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UVM requests $4.5 million in state capital funds to address deferred maintenance
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Richard Kate of the University of Vermont told the Senate Institutions Committee that the university seeks $4.5 million in state capital appropriation over two years for building repairs and deferred maintenance, highlighting aging historic buildings and large outstanding needs including $40 million for Dewey Hall.
Richard Kate, vice president for finance and administration at the University of Vermont, told the Senate Institutions Committee on April 9 that the university is seeking $4.5 million in state capital funds over a two-year period to address deferred maintenance across its campus buildings.
Kate told the committee — convened by Senator Rob Plunkett, vice chair of the Institutions Committee, with Chair Harrison joining by Zoom — that UVM manages roughly 5,400,000 square feet of space across about 280 buildings, and that about 64% of those buildings were constructed before 1975. "If we could even get to spend $30,000,000 a year on our buildings, we'd be able to keep pretty good pace…
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