Five municipal buildings in the town of Fort Frances are being targeted as potential sites for solar panels.
The panels would go on the roofs of the public works garage, Memorial Sports Centre, Fort Frances Children's Complex, water treatment plant and Fort Frances Civic Centre.
The project would cost about $450-thousand, but net the town more than $760-thousand by selling the power back to the grid.
Operations and Facilities Manager Doug Brown says the town is assured a return of 80 cent per kilowatt hour for twenty years if the project proceeds.
"We're already have the agreement where we can sign on it, " says Brown. "We have one year after they improve it. They approved us so we get the 80 cents. Then we go out and put it in within a year. If we don't get it done within a year we lose the agreement."
Some councillors, though, want more information before proceeding.
Councillor Rick Wiedenhoeft says he's leery about the plan because he doesn't know how it can be sustainable.
The panels would go on the roofs of the public works garage, Memorial Sports Centre, Fort Frances Children's Complex, water treatment plant and Fort Frances Civic Centre.
The project would cost about $450-thousand, but net the town more than $760-thousand by selling the power back to the grid.
Operations and Facilities Manager Doug Brown says the town is assured a return of 80 cent per kilowatt hour for twenty years if the project proceeds.
"We're already have the agreement where we can sign on it, " says Brown. "We have one year after they improve it. They approved us so we get the 80 cents. Then we go out and put it in within a year. If we don't get it done within a year we lose the agreement."
Some councillors, though, want more information before proceeding.
Councillor Rick Wiedenhoeft says he's leery about the plan because he doesn't know how it can be sustainable.
