Here's the description text of the February 14, 2008
Haldane Capital Improvement Project petition:

Description/History:

As part of the Capital Improvement Project to be voted on in May, the school board wants to replace the old oil burning heating system with a new oil system and continue to burn about 60,000 gallons of oil a year.

The school board decided not to conduct an engineering study to determine whether a more environmentally friendly geothermal heating/cooling system would make more sense, even though the state agency NYSERDA would share the cost of the study.

There is no question that the total cost of ownership of a geothermal system over the life of the system is a lot less than an oil burning system. However, the upfront capital cost of geothermal is more.

An engineering study is needed to get more accurate estimates of the installation and operational costs of geothermal versus oil and determine which system makes most sense to the taxpayers of the district.

Although the existing boilers are old, they can function a while longer while we determine the best long term solution. Petition:

We, the undersigned, request that the Haldane Board of Education:

(1) list the proposed upgrades to the heating/ventilation system as a separate proposition in the May Bond Referendum, and,

2) include $20,000 in the 2008-2009 Operations Budget to fund an engineering feasibility study that includes geothermal.

The following 163 people had signed the petition as of February 29th, 2008

Adam Hird – Adrian Eisenhower – Al Hemberger – Alan Vardy – Alison Rooney – Andrew Chmar – Andrew Hall – Anne Impellizzeri – Anonymous – Anonymous – barbara perkins – barbara rifenburg- d'alessio – Beth Sigler – Biljana Ally – Bo Corre – Camille Linson – Cathryn Fadde – Charlotte Palmer-Lane – Chris Marrison – Craig Roffman – Damian McDonald – David Bayer – David Birn – David Eisenhower – David Hardy – David Rothenberg – deborah dichter – Deirdre Langeland – Dianne Bauer – Dinesh Kapoor – Donald Mac Donald – Dorothy carlton-graff – Dorothy Williams – Edward Gullo – Eileen Caulfield – Eileen Charbonneau – Elizabeth Broad – Elizabeth Edelson – Elizabeth Johnson Schmidt Elizabeth Wisler – Felice Ramella – Felicity Campbell – Felix Jimenez – Gina Van Nosdall – glenn cavanagh – Jackie Hadden – James Geppner – James Hartford – James O'Barr – james parrella – Jan Thacher – Jeanne Stauffer-Merle – Jeffrey Linson – jeffrey Marino – joan forlow – Joanne Roffman – Joel Conybear – John Dunn – John Lane – John McGrath – John Plummer – John Teagle – John Zuvic – Jonathan Kruk – Joseph Barbaro – Joseph Plummer – Josh Hadden – Judith Cohen – Judith Rose – Juhee Lee-Hartford – Karen Kapoor – Karen Parks – Katharine Plummer – Kathleen Burke-Smith – Kathleen Scanlon – Kathleen Sweeney – Katie Bissinger – Ken Kleinpeter – Kevin Gaugler – Kim Conner – Lara Demberg – larissa killough – Laura Nathanson – Laurel Rimmer – Lauren Haines – Leo Sacks – Lillian Rosengarten – Linda Hall – Lisa Diebboll – Lisa Sabin – Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong – Luke Fiske – Lynn O'Malley – malachy cleary – Margaret Vetare – Martha Callaway – Mary Hillsley – Matthew Ally – Matthew J. Donachie – max watman – meg staley – Melanie Teagle – melia whitson – Melissa Angier – Michael J. Armstrong – Michael Musso – Michael Reisman – Michael Robinson – Michael Schmidt – Michelle McCoy – Mindy Krazmien – Molly McCoy Straus – Nanci McDonald – Nancy Von Rosk – nate smith – Nathan Sterner – Patricia Donohue – Patti Pelican – Peggy Clements – peter butkiewicz – Peter Callaway – Peter Henderson – Phillip Heffernan – rachael watman – Raquel Vidal-Chan – Rebekah Tighe – Ricann Bock – Richard Butensky – Richard Kroehling – Roberta Shayo – Ron Hershey – Ronald Orland – Rose Inman – rudolf van dommele – Ruth Eisenhower – sara dulaney – Sarah Gurland – seth gallagher – Sharona Berken – Shasta Crombie – Shelly Dutchak – Solange Muller – Sonia Ryzy-Ryski – Stacey Matson-Zuvic – Stacy Labriola – Stefan Kuzminski – Stephanie Rudolph – Stephen Bock – Stephen Parks – Stephen Rose – Susan Peehl – Suzanne Ball – suzanne bouchard – Tara Vamos – Teri Barr – Thomas Ambrose – Thomas Huber – Thomas Rolston – Toby Shimin – Vinny Cimino – W Charles Elfers – Walter Garschagen – Z. I. Sanchez

Link to the original online petition

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