Minutes; Energy Independence Team: July 2009

Evansville Energy Independence Team

Regular Meeting
Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 7:00 a.m.
City Hall, 3rd floor, 31 S. Madison Street, Evansville, WI

MINUTES


1. Call to order. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 am by Mayor Sandy Decker.

2. Roll call. Dane Albright, Steve Carlson, Heidi Carvin, Sandy Decker, John Morning, Alicia Rankin, John Rasmussen, Janis Ringhand, Jodi Sam, Dave Wartenweiler. Absent: Butch Beedle, Georgia Duerst-Lahti, Scott George, Fred Juergens, and Kendall Wethal.

3. Motion to waive the reading of the minutes of the June 2, 2009 regular meeting and to approve them as presented. Approved.

4. Reports on Energy Independence meetings. John Rasmussen reported on the MEUW Annual Meeting and the OEI Pilot Community roundtable. Found that the LED decorative ornamental retrofit lights were very expensive and not very flexible. Mayor Sandy Decker reported on the OEI Legislative Committee meeting and her tour of the wastewater treatment plant that is similar to what Evansville’s will be. She also reported on OEI Pilot Community 2nd quarter meeting.

5. Review of baseline comparisons and deviations. The committee reviewed the baselines provided.

6. Discussion of 25 X 25 goal and clarification of parameters. A reduction in fossil fuels is the clarification for 25 X 25.

7. Look at projects and 25 X 25 impacts. Mayor Sandy Decker lead the discussion about the projects identified to meet 25 X 25 and the 9 items of information that must be determined for each of our projects.

8. Report on federal stimulus funds and other funding possibilities. Mayor Sandy Decker reported on a number of funding possibilities/federal stimulus funds: application for LED street lights stimulus money, windows at City Hall (this may not work however), WWTP application for stimulus money, Climate Showcase Communities through EPA federal grant money, shore land restoration grant for the park, and funding for the resurfacing of Main Street from First Street to Fourth Street and then Cty Hwy C.

9. Public benefits reports.

10. Next steps. Get the numbers on the WWTP and check how close those numbers bring us to 32% and look at the 9 factors for our projects.

11. Adjourn. 7:55 am

Next meeting: August 4, 2009 at 7:00 a.m., City Hall.