done at the University under a contract with the United
States Army Signal Corps, and the cost will be paid from contract funds.
I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board
be authorized to execute the contract, subject to approval by the contract office of
the Signal Corps.
On motion of Mr. Hughes, the Comptroller and the Secretary of
the Board were authorized to execute this contract.
CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF LODGE IN
ROBERT ALLERTON PARK
(20) The Director of the Division of University Extension, the Director of the
Physical Plant Department, and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend
the award of a contract for $57,880 to C. A. Petry & Sons, Inc., Champaign, the
lowest bidder for the construction of a ten-unit motel type lodge in Robert Allerton
Park east of and as an annex to Allerton House to provide additional housing
needed for participants in conferences, seminars, and other events held there. It
will also be available to other transient guests.
The Committee on Buildings and Grounds on June 20, 1957, authorized the
employment of Smith, Kratz, and Associates, Urbana, as architects, and on October
28, 1957, the Committee approved their design of the building to be known as
"Evergreen Lodge."
Funds will be assigned for this construction from Allerton House Operations
surplus and Division of University Extension income from short courses and other
such types of income-producing programs.
I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board
be authorized to execute this contract.
On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this contract was awarded, and the
Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute
the same. This action was taken by the following vote: Aye, Mr.
Herrick, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Swain, Mrs.
Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Bissell, Mrs. Holt,
Air. Nickell, Mr. Stratton.
CONTRACT FOR ELECTRICAL SERVICE AT CHICAGO
UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION
(21) The city of Chicago has been billing the University for electrical service at
the Chicago Undergraduate Division. The City Council has passed an ordinance
authorizing the Commonwealth Edison Company to take over certain facilities and
bill the University directly. The Commonwealth Edison Company will turn over to
the University eleven transformers owned by the Company, at a nominal price of
•f'-oo, and will sell power directly to the University. The estimated cost of this
service is now $33,750 a year, and, under the new arrangement, it is estimated to
cos t $30,750.