County Board OKs energy grant application

The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners approved another grant application from the county’s Energy Futures Task Force at their June 18 regular session.

This time around, the county is applying for $19,080 through theDepartmentof Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), which would be used to conduct a “county-wide energy survey.”

County commissioner and task force member Kama Ross presented this item at the county board’s May sessions, where the county board approved the task force’s request to write a Community Energy Management Program application.