Two Jefferson City projects will happen because Gov. Jay Nixon last week released $43.23 million in withheld funds.
That release included $250,000 specifically for the Capitol Complex, and another $5 million for "critical maintenance and repair of state facilities."
The $250,000 expense "will go towards the Jefferson City Post Office renovation project, for systems furniture," Office of Administration spokeswoman Ryan Burns noted Friday afternoon.
Missouri government officials signed a 20-year lease in 2013 to use the top two floors of the Main Post Office Building, 133 W. High St., when the federal courts moved to the Christopher Bond Courthouse, 80 Lafayette St.
The state began demolition work in the 17,176 square feet of space two months ago.
No decisions have been announced about which offices or agencies will move to the space.
The bulk of that $5 million - $4.2 million - is earmarked for the Truman State Office Building.
"The original roof, which is more than 32 years old, will be replaced," Burns said. "The roof has definitely outlived its useful life - and then some.
"There have been some leak issues, but not major ones."
Many consider the Truman Building to be two separate buildings that are split by an atrium and share a couple of base floors, entrance ways and a roof.
Conceived and approved by lawmakers in the late-1970s, then-Gov. Joseph Teasdale vetoed the funding for it, saying the state didn't need an expensive palace.
But the Legislature overrode that veto, with supporters arguing it should fill state government's needs for years to come.
Burns said the rest of the $5 million released Friday will be spent in other parts of the state:
• $259,000, for installation of fire safety improvements, as required by code, at the Missouri Hills Youth Center, St. Louis, which was built in 1930.
• $197,000 for repairs to the Exterior Finish Insulation System, which is deteriorating significantly, allowing moisture saturation at the Dale M. Thompson Trails West State School, Kansas City, built in 1979. Without the repairs, officials fear the building will need to be replaced.
• $193,000, for installation of a facility-wide, code-compliant sprinkler system at the Northwest Regional Youth Center, Kansas City, built in 1959.
• $94,000 to replace the original fire alarm and public address system, which are beyond their useful life, at the Mapaville State School, Mapaville (in Jefferson County, south of St. Louis), built in 1981.
Also Friday, the governor released $250,000 for Lincoln University's "land grant" match, as required by federal regulations.
Nixon originally withheld all $500,000 of the Legislature's appropriation for LU's match, which federal regulations require to be a 50/50 deal - $1 "from non-federal sources" for each dollar in federal funds provided under the land grant program.
LU was granted land grant status in 1890, joining the University of Missouri-Columbia, which was given federal land grant status in 1862.
Nixon previously had released $250,000 of the withheld funds, so Friday's release gives Lincoln the full match.
LU President Kevin Rome said Saturday, "We appreciate any support that we are provided by the Governor.
"We are pleased that he considered Lincoln University as he was making decisions about the release of additional funds."