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Muskegon to consider $554,000 engineering agreement with Johnson Controls ahead of possible $5M–$15M energy performance contract
Summary
Public Works Director Dan VanderHyde presented a project development agreement with Johnson Controls to scope an energy performance contract covering DPW, city hall, water facilities and other assets. The city would commit up to $554,000 for engineering work (payable if the city later declines the multi‑million‑dollar project). The item was placed on tomorrow’s consent agenda.
Public Works Director Dan VanderHyde told the Muskegon City Commission the project development agreement on the agenda would fund engineering and design work to define a potential energy performance contract for multiple city facilities. VanderHyde warned commissioners that the $554,000 engineering cost would be owed if the city chooses not to proceed with the eventual implementation contract: “even though… we are not on the hook, so to speak, for these costs today, we will be on the hook for them regardless of whether we go through with the project or not,” he said.
Johnson Controls presenter Chris Downs described the enabling legal framework (identified in the meeting as “public service act 6 25”) and cited a 2019 Marquette…
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