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Elkhart County Council rejects $16,000 consulting payment tied to dam relicensing effort
Summary
A proposal to appropriate $16,000 from the general fund to extend a consulting contract with RJL Solutions for work on the Elkhart Dam relicensing and advocacy failed on a 4-3 roll call after commissioners and the public discussed lobbyist work, regulatory complexity and prior spending.
Elkhart County Council members voted down a request to appropriate $16,000 from the county general fund to extend a consulting agreement with RJL Solutions, a firm the county hired to aid in advocacy and regulatory work around the Elkhart Dam relicensing.
The request was presented by County Administrator Jeff Taylor and Commissioner Susie Weir, who said the county hired RJL earlier in the year to coordinate advocacy with the dam owner, American Electric Power (AEP), and with state and federal regulators including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. "We are very hopeful,"…
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