Background/Purpose of Request:
The county met with Dr. Smith to discuss funding opportunities and the need to re-allocate and prioritize capital outlay projects funded in the FY 2022 budget of $356,500.
As part of the request, the college would delay another year the new roof at Building E funded at $124,000 and fund the needed locker room for the baseball field at $85,000. The locker room for the baseball field is necessary to avoid possible Title IX violations with players changing in the batting cage. The only indoor location for the 40+ student-athletes is the two-stall/three-urinal bathroom in the Gore Fitness and Aquatic Center, also used by the Fitness Center membership.
Brunswick Community College will explore the use of the college allocation of HEERF III funding with the recently expanded guidance (requires approval from the Department of Education) for the Fitness and Aquatics rooftop HVAC unit funded with county funds of $36,000 and the renovation of the Aquaculture building not funded but requested $50,000 in the FY 22 budget. The Aquaculture renovation will include transitioning the terminated Aquaculture program facility into the Myong and Paul Jensen Workforce Development Center, allow Carpentry and Plumbing Workforce Development programs to move from their existing McLamb building location into the Aquaculture / Jensen Workforce Development Center and the Welding program will then be able to expand into the vacated Carpentry and Plumbing space and thus increase student capacity.
An accounting of the FY 2022 Capital Outlay projects budget at $356,500 will be provided by the college for the re-allocation and any savings will be used to offset the Building E roof replacement postponed until FY 2022-2023.
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