We recently heard from legislative leaders that the Joint Finance Committee may meet in July and August, which means the UW will likely try to submit the plan necessary to access the $45 million, as well as the funding for the Dairy Hub, in the Joint Finance supplemental appropriation in August. Originally, we did not expect the committee to convene until September.
The All Agency Request by Governor Evers was fully funded –except for the Energy Conservation program which was reduced by $50M. The Governor’s office has not yet issued funding target memos to all the state agencies, which means we do not know the amount assigned to the UW for FY2019-21 All Agency funding; a timeline for release of the memo has yet to be determined.
Work has begun on developing draft design budgets for the Minor Facilities Program and the Instructional Space Program as there is a need to identify design dollars before the projects can proceed. The DOA has not offered any Building Trust Fund (BTF)for design at this time. A summary of the program and the individual projects within the Minor Facilities Program and the Instructional Space Program can be found in the PDF below.