Committee frames sustainability guidelines and reviews municipal solar performance

Feb 13, 2025

The Public Works Committee reviewed a draft memo asking that large facility projects include sustainability options, requested annual facility sustainability reporting and suggested departments seek alternative bids for non‑internal combustion vehicles. Staff also gave an update on the municipal MSB solar array's performance via a monitoring app.

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Kyla, the village’s public works and utility director, presented a memo that would formalize three initial sustainability recommendations for facility and vehicle procurements: that facility projects include sustainability options for the Village Board to consider; that public‑works staff bring at least one facility-related sustainability improvement to the board annually; and that departments provide alternative pricing for non‑gas/diesel vehicles when submitting requests.

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