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Editor's note: The follow'ng is a letter to the editor published in Elk River Star News, April 23, 2011 <br />County employees find ways to save money <br />Our country departments and employees come up with various ways to save money (tax dollars <br />while providing energy efficiency. When our 1979 hot water boiler was wearing out, Kevin Ander- <br />son, building facilities director, started to plan to replace them with water boilers with operating <br />efficiency of almost 98 percent. Dave Lucas, solid waste administrator, realized there was a poten- <br />tial ARRA grant (which we received) due to meeting the purpose of the "stimulus: grant which <br />are: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and buy American. <br />So the project cost $266,924, the grant portion being $88,532, an energy rebate $16,400 and an <br />annual energy savings of $32479, making this a win -win project with five -year payback on our in- <br />vestment. This project allows future additions to be covered by our boiler system. The old boilers <br />were recycled. Finally, extensive reporting data and consumption data was and is generated. <br />In these days small and victories like this are welcome. So, I say let us keep finding similar projects <br />so the taxpayer can win again <br />Rachel Leonard, county commissioner <br />13 <br />