A broken air conditioning system, a hole in the roof and a busted water chiller.
The cost of these would-be repairs, after Gov. Rick Scott vetoed roughly $12 million in funding for UF Thursday, would not come out of state funds.
Instead, the university will have to somehow foot the bill.
"We might have to make some very tough decisions," said UF spokeswoman Janine Sikes.
Scott vetoed a record $615 million dollars from the state budget before signing it, including about $5.3 million for routine maintenance and repairs at UF and $500,000 for a statewide brain tumor research program based at the McKnight Brain Institute.
The veto includes $6 million for a research and academic facility at Lake Nona in Orlando - a project that has already broken ground.
UF President Bernie Machen issued a statement Thursday stressing the importance of these projects and disappointment that they won't be funded.
He also acknowledged the difficulty of budgeting in tough times.
"However, we recognize the State of Florida is in a very difficult economic situation, and the Legislature and the Governor faced hard choices," he said. "Hopefully, these projects will be funded when the revenues return."
Gov. Scott's Vetoes:
- $5.3 million for maintenance and repairs of existing facilities
- $6 million for Lake Nona Research and Academic Facility
- $369,000 for WUFT-TV and WUFT-FM, UF's public television and radio stations
- $500,000 for Statewide Brain Tumor Registry Program at the McKnight Brain Institute
$34,000 for Southwest Alachua County Primary and Community Health Care Clinic, a project run by the UF College of Nursing
