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final details. Chappell will report to the Board of Supervisors, which will have the final say in committingthe county to any new spending programs.
The plan s proposed fending sounded “almost too good to be true" when he first heard about it school-board member Wes Mills declared. Mills added that he was initially leery of any new spending plans that could involve mayor tax dollars. But Mills said that “ail the costs would be port of a low-interest longharm loan" in the form of a performance contract issued by the Virginia Resources Authority, a state agency that provides funding assistance to public entities. Basically; the plan would pay for itself from savings incurred over the years from switching to more energy-efficient technologies. Mills explained. t£ alter some 15-20 years, the savings would foil to materialize. the contractors chosen from a state-approved list would write a check to the county to make up any losses. A two-member board subcommittee headed by Mills and board member Rosa Crocket; a local landscape architect, worked out the details of the proposed plan, which was originally presented to the board for its scrutiny last month by ChappelL“t don't see any downside.’* Mills
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