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Beaufort County recommends $600,000 capital reallocation to community college, funds Beaufort Promise
Summary
County staff propose moving $600,000 from capital reserves to the community college to address delayed projects, and recommend $500,000 for Beaufort Promise; board asked questions about multi-county contributions and specific capital needs.
County staff told the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners they are recommending a one-time reallocation of $600,000 from capital project reserves to fund deferred capital work at the regional community college.
"It was our proposal in the budget to use $600,000 of the facilities money to fund capital expenditures at the community college," Brian (staff member) told the board, explaining the county wants to let county capital projects catch up before adding new county capital commitments.
The recommended budget also includes $500,000 for Beaufort Promise, a community program identified in the packet. Staff detailed college capital requests including $300,000 for advanced manufacturing facilities and $300,000 for a chiller in the nursing building, which together account for the additional $600,000 in major capital items for the college.
Commissioner Richardson asked how other counties contribute to the college. Dr. Lee, the college representative, said smaller neighboring counties provide modest support—for example, Hyde County provides roughly $15,000 annually for the Davis Center in Engelhard, and other counties provide liaison support payments (about $22,000 shown for liaison work supporting early-college students).
Staff also corrected a debt-service line the board flagged: an interest figure for the Allied Health building listed in the packet was revised after staff said the correct interest rate should be about 2.13–2.17% rather than the 3.5% shown in an earlier chart.
The board thanked Dr. Lee and college staff for the presentation; staff said they will begin work on a Skilled Trade Center later this year after the Aurora project closes out and will provide updated cost estimates from the architect.
Next steps: staff will move recommended capital transfers into the budget for board consideration and provide supporting documentation at upcoming sessions on outside-agency requests and program expansions.
