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September 18, 2019
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Committee set to save Town $400,000 Good news delivered to Town Council on Monday BY DAVE BURKET
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Christmas has come early for Gordon Marasco and Councillor Bob Hildebrandt. Marasco, chair of Pelham’s Utility Sustainability Committee (USC), and Hildebrandt, its council liaison, wore broad holiday smiles late last week as they sat down with the Voice at Town Hall, offering an advance on the good news they planned to deliver to Town Council on Monday evening. The USC, through months of research and dogged effort, says it will have managed to save taxpayers nearly $400,000 in energy-related costs by the end of this year. The committee has further identified an ongoing reduction in expense of some $145,000 yearly, with “more opportunities available.” The savings come from a combination of detective work, negotiation, and correcting oversights occuring under the previous Town Council’s watch. Events got kickstarted after last October’s municipal election, but before the new council took office. Councillor-Elect Hildebrandt was in the audience last November 4, as the outgoing council heard from Treasurer Teresa
LATE SUMMER GOLD Paityn Alexander, 6, enjoys a freezer pop at Saturday's Fenwick Lions 70th Anniversary BBQ. Paityn and her grandpa Brent were among some 300 guests who enjoyed free burgers and hot dogs. The Mayor and Ward 1 councillors had a bite. Lions from a number of other clubs came by. By about 7:30, the evening air turning cool, folks headed home. Club Treasurer Tim Crowther thanked Bert Marissen and Ryan VanLochem for organizing the day. DAVE BURKET PHOTO Quinlin that the new community centre had shot past its forecasted Hydro budget by $200,000. “What I did was I immediately wrote an email,” remembers Hildebrandt, who, as a resident mem-
ber of the Seniors’ Advisory Committee, had kept tabs on the community centre’s construction, including by meeting with construction company representatives. “I'd kept minutes, and I told them that one day I'm
going to be looking over your work and you better do a good job for us.” Once in office, Hildebrandt asked to review documents related the centre’s construction. “When I reviewed the
contracts, which the clerk's department pulled for me, I didn't see anything dealing with performance or guarantees. In my business, I'm used to seeing performance guarantees. I was used to seeing when you spend this
much money, this is how much you [will benefit].” Hildebrant, 72, was Engineering Manager at Foster Wheeler, which designed power plants and power See $400,000 back page
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