In early 2009, the University submitted its Six Year Capital Plan to the Kentucky General Assembly to be acted upon during the 2010 regular session of the General Assembly. This plan included projects separated into three biennia beginning in 2010 and ending 2016. The execution of the University's capital plan is contingent upon sufficient funding from the Commonwealth.
The $200 million request for the first biennium (2010-2012) is comprised of new construction projects, maintenance projects and information technology projects. The University primarily funds its projects from four sources: state general fund appropriations, federal USDA funds, agency funds, and private funding. University-issued bond funding is also available.
New construction projects proposed include: $7.8 million to expand or build a new Betty White Nursing Building, which will provide 24,000 square feet of new classroom space to accommodate enrollment into the nursing program; $2.1 million to construct a pedestrian bridge across U.S. Highway 60 to allow students, faculty and staff safe passage across a heavily traveled highway which bisects campus; $24.5 million to construct a centralized boiler plant, to replace the existing seventy year old plant. Maintenance projects included: $1.5 million in a Capital Renewal & Maintenance Pool; over $4.2 million to replace boilers and mitigate pollution control; and $1.8 million for roof replacements. Information technology projects are the last major category in the 2010-2012 Capital Plan and include: $5.5 million to upgrade information technology infrastructure; $6.8 million to renovate the central computing facility; and $1.0 million to upgrade computer hardware campus-wide.
In the tables below, expenses have been categorized into designated or nondesignated spending categories. The designated spending category includes funds expended by function from contracts and grants, land grant, auxiliary and depreciation. These funds must be expended for the purposes for which the funds were received or budgeted. This category also includes funds for student aid. All other spending is categorized as nondesignated spending. Expenses for nondesignated fund categories in 2010 increased for instruction, research, public service, student services, institutional support and student aid over the prior year and decreased for academic support, and plant operations and maintenance. Total spending for all functions in the nondesignated category increased by $3.6 million in 2010.
| Designated Spending | Nondesignated Spending | Combined Spending | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $ 508,407 | $ 13,279,394 | $ 13,787,801 |
| Research | 3,853,012 | 1,241,526 | 5,094,538 |
| Public service | 4,065,303 | 553,742 | 4,619,045 |
| Academic support | 1,625,724 | 1,720,385 | 3,346,109 |
| Student services | 651,616 | 5,492,757 | 6,144,373 |
| Institutional support | 1,823,777 | 8,536,204 | 10,359,981 |
| Operation and plant maintenance | 283,344 | 4,457,261 | 4,740,605 |
| Student aid | 9,055,800 | 463,463 | 9,519,263 |
| Auxiliary | 5,111,449 | - | 5,111,449 |
| Depreciation | 4,914,432 | - | 4,914,432 |
| Total | $ 31,892,864 | $ 35,744,732 | $ 67,637,596 |
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