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SIU Board approves contracts, campus purchases and honors as trustees hear performance reports
Summary
At its Dec. 4 meeting the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees received fiscal‑year performance reports, heard updates on SIU Medicine and NAGPRA compliance, and approved multiple procurement and campus items including a $16 million coal services contract, two property purchases for the School of Medicine, and expansions to online program marketing agreements.
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees on Dec. 4 approved a slate of purchasing and personnel items after hearing systemwide performance reports and campus presentations.
Trustees moved through committee recommendations and then acted on board items by roll call. Among the approvals, the finance committee authorized a five‑year coal, hauling and ash‑disposal services contract for the SIUC power plant with the low bidder, Nighthawk Coal LLC, presented as a $16,000,000 estimated award to standardize pricing for the commodity. Trustees also approved acquiring two Springfield properties adjacent to existing School of Medicine facilities for a combined purchase price of $123,000 plus an…
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