Lake County CDC requests approval for OPE project bid
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RONAN – Despite many Ronan City Council members missing during their monthly meeting on June 27, council members that were present discussed non-action items on the agenda.
Gib Turner and Billie Lee from Lake County Community Development Corporation presented documents for council members to sign so that an Outdoor Power Equipment project could go to bid. Outdoor Power Equipment, Inc. (OPE) is a licensed affiliate of CORE Motion, Inc., an advanced energy and motion technology company based in the Mission Valley that has developed a clean, more efficient energy source. Over the past eight years the company has developed an alternative to gasoline to power various machinery. According to a press release, the new energy source is capable of powering lawn mowers, trimmers and blowers in the 1 to 10 horsepower range. On the upper end, the technology can also power gearless direct drive wind turbine generators in the 4,000 horsepower range.
According to a press release, more than $22 million has been raised, earned, and invested in CORE technology over the past eight years to bring it to its current status. The potential for the new technology to improve emissions, noise, energy cost, efficiency, and use of raw materials puts CORE in a unique position. Leveraging this position, the company’s primary goal is to create, retain, and grow economic opportunities in the Mission Valley and in the local western Montana region.
“This project provides stable and good paying jobs in our community, and we are excited and supportive of OPE and CORE Motion’s efforts to provide such significant economic opportunities to Lake County,” Ronan Mayor Kim Aipperspach said in a press release.
It is further outlined in the press release, that the CORE Gasless Power System provides reliable, efficient energy that outperforms gasoline-powered products by using electrons, instead of gasoline.
With many council members absent, Aipperspach noted he would get the paperwork to the entire council so the project could go to bid.
Financial advisor Jennifer Cote walked the council through the revenues and expenses, explaining the packet in full.
With the end of the fiscal year within the week, Cote noted her intent to begin editing the paperwork’s final numbers, in order to have the documents printed and mailed by June 30, keeping the city in compliance with the state deadlines.
