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Wayne County committee clears energy, PACE and disaster recovery items; $70M CDBG disaster allocation to be planned
Summary
Wayne County commissioners voted June 11 to approve an economic development committee report that advances a pilot EV-charging station, affirms continued use of PACE financing for commercial energy upgrades, and authorizes planning to access a roughly $70 million CDBG disaster recovery allocation.
The Wayne County Commission on June 11 approved the committee on economic development report that included a pilot for electric-vehicle charging stations, a PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) program update and a framework to access roughly $70,000,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) disaster recovery funds tied to severe storms in August 2023.
During committee discussion, Erin Kelly, director of sustainability and innovation, said the first EV charging stations “will be placed at the county field engineering permits office” as the county aligns fleet electrification with departments, chiefly the Department of Public Services. Kelly and the sustainability office described the work as a first step to diversify the county fleet and said they are…
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