Town of Lunenburg

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GREEN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Lunenburg, MA 01462

David Blatt, Chair 
David Passios, Vice Chair
Kim Duffy, Clerk
Matt Snyder, Member
Chris Holden, Member

Meeting Minutes
GREEN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
 Monday, December 9, 2024 7:30 PM
Zoom Meeting

Attendance:
	Members Present: David Blatt, David Passios (remote), Matt Snyder, Kim Duffy
Call to Order: 7:34pm

Agenda
	Discussion
	Review and approve any pending meeting minutes
	None

	Public Comment
	None
	Fall Grant Submittal Review
	Hit deadline for fall grant. School rep (Dr. Sue Gilson) instrumental in helping with progress. $223,941 submitted for Fall grant program. Grant approval will be announced Feb/March 2025
~10k refrigeration controls at elementary, turkey hill, high school
~200k towards mini splits 
Utility incentives 113k (Unitil, Matt Keefe)
Police cruisers
Admin costs
(town spending only spent 400k)

	New Programs that could be available in 2025
	Oct 22, 2024 First Green Communities summit at Devens, MA.
New programs for 2025:
Massachusetts CELT – free resource program from UML and BU that connects graduate students to towns to help present data for town funding
FFIO – federal grant program; state will match funds to help be eligible for federal grant
Direct Pay – town can get paid back from the federal govt for energy savings (6% +). Timeline Jan 2023 – December 2032
MassSave Municipal Energy Manager Grant Program (due end of January 2025)
Mass School Heat Authority Program – helps get heat pumps into schools

Spring Grant: Cemetery Commission interested in battery powered lawn mowers/equipment. Looking into other projects, 5 year plan.

	Committee Make-Up
	Looking for more members.
	Timeline for Next Meeting
	Tentative - Monday January 6, 2025 7pm.
	
Meeting Adjourned: 8:33pm by roll call vote.