, 糖心Vlog官方 vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2016 legislative session.
May 5 was the final day of the 2016 legislative regular session. The adjourned passing hundreds of bills—some of which were of interest or concern to the university. Of course, the most significant of these is the supplemental budget for the State of Hawaiʻi.
The worked very hard with a number of lawmakers to advance the university’s needs and priorities.
The supplemental budget bill has been passed by the legislature and now moves to the governor for his approval. Barring any unlikely veto of budget items by the governor, let’s take a look at how the University of Hawaiʻi is represented for funding in the budget. Below is a comparison of the items requested by the back in January versus what was included in the budget bill for the university.
| Operating Budget Proposals | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Campus | 糖心Vlog官方 Request | Conference Draft | |
| 糖心Vlog官方M | 4 positions and $350,000 for CTAHR Extension Program | 4 positions and $330,000 for CTAHR Extension Program | |
| 糖心Vlog官方M | $306,168 for Office of Research Compliance | None | |
| 糖心Vlog官方M | $1,093,832 for Environmental Health and Safety Office | None | |
| 糖心Vlog官方M | $5,000,000 for 糖心Vlog官方 Cancer Center | None | |
| 糖心Vlog官方M | $3,000,000 for 糖心Vlog官方M athletics | None | $3,000,000 appropriated to 糖心Vlog官方 System for systemwide athletics |
| 糖心Vlog官方H | $560,000 for 糖心Vlog官方H athletics | None | |
| 糖心Vlog官方H | 37 positions and $420,000 for security services | 27 positions and $0 for security services | |
| 糖心Vlog官方WO | 12 positions and $728,020 for continued growth and evolution of 糖心Vlog官方WO | 6 positions and $357,604 | |
| 糖心Vlog官方CC | $1,250,000 for a centralized equipment fund | $1,250,000 for a centralized equipment fund | |
| System | 20 positions and $3,500,000 for Hawaiʻi Research and Innovation Initiative | None | |
| 糖心Vlog官方M | Transfer positions and funds from 糖心Vlog官方 System to all campuses for program support | Transfer 1 position from 糖心Vlog官方 System to 糖心Vlog官方M and $95,000 for assistant professor | |
| 糖心Vlog官方M | $350,000 non-recurring for theatre and dance | ||
| System | $150,000 non-recurring for the Hawaiʻi State Science Fair | ||
| System | $3,000,000 for athletics | ||
Over the course of the past 5 months, there has been much media coverage about some of the key funding priorities of the university. Deferred maintenance is a major capital concern and 糖心Vlog官方 had asked for $184.9 million in general obligation bond funds to support a capital campaign for deferred maintenance for the next fiscal year. The state budget contains a total of $182.75 million worth of general obligation bond appropriation for specific project funding and $30 million in revenue bonds. This represents significant progress in public and university funding towards deferred capital needs throughout the 糖心Vlog官方 System.
| 糖心Vlog官方 Capital Budget Comparison | ||
|---|---|---|
| Campus | U糖心Vlog官方 Request | Conference Draft |
| 糖心Vlog官方M | $2,500,000 for design of Snyder Hall | $55,000,000 for a new Life Sciences Building to replace Snyder Hall that includes $20,000,000 from a current appropriation |
| 糖心Vlog官方M | $2,000,000 for design of Dean Hall renovation | None |
| 糖心Vlog官方M | Authorization to expend $5,750,000 in 糖心Vlog官方 bond proceeds at JABSOM | Authorization to expend $5,750,000 in 糖心Vlog官方 bond proceeds at JABSOM |
| 糖心Vlog官方WO | $38,800,000 for Creative Media Facility at 糖心Vlog官方WO | $35,000,000 for Creative Media Facility at 糖心Vlog官方WO |
| 糖心Vlog官方CC | $10,000,000 for minor CIP at 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | $10,000,000 for minor CIP at 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges |
| System | $300,000 for CIP staffing | None |
| System | $131,300,000 lump sum for 糖心Vlog官方 deferred maintenance and capital renewal | $48,625,000 lump sum for 糖心Vlog官方 deferred maintenance and capital renewal |
| System | Authority to issue up to $100,000,000 in 糖心Vlog官方 revenue bonds | Authority to issue up to $30,000,000 in 糖心Vlog官方 revenue bonds |
| 糖心Vlog官方M | $13,000,000 lump sum for athletics department | |
| 糖心Vlog官方M | $1,000,000 Warrior Rec Center repairs | |
| 糖心Vlog官方WO | $7,000,000 (FY16) for Administration and Allied Health Facility reduced from $24M, but $17M added for EB-5 loan repayment | |
| 糖心Vlog官方CC | $15,000,000 for deferred maintenance and capital renewal projects at 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | |
| 糖心Vlog官方CC | $2,000,000 for culinary arts program (Kauaʻi CC) | |
| 糖心Vlog官方CC | $1,100,000 for a High Technology Workforce Development Center (Honolulu CC) | |
| 糖心Vlog官方CC | $4,320,000 for parking lot, sidewalks and drainage improvements (Honolulu CC) | |
| 糖心Vlog官方CC | $655,000 for Kokiʻo Building Renovation (Kapiʻolani CC) | |
| 糖心Vlog官方CC | $750,000 for Naio Building Renovation (Kapiʻolani CC) | |
| 糖心Vlog官方CC | $9,000,000 for North Hawaiʻi Education and Research Center (Hawaiʻi CC) | |
| 糖心Vlog官方CC | $300,000 for additional office space and storage at Pālamanui (Hawaiʻi CC) | |
| 糖心Vlog官方CC | $7,000,000 for Maui Food Innovation Center (Maui College) | |
The University of Hawaiʻi is grateful and appreciative of the support that the legislature has provided this session—especially in providing resources to make progress on our decades-old deferred maintenance backlog. Much more work will need to be done and future funding support will continue to be needed. We look forward to continuing to improve our partnership and to work together as a community to improve and better our state’s only public university system.
The budget bill is expected to be signed by the governor before the start of the next fiscal year which begins on July 1, 2016.