Last night I had the pleasure of listening to my 9 questions (which were previously posted here a few days ago) answered by S Thomas (Director of Environment and Engineering).
I am also happy to report that the $790,000 will be spent in the shire. The money will be spent on tree planting (to capture CO2) and "fixing" a number of Shire owned facilities to reduce their energy consumption. Reduction of energy consumption is a "win win" item. The shire saves money on energy in the long term and reduces CO2 emission as well.
My main concern was that the Shire would buy RECs (Renewable Energy Certificates) and some of our money would go out of the Shire. This will not occur and only one councillor (Cr S Dunn) argued for REC to be bought.
Another win win situation is that since all work is to be done in the Shire then most of the work could be done by our local work force, helping maintain a healthy work force.
I am hoping to get a detailed list from S Thomas and post it here soon so that you can see the projects proposed and apply to do them if applicable.
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