AUBURN - Winter is around the bend and people are switching on their heat.
The Auburn City Council this week will hear a presentation about heat recovery and a system to boost energy efficiency.
Dave Laney, conservation program engineer for the New York Power Authority, is to give an update on the status of upcoming NYPA projects - the heat recovery project at the city's wastewater treatment plant and the energy conservation project involving eight city buildings.
The Market Street station which contains both the Auburn police and fire departments, will receive the brunt of the work, but crews will change certain items and materials in other buildings in an effort to make them more energy efficient.
Interim City Manager Michael Long aims to begin the work this autumn or next spring.
The electricity-saving project will cost $3.7 million but the city will save money in the long run, Long said. The city will pay the capital with the money no longer spent for energy.
In other news:
€ Council will vote on whether to agree to a settlement with the Auburn Foundry Co. Inc. Corporation Counsel Thomas Leone recommends the city consent to a compromise on a tax dispute. The city appraised the foundry's shop, 15 Wadsworth St., for $260,000. The business presented the city with an assessment for $165,000.
The parties agreed on a value of $215,000, pending council approval.
€ Superintendent of Engineering Services William Lupien requested a new four-wheel drive truck with a snow plow package for one of his workers during last week's council meeting.
Councilor Matt Smith suggested the Department of Public Works, which handles snow removal, receives the $22,300 pickup and transfer another truck to the Engineering Services.
Council will vote on whether to buy the 2007 Chevrolet.
Staff writer Jessica Soule can be
contacted at 253-5311 ext 267 or
jessica.soule@lee.net
Dave Laney, conservation program engineer for the New York Power Authority, is to give an update on the status of upcoming NYPA projects - the heat recovery project at the city's wastewater treatment plant and the energy conservation project involving eight city buildings.
The Market Street station which contains both the Auburn police and fire departments, will receive the brunt of the work, but crews will change certain items and materials in other buildings in an effort to make them more energy efficient.
Interim City Manager Michael Long aims to begin the work this autumn or next spring.
The electricity-saving project will cost $3.7 million but the city will save money in the long run, Long said. The city will pay the capital with the money no longer spent for energy.
In other news:
€ Council will vote on whether to agree to a settlement with the Auburn Foundry Co. Inc. Corporation Counsel Thomas Leone recommends the city consent to a compromise on a tax dispute. The city appraised the foundry's shop, 15 Wadsworth St., for $260,000. The business presented the city with an assessment for $165,000.
The parties agreed on a value of $215,000, pending council approval.
€ Superintendent of Engineering Services William Lupien requested a new four-wheel drive truck with a snow plow package for one of his workers during last week's council meeting.
Councilor Matt Smith suggested the Department of Public Works, which handles snow removal, receives the $22,300 pickup and transfer another truck to the Engineering Services.
Council will vote on whether to buy the 2007 Chevrolet.
Staff writer Jessica Soule can be
contacted at 253-5311 ext 267 or
jessica.soule@lee.net
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