NSCS Board to consider $1m in CSC upgrades

The Nebraska State College System’s Board of Trustees will consider $1 million worth of upgrades and renovations to Chadron State’s campus at its spring meeting Friday in Nebraska City.

The board’s master resolution, adopted in 2002, mandates that facilities operating from bond revenue be run in an “efficient, sound and economical manner,” and that the institutions maintain those facilities. The largest allocation is $300,000 for a utilities extension for the planned residential complex on the campus’ eastern border.

The extension covers sewer, electrical, and water lines to be shared with the Rangeland Agriculture Center, Dale Grant, vice president for administration and finance, said Tuesday.

The second largest allocation is $250,000 for mechanical and electronics upgrades for High Rise’s twin elevators.

The funds will come from the “Series 2002 Surplus Fund,” which the board uses for warranted upgrades at all three campuses.

Other allocations are $150,000 for showers and fixtures in High Rise, $125,000 for an upgrade to Kent Hall’s fire alarm system, $50,000 for furnishings around campus, $50,000 for flooring upgrades, $25,000 for asbestos abatement, $20,000 for equipment in the Student Center, $15,000 in mechanical room upgrades, and $15,000 for lighting upgrades around campus.