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11-15-1979 HUCMRegular Meeting November 15, 1979 All Commissioners were present, also present were Mgr. Alexander, Ruth Hakel, Don Swanson of Associated Consultants and Counsel Peterson. The meeting was called to order at 9:30 a.m. by President Quade. The minutes of the Regular Meeting of October 23, 1979, were accepted as presented. The minutes of the Special Meeting of November 7, 1979, were accepted as presented. Don Swanson of Associated Consultants presented a preliminary power source analysis concerning Hutchinson Utilities joining the United Minnesota Municipal Power Agency. Considerable discussion ensued on the subject. A motion was made by Commissioner Filk, seconded by Commissioner Tracy that the Hutchinson Utilities choose not to join the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency under its present proposal. The motion carried unanimously. Counsel Peterson reported on a meeting with labor union representatives on arbitration on disputed overtime. Discussion concerning overtime schedules for future contracts took place. Counsel Peterson reported that Larry Zelle feels we have a good case against Curtiss - Wright and that we have a better than 50 -50 chance of winning a lawsuit. Also reported that Larry Zelle would furnish Hutchinson Utilities a fee proposal for the pending lawsuit proceedings. Discussed the settlement proposal offered by Curtiss - Wright. A motion was made by Commissioner Filk, seconded by Commissioner Tracy that Hutchinson Utilities reject settlement proposals as outlined in a Telex from Curtiss - Wright to Counsel Larry Zelle dated October 12, 1979 and request Counsel Larry Zelle to advise Curtiss - Wright counsel Dana Taylor of the rejection upon his (Zelle's) return to his Minneapolis office. The motion carried unanimously. A motion was made by Commissioner Tracy, seconded by Commissioner Filk that we pay Hutchinson Builders and Leonard Juncewski for Estimate #1 in the amount of $7,797.66. The motion carried. 1 The following bills were allowed: MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC PLANT City of Hutchinson 8691 31,350.50 Standard Oil 8692 36,326.99 Hutchinson Utilities 8693 60.00 Debe Ahles 8694 21.30 Donald Berghuis 8695 42.60 Nina Drysdale 8696 21.30 Julie Gafkjen 8697 21.30 Larry Gauger 8698 21.60 Timothy Ingvoldstad 8699 21.20 Emil Jilek 8700 21.30 Dr. Timothy Jolin 8701 42.60 Terry Kenny 8702 21.30 Dexter Klitzke 8703 42.40 Sadey Koenig 8704 21.30 John Lehman 8705 21.30 Michael Liepke 8706 42.60 Kris Lindemeier 8707 21.20 Joyce Loncorich 8708 21.20 Steven Loy 8709 21.20 Susan Martin 8710 21.30 May Olson 8711 42.40 Gale Picha 8712 21.30 Elaine Post Steven Redalen 8713 8714 21.20 42.40 Richard Schendiet 8715 42.40 Standard Printing 8716 194.73 Bonnie Thompson 8717 21.20 Gerald Wocken 8718 42.60 Dallas Ziemann 8719 21.30 Caroline Zrust 8720 21.30 The CECO Corporation 8721 25.00 Rufus Alexander 8722 231.50 Plaza OK Hardware 8723 313.86 State Treasurer 8724 545.60 Gerald Rostum 8727 33.50 Beverly Macheledt 8728 31.22 Cary Linder 8729 12.68 Curtis Murrain 8730 18.83 James Fischer 8731 4.57 Hutchinson Utilities 8732 650.62 Linda Squier 8733 19.20 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 8734 3,641.87 State Treasurer 8735 2,953.91 Richard Sturges 8737 12.00 I. B. M. 8738 664.50 Ivan Larson 8739 206.41 Joan Limvere 8741 21.07 Pauline Bipes Marge Schiro 8742 8743 240.00 240.00 Linda Squier 8744 14.35 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 8745 3,918.14 State Treasurer 8746 3,045.84 Write Your Congressman 8747 91.00 General Electric Company 8748 2,286.12 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 8749 8.50 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 8750 381,000.