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Energy City Commission Minutes Page 2 <br /> October 16,2008 <br /> MOTION BY MAYOR KLINGZING AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TOUCHETTE <br /> III <br /> TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIED. CHAIR <br /> ZEHRINGER CALLED FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR. <br /> Congratulations to Commissioner Setala for becoming vice chair. <br /> 4. Presentation by Bart Wells-Ethanol Technology of Minnesota <br /> Mr. Wells gave a presentation regarding retrofitting existing vehicles to be able to run on <br /> ethanol only, mix fuels, or switch back and forth with gasoline. He has been in business since <br /> 2003 and provides a 3 year,unlimited guarantee on his invention. A typical vehicle running <br /> only E-85 receives approximately 25%less fuel efficiency than with gasoline. Vehicles using <br /> his retrofit require less oil changes and are able to have the same fuel economy or even <br /> slightly better gas mileage than that of gasoline. This is because an oxygen sensor is used to <br /> determine what mixture or blend is needed. The vehicles also run cooler and"more lean and <br /> clean" with ethanol. <br /> The biggest issue facing this company is the size of tile retrofit unit which sits under the hood <br /> (and has a switch for the interior of the car).An effort is being made to reduce the size of the <br /> unit as small as possible. It poses no problems for trucks, but cars are a challenge. Mr. Wells <br /> stated that he has a considerable back log of orders, but he's interested in working with the <br /> „FP v of.4*k River for city fleet vehicles to use as a demonstration. Costs for re „1 • �. <br /> �� Q tY >4 <br /> • 8-c 1i r vehicle are $299, $349, and $400 e spectively. Anyone is welcome t• sit tIi <br /> Abp here uwn and may drive a demonstratibiyehicle if interested. <br /> VI- <br /> ;.;45-„,4„ <br /> ii <br /> III <br /> -s company ay be discussed with the Project dinserve group. <br /> ,, <br /> k ei 0 � <br /> 5. Project Co ; e” Upadate °-,....- �; <br /> s ®mmissio ug informed us that there were 124 a $icants for"project conserve Fifteen <br /> the ap O its were non residents and therefore cut�‘m the group immediately. ii otal of <br /> �„>--� i eFleafions were selected and 30 wrfl used with&remaining 10 being held ii rve <br /> in case someone backs out. The kick-off meetings will be held on October 27th and 28th from <br /> 6:30 p.m.to 8:30 p.m. in the Uppertown Conference room. The applicants chosen included a <br /> variety of families in the number per household as well as the size of the home. Mayor <br /> Klinzing encouraged the commissioners to consider coming to the meetings to meet the <br /> participants. <br /> 6. 2009 Energy Expo <br /> Chair Zehringer asked for volunteers for the subcommittee. A date still needs to be set for the <br /> Expo as well as the location to be held. A facility that can hold a larger number of people is <br /> necessary since the City Hall campus was not successful. Commissioners Chuba, Touchette, <br /> and Griffiths expressed tentative interest in participating. <br /> 7. Energy House Make-over <br /> Commissioner Chuba informed the group that the Energy House III was sold. He added the <br /> first question regarding remodeling an existing house in place of building a new energy house <br /> is "who's paying for it?"with the next questions being whether there is a decent lot and if a <br /> III <br /> loan can be procured. He questioned whether a Project Conserve participant may be interested <br /> in remodeling. Commissioner Chuba would be willing to discuss possible reasonable <br /> alterations with Project Conserve participants. Commissioner Engstrom concurred that <br />