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Truck law education

The Municipal Posted on March 9, 2013 by Sarah WrightAugust 2, 2023
Truck enforcement officers must be certified to operate portable scales. If they’re not, they can direct a truck to the nearest certified private scale. (Shutterstock photo)

Truck enforcement is a challenging field for police officers due to the complex laws that surround trucking. To help law enforcement agencies within Illinois sort it out, 10 suburban-Chicago police officers who specialize in truck enforcement met in 2009 and … Continue reading →

Posted in Training, Transportation

Indy works to develop green partnership

The Municipal Posted on March 5, 2013 by Dani MolnarAugust 2, 2023
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard

“It’s completely about national security,” David Rosenberg, director of Enterprise Development at the office of the mayor, said. “It’s about the dependence on foreign oil and the need to spend billions of dollars on protecting this oil infrastructure.” Ballard met … Continue reading →

Posted in Going Green | Tagged ballard, car, city, indianapolis, oil, police, rosenberg, vehicle

DESIGN-BUILD SOLUTIONS WITH CLEARSPAN

The Municipal Posted on February 20, 2013 by The MunicipalAugust 2, 2023

ClearSpan Fabric Structures is the industry-leading manufacturer of tension fabric buildings, offering American-made structures with in-house engineering, manufacturing, financing and installation. These structures provide energy-efficient, economical solutions for municipal needs, including waste management, equipment and materials storage, warehousing and more. … Continue reading →

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Municipalities take back the night sky

The Municipal Posted on February 19, 2013 by Sarah WrightAugust 2, 2023

The U.S. wastes approximately $2.2 billion per year on energy due to poorly-directed street lighting. Poor lighting decisions also contribute to light pollution, which can have adverse health affects on humans and animals among other problems. The key solution to … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollution, Transportation | Tagged arkansas, dark, fixtures, light, light pollution, lighting, ordinance, sky

Conference Preview: The Work Truck Show 2013 pulls in to Indianapolis March 6-8

The Municipal Posted on February 15, 2013 by The MunicipalAugust 2, 2023
The Work Truck Show 2013 will be March 6-8 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. It’s North America’s largest work truck event and covers more than 500,000 square feet packed with more than 550 exhibitors. (Photo provided)

North America’s largest work truck event, The Work Truck Show, is coming March 6-8 to Indianapolis. The Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis hosts the show, which is sponsored by NTEA and the Association for the Work Truck Industry and functions … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference / Expo | Tagged Equipment, green, green truck, march, ntea, summit, Truck, truck summit, work

Funding concerns for photovoltaic systems

The Municipal Posted on February 11, 2013 by Dani MolnarAugust 2, 2023
The cost of solar panels like these has dropped by nearly 20 percent over the past five years. Still, Tony Lumino, senior project development manager at Chevron Energy Solutions, suggests that cities study ways to be more energy efficient before putting in a system. (Photo provided.)

In 2008, Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia, Pa., launched the Greenworks Philadelphia Initiative with the aim of making Philadelphia the greenest city in America. Since then, various green technologies have been added to accomplish that, in addition to raising public … Continue reading →

Posted in Solar Energy | Tagged city, energy, lumino, philadelphia, photovoltaic, project, solar

A passion for energy: Rhonda Mosely teaches communities how to ‘MacGyver it’ when catastrophe strikes

The Municipal Posted on February 9, 2013 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023

How would your community react if the power went out for days or weeks at a time? That’s the question Rhonda Mosely poses to local governments and members of the private sector in order to help them create a continuum … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy | Tagged communities, energy, governments, local, MacGyver, plan, program

Teenage firefighters: Training for real-life emergencies at firefighter high

The Municipal Posted on February 7, 2013 by Carrie SchmittAugust 2, 2023
From left, Mitch Latta and Donivon Brummett exit a trailer at FDIC after retrieving their Smartdummy Rescue Manikin from a heavy smoke environment. The high school students attended the 2012 conference in Indianapolis as part of their Firefighting 1 and 2 studies. (Photo by Jodi Magallanes)

In addition to math, English and social studies, some high school students are adding firefighting to their course lists. At Twin Lakes High School in Monticello, Ind., students come together from seven different schools to enroll in a two-year program … Continue reading →

Posted in Fire Fighters | Tagged braaksma, Equipment, firefighters, firefighting, high, program, school, students

The Newtown tragedy: municipal response

The Municipal Posted on February 5, 2013 by Julie YoungAugust 2, 2023
On Dec. 14, 2012, Newtown, Conn., suffered a national tragedy when 20-year-old gunman Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and killed over two dozen students, teachers and staff before taking his own life. (Gina Jacobs/Shutterstock)

On Dec. 13, 2012, Newtown, Conn., was an idyllic and relatively unheard-of New England community. But at 9:30 a.m. the following day, it became synonymous with Aurora, Virginia Tech, Columbine and other scenes of national tragedy after a gunman entered … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster Response | Tagged community, elementary school, newtown, responders, sandy hook

Camden County mua solar project: Highlighting energy solutions

The Municipal Posted on February 3, 2013 by Sarah WrightAugust 2, 2023
Rooftop systems, such as those used by the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, also provide a viable option for municipalities, using space that would otherwise go untapped. (Provided by groSolar)

Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority in New Jersey is one entity that has enabled solar energy with construction of a solar project at its Camden wastewater treatment plant.1 The project entered its planning phase in 2011 and construction of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Going Green, Solar Energy | Tagged camden, construction, energy, grosolar, project, projects, resor, solar

Show me the money

The Municipal Posted on February 1, 2013 by Jodi MarlinAugust 2, 2023
Jodi Magallanes, Editor of The Municipal

The theme of this month’s issue of The Municipal could be a little nebulous. Energy topics encompass an inἀnite number of forms and methods of delivery. The commercial ones are buzzed about incessantly. Today’s energy catchwords are “wind,” “solar,” “renewable … Continue reading →

Posted in Editor's Note | Tagged article, building, come, diversifying, energy, frank, initiatives, it’s

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