A city councilor renewed his push for the city to break down whether it has reaped any energy-cost savings in the city buildings Honeywell International did work in under a controversial $30 million contract.
In reaching the deal with Quincy in 2007, Honeywell guaranteed that the city would, over 20 years, make back all it spent. Councilor-at-large Douglas Gutro is pushing for data that would show whether the city has saved anything to date.
?It?s been more than four years and the council has received no information as to whether any of the investments made through this Honeywell contract have indeed achieved the reductions,? Gutro said. ?I have asked for some simple yet comprehensive updates. ...My patience is much thinner.?
The city has been relatively mum on Gutro?s requests while the attorney general?s office investigates whether Quincy was shortchanged on the Honeywell contract and scrutinizes data and prices the company provided the city in making its guarantees.
City Solicitor James Timmins said answering the question of whether Quincy has saved money on energy in the three dozen buildings Honeywell has touched is ?not a simple question.?
?I think that everyone on the city council is fully aware of all the reasons why it is not a simple question,? he said.
Honeywell has stood by its guarantee, so long as the city abides by the terms of a separate $22 million agreement that puts it in control of maintaining the equipment. Mayor Thomas Koch has refused to sign the maintenance agreement and has hired outside vendors to do some work related to Honeywell-installed equipment.
Gutro?s resolution, submitted to the city council Tuesday, gives Koch 30 days to submit:
A list of buildings where equipment acquired under the contract was installed, along with the type of equipment installed in each building.
The baseline water use, energy use and associated cost data for each building prior to the installations.
Four years worth of actual energy-use data and water-use data by month and year for each building starting after the installations.
A report quantifying energy, water, and financial savings on an annual basis and over the life of the contract for each building.
A long-term maintenance plan that would guarantee the performance of equipment installed under the contract. The plan also would project what the maintenance would cost the city.
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Jack Encarnacao may be reached at jencarnacao@ledger.com.
Source: http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x2062852379/Quincy-councilor-wants-energy-savings-evidence
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