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Municipal Subcommittee
Minutes -June 17, 2008
Present: Urban, LaFontaine, King, Stolley, Hardy
Subcommittee appointed Hardy as Chair of subcommittee, Stolley as Vice Chair.
Subcommittee agreed that the roles and responsibilities of this subcommittee are to
follow the intent of the U. S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement signed by the city, to
focus on municipal operations and efforts, and to concentrate on the ICLEI Milestones,
specifically Milestone #1 (baseline assessment of greenhouse gas emissions in Oshkosh..)
Subcommittee agreed that our primary task at this point is to establish a plan to complete
Milestone #1 of the ICLEI milestones.
LaFontaine agreed to gather answers the subcommittee had regarding the software that
ICLEI provides the city as part of our membership.
Stolley agreed to arrange a meeting with Professor Steve Dunn at the University of
Wisconsin Oshkosh to discuss procuring several interns to work on collecting the
baseline data in the fall needed to complete Milestone #1. We anticipate needing 2 interns
working 10 hours per week (average) over a 10 week period. Stolley agreed to put
together an internship packet of information to bring to Dr. Dunn.
Subcommittee agreed on a tentative timeline to follow to complete Milestone #1
(baseline assessment of GHG Emissions) which will guide the work of this
subcommittee. The timeline for this action plan is as follows:
July 7 -Don will get info about software.
July 30 -Agreement with UWO for internships
August 30 -Memo to city departments about this project.
September 15 -Begin Internship and data collection for Milestone 1
December 5 -Completion of internship and Milestone 1 baseline data collection
Items for next subcommittee meeting:
ICLEI Milestone #1 action plan update
Next meeting -August unless July is necessary.
For July 7 full board meeting -summary report from this meeting. Hardy will provide
summary.
Meeting adjourned.
Minutes taken by Hardy