Mayor Ray Miller:  Working within the budget I was able to gleen $15,000. We then studied the Avista analysis and contacted several contractors. We have determined the best use of the funds would be to retrofit the lights both in City Hall and the Community Hall. Total will be about $18,000 with the difference contributed by Avista.

In September we will begin the upgrades at the Wastewater Treatment Plant and convert from natural gas to methane. Our utility costs there run about $180,000 a year and natural gas is about half of that.

One speed bump we have hit is Green House Gas analysis. I wrote to Dan Redline Regional Air Quality Manager for DEQ and asked for an assessment of the City.

DEQ is not ready to do assessments yet so we may want to get together and brainstorm how we might establish a base.