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06-12-1978 HUCMI 1 1 Regular Meeting June 12, 1978 All Commissioners were present, also Mgr. Alexander, Ruth Hakel, Bob Palmquist of Associated Consultants, Counsel Peterson, Bruce Madsen of LP Gas Equipment, Inc., Del Crotteau of Texgas Corporation, Tom Ryan of North Central Public Service Company, and Dick Shipway of Gas Supply, Inc. The meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m. by President Quade. President Quade instructed Secretary Tracy to open the bids on material and labor for two 30,000 gallon propane tanks. Robert Palmquist read the following bids: Material Bids: Applied Engineering Company Gas Supply, Inc. North Central Public Service Co. Texgas Corporation Labor Bids: Applied Engineering Company Gas Supply, Inc. North Central Public Service Co. Texgas Corporation `? 01 $51,206.00 5% of bid Subject to escalation of tank prices $53,002.41 5.7% of bid $67,534.00 5% of bid $56,542.00 5% of bid $28,321.00 5% of bid Exceptions made to payment terms $24,000.00 8.3% of bid $21,338.00 5% of bid $22,950.00 5% of bid Deduct of $2,500 from bid price offered for alternate tank saddle design The minutes of the Regular Meeting of May 1, 1978, were read and approved as corrected. The correction being to consider moving employee Gordon Fratzke into a staff position instead of to move. The minutes of the Special Meeting of May 31, 1978, were read and approved as read. 202 A general discussion took place relative to Union negotiations which have been attended by Counsel Peterson, Commissioner Filk, and Mgr. Alexander along with union members and the Union business manager. All points of the Union proposal were discussed. Counsel Peterson was instructed to study certain issues and set up another meeting as soon as possible. No other action was taken. A motion was made by Commissioner Filk, seconded by Commissioner Tracy that a payment in the amount of $4,272.43 be allowed to Associated Consultants for services rendered. The motion was carried unanimously. The following bills were allowed: MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC PLANT Myron Tucker 7328 11.00 Plaza OK Hardware 7329 101.54 Hutchinson Util. - petty cash 7330 118.75 Hutchinson Util. - petty cash 7331 174.29 Karen Rasmussen 7332 18.93 Stu Ernst 7333 3.31 Steve S. Berg 7334 9.84 Jerry Anderson 7335 13.71 Brenda Birkholz 7336 21.30 Brian Buchmayer 7337 22.50 Marguerite Cummins 7338 15.86 Wesley McCallum 7339 44.80 John R. Tousley 7340 24.50 Philip Vann 7341 21.20 MN Municipal Utilities Assn. 7342 70.00 United Power Association 7343 77,831.34 State Treasurer 7344 19.47 Calgon Corporation 7345 443.98 Michael D. Mills 7346 20.10 Blue Cross & Blue Shield 7347 3,141.84 H. W. Filk 7348 433.41 McMaster -Carr Supply Company 7349 75.01 World Travel 7350 612.00 Gibson Products 7351 20.72 Koch Fuels 7352 2,483.93 MN Municipal Utilities Assn. 7353 30.00 Brown Boveri Corporation 7354 1,067.93 Raymond Eberhart 7355 220.00 Geraldine Johnson 7356 220.00 Mobil Oil Corporation 7358 46.34 State Treasurer 7359 2,076.81 Edwin L. Wiegand Company 7360 713.72 G L W Enterprises 7361 3,528.59 R T E Corporation 7362 1,080.00 L� �l ) , o Graybar Electric Company 7363 5,359.72 Returned Checks 9999 406.97 Allen Office Products, Inc. 1525 29.15 American Linen Supply Company 1526 34.39 American Welding Supplies Inc. 1527 69.35 Amoco Oil Company 1528 132.11 Anderson Chemical Company 1529 1,951.78 Apollo Piping Supply, Inc. 1530 270.74 B -Line Ice Company 1531 45.00 Bailey Meter Company 1532 37.15 Barco Bearing Company 1533 337.53 Barrick Well & Backhoe 1534 16.50 Boustead Electric & Mfg. 1535 18.82 Mrs. Fred Briggs 1536 20.00 Burlington Northern Inc. 1537 25.00 Burroughs, Corporation 1538 667.33 Calgon Corporation 1539 3,206.69 Commissioner