Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution amends the 2018 Capital Budget by authorizing the transfer of $135,000 in GO Borrowing and related expenses from the Library’s Maintenance Support Center project (Munis project #10001) to the Engineering Division’s Sustainability Improvements project (Munis project #10563) to install a solar electric (PV) system at the Maintenance Support Center. The 2018 adopted capital budget includes $775,000 in reauthorized GO Borrowing and the total project budget is $3,958,000. Funding is available within the project for this transfer.
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Amending the adopted 2018 capital budget to transfer $135,000 of available funds from the Library Maintenance Support Center Project into the Engineering Sustainability Improvements Fund for the installation of solar electric (PV) panels on the building by the City’s 2018 Green Power Program.
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WHEREAS the City of Madison applied to the 2017 RECIP in February of 2017 for a 54 kW PV system at the Library Maintenance and Support Center to be installed starting in the Summer of 2018 by the City’s Green Power Solar Installer Training Program; AND,
WHEREAS the City’s Green Power Solar Installer Training program has successfully installed over 200 kW of PV in 2016 and 2017 and plans to install an additional 200 kW of PV in 2018; AND,
WHEREAS the City’s Green Power Solar Installer Training Program is funded by the Engineering Sustainability Improvements Fund; AND,
WHEREAS they City’s Green Power Solar Installer Training Program targets underemployed or unemployed individuals and provides them with a wage and a 9-month training course on solar technologies including construction of solar installations at city buildings with the goal of moving the individuals into full time employment in the electrical and solar industries.
WHEREAS the total project budget for this installation is estimated to be $150,000; AND,
WHEREAS Focus on Energy awarded Library Maintenance & Support Center Solar Electric Installation an incentive under the 2017 RECIP in the amount of approximately $15,000 to be paid after the installation is complete, by Fall 2018; AND,
WHEREAS the Library Maintenance and Support Center budget had planned for this installation and the funding exists within the existing budget.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 2018 Adopted Capital Budget will be amended to transfer $135,000 of available funds from the Library Maintenance Support Center Project into the Engineering Sustainability Improvements Fund as shown in the fiscal note above.