Butte College provides quality education, services, and workforce training to students who aspire to become productive members of a diverse, sustainable, and global society. We prepare our students for life-long learning through the mastery of basic skills, the achievement of degrees and certificates, and the pursuit of career and transfer pathways.
The Chico Center offers day/evening classes for the community. The Chico Center offers a broad range of student services including admissions, registration, counseling, financial aid, an open computer lab, satellite CAS lab, student lounge, bookstore and food pantry. The Library and Support Services Center offers test proctoring, media and technical support, textbook circulation, reference assistance, group study rooms, and assistive technology for DSPS. The Butte College Glenn Center serves a diverse population from the Glenn County area. A concentrated effort continues to be made to expand course offerings, boost enrollment, and increase student services to better serve the students of the area. The Glenn Center offers day and evening classes and is open Monday through Thursday. Student services include admissions, assessment, counseling, orientation, registration services and financial aid. Also, DSPS counseling and assistive technology is available at the GCC. CAS services include workshops and tutoring. The Center also provides test proctoring. Several career and technical pathways prerequisites can also be met at the GCC. The Butte College Skyway Center offers the College's automotive technology and diesel programs along with economic work-force development programs, including: The Training Place, the Health Workforce Initiative, Foster/Kinship Care Education Program, and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Inside the Skyway Center, the automotive program offers a shop lab with classrooms and a computer lab to offer instruction in automotive industry sustainable practices. The automotive program recently expanded their offerings to include a diesel certification. The College's Economic Workforce Development Program serves the business community. The Training Place offers affordable not-for-credit employee training to businesses of all sizes in areas including: Business Skills, Customer Service, Executive Coaching, Employee Development, Energy Efficiencies, Human Resources, Leadership, Manufacturing, Sales, Safety, Sexual Harassment Prevention and Business Technology. The Health Workforce Initiative provides education and training programs to meet emerging demands for health care industry workers. The Butte College Small Business Development Center offers one-stop business management assistance through counseling, entrepreneur training, and guidance to small business owners and entrepreneurs in Butte, Glenn and Tehama Counties. The Foster/Kinship Care Education Program provides workshops for care providers on discipline, health, community resources, guardianship, self-esteem and other topics. Training programs and clinics are held to help those interested in becoming foster parents or guardians.
We requested a part-time Student Services Assistant (previously clerk) to support the manager and provide a variety of student services at the front office. This position is in the hiring queue with interviews scheduled in April and a June 1, 2022 start-date.
The Butte College Chico Center supports all aspects of student learning. The CHC offers day and evening courses across the spectrum of our campus academia. The Chico Center offers a full compliment of student services -- Admissions & Records; Counseling, Disabled Student Programs and Services; EOPS counseling and support; Transfer Center and Career Counseling as well as mental health support services. The Library and Support Services Center offers test proctoring, medial and technology support, library reference materials, textbook circulation and smart group study rooms. The Center for Academic Success (CAS) also offers full services at the Chico Center location.
The Offices of Instruction and Student Services determine their schedule of classes and service offerings. The Chico Center provides support to these areas by providing room schedule availability; feedback as to what the CHC student looks for in a schedule, and our vision as to how the CHC staff look to the future for the Center and how it best represents the needs of our students and our community. We support Student Services by providing working space and clerical support.
The Chico Center, Glenn County and Skyway Centers participate in the annual unit plan process which is the Administrative Program Review.
Glenn Center: Offer a robust and diverse schedule of course offerings at the new Glenn Center to increase enrollment and student engagement. To accomplish this goal we will need additional personnel to include an increase in the Manager's pay range to better align with actual and expanding job duties and to be equal to that of the Chico Center, full-time custodial support, campus security, and a student services assistant.
