--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Gabrielle Obre
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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?
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From the budget documentÂ…
Cost of Street Lighting anticipated in 2007 = $285,000
Actual Cost Paid in 2007 = $308,100
Anticipated Cost in 2008 = $325,000
Removing redundant and unneeded fixtures along with initiating a
change over to energy efficient, neighbor friendly designs could
potentially save $$$
Werner
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, wernerapnj wernerapnj@ wrote:
At last nights CM the budget/bond discussion led me to make comment
about the large waste being displayed by both the City and the
Developers in electric consumption.
I brought to their attention the large number of industrial light
fixtures that are on utility poles, City property and the ConHall.
My point was that there are a lot of redundant, unneeded fixtures that
are costing everyone $$$ 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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