Ann Arbor Council Supports Energy Agenda
Three energy-related items were acted on by the Ann Arbor city council at its March 4, 2013 meeting. The council authorized expanded use of its energy fund to support community energy efficiency programs – not just programs to improve municipal energy efficiency. The resolution effecting the change to the fund’s use limits its use for community programs to 20% of the existing fund balance. That balance, according to environmental coordinator Matt Naud, stands at around $400,000. The kind of support the energy fund is intended to provide includes establishing future loan loss reserve funds, providing low-interest loans, and buying down interest rates.
A second energy-related item approved by the council on March 4 was a resolution to prepare the city’s infrastructure … [Full Story]