of Revenue 1544 10,286.68 Commissioner of Revenue 1545 2,287.44 Colonial Life & Accident Ins. 1546 132.50 Cooper Energy Services 1547 347.44 Culligan Water Conditioning 1548 15.75 Duro -Test Corporation 1549 184.34 Electric Motor Company 1550 104.44 Electric Motor Repair Company 1551 67.60 Fabricare Cleaners of Hutch 1552 59.97 Family Rexall Drug 1553 4.74 Farm & Home Distributing 1554 41.51 First National Bank of Minneapolis 1556 15,924.26 John Henry Foster Company 1557 48.24 General Electric Company 1558 7,051.00 Graybar Electric Company 1559 4,296.61 Great Plains Supply Company 1560 38.98 Guy Speaker Company Inc. 1561 17.21 H & C Electric Supply 1562 1,260.22 Home Bakery 1563 226.55 Hutchinson Iron & Metal 1564 16.80 Hutchinson Mfg. & Sales 1565 29.39 Hutchinson Telephone Company 1566 586.24 Hutchinson Utilities 1567 454.43 Hutchinson Util. Empl. Fund 1568 42.00 Hutchinson Util. - U.B. 1569 71,132.91 Hutchinson Wholesale Supplies 1570 296.38 I B E W Local 949 1571 203.25 Jahnke's Red Owl 1572 146.54 Dr. M. J. Juffer 1573 28.90 Junker Sanitation Service 1574 39.00 Krasen Hardware Hank 1576 16.59 Krasen Wholesale 1577 12.66 McLeod County Sanitary Landfill 1578 3.00 McMaster -Carr Supply Company 1579 20.98 Minnesota- Wisconsin Truck Line 1580 349.19 Natural Gas Division 1581 256,511.21 North Star 1582 305.27 Northern States Supply Inc. 1583 73.50 Northwestern National Bank 1584 104,995.70 H. R. Peterson Company 1585 128.48 Power Process Equipment, Inc. 1586 187.01 Power Supply Company 1587 62.98 Quade's 1588 7.42 Radar Engineers 1590 34.74 Rockite Silo Inc. 1591 43.89 Ross Electric Supply, Inc. 1592 535.00 St. Regis Paper Company 1593 6,534.00 The Satterlee Company 1594 26.54 Schlueter Refrigeration 1595 45.80 Shopko Stores, Inc. 1597 11.97 Schramm Implement Inc. 1596 3.43 Simonson Lumber 1598 58.27 Southside Auto Body 1599 82.35 Standard Oil 1600 17.26 The L. S. Starrett Company 1601 87.40 State of MN -Dpt of Personnel 1602 3,179.24 State Treasurer 1603 1,990.07 Sterling Electric Company 1604 238.74 Thompson Lightning Protection 1605 46.12 Union Oil Company of California 1607 21.01 U. S. Transformer, Inc. 1609 640.00 United Building Centers 1608 11.14 Yetzer's Variety House 1610 4.83 Vincent Brass & Aluminum Company 1611 7.25 Wally's Tire Shop 1612 63.50 Welders Supply Company 1613 8.00 W E S C O 1614 1,523.90 Wigen Chevrolet Company 1615 24.40 Williams Steel & Hardware 1616 41.04 Worthington Service Corporation 1617 7,068.81 Zep Manufacturing Company 1618 76.30 Coast -To -Coast 1619 5.15 Graybar Electric Company Inc. 1620 555.07 I. B. M. 1621 292.00 Leef Bros., Inc. 1622 146.92 Moorhead Machinery & Boiler 1623 835.00 Sterling Electric Company 1624 80.66 W E S C O 1625 16.87 Worthington Service Corporation 1626 6,818.76 NATURAL GAS DIVISION R. E. Young 1749 165.00 Circle Pines Utility 1751 88.55 Circle -Hutch Utility Board 1752 189,070.31 E. J. Brooks Company 1753 44.67 A I `?05 First National Bank 1754 16,700.00 First National Bank 1755 35,000.00 First National Bank 1756 9,000.00 Texgas Corporation 1757 4.54 State Treasurer 1758 390.83 American Meter Division 282 59840.10 Apollo Piping Supply, Inc. 283 1,395.29 Commissioner of Revenue 285 405.99 Colonial Life & Accident Ins. 286 21.50 Crane Supply Company 287 18.37 Dey Appliance Parts 288 7.20 Farm & Home Distributing 289 9.08 First State Federal Savings 290 500.00 Fisher Controls Company 291 380.80 G. T. C. Auto Parts 292 51.22 Hutchinson Util. Empl. Fund 293 5.00 Hutchinson Util. U. B. 294 387.94 I B E W Local 949 295 29.00 Leeds & Northrup 296 322.77 McLeod Cooperative Power Association 297 19.40 Northern States Supply Inc. 298 10.65 Sid Harvey 299 91.44 State of MN -Dpt of Personnel 300, 396.48 State Treasurer 301 405.02 There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m. A I `?05