New Milford School Board's Energy Savings Plan Doesn't Conform to Bid Procedures
By: Scott Benjamin
07/14/2009
New Milford attorney Randall DiBella, the town counsel, told the Town Council Monday that a $3.7 million, 20-year proposal for energy savings in the schools does not conform to the municipal bidding ordinances, which would disallow the town's entering into an agreement on the package, which had been approved in May by the Board of Education.
Mayor Patricia Murphy and some council members had taken a cautious approach to the plan when it was initially presented by representatives of Siemens, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and school officials at its June 22 meeting.
She said at this week's Town Council meeting and in an interview that it would probably be best at this juncture for her to meet with the superintendent of schools to discuss a timeline for installing better technology in municipal and school buildings to make them more energy efficient and yield savings.
The mayor said that any attempt at revising the town's bidding ordinances would be "time-consuming."
See story in Friday's (July 17) Housatonic Times.
©The Housatonic Times 2009
