"I just couldn't stomach it," said Scheel. He later said trustees didn't have information needed to make the decision and that a report he had (the feasibility study brief) didn't loutline paybacks substantial enough lo warrant spending substantial (amounts of money. Last fall, Scheel also fought to see the board tighten its purchasing policy which had allowed the board to not tender large legal, consulting and architectural contracts. Scheel walked out of Thursday's board meeting. Scheel said Tamblyn did an ener- igy audit of the board. "If the Halton board did every- thing that was studied it would have to spend $15 million," said Scheel. he trustee said savings would me over an average payback peri- d of 10 years, and after debt barges, would be in the order of . The process, however, frustrated Ward 3 trustee John Scheel who had criticized spending money on the feasibility study and questioned the potential savings. With expressions of interest from local contractors in hand, the board had no time to tender the contract and still meet the deadline. Trustees opted to sign a contract with Tescor which will eventually tender implementation work should the board receive incentive money. "The proposed plan we were fol- lowing to get to this point had included going out for requests for proposals or a tendering of the engi- steering component but Ontario Hydro's announcement of early July indicated there would not be enough ime to do that," said Cullen. "The incentive technically is an incentive from Ontario Hydro to attempt to save as much energy as you possibly can. The more energy we save, the greater the grant is," said Cullen. Trustees had two choices - forego the cha ice for the potential $1 million incentive or proceed by signing a contract (conditional upon incentive receipt) with the firm which had already done the $471,000 board energy savings fea- sibility study. . The board should know by Aug Slst if it gets the incentive. Red Cross accepting flood relief donations Ontario Hydro released new GEPP rules in early July. On Thursday, trustees heard hom board staff that under those new rules there wouldn't be time to tender the contract and meet a July 30th appli- cation deadline - a deadline which calls for contract arrangements made on or before July 26th. Anyone wishing to help flood Victims in the United States can make donations through the Red Cross, Oakville Branch, 167 Navy Street. Donations earmarked "US. flood relief" will be put towards an $8.2 million flood relief operation by the American Red Cross. Trustees had been waiting since last fall for information on (GEPP Guaranteed Energy Performance Program) incentive eligibility from Ontario Hydro. The utility had been reworking the incentive program because of its own financial restraint. So far, 45 Canadian Red Cross emergency response personnel have been sent to provide relief in the flooded areas of the United States. Another 26 people are on stand-by. The board has been involved in various stages of an energy savings program over the past few years. Once estimated at $8.9 million, assistant business services/plant superintendent Gerry Cullen, said Monday, no costing is currently available for the program. The Canadians are working with the American Red Cross disaster operations in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. Instead, the board approved signing a contract with Tescor Energy Services Inc. (formerly known as Tamblyn Energy Services Inc.), a firm which already conduct- ed an energy savings audit for the board. its energy savmgs program. . At a specially called board meet- ing Thursday - under pressure of a July 30th application deadline by Ontario Hydro - trustees decided to pursue the incentive at the expense of not tendering the program's engi- neering contract. tive money July 28, 1993 By ANGELA BLACKBURN Oakville Beaver Staff Public school board trustees found $1-M Hydro grant too much to ignore he Halton Board o Education is going after A possible $1 million in incen from Ontario Hydro for of "There is a proposed budget done almost a year ago. A series of numbers came out as a result of the feasibility study and none of those really relate to what the final pro- posal will be. One is theoretical in the first place, to give you an idea where you sit. The other one is everything that could be done. From that you select certain specific pro- jects to put together the final num- ber," he said. Previous staff reports to the board on the energy savings pro- gram indicate that conservation measures could save $80.000/month or about $1 million/year on the board's energy bill. Cullen couldn't provide a costing for the energy conservation program until details are worked out. Scheel also criticized the timing and said the "whole thing was rail- maded by Ontario Hydro." That leaves tendering for imple- mentation work still available, but not at the supervisory level, said Scheel. $200,000/year. The brief outlines an approxi- mate $1 million annual savings for the board (reducing the current bill from $4.8 million to $3.4 million), could provide building renewal and modernization for board plants and create jobs. Ontario Hydro's tightened crite- EAT ?si'S 5-DAY SURPRISE DAYS I-"=<< Thursday, July 29th Monday, August 2nd A minimum three of numerous categories of conservation measures must also be implemented. 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