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 8751 200,000.00 The CECO Corporation 8752 199.77 Hutchinson Util. - Petty Cash 8753 79.25 Frederickson's Inc. 8754 9.61 Schlueter Refrigeration 8755 25.00 William Breitkreutz 8756 3,400.00 Madsen Insurance Agency 8757 19,490.00 Emery Air Freight 8759 39.35 Hutchinson Util. - Petty Cash 8760 266.53 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 8761 5,000.00 Hoffman Plumbing & Heating 8762 9,723.00 G. M. C. Inc. 8763 167.29 Hutchinson Utilities 8764 13.04 Border States Electric Supply Company 8765 1,791.57 Returned Checks 9999 511.48 A & B Electric 3368 26.33 Border States Electric Supply Company 3369 2,340.00 Mrs. Fred Briggs 3370 20.00 Brock -White Company 3371 14.73 Burmeister Electric Company 3372 314.98 Business Products Inc. 3373 19.72 Central Minnesota Communications 3374 232.50 Chemplast Inc. 3375 131.67 Chicago Tube & Iron 3376 274.20 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 3377 52,951.07 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 3378 6,284.00 City of Hutchinson 3379 156.98 Commissioner of Revenue 3380 9,493.86 Commissioner of Revenue 3381 3,199.05 Cooper Energy Services 3382 1,546.19 Crane Packing Company 3383 423.48 Duro -Test Corporation 3384 347.19 V. W. Eimicke Associates Inc. 3385 37.13 Elvin Safety Supply Inc. 3386 57.60 H. W. Filk 3387 200.00 Floor Care Supply Company 3388 55.10 General Electric Company 3389 2,979.93 Graphic Controls Corporation 3390 142.00 H & C Electric Supply 3391 767.70 Hutchinson Shoppers Guide 3392 24.90 Hutchinson Telephone Company 3393 892.23 Hutchinson Util. Employee Fund 3394 105.00 Hutchinson Util. - Petty Cash 3395 277.64 Hutchinson Util. - Utility Bills 3396 153,593.43 I B E W Local 949 3397 287.74 Junker Sanitation Service 3398 50.00 Juul Contracting Company 3399 27.43 Kemske Paper Company 3400 130.02 Natural Gas Company 3401 283,305.47 Newark Electronics 3402 14.40 Northern States Supply Inc. 3403 3.82 Richard A. Peterson 3404 200.00 Pumps & Supplies I.nc. 3405 36.60 H. P. Quade 3406 200.00 Shopko Stores, Inc. 3407 38.88 Snap -On Tools Corporation 3408 59.46 State of Minnesota - Social Security 3409 4,680.52 State Planning Agency 3410 1,393.47 Sterling Electric Company 3411 88.66 Tippecanoe Press Inc. 3412 146.73 Clinton Tracy 3413 200.00 Uniforms Unlimited 3414 60.00 United Electric Corporation 3415 86.07 United Power Association 3416 87,422.87 Van Dusen 3417 43.96 W E S C 0 3418 1,361.12 Zins Machining 3419 72.00 Albrecht Oil Company 3420 123.28 Allen Office Products, Inc. 3421 21.04 American Linen Supply Company 3422 49.77 American Welding Supplies Inc. 3423 18.00 Anderson Chemical Company 3424 2,471.86 Apollo Piping Supply, Inc. 3425 184.71 Associated Consultants, Inc. 3426 2,018.57 Blue Cross & Blue Shield 3427 4,279.09 Burmeister Electric Company 3428 253.42 Business Products Inc. 3429 21.50 Coast -To -Coast 3430 37'.95 Colonial Life & Accident Insurance 3431 119.00 Continental Safety Equipment Inc. 3432 24.58 Diesel Systems, Inc. 3433 5,000.00 Ditch Witch of Minnesota 3434 173.69 Dostal & Oleson Oil Company 3435 163.90 Electro Watchman, Inc. 3436 104.33 Employee Data Forms, Inc. 3437 14.11 Ernest Gage Company 3438 19.55 Fabricare Cleaners of Hutch 3439 98.25 Family Rexall Drug 3440 