Select Board elects Hutchinson chair, authorizes solar power purchase agreement.
Lincoln Select Board unanimously elects new chair and approves solar project. Jim Hutchinson was elected Chair for the coming year in the Board's annual rotation, with Kim Bodnar nominating and Jennifer Glass seconding. The Board authorized Town Administrator Tim Higgins to execute a power purchase
Select Board · Meeting of April 13, 2026
Lincoln Select Board unanimously elects new chair and approves solar project. Jim Hutchinson was elected Chair for the coming year in the Board's annual rotation, with Kim Bodnar nominating and Jennifer Glass seconding. The Board authorized Town Administrator Tim Higgins to execute a power purchase agreement for rooftop solar at the new community center, with solar energy consultant Beth Greenblatt projecting the 100-kilowatt AC system will generate roughly 168,000 kilowatt-hours annually at a fixed 20-year rate of 9.58 cents per kilowatt-hour, yielding net savings of approximately 260,000 dollars over the contract term.
The Board also unanimously approved the Environmentally Preferred Procurement Policy to maintain state grant eligibility.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of April 13, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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