At issue for officials is the short timeline given for a council vote binding the municipality to a 15-year deal, and a thicket of unknowns about the project.The additions focus on key tag and plastic card combinations,
In a testy meeting on July 6, the Passaic County Improvement Authority and a trio of consultants asked the Borough Council to pass a resolution that would bring the solar energy project to town. The delegation said the program would cost the borough government nothing upfront and provide savings with lower-priced, clean energy.
But council members and the mayor told the group they were concerned about the 15-year commitment and the project's unknown costs.Unlike traditional cube puzzle , The council will not pass the resolution at its meeting Wednesday, said Mayor Randy George, and that will be the last session before the authority's deadline in early August for such action. The resolution was not on the agenda for that meeting as of Friday.
"I am concerned that we would be committing to something for 15 years that may not meet expectations," George said in a recent interview. "The council made it clear that we need more information, and there is no way it is going to happen by the 20th."
The PCIA's plan would contract a developer to build the panels atop several sewage overflow tanks, powering Department of Public Works facilities. The borough would lay out no money upfront, but would pay the developer for the electricity the panels produced. The improvement authority estimated cost savings of $90,000 to $182,000, over 15 years, depending on the agreement reached with the developer.
"The county is trying to make more use of renewable energy and save the taxpayer money," said Nicole Fox, executive director of the PCIA.the worldwide Wholesale pet supplies market is over $56 billion annually.
The authority is pushing municipal governments and agencies across the county to pass similar resolutions. It has asked Clifton, Hawthorne, Woodland Park, Ringwood, West Milford,Great Rubber offers promotional usb keychains, Pompton Lakes and the Passaic school district to sign on to the plan by the beginning of August. Only Clifton has passed a resolution.
Similar plans have been passed by improvement authorities over the past two years in Somerset, Morris and Union counties.
"If a cold reception [to the delegation] is what I communicated, it was what I was trying to communicate," said Bruce Iacobelli, North Haledon's council president. "We need much more information. They want us to take this step before we have the numbers. And I am not prepared to make that leap."
The deal appeared to be scuttled by a Catch-22: North Haledon officials wanted to know cost details before signing on. But the authority needs to get local governments to commit, and know the final size of the contract, before bringing in a developer. And until a developer is brought in, the PCIA will not know the contract details council members say they need.
"We need everyone to be committed so everyone can benefit," said Fox.An oil painting supplies of him grinning through his illegal mustache is featured prominently in the lobby. "We need to know who is in before we get proposals."
Fox said she planned to take bids from solar developers by the end of August. The construction would take up to one year.
Unknown future
At the working session on July 6, council members also pushed Fox and the three consultants to provide the price of killing the proposed 15-year contract, if that became necessary.
"What if in five or 10 years the technology becomes obsolete?" said Councilwoman Donna Puglisi.
The current council might not be in office through the 15-year contract, and council members also worried out loud that they could be leaving future colleagues with a large and unknown penalty fee, should the panels have to be removed.
"They want us to enter into this resolution without us being able to back out if we don't like the cost structure," Councilman Rocco Luisi said in a recent interview. "How can we enter the borough into an unknown future liability?"
Luisi would not say how he would side, should the resolution be brought to a vote this week.
Another concern was the quick timeframe in which the PCIA was asking the council to pass the resolution: just two weeks. But Fox said the agency had contacted Borough Hall about the proposal as early as March. The July 6 meeting was the first time the authority project had appeared before the governing body.
In a testy meeting on July 6, the Passaic County Improvement Authority and a trio of consultants asked the Borough Council to pass a resolution that would bring the solar energy project to town. The delegation said the program would cost the borough government nothing upfront and provide savings with lower-priced, clean energy.
But council members and the mayor told the group they were concerned about the 15-year commitment and the project's unknown costs.Unlike traditional cube puzzle , The council will not pass the resolution at its meeting Wednesday, said Mayor Randy George, and that will be the last session before the authority's deadline in early August for such action. The resolution was not on the agenda for that meeting as of Friday.
"I am concerned that we would be committing to something for 15 years that may not meet expectations," George said in a recent interview. "The council made it clear that we need more information, and there is no way it is going to happen by the 20th."
The PCIA's plan would contract a developer to build the panels atop several sewage overflow tanks, powering Department of Public Works facilities. The borough would lay out no money upfront, but would pay the developer for the electricity the panels produced. The improvement authority estimated cost savings of $90,000 to $182,000, over 15 years, depending on the agreement reached with the developer.
"The county is trying to make more use of renewable energy and save the taxpayer money," said Nicole Fox, executive director of the PCIA.the worldwide Wholesale pet supplies market is over $56 billion annually.
The authority is pushing municipal governments and agencies across the county to pass similar resolutions. It has asked Clifton, Hawthorne, Woodland Park, Ringwood, West Milford,Great Rubber offers promotional usb keychains, Pompton Lakes and the Passaic school district to sign on to the plan by the beginning of August. Only Clifton has passed a resolution.
Similar plans have been passed by improvement authorities over the past two years in Somerset, Morris and Union counties.
"If a cold reception [to the delegation] is what I communicated, it was what I was trying to communicate," said Bruce Iacobelli, North Haledon's council president. "We need much more information. They want us to take this step before we have the numbers. And I am not prepared to make that leap."
The deal appeared to be scuttled by a Catch-22: North Haledon officials wanted to know cost details before signing on. But the authority needs to get local governments to commit, and know the final size of the contract, before bringing in a developer. And until a developer is brought in, the PCIA will not know the contract details council members say they need.
"We need everyone to be committed so everyone can benefit," said Fox.An oil painting supplies of him grinning through his illegal mustache is featured prominently in the lobby. "We need to know who is in before we get proposals."
Fox said she planned to take bids from solar developers by the end of August. The construction would take up to one year.
Unknown future
At the working session on July 6, council members also pushed Fox and the three consultants to provide the price of killing the proposed 15-year contract, if that became necessary.
"What if in five or 10 years the technology becomes obsolete?" said Councilwoman Donna Puglisi.
The current council might not be in office through the 15-year contract, and council members also worried out loud that they could be leaving future colleagues with a large and unknown penalty fee, should the panels have to be removed.
"They want us to enter into this resolution without us being able to back out if we don't like the cost structure," Councilman Rocco Luisi said in a recent interview. "How can we enter the borough into an unknown future liability?"
Luisi would not say how he would side, should the resolution be brought to a vote this week.
Another concern was the quick timeframe in which the PCIA was asking the council to pass the resolution: just two weeks. But Fox said the agency had contacted Borough Hall about the proposal as early as March. The July 6 meeting was the first time the authority project had appeared before the governing body.
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