Strategy 1 - Law Enforcement Personnel for Chico, Cosmo and Skyway Centers
Law Enforcement Officer Range 2A, 12 months
The Chico Center accommodates thousands of students on a daily basis. By sheer numbers, there is a need for law enforcement presence during building hours. Transient population has increased at CHC and has increased even more so since the bike lane was completed . Adding an additional officer dedicated to the CHC would ensure both day and evening coverage necessary for a safe working and learning environment.
Strategy 2 - Television in CHC Lobby (2)
The CHC lobby is a great space to promote programs and market enrollment. There should be TVs mounted in the lobby to capture students attention and advertise deadlines. The set-up for these TVs already exists in both lobbies. Costs is for equipment (computer, mount, & TV).
TVs like those used at GCC and main campus in numerous locations would promote all services provided to students at the CHC. It will be utilized to promote events and publicize deadlines. It would be a marketing tool to promote student services - counseling availability, graduation and transfer application deadlines, student workshops, etc. It would also be employed to highlight event dates, trainings, etc.
Strategy 3 - CHC Lobby Chair Replacement (10)
Replace chairs in lobby areas on second floor
The lobby chairs are nearly 20 years old and have been cleaned numerous times but are worn out and shabby. Not sure how many more cleanings the furniture can withstand without tearing. The lobby chairs are the originals from when the CHC first opened. They are used daily, year-round, and are in need of replacement. Replacement of lobby furniture would enhance and portray a clean and well maintained facility for students, staff and visitors providing a professional appearance to the CHC.
Strategy 4 - Paint - Chico Center Hallways
Re-paint interior hallways and corridors of the Chico Center.
Chico Center is nearly 20 years old and is in need of an interior paint refresh. This estimate is for the hallways and corridors which will help maintain and enhance a clean environment to learn and work.
Strategy 5 - Lactation Room for CHC
Lactation room to be installed in old storage IT room (CHC 242) on second floor of CHC. Any items in the room would be moved to their larger space next door (CHC 243).
The law requires employers to provide a place for nursing that is not a bathroom. It must be completely private so that no one can see inside the space and no one is able to enter the space while it is being used. The current practice of lending office space to students and employees is not compliant. Facilities has agreed that the new private space will include: keypad swipe entrance, chair, small table, sink (washing station). waste basket, at least one electrical outlet, a small refrigerator, a door that can be locked from the inside with occupancy status slide lock.
Sink installation would require adding a waterline and wasteline and some HVAC as there is none currently in the room. FPM recommendation is this location will be an easier convert than other suggested rooms in CHC.
Strategy 6 - Laptop Mobile Lab Replacement
The CHC purchased a mobile computer lab during the 2015-2016 academic year. The mobile lab has been used extensively for the past 6 years. It is now time to replace it. The system is unable to support software updates made by the District, and IT will no longer be supporting repairs to the system. Given the unit is used up to 11 times daily, it is an imperative piece of equipment. Faculty across disciplines utilize the mobile lab; those who most utilize it, are the English and Communication Studies departments.
Strategy 7 - Speaker/Microphone Systems for Enclosure Portals (8)
With the installation of the plexiglass enclosure at the CHC front counter, it makes it near to impossible for staff to hear students, faculty and community members, and for them to hear us. As we continue to build enrollment, and the student population increases this issue will continue to be increasingly problematic.
Strategy 8 - Chairs for CHC Staff (10)
The chairs used by the CHC front and back office staff are in desperate need of replacement. Arm rests are torn, or missing and basically worn out.
Strategy 9 - Computer System Replacement (7)
Computer systems used by front office staff are significantly outdated. They were last replaced in 2015. We need updated systems to support District softwared and processes.
Strategy 10 - Student Assiatant Funding GCC and CHC
We rely on SA coverage at both locations on a daily basis
We dont have enough funding to cover the SA needs at both locations and FWS funds are limited and often hard to find FWS students to work in Glenn in particular.
Strategy 11 - Solar Shades for CHC East Entrance
The East entrance of the Chico Center, with it's large windows is extremely warm in the summer and cold in the winter. Solar shades would keep the heat/cold out and HVAC system running efficiently.
