Council reviews first application under 2021 seed program and related levy assessment

Sep 17, 2026

Staff described the seed-based program (adopted in 2021) that offers special rates for energy-efficiency upgrades repaid via tax-bill assessments; the committee heard this is the program's first approved application and that related program fees will be collected by Erie County.

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County staff reviewed the first approved application to the seed-based program established by council in 2021. The program offers special financing rates for energy-efficiency upgrades on existing or new buildings; property owners opt into a tax-bill-based assessment to repay the financing, and the county steps in to collect payments via the tax bill.

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