Hats off to Lamar County Judge Brandon Bell for opening to the public a planned closed doors Commissionersâ Court meeting last week. That action led to todayâs story about a presentation the court received Tuesday regarding a proposal to revamp the heating/air conditioning systems at the courthouse and courthouse annex and to install energy efficient lighting and water-saving measures in all county buildings.
The meeting was posted as an executive session because of security reasons at the Lamar County Jail, but Bell said after he further reviewed what was to be discussed, he decided the agenda did not meet the requirements for a closed meeting as provided by the Texas Open Meetings Act. Perhaps Bell should have delayed the meeting until he could have posted the change, but no judicial decision or attorney general opinion states that a governmental body must indicate in an agenda notice whether a subject will be discussed in open or closed session, according to the Texas O
A $2.8 million preliminary proposal that includes the replacement of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems at the Lamar County Courthouse and energy saving devices at other county buildings is on the table.
Consultants from Performance Services, a guaranteed energy savings company that recently completed work at Paris ISD, gave a presentation to Lamar County Commissionersâ Court at a meeting last week after completing a preliminary utility audit of county buildings.
âA guaranteed energy savings contract would help the county save energy as you complete projects you are already considering,â said Ira Nicodemus, the companyâs business development manager for North Texas.
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