Strategy 12 - Security Camera Replacement
In 2017 CHC had a new security camera system installed. Several of those cameras are failing and need to be replaced. An efficient security system is instrumental in keeping students, faculty, staff and our community safe.
Strategy 13 - Complete Carpet Install
Finish new carpet replacement.
Nearly all carpet areas have been replaced with the exception of faculty office spaces and the BCPD office; these spaces need to be finished.
Strategy 14 - Maintenance Technician
Maintenance Technician Assigned to Off Site Centers
There are four satellite centers, three of which are District properties. The four combined centers -- Chico, Skyway, Cosmo and Glenn need a full-time maintenance person to handle the day to day issues which arise as well as the preventative maintenance.
Strategy 15 - Custodial Support
Add FT Custodian II position for Chico and Skyway Centers. As enrollment increases, the CHC needs constant custodial care.
Strategy 16 - Increase Manager from 11 months to 12
| Provide year-round instructional support so that the Glenn Center can stay open in the month of July, offer summer courses, and allow manager time to prepare for the fall semester. For the 22/23 school year, working in July would allow the manager to provide support to FPM and programs over summer for the move to the new building. Cost estimate includes salary and benefits for additional month. |
Year-round coverage will allow a smooth transition to the new building in July 2022. Ongoing support will allow us to maximize the use of the new Glenn Center facility so that it isn't closed over the summer months. We would also be able to offer summer session courses to increase enrollment. Additionally, more time is needed to prepare the instructional support for the beginning of each Fall term upon the manager's return in August.
Strategy 17 - Reclassify Manager Position to increase from MSC 5 to MSC 9
The classification for this position is out of date. There is a long history of how the position was created at the lowest management range of MSC-5. The scope of duties and responsibilities has increased tremendously since the current manager assumed the role almost five years ago. The new Glenn Center will bring more growth in programs and number of students and staff on site. With the addition of the approved Student Services Assistant, the manager's role will become supervisory and must be reflected in the position.
| The duties of the manager of the Glenn Center should be equal to that of the Chico Center so they are equitable and interchangeable. With an increased scope of job duties and the expansion of instructional programs and student services at the current Glenn Center, the range of this position is outdated and was approved for a reclassification evaluation and desk audit three years ago. The move to the new building will add more responsibility and workload and this position will be supervisory with the addition of support personnel. Includes salary and benefits in augmentation. |
Strategy 18 - Campus Police Security
| Full-time CPO/Law Enforcement Officer to be assigned permanently to the new Glenn Center to provide on-site security of the physical building. This would fulfill the need for day-time security and police presence full-time. (We will also have a part-time evening CSO who has replaced the faculty evening site supervisor position.) |
Need to provide on-site campus security at the new building.
Strategy 19 - Full-time, permanent Custodial Support
Provide ongoing custodial support at the new Glenn Center. This position was made full-time this year due to COVID using HEERF funding. This must be a permanent change to the district especially with the new building to maintain.
| Current custodial support does not cover all hours for Chico Center and Glenn Center. Additional staff would ensure we have adequate coverage throughout the day. |
Strategy 20 - Laptops and WiFi Hotspots
| The Glenn Center only has 5 laptops for student use that are checked out each semester. Currently, two are out for repairs and one is lost. We were only able to provide laptops to two students this semester. We also have six WiFi Hotspots with two missing. There is a desperate need for students, particularly in rural areas where internet access is not available, to have regular wi-fi access in order to complete class assignments, research etc. Students who ride the Glenn Ride bus to transfer to a Butte College bus to get from Glenn County to Main Campus, have up to a 2 hour bus ride. They can use the hotspots on their 4 hour daily commute. These are a high-demand resource for students and they are checked out immediately at the beginning of each term, leaving many students without. The cost estimate is approximately $1,300 each for laptop and $250 each hotspot. Any more will help. Request 5 more. *The Library has requested 40 additional laptops for the college with HEERF II Funding. The Glenn Center would like to support this request if we could be included with their unit plan request. |
Students need reliable internet access and computer equipment in order to succeed in their classes and access student services and tutoring online. Students in rural areas of Glenn County do not have equitable access. The library does not have enough equipment to meet the demand and students suffer as a result. The library is also requesting equipment but we would like to have some on hand at the Glenn Center that students can check out.
