City Councilmember PJ Kovac says Saint Joseph could save thousands of dollars a year if it switched to LED bulbs in street lights.

Kovac says LED lights are expensive, but they pay for themselves in a few years.  “You wouldn’t have to do it all at once because I know it would be expensive.  We would just take a section, do 200-300 lights.  As you save that money you use the savings, put in more lights.  In probably ten years you’d have them all converted over.”

Kovac says Savannah converted 68 street lights from 71 highway to downtown and around the courthouse square…and now saves $7500 a year on its light bill.  Kovac says with a lot more street lights Saint Joseph could save a lot more money by going LED.  He says it’s a gold mine just waiting to be tapped.

Kovacs is hoping to convince fellow members of the City Council to consider the idea.