West Virginia Code 18B-19-8 – Maintenance
(a) Each governing board shall ensure that facilities under its jurisdiction are maintained and that a listing of any major deferred maintenance projects is provided annually to the commission or council, as appropriate.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 18B-19-8
- commission: means the commission created by §. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
- Council: means the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education created by §. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
- Deferred maintenance: means repair, maintenance and renewal of capital facilities which should be part of normal maintenance management, but which have been postponed to a future budget cycle or until funds become available. See West Virginia Code 18B-19-2
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Maintenance: means the work necessary within a budget cycle to realize the originally anticipated life of a fixed asset, including buildings, fixed equipment and infrastructure. See West Virginia Code 18B-19-2
(b) Each governing board shall strive to invest annually an amount for maintenance that is consistent with the building renewal formula developed and approved by the commission and council and to generate a reserve sufficient to address unexpected maintenance needs.
(c) The commission and council shall determine whether a governing board is devoting sufficient resources for maintenance based on the following criteria:
(1) The amount of maintenance expenditures compared to building renewal formula estimates of appropriate expenditures; and
(2) Periodic evaluations of the conditions of facilities at the institution and its performance and effectiveness in maintaining its facilities.