Strategy 21 - Increase Mileage Reimbursment Allocation
| Increase faculty travel allocation in order to cover the cost for rising mileage reimbursement rates and the extra distance to the new Glenn Center. The allocation has remained the same for years. In a fully operating semester we can't cover the full cost for faculty who are eligible for reimbursement for teaching at more than one campus location on the same day, per board policy. We anticpate more faculty at the new center. |
The current allocation will not support the increase in the mileage reimbursement rate and additional driving distance to the Glenn Center once we return to a full operating instructional schedule.
Strategy 22 - Instructional Equipment for new course offerings, MSP 55 Drones
Drones needed for MSP 55 to be kept on site at the Glenn Center.
Supporting enrollment and Glenn Center course offerings by supplying the program with the student materials on site.
Glenn Center: Continue Strategy 1 from 21/22 - Develop an intentional instructional schedule, offer certificate programs and add more of a variety of course offerings.
Provide a more efficient schedule in terms of days and times classes are offered in order for students to meet their GE requirements. Collaborating with departments to offer courses that can be applied to a certificate in key areas. Coordinate efforts with Guided Pathways and Dual Enrollment Certificate programs already established in the Glenn County high schools.
The Centers' budget are the only source of guaranteed funds for the Chico, Cosmetology, Glenn and Skyway Centers. However, facilities will often cover some of the repairs and upgrades to the Centers when they can or use safety funds when applicable.
| Original Priority | Program, Unit, Area | Resource Type | Account Number | Object Code | One Time Augment | Ongoing Augment |
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| 1 | Glenn Center | Personnel | 11-000-410-7-601000 | 52110 | $0.00 | $14,380.00 |
| Reclassify Manager Position to increase from MSC 5 to MSC 9 | The duties of the manager of the Glenn Center should be equal to that of the Chico Center so they are equitable and interchangeable. With an increased scope of job duties and the expansion of instructional programs and student services at the current Glenn Center, the range of this position is outdated and was approved for a reclassification evaluation and desk audit three years ago. The move to the new building will add more responsibility and workload and this position will be supervisory with the addition of support personnel. Includes salary and benefits in augmentation. |
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| 2 | Glenn Center | Personnel | 11-000-410-7-601000 | 52110 | $0.00 | $9,563.00 |
| Increase Manager from 11 months to 12 | Provide year-round instructional support so that the Glenn Center can stay open in the month of July, offer summer courses, and allow manager time to prepare for the fall semester. For the 22/23 school year, working in July would allow the manager to provide support over summer for the move to the new building. Cost estimate includes annual salary and benefits for additional month. |
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| 3 | Glenn Center | Personnel | 11-000-210-1-67003 | 52390 | $0.00 | $16,342.00 |
| Permanent Part-time Evening Campus Security Officer | Continue night time security at front office of Glenn Center permanently. This position replaced the evening site supervisors who were faculty after a cost-saving reorganization to have a position that matches the job description and meets the security needs in Glenn. A temporary CSO started in SP 22 as a 195 day position. Must be ongoing support. |
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| 4 | Glenn Center | Personnel | 11-000-410-7-601000 | 52120 | $0.00 | $32,516.00 |
| Full-time Permanent Custodial Support | Permanently increase Custodian, Mike Prior from part-time to full-time. He was approved to work full-time using HEERF funding during the 21/22 year due to COVID. Moving forward to the new Glenn Center, we will need full-time custodial support on a permanent basis. Chico Center is requesting a Custodian II position. Mike is currently Custodian I. They should be the same. This cost estimate is based on the additional salary and benefits from part-time to full-time. If approved for the whole amount, a Custodian II costs $72,027. |
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| 5 | Glenn Center | Personnel | 11-000-210-1-67003 | 52110 | $0.00 | $44,447.00 |
