Committees approve $12.37M college capital request to position for federal grants

Committee members in both the Washington County Higher Education Committee and the Washington County Finance Committee moved and adopted motions approving Adirondack Community College’s 2027–2028 capital request totaling $12,372,176. The community-college committee motion to approve and forward the request to finance was moved by Mrs. Clary, seconded by Mr. Hall and adopted; the finance committee’s motion was moved by Mrs. Fedler, seconded by Mr. Hall and adopted.

College staff and trustees emphasized that the $12,372,176 total is expected to be evenly split between federal funds and a New York State capital match and that the college is not seeking direct county funding at this time. Urtz asked the counties to approve the request to position the college for potential grant awards but said projects would not proceed if federal funding is not received and no alternatives are identified. "We are asking our sponsoring counties to approve our 2027-2028 Capital request totaling $12,372,176," the college stated in its request.

The committees adopted the motions during the meeting record and President Urtz thanked the counties for their support; no vote tallies by named roll call were recorded in the transcript beyond the recorded movers and seconders and the note that the motions were adopted.