Speaking in this podcast is Blinn College assistant vice chancellor Richard O'Malley during a special board of trustees meeting on February 24, 2021.

Blinn College administrators now have emergency authority for the clean up and restoration of district buildings from February's winter storm.

During an emergency meeting of the board of trustees last Wednesday, they learned their monetary loss will be the $25,000 dollars that is the deductible on Blinn's insurance coverage.

Assistant vice chancellor Richard O'Malley explained the preventative measures that were taken before the storm and listed damage by campus.

O'Malley reported they will probably look for a general contractor to do repairs on the Brenham and Bryan campuses.

Water damage on the Bryan campus shut down five classrooms, the health center, and the disability services office.

Water damage on the Brenham campus included the historic Old Main building, which will be closed for at least the next five months. That is something that will affect more than 50 employees.

O'Malley says on the RELLIS campus, there was no damage at the Schwartz building and the ag and workforce building that Blinn shares with the Texas A&M system.