| Campus Police Security | Full-time CPO/Law Enforcement Officer to be assigned permanently to the new Glenn Center to provide on-site security of the physical building. This would fulfill the need for day-time security and police presence full-time. Cost estimate included beginning of pay-scale $32,684 salary + 11,763 benefits + $1,000 uniform allowance. (We will also need a part-time evening CSO to replace the faculty evening site supervisor position.This position has already started in SP 22 as a temporary 195 position. Needs to be permanent. See separate augmentation request.) |
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| 6 | Chico and Skyway Centers | Personnel | 11 000 420 3 601000 | 52120 | $0.00 | $79,552.00 |
| Law Enforcement Officer (Range 2A, 12 months) | The Chico Center accommodates hundreds of students on a daily basis. By sheer numbers, there is a need for law enforcement presence during building hours. Transient population has increased at CHC when the bike lane was completed in 2018. Adding an additional officer dedicated to the CHC would ensure both day and evening coverage necessary for a safe working and learning environment. |
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| 7 | CHC | Personnel | 11 000 420 3 601000 | 52120 | $0.00 | $72,027.00 |
| Custodial II | Current custodial support does not cover all hours at both locations. Additional staff would ensure we have adequate coverage throughout the day. |
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| 8 | CHC | Personnel | 11.000.420.3.601000 | 52120 | $0.00 | $81,566.00 |
| Maintenance Technician for Off Site Centers | There are four satellite centers, three of which are District properties. The four combined centers -- Chico, Skyway, Cosmo and Glenn need a full-time maintenance person to handle the day to day issues which arise as well as preventative maintenance. |
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| 9 | CHC | Facilities | 11.000.420.3.601000 | 4500 | $10,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Security Camera Replacement | In 2017 CHC had a new security camera system installed. Several cameras are failing and in need of replacement. |
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| 10 | CHC | Equipment | 11.000.420.3.601000 | 4600 | $28,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Speaker/Microphone System for Enclosure | During the pandemic a plexiglass enclosure was constructed at the CHC front counter. In doing so, it makes it extremely difficult for staff to communicate with students, faculty and community members, and for they to communicate with us. As enrollment continues to grow, this issue will continue to be increasingly problematic. Installing a speaker/microphone system will allow CHC staff to communicate more effectively. |
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| 11 | CHC | Equipment | 11.000.420.3.601000 | 4611 | $11,500.00 | $0.00 |
| Computer Systems Replacement (7) | Computer systems used by front office CHC staff are significantly outdated. Some of these systems weren't replaced during the 2015 computer systems refresh. We need updated systems to support District software and processes. |
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| 12 | Glenn Center | Equipment | 11-000-410-7-601000 | 56411 | $9,500.00 | $0.00 |
| Loaner Laptops and WiFi Hot-spots for Glenn (Library) | The Glenn Center only has 5 laptops for student use that are checked out each semester. Currently, two are out for repairs and one is lost. We were only able to provide laptops to two students this semester. We also have six WiFi Hotspots with two missing. There is a desperate need for students, particularly in rural areas where internet access is not available, to have regular wi-fi access in order to complete class assignments, research etc. Students who ride the Glenn Ride bus to transfer to a Butte College bus to get from Glenn County to Main Campus, have up to a 2 hour bus ride. They can use the hotspots on their 4 hour daily commute. These are a high-demand resource for students and they are checked out immediately at the beginning of each term, leaving many students without. The cost estimate is approximately $1,300 each for laptop and $250 each hotspot. Any more will help. Request 5 more. *The Library has requested 40 additional laptops for the college with HEERF II Funding. The Glenn Center would like to support this request if we could be included with their unit plan request. |
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| 13 | CHC | Equipment | 11.000.420.3.601000 | 4611 | $43,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Laptop Mobile Lab (Replacement) | The mobile computer lab purchased 2015-16 has been used extensively for the past six years. The system currently has several units which no longer work. The system is unable to support software updates, and IT will no longer be supporting repairs to the system. Given the unit is used up to 11 times daily, it is an integral piece of equipment. Faculty across disciplines utilize the system. |
