01-09-2007 HUCM
Joint HUC/City Council Meeting
January 9, 2007
Members present: President Craig Lenz; Vice President Don Walser; Secretary David
Wetterling; Commissioner Dwight Bordson; Commissioner Robert Hantge; General
Manager Michael Kumm; Attorney Marc Sebora.
City Council members present: Steve Cook, Bill Arndt, and Jim Haugen. (see minutes of
January 31, 2007.)
President Lenz called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm.
GM Kumm presented advertisement for bids for service truck replacement of unit 643.
This is a budgeted item but because its over $50,000 it needs commission approval.
Secretary Wetterling made a motion to approve the advertisement for bids for service
truck replacement of unit 643. Vice President Walser seconded the motion and it
passed unanimously.
Discussion took place regarding combining HUC electric/gas billing with the City
gas/water/sewer billing, with the possibility of this coming to fruition in 2009. Also
discussed was the plausibility of installing natural gas lines to serve customers outside
the city limits of Hutchinson.
GM Kumm presented the operational and financial benchmarks for HUC, with emphasis
on SAIFI (number of times a customer is without power), SAIDI (length of time the
customer is without power), and CAIDI (length of the outage) and the measures in place
to improve reliability.
Discussions were held on:
Alternative energy Natural gas pipeline litigation & condemnation
Tree Power Program Natural gas purchase program
Highway 7 Project Big Stone II
CIP Program Underground conversions
Commissioner Hantge made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:22 p.m. Secretary
Wetterling seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
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Secretary,
ATTEST________________________________
President,
Joint HUC /City Council Meeting
January 9, 2007
Members present: President Craig Lenz; Vice President Don Walser; Secretary David
Wetterling; Commissioner Dwight Bordson; Commissioner Robert Hantge; General
Manager Michael Kumm; Attorney Marc Sebora.
City Council members present: Steve Cook, Bill Arndt, and Jim Haugen. (see minutes of January 31, 2007.)
President Lenz called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm.
GM Kumm presented advertisement for bids for service truck replacement of unit 643.
This is a budgeted item but because it's over $50,000 it needs commission approval.
Secretary Wetterling made a motion to approve the advertisement for bids for service
truck replacement of unit 643. Vice President Walser seconded the motion and it
passed unanimously.
Discussion took place regarding combining HUC electric /gas billing with the City
gas /water /sewer billing, with the possibility of this coming to fruition in 2009. Also
discussed was the plausibility of installing natural gas lines to serve customers outside
the city limits of Hutchinson.
GM Kumm presented the operational and financial benchmarks for HUC, with emphasis
on SAIFI (number of times a customer is without power), SAIDI (length of time the
customer is without power), and CAIDI (length of the outage) and the measures in place
to improve reliability.
Discussions were held on:
Alternative energy Natural gas pipeline litigation & condemnation
Tree Power Program Natural gas purchase program
Highway 7 Project Big Stone II
CIP Program Underground conversions
Commissioner Hantge made a motion to adjourn h meeting at 5:22 p.m. Secretary
Wetterling seconded the motion and it passed unar im usly.
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ATTEST z�
President,
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Advertisement for Bids
for
Service Truck Replacement of Unit 643
Hutchinson Utilities Commission
Hutchinson, Minnesota
Notice is hereby given that the Hutchinson Utilities Commission of the City of
Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Minnesota, hereinafter referred to as the Owner, will receive
sealed Bids at the Hutchinson Utilities office until 11:00 a.m. on the 26th day of January
2007, and will publicly open and read aloud such Bids on the following equipment:
" Service Truck Replacement of Unit 643"
Proposals shall be properly endorsed and delivered in an envelope marked
"Service Truck Replacement of Unit 643" and shall be addressed to: Hutchinson Utilities
Commission of the City of Hutchinson, 225 Michigan Street SE, Hutchinson, Minnesota
55350.
All proposals shall be submitted in duplicate on the Bidder's own letterhead in
facsimile of the Proposal Form enclosed in the Specifications, or by utilizing the Proposal
Form enclosed with the Specifications by typing the official name of the Bidder at the top of
the form.
No Bidder may withdraw his Bid or Proposal for a Period of thirty (30) days after
date of opening of Bids.
At the aforementioned time and place, or at such later time and Place as the Owner
then may fix, the Owner will act upon Proposals received and with its sole discretion may
award Contract(s) for the furnishing of said equipment.
Specifications and Plans are available at the Office of the Hutchinson Utilities, 225
Michigan Street, Hutchinson, Minnesota 55350.
The Hutchinson Utilities Commission of the City of Hutchinson, Hutchinson,
Minnesota reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or bid irregularities.
Date JANUARY 9, 2007
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