Zionsville Town Council

SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING DATE January 22, 2024 PLACE WG City Hall/Online (Gordon Room) MEETING CALLED TO ORDER 4:02p.m. MEETING ADJOURNED 5:12 p.m. Attendance: Jeff Tomich Karen Anderson Andrea Parton Aamna Anwer John Hickey Shawn Finnegan Paul Barrs Pam Bliss Karsen Kunze Michael Stauss Call to Order 1. Approval of Minutes – Dec.18, 2023 Revised and approved by John approved by voice. 2. Visitor Comments 3. Council Member, Pam Bliss- Update sales tax. We went over budget items; we get more money back when we spend in WG. ● FEB 7. 2024, 8-10am AT REC plex meeting room. The Business Development Commission will host a coffee meeting (done 2 times a year). Eric will present organizational structures for revenue-will give different ideas for unifying businesses. ● Recruitment for new chief of police. New survey out for qualities we are looking for in police chief. Please take survey. 1 4. Staff Liaison, Shawn Finnegan Update - Karla will be stepping down, and we will fill the seat. Todd is also no longer with Webster Groves. Greenhouse Gas inventory will be worked on by a student for her Master Thesis, at SIUE campus with Dr. Locke. Dr. Locke will be able to be more involved and engaged. Will meet again on Thursday. GDA- finished brochure with QR code. In February, outreach to restaurants will start. Solar event- reserved MARCH 3, Sunday, at Olive and Oak. Ameren will be coming. Old Business • Eco-Ed Lecture Series with GSAC Karen- met with Corin and Carey, eager to move ahead in the eco ed series. The biggest problem is attendance. Location? Rec center? Tentative the first Tuesdays. Karen will help coordinate location and social media/publicity. 6 events this year would be plenty. We need 3 speakers, GDA, energy conservation, solar and ? Do we want to continue the speaker series? If so, we need to get a publicity package together, so we need to get started with ideas for speakers by February. Commission members would be nice to attend and help set up and take down. Should we offer an honorary gift for the speaker? John, can we have the month to think about invitations? So please send ideas to Karen suggestions asap! Keep in mind, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays are Council meetings at the library. We need ideas for speakers in October. A possible speaker for October could be Solar. March 5, May 7, Oct 1 are the dates for Sus commission to pick speakers. • Solar Event – 3/3/2024 Time: 1-3pm Any Grow Solar incentives 2024? Nelnet, available to come? Nelnet works closely with Grow Solar. Eric Schnider, solar installer, agreed to come to a speaker series, maybe willing to come to this instead. Reach out to multiple contractors? Maybe send someone to answer questions. Jeff to talk to Jamie who might be able to talk about their personal experiences. John, the city has a list of companies who are already approved to work in WG. Aamna, council member Emerson Smith, has solar panels. ask to attend the event. Jeff, Shawn, Jeff and Karen will help make contacts to spread the word. We will have tables for all vendors/sus commission hand put bags! 2  Karla and Shawn got over 300 bags passed out to Webster students. 6. New Business • Earth Day - Karen, Natural Living Expo, at rec plex we could have a table there, with info about us, cost 150 per table. April 14, 2024. Jeff, April 20 or 21, date to hand out green bags at grocers. • Other 2024 Priorities, Bond issue with rec center solar panels, is it happening? All items on bond even capital improvements to the city to get things done more quickly. So how many projects can we do with the bond money? Where money goes is still to be determined. Post votes will occur until we get more information about what projects cost. What can we do as a committee to promote our focus for bond issues? 7. Set Next Meeting • Monday, Feb. 26, 2024 8. Adjournment Individuals who require an accommodation (sign language, interpreter, listening devices, etc.) to participate in the meeting should contact the City Clerk at 314-963- 5318 (fax number 314-963-7561) or Relay Missouri at 1-800-735-2966 (TDD) at least two working days prior to the meeting. 3 Page 2 of 2 4