The Illinois State University Central Receiving Department processes all incoming freight and merchandise for University departments and affiliated organizations. This includes UPS, overnight, and air freight. Central Receiving is located at the Warehouse Road facility, 2016 Warehouse Rd., Normal. The hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Central Receiving tries to deliver all incoming merchandise to its final destination on the same day that it is received from the respective shipper. Central Receiving does not deliver anything that is classified as U.S. Mail. All U.S. Mail is delivered by the Mail Service Department.
Contact Central Receiving at (309) 438-8011.
Supplies required for Facilities Services are acquired through Central Stores located in the north end of the John Green building at 600 W. Gregory St., Normal. It is a support service operation for all Illinois State facilities and departments that require materials, tools, and supplies. Central Stores maintain an in-stock inventory of approximately 7,500 items for maintenance, repair, remodeling, custodial, and other needs. In addition to this, Central Stores provide special order services for non-stock materials that any department needs.
The purpose of Central Stores is to function as a primary warehouse of repetitively-consumed products in the building and mechanical trade area on the Illinois State campus. Our mission is to treat all customers with courtesy and professionalism, offering quality service at competitive prices. Merchandise is obtained from brand-name manufacturers through quantity discounts and state-contracted wholesale buying arrangements. This enables us to generally stock items of common use at prices lower than those commercially available.
The Illinois Administrative Code established the department of Central Management Services (CMS) to regulate the accountability and control of all state-owned property. Each State agency is required to maintain records of all real and durable personal property under their control and report to CMS. The account manager is Lynn Ramsey, (309) 438-3150.
The Property Control Department is assigned the responsibility of meeting the requirements of the Code. To comply with these requirements, each piece of property subject to inventory must be marked as university property with a unique inventory number and added to the University Property Control system.
Each piece of property is assigned a department number, which designates the administrative unit responsible for tracking the item's location and reporting to Property Control any changes in the item's deposition. When items are no longer of use to a department, they are to be sent to Property Control. Property Control will determine whether the item is to be discarded, reissued to another department or sent to the Springfield CMS warehouse. lf a department wishes to use an item for trade-in, a proposal of the transaction must be approved by Property Control prior to finalization of the contract.
Property Control must make periodic reports to CMS to account for all university property. In addition, all necessary documentation to account for all equipment must be retained and provided for both the internal and external auditors.
Contact Property Control at (309 438-3150 or visit the Property Control Web site.
