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Council approves claims; staff describe IU resilience cohort heat-pump initiative
Summary
City controller presented claims for payment and the council approved them; staff explained a membership fee to Indiana University's Environmental Resilience Institute resilience cohort focused on heat-pump acceleration and described whole effluent toxicity (WET) testing referenced in claims detail.
Jeremy Deal, city controller, presented the claims for payment and asked the council to approve them.
"The controller's office has reviewed the claims totaling $7,000,899,295 dollars and 91¢. I request the board's approval," Deal said. The council moved and approved the claims by voice vote.
When a council member asked about a large line item described as an Indiana University "resilience cohort membership fee," Haley Griffey of the Economic Development Department said the city is participating in Indiana University's Environmental Resilience Institute resilience cohort this summer. "So this year, the focus is on heat pump acceleration," Griffey said. She described plans for staff and the city's climate fellow, Cooper Kornmeier, to engage building owners, contractors and distributors to increase demand for heat pumps. Griffey said the cohort includes five other Indiana communities and that the city hopes to install at least one free heat pump in a local organization serving disadvantaged community members this summer.
Separately, staff clarified a line item described as WET testing. A city staff member explained that WET refers to whole effluent toxicity testing, which examines wastewater effluent for toxic constituents such as heavy metals and volatile organic compounds. The council approved the claims after brief discussion.
