Loading...
08-27-1981 HUCM1 Regular Meeting August 27, 1981 All Commissioners were present, also present were Mgr. Alexander, Ruth Hakel and Counsel Peterson. The meeting was called to order at 9:30 a.m. by President Filk. The minutes and the July payables were considered. A motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy to accept the minutes of the July regular meeting in their printed form. The motion was carried. A motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy to accept the minutes of the Special Meeting of August 12, 1981, in their printed form. The motion was carried. A motion was made by Commissioner Tracy, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the gas and electric divisions payable bills for July as presented in their printed form. The motion was carried. Mgr. Alexander reported on his meeting with Home Insurance representatives on August 13, 1981 concerning final settlement on repairs made on General Electric unit #8. After lengthy discussion about the differences still remaining, the Commission instructed Mgr. Alexander to continue negotiations. A bid opening scheduled for 10:00 a.m. then took place. The added persons in attendance were as follows: Don Swanson and Dave Schmidt of Associated Consultants, Ivan Larson and "Butch" Wentworth - staff personnel, LeRoy Packent of Bentec Engineering, Ed Heetland of Heetland Electric Company and Bob Harper of E. A. Pedersen Company. President Filk instructed Secretary Tracy to open the bids with Counsel Peterson checking the bid bonds and Dave Schmidt reading the bids. The bids were as follows: Bentec Engineering Corp. $42,800.00 Harold K. Scholz Co. $154,700 E. A. Pedersen Co. $168,010 Heetland Electric $135,400 (includes $42,800 bid from Bentec) After the four bids were opened and read, President Filk thanked those in attendance for their participation in the bidding and instructed Dave Schmidt to evaluate the bids with staff and make his recommendation. Don Swanson of Associated Consultants then presented a study made by Associated Consultants on Wholesale Power Proposals. He read the proposal in detail answering and discussing questions asked by the manager and Commissioners. Dave Schmidt then appeared with a recommendation to accept the low bid from Heetland Electric Company of Laurens, Iowa, in the amount of $135,400. This bid conformed to the requirements of the specifications and covered items A, B, C and D. A motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy to accept the bid from Heetland Electric Company in the amount of $135,400. The motion was carried. A discussion then took place relative to an earlier meeting of the Commission and the City Council concerning the yearly contribution to the City of Hutchinson. A motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy that approximately $250,000 would be contributed to the City of Hutchinson for the year 1982 to be paid in quarterly payments. After discussion, the motion carried unanimously. President Filk then excused Secretary Tracy from the meeting to keep a personal appointment. Ruth Hakel was instructed to carry on as secretary. Discussion continued regarding Wholesale Power Proposals. It appeared at this point Hutchinson Utilities would wait to hear from Northern States Power Company and United Power Association (wheeling charges, etc.). Any action on rate increases was postponed until definite commitments were made regarding purchased power. Attorney Peterson stated September 10, 1981 was the date for Hearing on Motions regarding issue of enforceability of policy provision requiring that suit be filed within 14 months after loss. (Re: units 4 and 7) Attorney Peterson discussed Memorandum of Agreement (re: units 4 and 7). This memorandum confirms the terms upon which he will represent the Hutchinson Utilities Commission in litigation. The Commission decided to accept the agreement. The following are July payables: 1 JULY PAYABLES - ELECTRIC American Air Filter Engine inventory #8 736.40 American Payment Center Rent 45.00 Pauline Bipes Meter reading 290.00 Mrs. Fred Briggs Rent 20.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Deposit to Bond & Interest 55,070.84 Account Colonial Life & Accident Accident insurance withheld 41.50 Four Seasons Services Cup inserts 33.40 Graybar Electric Misc. supplies 61.07 Hutch Utilities - UB Employee utility bills withheld 835.00 I.B.M. Corporation Maint. charge 349.00 Madsen Insurance Insurance 4,690.50 Natural Gas Division Due to Gas Division - June 403,576.84 Accounts Receivable Petersen - Wisdorf Distribution inventory 447.30 Richard Peterson Retainer, services 631.00 H. R. Peterson Company Engine inventory #8 80.16 Petty Cash Postage 626.73 Pumps & Supplies Maint. water system 54.65 Quast Transfer Freight 23.15 Region 6E Community Act. Refund on credit balances 1,789.72 Marge Schiro Meter reading 290.00 W E S C 0 Transformer inventory 124.56 Continental Assurance Co. Insurance premium 203.03 New York Life Insurance Medical insurance 7,460.72 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 5,221.91 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,653.66 Continental Assurance Co. Insurance premium 49.00 Area Vo -Tech School School Expense 40.