04-10-1959 HUCM174 (165)
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE UTILITIES COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINSON, MINNESOTA:
1. That Hubert H. Schultz, attorney at law, of Sanborn,
Iowa be and he hereby is employed as attorney to represent this
Commission in all hearings and proceedings before the Federal
Power Commission in the above numbered dockets ar! he is
authorized to take whatever action may be required for the
purpose of securing an allocation of natural gas to the City.
2. That the engineering contract heretofore entered
into between the City and Buell & Winter, Consulting Engineers,
Insurance Exchange Building, Sioux City, Iowa and subsequently
approved and confirmed by this Commission providing for
engineering services in connection with the planning and con-
struction of a municipal gas distribution system for the City
and further providing for expert engineering services to pre-
pare and present to the Federal Power Commission necessary
studies, surveys, exhibits and testimony, be and the same is
hereby reaffirmed, approved and accepted which contract is
attached hereto marked "A" and made a part of this Resolution.
April 10, 1959.
Special Meeting.
A special meeting of the Hutchinson Utilities Commission was
held on the aforesaid date at the office of Dr. R. I. Sheppard.
All commissioners were present, together with Supt. Young,
Attorney Elmer Jensen, Hubert H. Schultz, Leon Winter and Joseph
Casey.
The meeting was called in regard to the proposed Gas Project.
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WHEREAS, the Hutchinson Utilities Commission of the
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City of Hutchinson, Minnesota was an intervener and active
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participant in hearings before the Federal Power Commission in
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which Northern Natural Gas Company was the applicant for a
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certificate of public convenience and necessity since 1954
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(Docket Now. 4259, G -2399 et al-j, and G -2306 et al) seeking an
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allocation of natural gas for the municipality as a municipal
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distributor, and,
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WHEREAS, Northern has again filed applications known
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as Docket Nos. G- 17485 and G -17486 in which the Commission has
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WHEREAS, the need and desire of the City and its
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commercial and industrial establishments for natural gas service
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is now even more great than it was and it would be in the public
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interest that an allocation be sought in the present dockets.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE UTILITIES COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF HUTCHINSON, MINNESOTA:
1. That Hubert H. Schultz, attorney at law, of Sanborn,
Iowa be and he hereby is employed as attorney to represent this
Commission in all hearings and proceedings before the Federal
Power Commission in the above numbered dockets ar! he is
authorized to take whatever action may be required for the
purpose of securing an allocation of natural gas to the City.
2. That the engineering contract heretofore entered
into between the City and Buell & Winter, Consulting Engineers,
Insurance Exchange Building, Sioux City, Iowa and subsequently
approved and confirmed by this Commission providing for
engineering services in connection with the planning and con-
struction of a municipal gas distribution system for the City
and further providing for expert engineering services to pre-
pare and present to the Federal Power Commission necessary
studies, surveys, exhibits and testimony, be and the same is
hereby reaffirmed, approved and accepted which contract is
attached hereto marked "A" and made a part of this Resolution.
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3. That the existing contracts dated October 29, 1954
between the City Council of the City of Hutchinson, Minnesota as
approved by the Hutchinson Light and Power Commission now known
as Hutchinson Utilities Commission and the Carleton D. Beh
Company of Des Moines, Iowa relative to the financing of the
proposed natural gas system at the City of Hutchinson be ratified
and confirmed again this date in the light of current conditions and
the terms therein set out are to be the same with the exception
of one change in contract no. 2, paragraph 4, lines 5 and 6 which
previously set out interest rates as follows; 1132% for bonds
maturing one to ten years from date of issue and 4% for bonds
maturing after ten years from date of issue" to be changed to
read now as follows; 114% for bonds maturing one to ten years from
date of issue and 41,% after 10 years from date of issue," and
in all other respects said contracts are ratified, approved and
confirmed, which contracts are attached hereto marked "B ", "C",
and "D" and made a part of this Resolution.
The undersigned hereby certifies that he is the Secretary of
the Hutchinson Utilities Commission.
That hereto attached is a true, correct, and complete copy of
a resolution unanimously adopted by said Hutchinson Utilities
Commission at a special meeting thereof held on April 10, 1959.
Dated April 10, 1959.
R. .Dahl, 9 cre ary.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
R. W. Dahl, Secretary.
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