![]() He asked whether NYSEG has considered extending the Lansing moratorium on new natural gas customers to the whole county. "The Town and Village should have been included in all discussions as those two entities are in charge of all planning, not the County," said Sigler.Īfter Monday's announcement Sigler sent a letter asking four questions. Donald Hartill is the Mayor of the Village of Lansing, the blue area. LaVigne is the Town Supervisor, which encompasses the red and yellow areas for all services, and blue for some. Glenn Morey represents Lansing's north-east most district plus Groton and a portion of Dryden. Dooley Kiefer represents the Village of Lansing along with Village of Cayuga Heights and part of the Town of Ithaca. Mike Sigler represents most of the Town, excluding the Village. There really wasn't any input."Įlected Representatives in Lansing: The Town of Lansing is represented by three representatives on the Tompkins County Legislature. "My impression was that the conclusion had already been made," LaVigne says. Both say they weren't aware that an alternative to the pipeline was under discussion until this meeting. LaVigne attended, and Hartill, out of town, attended by phone. So we tried to have a balanced and wide ranging group."Īccording to Legislator Dooley Keifer, whose district includes the Village of Lansing, she and Legislator Mike Sigler, who represents most of the Town of Lansing outside the Village, were asked to invite two representatives from Lansing to a presentation on January 18th. It included Graham Gillespie, an architect it included Herman Sieverding, who is active in economic development and business technology. Jerry Goodenough was an active member in the group. We did the best we could to have a diverse group. "The Town of Dryden complained they weren't represented either, although Mike lane and I represent them, but we're not on the Town Board. "We really did try to create a balance," she said. Robertson said that when the task force was formed in 2015 they tried to come up with a broad group that represented different issues, yet was small enough that they could get the work done. LaVigne says to his knowledge there was no contact between Morey and the town government about the alternative solution. The only Lansing representation on the task force is County Legislator Glenn Morey, whose district includes Voting District 8 in Lansing, the northeast-most tip of the Town. Any other new facility is going to face the same problem." ![]() They have their own features and hazards. In the case of the lab they were able to put in those great big propane tanks. It has limited any construction that really needs natural gas. "Natural gas is the energy source of preference, but there are no new hookups, period. "The new lab up by the Airport is running on propane because we don't have natural gas," he says. He complained that the payback time for alternatives such as heat pumps is ten or more years, saying that the moratorium on natural gas is causing problems for development in the Village. Village of Lansing Mayor Donald Hartill was equally unhappy. ![]() That is a critical, critical concern that I have right now." The reality is that we need to put money into our town now, because we don't know where the power plant is going to go. ![]() "He's been delayed for three years because they're going back and forth with this natural gas situation. "We have a developer that wants to put $26 million into our town," says Lansing Town Supervisor Ed LaVigne. But Lansing representatives were very unhappy about the solution, complaining that it may solve the problem two, four or more years in the future, and while there is ample natural gas in the rest of the County, that 'rest of the County' was keeping natural gas out of Lansing and stunting development. Task Force Chair Martha Robertson said that leaders in Tompkins County have a responsibility to address the issue of reducing fossil fuel use, while supporting job growth and economic development. The alternative would provide more reliable natural gas delivery to existing customers by installing a compressor station to insure a steady flow of natural gas, but would extend the existing moratorium on new Lansing natural gas customers to force new customers to find alternative energy solutions. Members of the Tompkins County Energy and Economic Development Task Force announced Monday a possible alternative to the proposed West Dryden Road natural gas pipeline, that was planned to supply natural gas primarily to areas of Lansing. ![]()
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