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Board approves five‑year solar O&M deal and adds aldermanic reporting and annual cost review
Summary
A five‑year operations and maintenance contract for city and school solar systems was approved after debate about competing bids and the cost to repair two nonoperational arrays. The board required the contractor’s routine reports be provided to the Board of Aldermen and requested an annual cost/benefit summary from finance.
The Board approved a five‑year operations and maintenance (O&M) agreement to monitor and maintain city‑owned solar photovoltaic systems, but it added conditions designed to increase transparency and oversight.
The winning firm proposed to maintain the current, operational systems for $2,720 per year and to charge future systems about $20 per kilowatt annually. At the meeting the administration said two school arrays — at Gil Martin and the Waterberry…
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