Q U E S T I O N S
Welcome to the YES! Weekly Pop Quiz, where we ask politicians and public servants questions about their jobs. This week we asked members of the Greensboro City Council about resolutions passed during the council’s regular meeting on Dec. The rules are simple: The elected official must answer the question immediately — no research, no callbacks.
1) Name three aspects to the energy management project approved
at the Dec. 2 meeting? Extra credit: What is the estimated percentage
reduction in the city’s energy use?
2) What is the architectural style of the Kress Building, approved as
a city landmark on Dec. 2 by council?
3) How much money does City Manager Mitch Johnson make a
year?
Mayor Yvonne Johnson
1) I know solar panels were one. Those air
handling systems are another, and the other
one, oh, was the air conditioning unit over near
the Depot. Extra Credit: I always remember
percentages; 28 percent. ( )
2) Architectural style… hmm… I don’t
remember that. (X)
3) I think he makes $175,000, $172,000,
somewhere in there. ( )
Robbie Perkins, at-large
1) For one, they’re gonna throw some solar
panels onto the rook of MMOB. Two, they’re
35 years or older in the big building downtown,
MMOB. They’re also looking at an ice storage
system that has the Depot running refrigerator
lines off of a couple city buildings to cut those
energy costs. Extra credit: 28 percent. ( )
2) I have no clue. Wait a minute. It’s one of the
prime examples of… I almost want to say art
deco. ( )
3) $171,000, something like that. ( -)
Mary Rakestraw, at-large
1) It’s gonna be a money saver, and its going
to be… hold on a second. I asked a question
about replacing the light bulbs…. We’re gonna
have to replace some of our old chillers and
stuff like that, so we should be making a lot
of money off of this. Extra credit: Oh gee, um,
I don’t remember. I would have to guess since
I don’t know. Between 60 and 75 percent,
something like that. (X)
2)It’s an art-deco building. ( )
3) Too much. I will say, approximately
$179,000. Am I close? ( )
1) The one-year contract with Potomac Electric Power
stipulates energy-saving light fixtures in municipal buildings,
new chillers in the Greensboro Cultural Center and the GPD
Western Operations Center, LED lighting in city-owned
parking decks, solar-powered hot water in five fire stations as
well as Melvin Municipal Office Building, which will also
get a new air handler Extra credit: 28 percent.
2) Art-deco.
3) $179,000 a year ($10,000 cushion)
