USM Regents Finance Committee to Hold Capital Budget Workshop May 12
Adelphi, Md. (May 10, 2016) -- The
Committee on Finance of the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of
Regents will hold its annual capital budget workshop on Thursday, May 12 to
review and discuss strategic goals and priorities for the system's capital
improvement program.
The meeting will be held in the multi-purpose room of the Christopher
Columbus Center, 701 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore. The board will convene at 8:30
a.m. with a public vote on whether to reconvene in closed session. In closed
session, the committee, under §3‐305(b)(13) of the Open Meetings
Act, would conduct a capital budget work session to begin preparation of the
2018 USM capital budget.
The public session is scheduled to resume at 10:30 a.m. In addition to
members of the full Board of Regents, the presidents of the system's 12
institutions will participate. The workshop will help prepare the committee for
its meeting on June 9, during which it will consider capital budget
recommendations to present to the full board at its meeting scheduled for June
10. The capital budget workshop is anticipated to last until 3:45 p.m.
The board will then vote publicly on whether to reconvene in a brief closed
session, for further board discussion on the capital budget. The agenda and
related materials for the meeting are here.
Sign language interpreters and/or other appropriate accommodations for
eligible individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request. Please
call 301.445.2756 (voice) or 301.314.7683 (TTY/ITT) to make special
arrangements. Parking is available in a number of public garages near the
Center, all visible from Pratt Street.
Contact: Mike Lurie
Phone: 301.445.2719
Email: mlurie@usmd.edu
