COUNTY TO SEEK APPROVAL OF ENERGY CONSERVATION PHASE II PROJECT

Your Commissioners are moving forward with a second Energy Conservation Building Upgrade program. Coordinated through the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority and taking advantage of energy conservation subsidies and rebates, this Phase II County Energy project will upgrade systems in ten additional building and facilities beginning this fall, and continuing into the summer of 2013. The Energy Conservation Phase I program, begun in 2011, is currently being completed. Phase I began last fall and has resulted to major upgrades to a dozen County facilities including the Administration Building, the 1876 Historic Downtown Courthouse and the County Justice Center. The projected energy savings of some 20-percent will in large part pay for the bonded debt for these major energy system upgrades.