BEST meeting minutes, request for next meeting

For the next meeting, please come with at least one suggestion for continued progress in reducing the County's carbon footprint, or addressing another suggestion pertaining to issues surrounding sustainability.

It is also important that we hear from each department about how the 4-10 schedule is going. It may feel like we've passed the summit with the new hours in place, but there's more creative, innovative work to be done.  Creative because we are still on a micro-budget. Innovative because we are an unusual county that must accommodate a wide variety of activities, complete with wild weather and a population that just doesn't know when to come indoors (not a bad thing, really).

What we talked about last meeting, with Shana, Gail, Dusty, Eric, Amanda, Kathleen, attending:

Getting everyone to attend next meeting (Sept. 9!) = best guidance, input, planning New time sheets courtesy Amanda and Brooke (look for them tomorrow) Importance of flexibility in work schedules across the board Emphasis on building closures on Friday to realize most savings, emission redux Monitoring results: through ICLEI software and by reviewing benchmarks, indicators Particular interest in measuring productivity Long rush (used with apologies to anyone from NYC or Singapore) hour ride from Hailey to B-vue = almost 1 hour? Plans for a park and ride in Bellevue w dispenser? Kathleen will explore. Assigned ICLEI Web site review for webinars, new info, important announcements to:

Sept.: Shana

Oct.: Gail

Nov.: Kathleen

Dec: Dusty (tentatively)