07-31-2024 HUCMMKUTES
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Cal�l to order - 3:00
President Don Martinez called the meeting to order, Members present: President Don
Martinez� Vice President Matt Chieney; Secretary Kathy Silvernale; Commissioner Troy
Pullis; GlIvI Jeremy Carter
1. Conflict of Interest
2. Approve Consent Agenda
a. Approve Minutes
b. Ratify Payment of Bills
Motion by Commissioner Cheney, second by Commissioner Si�lvernale to Approv6
the, Consent Agenda. Motion carried unanimously.
Mr,. Martig presented the Financial Statements. Financials are similar to last couple
of months. There were half the cooling degree days from the year before.
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Motion by Commissioner Silvernale, second by Commissioner Cheney to Approve
the Financial Statements, Motion carried unanimously.
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5. Communication
a. City Administrator - Matthew Jaunich, -
i. End of Construction Season
H. Preparing for preliminary budgets
b. Divisions
ii. Dan Lang, Engineering Services Manager -
1, Nothing to report
H. have Hunstad, Electric Transmission/Distribution Manager -Absent,
iii. Mike Gabrielson, Production Manager -
1 , Unit 1 Ulpdate - Early to mid Sept to have, unit back
iv. Jared Martigi, Financial Manager-
1. Compuiter System, Analyst is retiring but has been, coming in once
a week to help in, the transition from 4 people to 3 people
1 4 , Gathering literature for Natural Gas position
Preparing for Oiperator Qualifica,tioin/Diammow- Prevention MNOPS Audit on
August 14
d. Legal — Marc Sebora — Absent
e. General Manager — Jeremy Carter
i. M�RES membership annuail review coming up
MMUA summer Conference, Aug 18-21
Preparing for MNOPS Audit
iv. Natural Gas Poon Update
6. Policies
a. Review Policies
L Appendix of Exempt Handbook
ii. Appendix of Non -Exempt Handbook
A, motion by Commissioner Pullis, second by Commissioner Slivernale to Re -adopt
the Data Practices Act & Public Records ReqIuest Pol�icy. Motion, carried
unanimously.
Motion by Commissioner Silvernale, second by Commissioner Cheney to
Approve Control System Upgrade Wartsila Unit #:5 - Advertisement fods.
Motion carried unanimously.
c. Approve Hutchinson Substation Control Enclosure andl Panels - Advertisement
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Mr. Lang presented Approval of Hutchinson Substation Cod
Panels — Advertisement for Bids. Staff is, reqg Board approval to advertise
for the control enclosure and relay panels needed for the Hutchinson Substation
11 5kV expon project.
Motion by Commissioner Pullis, second by Commissioner Cheney to Approve
Hutchinson Substation Control Enclosure and Panels — Advertiserneint for Bids,
Motion carried unanimously.
President Martinez noted adding a new business item
8d. Approbstation Transformer Contract — Change Order #2
Mr. Lang presented Approval of Hutchinson Substation Transformer Contract —
Change, Order �#2. The change order would ow the Contractor (Pennsylvania
Transformer Technology, Inc.) to acquirethe copper winding materials from! a
different supplier to maintain the project, schedule at a cost of $8i4k.
Motion by Commissioner Cheney, second by Commissioner Silvernale to
Approve Hutchinson Substation Transformer Contract - Change Order #2, Motion
carried unanimously.
9. Adjourn
There being no further business, a motion by Commissioner Mullis, second by
Commissioner Silvernale to adjourn the meeting at 3,:25p.m. Motion carried
unanimously,
ATTEST:
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