I’m listening to a story on WEMU about how the Board of Regents approved a plan to move Public Safety (the campus police and such) out of the first floor of the parking deck to a refurbished version of the Hoyt Conference Center (I think that’s over by the towers, right?). Here’s a link to a PDF describing the project in a paragraph or so.
I’m all for it, but I am curious about one thing. This is going to cost $3.9 million, and WEMU is reporting that EMU is going to pay for this with “University funds.” Did EMU budget for this as something they assumed they were going to do, or is this an example of how EMU can “magically” just come up with money for projects like this if they need to?
i remember this being a budget item at least a year ago (when janice stroh was still here). that was when they were going to build a new building. the only thing is, i’m pretty sure the new building was supposed to cost less than 3.9 million. so… unless hoyt conference center has some historic value, why spend more on a renovation?
And look: Wayne State University just obtained a new police station:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806200390