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Commissioner proposes rebate program to trade gas landscape tools for electric models; committee seeks budget details
Summary
A resolution proposing rebates for residents and unincorporated DeKalb businesses to switch from gas-powered landscape maintenance devices to electric alternatives was discussed; committee members requested a clear initial funding cap and asked staff to align the program with any forthcoming noise ordinance changes.
Commissioner Ted Terry presented a proposed resolution to create an electric landscape maintenance-device rebate program intended to incentivize residents and landscape businesses in unincorporated DeKalb County to replace gas-powered devices with electric equipment.
Under the draft program described to the committee, a business licensed in unincorporated DeKalb would be eligible for up to $500 in total rebates (capped at $100 per device or 50% of a device cost, per the draft), and a resident would be eligible for a single…
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