41.42 Farm & Home Distributing 3441 44.56 Floor Care Supply Company 3442 73.00 Forbes' Champion Auto & Service 3443 39.80 Fresco 3444 195.90 Gamble Store 3445 2.00 General Trading Company 3446 65.38 Gibson Products 3447 5.96 Grayb ar Electric Company Inc. 3448 11.36 H & C Electric Supply 3449 156.15 Haynes Corporation 3450 288.45 Home Bakery 3451 349.44 The Hutchinson Leader 3452 19.83 Hutchinson Medical Center 3453 24.00 Hutchinson Utilities 3454 15.63 Hutchinson Wholesale Supplies 3455 186.66 Ideal Shoe Shop 3456 21.60 Jahnke's Red Owl 3457 163.10 Krasen Hardware Hank 3458 7.63 Krasen Plumbing & Heating 3459 40.12 Heath Consultants, Inc. Leef Bros., Inc. 3460 529.98 1990 Joan Limvere 3461 27.00 1,980.00 McLeod County Sanitary Landfill 3462 23.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Company Mel's Fire & Safety 3463 252.56 1994 Minnesota Supply Company 3464 122.47 822.29 Minnesota Valve & Fitting Company 3465 179.75 Case Power & Equipment Minnesota- Wisconsin Truck Llne 3466 297.10 1998 Moorhead Machinery & Boiler 3467 15,571.04 28.22 Northland Electric Supply Company 3468 218.83 Apollo Piping Supply, Inc. Paper Service Company 3469 31.80 673 Richard A. Peterson 3470 42.00 682.42 Power Supply Company 3471 264.75 Fisher Controls Company Premier Fastener Company 3472 296.22 677 Rockite Silo Inc. 3473 67.88 13.94 Roilgard, Inc. 3474 1,737.78 I B E W Local 949 Rutz Plumbing & Heating 3475 106.75 681 Schmeling Oil 3476 28.32 Siem's Bargain Center 3477 11.28 Simonson Lumber 3478 73.32 Sorenson Farm Supply 3479 66.68 Sterling Electric Company 3480 2,118.05 Thorsen, Campbell, Rolando & Lehne 3481 2,950.00 Twin City Testing 3482 72.00 Twin Town Electric & Control 3483 1,400.00 Wally's Tire Shop 3484 247.00 Westburne Supply Inc. 3485 24.34 W E S C 0 3486 364.42 Worthington Service Corporation 3487 7,621.73 Zep Manufacturing Company 3488 184.00 NATURAL GAS DIVISION R. E. Young 1988 165.00 Heath Consultants, Inc. 1989 2,078.13 Rufus Alexander 1990 150.00 Energy Economics 1991 1,980.00 Plaza OK Hardware 1992 30.04 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 1993 900.58 State Treasurer 1994 671.33 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 1995 822.29 State Treasurer 1996 642.50 Case Power & Equipment 1997 1.40 First National Bank 1998 20,000.00 Holiday Inn Old Mill 1999 28.22 American Meter Division 671 236.81 Apollo Piping Supply, Inc. 672 60.64 Case Power & Equipment 673 42.46 Commissioner of Revenue 674 682.42 First State Federal Savings 675 500.00 Fisher Controls Company 676 429.66 Hutchinson Util. Employee Fund 677 24.00 Hutchinson Util. - Petty Cash 678 13.94 Hutchinson Util. - utility bills 679 2,278.28 I B E W Local 949 680 57.75 Juul Contracting Company 681 27.43 Kenneth Koehler 682 23.50 McLeod Cooperative Power Association 683 28.08 State of Minnesota - Social Security 684 881.62 American Welding Supplies Inc. 685 143.56 Circle -Hutch Utility Board 686 235,932.82 Colonial Life & Accident Insurance 687 12.00 G. M. W. Inc. 688 27.41 G. T. C. Auto Parts 689 9.99 Green Giant Company 690 38.13 Hutchinson Oil Company 691 27.60 Hutchinson Util. - Utility Bills 692 413.65 Hutchinson Wholesale Supplies 693 37.54 Juul Contracting Company 694 15.00 Krasen Plumbing & Heating 695 9.00 Mississippi Tool Supply 696 56.85 Mueller Company 697 376.88 Martin Narr 698 80.00 North Central Public Service Company 699 8,576.73 Thorsen, Campbell, Rolando & Lehne 700 1,950.00 World Travel 701 122.00 I 1 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:45 a.m.