SERIES: (VOL 1) CAN THE STARK COMMISSIONERS SAVE UPWARDS OF $500,000 ANNUALLY IN ENERGY COSTS AT THE STARK COUNTY JAIL?

On October 6, the SCPR went to county commissioners meeting.

At the meeting Chevron officials were there to present the outlines of a proposal to work a partnership with the Stark County commissioners to devise an energy recycling system to take "yard" waste and convert it into heat for the Stark County jail in the hope that such a system will save Stark Countians $500,000 on the county's energy bill.

Many questions need to be asked of Chevron and county officials about the details of this plan.  This is where the SCPR comes in.

Yours truly has already begun asking questions of commissioners, solid waste district personnel and and Chevron officials.

At first blush the plan seems to be too simple, straightforward and productive of a "windfall" to Stark County, to be true.

But it may be.

As with all other matters, the SCPR will ask the hard questions of the participants in the formulation of this plan.

What follows is a video that provides an overview of the project.