Nashville Council Hears Revised Solar Plan

The Nashville city council heard a revised proposal Monday evening from McKinstry Industries regarding a possible energy savings plan. Earlier this year, council members expressed concerns about the benefits of constructing a solar panel array.

During yesterday’s meeting, the updated proposal included a shorter payoff, in the neighborhood of 18 years, as compared with the previous plan’s outline of not seeing savings until 20 to 25 years in the future.

The new proposal also calls for the ten acres of solar panels to be placed on land near the city’s wastewater plant which will provide additional savings since the city won’t have to purchase any additional property.

The city’s investment would be about 2.57 million dollars.

Since half of the 12 member council did not attend Monday’s meeting to constitute a quorum, mayor Billy Ray Jones said he would call a special council meeting if needed to vote on the proposal in the next few weeks.

Mayor Jones also reported at least one local fireman has COVID-19. Firemen attended a training session last week and due to possible exposure to the virus all firemen at the training are being tested for the coronavirus.