As the City of Ann Arbor looks to streamline government, it's considering combining the Energy and Environmental Commissions to create a Sustainability Commission.
The concept is still in the discussion stages.
5th Ward Council member Jenn Cornell says the city, its structure and its staff have changed since the commissions were formed particularly with the creation of the Office of Sustainability and Innovations. She says the merged commission would focus on plans coming through OSI.
"Versus kind of OSI doing its thing, Energy its thing, Environmental doing its thing, bringing everybody together to work in concert because it just makes more sense, right? We're going to be able to move much faster, in my opinion."
Environmental Services Manager Erin Donnelly says the Sustainability Commission would be divided into workgroups. Those groups would drill down into the technical issues and bring items back to the full commission for broader discussions.
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