As obvious as dealing with your personal electric consumption habits.
Another reason to get a formal citizen discussion of the budget
together. line by line as keady suggested. Or at least get some kind
of report from the citizen budget committee. isn't there one?
have any idea how much AP spend on electricity? how does it compare to
other comparable cities?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> At last nights CM the budget/bond discussion led me to make comment
> about the large waste being displayed by both the City and the
> Developers in electric consumption.
>
> I brought to their attention the large number of industrial light
> fixtures that are on utility poles, City property and the ConHall.
>
> My point was that there are a lot of redundant, unneeded fixtures that
> are costing everyone $$$ to operate. Some utility poles have 3
> separate lights on them in the same location. The ConHall has
> beautiful 1930s lighting that is being drowned out by unneeded flood
> lights.
>
> I asked who is responsible for the costs of publicly located fixtures,
> my 3 minutes were up and there was no answer, on to business.
>
> Later on during one of the Ordinance hearings I raised
> 'point-of-order' and demanded an answer. Finally got one..
> The City pays the costs of lighting. That would be the taxpayers.
>
> It would reduce our budget deficit to remove redundant lighting and
> use only energy efficient fixtures. The developers would benefit
> financially also to follow the same path.
>
> Again, no comment or discussion from our leaders... Blank Stares.
>
> Werner
>
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