HOPKINTON — The Hopkinton Town Council has approved Town Manager Brian Rosso’s request to award the Rooftop Solar Project on the Public Works building to Sol Power for a total of $153,282.
In the 2023-24 fiscal year, the town had secured a loan from the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank for the installation of solar panels on the police department and the public works buildings, which was done through a program called EBF, or Efficient Building Fund. Town Hall was going to be included as a third project, however the scope of the project was cut back due to the uncertainty of renovations that are currently being done to the building, which left the town to take out a loan for $346,000. Part of this loan included redoing the roof, which since then has been completed.
The police department had its solar…