Heartland Community College is set to approve a new round of financing to pay for more facility upgrades.
The college's Board of Trustees is scheduled to vote Tuesday night on a plan to issue $35.3 million in bonds. College officials say they plan to keep the tax rate the same. The debt would be paid off through the 2034 fiscal year.
Heartland has a series of projects planned for the funding, including renovations to its Workforce Development Center (WDC) building.
In the second phase of its WDC renovations, the college plans to move all of its student support services into that building, including enrollment and counseling services. The college also plans to redesign the front of a building to make a new entryway, according to Heartland spokesperson Steve Fast.
HCC previously moved student leadership the student veterans center, bookstore, food services and student engagement to the WDC. The college previously secured funding for those projects and they are set to be completed this year.
The new funding would also cover parking lot resurfacing and other smaller projects.
The improvements are part of the college’s ongoing facilities master plan which it adopted in 2020. That included a new Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Center and new Agriculture Facility.
