10-09-09 City seeks candidates for Municipal Energy Director

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Office of the Mayor NEWS RELEASE October 9, 2009 5:00 p.m. City seeks candidates for Municipal Energy Director Contact: Mikki Dobski, Director of Communications & Special Projects, 235-5855 or 876- 1564, or Gary Gilot, Director of Public Works, 235-9251 The greenest city in the State of Indiana is looking for the right person to help South Bend become more energy efficient. In the same week in which South Bend was named the state’s Green Community of the Year for cities above 30,000 people by the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns, the City began recruiting for the right candidate to fill a new Municipal Energy Director position. Funded by a federal stimulus grant of more than $1 million ($100,000 of which for the Energy Office), the Municipal Energy Director will have lead responsibility for developing the South Bend Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy. The strategy will help South Bend reduce energy consumption costs citywide from $7 million currently to a goal of $5 million or less, enabling the position to be self-funding and make municipal government more cost-efficient. “This is a professional energy-management position, involving the application of technical, analytical, evaluation and training techniques for the implementation of energy-related systems, programs, policies and strategies,” said Gary Gilot, the City’s director of public works. “The Municipal Energy Director will focus the City’s efforts on forming public private partnerships and communicating with surrounding communities, and the state energy office, to leverage funding and implement wider-range policies and programs.” The full-time director will report directly to Mayor Stephen Luecke. The director will support such efforts as Cool Cities, Cities for Sustainability and the Green Ribbon Commission.