Sustainability

Sustainability
Sustainability is more than just saving energy - it's improving efficiencies within a business function. Ultimately this leads to more efficient and effective services. That's why I co-sponsored 2 budget amendments that would increase sustainability for the County. One amendment establishes a small sustainability fund for county departments to use when initially implementing sustainable operations (often start up costs are higher, but long term savings offset those costs). In addition, we will be creating a sustainability oversight committee that will assess and prioritize sustainable projects to ensure the best use of the sustainability fund. Lastly, continued training of county staff in The Natural Step will enhance their ability to identify and recommend changes that will result in higher sustainability operations.