At Tuesday's meeting, Ben Avon Council member Rob Galbraith followed up on an agenda item from July's meeting. Last month, Galbraith reminded council that in January, council had received a package from the county requesting to do an energy audit in the borough, and that by signing the paperwork, council agreed to comply with the findings. The result of the audit was a recommendation to change 79 light bulbs in the borough building from regular and fluorescent to the energy-saving kind, and to install a programmable thermostat.

The cost, which is to be paid for by stimulus money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, was to have been approximately $8,500. Ben Avon was also being asked to pay $1,800 toward this amount, which was the estimated return-on-investment for one year.

However, on Tuesday, Galbraith said he had met with a representative and they went over the building again, and the audit was revised to 48 fixture changes, along with the new thermostat. Galbraith didn't know what the overall cost reduction would be, but he also had checked on the price of a thermostat and it was less than $160.

Council members agreed that because they had signed the paperwork there was nothing they could do, but further agreed that they would be more cautious in the future.