Along with fully funding state police overtime, calling for increased state contributions and a chunk of General Fund change to support the Virginia Retirement System and, oh, $43.8 million in total budget amendments, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has another request: fund the Rotunda repairs. At the end of February, the General Assembly cut a proposed $2.6 million in state funds (which would leverage another $2 million in private donations) to patch the UVA Rotunda’s leaky roof. The building needs an estimated $50 million in repairs.
McDonnell’s proposed amendments would restore $2 million to the budget to renovate the Rotunda roof. The General Assembly reconvenes next week to further discuss McDonnell’s amendments.
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