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Ithaca City Green New Deal Commission reviews budget, sets timeline for Climate Action Plan and survey outreach
Summary
The commission reviewed a budget recap stretching from 2019–2024, discussed a $9 million hydrogen project, reported roughly 200 building electrifications to date, and moved to a yearlong schedule for Climate Action Plan review and public outreach, including a climate justice community survey with a firm completion deadline noted for late April.
The Ithaca City Green New Deal Commission reviewed its multi‑year budget and tentative work plan for 2025, received updates on major projects including a $9 million hydrogen project, and set schedules for community outreach tied to the city’s Climate Action Plan and a climate justice community survey.
City staff presented a budget recap covering June 2019 through December 2024 and said the total program funding is "just shy of $16,000,000," but that most of that total includes local match for a single hydrogen project. "Most of that is coming from 1 single project, which is the hydrogen project, and that's $9,000,000," a staff member said, and staff noted that removing that local match brings the remainder closer to $4.6 million. City capital was described as a distinct line of approximately $300,000. The presenter added that staff salaries are not included in the $300,000 figure and that staff salary and benefit totals were not specified in the budget slides.
Staff reported program milestones: roughly 200…
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