Some City Council members say the mayor is attempting to rush the agreement through, with Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza likened the apparent haste to get the deal done to the notorious parking meter and Skyway deals.
“We’re drawing down benefits to residents who are at the front lines of the climate crisis to have access to good quality jobs in the clean energy sector and be able to lower their own bills at home.”Some City Council members say the mayor is attempting to rush the agreement through, with Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza likening the apparent haste to get the deal done to the notorious parking meter and Skyway deals.
But Larrimore says the deal is time sensitive because the city could “miss out on many federal grant opportunities because we don’t have a committed long-term partnership in place with the utility.” “We started the conversation in February by introducing it. The contracts are public. Now it’s an opportunity for council to kick the tires. It’s an opportunity for the public to review them as well,” says Larrimore. “What we’re looking forward to doing is offering more one-on-one briefings in the course of this month and then move on to a subject matter hearing in the course of March.”
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