Can a performance contract finance the Mixville Pump Station?

Before I got elected to the Council, one of my goals was to make the Town more energy-efficient in a cost-effective manner. Five years into it and my work continues.

Last November, the voters rejected a Council proposal to bond $1,000,000 to finance an upgrade to the Mixville Pump Station. In January, the Council further discussed the rejected project by saying the Council could still spend $150,000 to plan for the $1,000,000 project that will be necessary at some point. Then later in January, I suggested the Town not bond the project but consider financing it with a performance contract. Then on March 24 I shared my efforts to ensure the Town was considering performance contracting as an alternative financing mechanism. It was during the sewer portion of the budget that I explained my efforts.

And tonight I continued my attempt to make the Town more energy-efficient in a cost-effective manner by emailing the Council, staff and the WPCA Chairman. I'd post the email, but then this post will get pretty long. Maybe I'll post it tomorrow.

Tim White