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| 14 | CHC | Personnel | $14,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Student Assistant Funding | Additional funding is needed to hire student assistants to cover front desk and breaks to ensure compliance. |
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| 15 | CHC | Facilities | $300,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Paint Interior of CHC | The CHC has not been painted since its opening nearly 20 years ago. The hallways are in desperate need of paint, at the moment the 2nd floor hallway has two separate paint colors, one from the floor up 18" and the other from that point to the ceiling. The overall appearance of the building has suffered due to lack of maintenance attention. Paint would give it a fresh, clean look. |
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| 16 | CHC | Facilities | 11.000.420.3.601000 | 55620 | $50,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Finish New Carpet Replacement Install | The remaining spaces in need of carpet replacement are offices (133 and 146). The areas still in need of carpet replacement are worn. We'd like expand carpet into the lobby and hallways, |
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| 17 | CHC | Equipment | $13,375.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Lobby Chair Replacement Second Floor Lobby | The lobby chairs are nearly 20 years old and have been cleaned numerous times. They are worn and most likely wouldn't withstand another cleaning. These chairs are used daily year around (The CHC is open for Fall, Wintersession, Spring and Summer terms). Replacing the chairs on the 2nd floor as we've done on the 1st floor adds to the overall aesthetic of the building. |
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| 18 | CHC | Facilities | $50,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Lactation Room | Ed Code (66271.9) encourages the provision of reasonable accommodations for lactating students. To provide a place for nursing that is not a bathroom. The current practice of lending office space to students and employees is not sufficient, |
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| 19 | CHC | Equipment | $4,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| TV's for First Floor Lobby | Marketing is a great tool to increase enrollment; having TV's to market programs and events as well as registration information would be advantageous as CHC sees hundreds of students pass through that location daily. |
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| 20 | CHC | Equipment | 11.000.420.3.601000 | 4600 | $6,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Staff Chair Replacement | The chairs used by the CHC staff are in desperate need of replacement. Arms rests are torn, or missing. Back and seat rests are worn. |
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| 21 | CHC | Facilities | 11.000.420.3.601000 | 4500 | $5,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Solar Shades for CHC East Entrance | The East entrance of the Chico Center has large windows which allow the hot summer heat, and cold of winter in. Adding the solar shades would improve energy efficiency. |
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| 22 | Glenn Center | Operating Expenses | 11-000-410-7-601000 | 55213 | $0.00 | $5,000.00 |
| Mileage Reimbursement Allocation | Increase faculty travel allocation in order to cover the cost for rising mileage reimbursement rates and the extra distance to the new Glenn Center. The allocation has remained the same for years. In a fully operating semester we can't cover the full cost for faculty who are eligible for reimbursement for teaching at more than one campus location on the same day, per board policy. We anticipate having more faculty at the new center. |
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| 23 | Glenn Center, Art Department | Equipment | 11-000-410-7-601000 | 56410 | $12,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Drones for MSP 55 offered at the Glenn Center FA 2022 | Expanding course offerings in Glenn to increase enrollment as part of our previous goals to create a more intentional instructional schedule. Offering MSP 55 is a benefit to students in the community and supports the demographic of agricultural business in this area. Drones are needed to keep on site rather than transporting back and forth from Main Campus. We will also need a storage locker for the drones. This could be covered with funds set aside for the new Glenn Center building. |
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