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Investment - 30 days @ 17.75% 100,000.00 First National Bank Investment - 180,000 60 days 330,000.00 @ 17.5% 150,000 90 days @ 17.2% Petty Cash Meter refunds & interest 442.87 McMaster -Carr Supply Office supplies 26.30 Madsen Insurance Insurance - Fire Policy 13,349.00 Prairie Winds Motel School Expense - Don Merkins 56.70 General Electric Co. Utility payment to G.E. 160,221.06 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 1,955.04 State Treasurer, Social FICA withheld & expense 9,930.60 Security Contribution Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 5,053.45 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,586.60 Erickson's Oil Gasoline 87.95 General Electric Supply Distribution inventory - meters 436.43 Wally Tire Center Truck maint. 10.00 Hutchinson Co -op Plant supplies 150.47 T & R Electric Transformer inventory 2,495.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Printing charges 7.10 Franklin Boller Morning paper 16.80 Western Union Telegram to Washington, D.C. 14.95 H & C Electric Distribution maint. 216.00 Burmeister Electric Meter maint. 2,065.60 Hutch Mfg. & Sales San Francisco Hilton A. Alfson Barry Anderson Tom Buresh Mavis Jorgenson Mrs. Walter Klabunde John Livers Dewey Noel Jim Olson Doug Sanderson Dave Schiesher Duane Wiest Hutchinson Utilities Kelly Sorg Bill Marquardt Citizens Bank & Trust Commissioner of Revenue State Treasurer Linda Hahn Laura Nimmers Lynne Skowronski Wendell Springer Neil Hedquist Debbie Bergquist Byron Buley Michael Leitch Eileen Hermann Eric Kamischke Air Hydraulic Systems Albrecht Oil Allen Office Products American Linen Supply American Welding Supplies Amoco Oil Company Anderson Chemical Co. Apollo Piping Supply Associated Consultants Brinkman Studios C & H Distributors Central MN Communications City of Hutchinson Cleveland Cotton Products Coast-To-Coast Coca -Cola Bottling Co. Commissioner of Revenue Culligan Water Cond. Ditch Witch of NN Fabricare Cleaners Family Rexall Drug Farm & Home Felska's Auto Services Floor Care Supply Misc. plant expense Meeting expense Meter refund & interest i Collection expense Meter refund & interest Safety glasses Federal tax withheld State tax withheld PERA withheld & expense Meter refund & interest Maint engine #1 & #2 Gasoline Office supplies Laundry Plant supplies Gasoline Chemical inventory Plant supplies, maint. system Engineering services Film Plant supplies Radio repair Insurance premium Plant supplies Plant supplies, misc. d & plant Maint. engine #7 Sales tax Plant supplies Maint. of trucks Laundry Office supplies Maint. truck & trencher Truck maint. Plant supplies water 30.68 1,257.31 21.20 21.20 21.30 21.30 21.30 22.40 42.40 21.30 21.30 21.20 21.20 284.89 2.13 112.00 5,505.64 4,074.39 3,877.83 3.22 13.57 16.19 13.17 20.45 9.60 6.67 2.54 11.68 9.79 22.86 70.05 24.77 59.81 33.60 21.22 10, 89 3.76 127.08 10,279.86 2.87 41.03 109.42 46,902.00 163.64 istrib ution 114.49 6.50 12,524.58 8.10 471.31 275.50 58.28 15.01 63.75 52.00 1 Forbe's Auto Service Truck maint. 10.00 G.T.C. Auto Parts Plant tools 15.07 General Electric Co. Plant supplies inventory 920.09 W E S C 0 meter expense, plant supplies 56.60 T & R Electric Supply Transformer inventory 641.00 Graybar Electric Distribution inventory 8,662.88 Peterson Wisdorf Distribution inventory, mdse., 499.18 overhead maint. McGraw- Edison Service Engine inventory #3, maint. 77.29 engine #3 Leeds & Northrup Engine inventory #9, plant 125.52 supplies H & C Electric Distribution inventory, plant 855.13 supplies, mist. distribution General Electric Supply Distribution inventory, mist. 3,054.09 expense Cooper Energy Services Engine inventory #1, #7) maint. 970.11 engine #7 Burmeister Electric Distribution inventory, 1,333.24 distribution maint. Border States Electric Distribution inventory, mdse. 1,197.60 American Air Filter Engine inventory #8 54.10 Heikes Hardware Hank Plant supplies 6.67 Home Bakery Rolls 382.20 Hutch Auto Body Truck maint. 132.06 Hutchinson Leader Hutchinson Oil Advertising Plant supplies 449.13 11.00 Hutchinson Telephone Telephone service 1,197.48 Hutch Util Employee Fund Employee Fund withheld 171.00 Hutch Util Utility Bills 250,337.23 Engines 248,672.70 Utility Center & Plant 672.74 Interdepartmental Labor 991.79 Hutchinson Wholesale Plant supplies, truck maint., 126.98 maint. engine #1, 2, 7 I.B.M. Corporation Maint. charge 411.50 IBEW Local 949 Union dues withheld 446.01 Ink Spots Office supplies 37.50 J.B. House Counselors Meter room 78.00 J.C. Penney Co. Uniforms 35.05 Jahnke's Red Owl Coffee 118.65 Junker Sanitation Refuse service 78.00 L & P Supply Truck maint. 29.67 Leef Bros. Inc. Laundry 125.47 Lystad's Inc. Misc. supplies - distribution 64.50 Mankato Business Prod. Office supplies 57.44 W.P. & R.S. Mars Co. Plant supplies 62.59 Minnesota Hallowell Tools 50.59 G. F. Nemitz Sons Plant supplies 7.95 Chas. Olson & Sons Inc. Truck maint. 181.51 Paper Service Plant supplies 86.38 Plaza OK Hardware Plant supplies 44.38 Power Supply Company Maint. engine #8 89.02 Precision Castweld Maint. engine #7 3,750.00 Pumps & Supplies Maint. water system Rockite Silo Distribution expense Simonson Lumber Maint. water system distribution expense Sterling Electric Meter expense, plant supplies Russell A. Thompson, M.D. Safety glasses - R. Blake Tippecanoe Press Office supplies Traffic Control Corp. Mdse. Uber Glove Co. Gloves United Fund United Fund withheld The Wall Street Journal Subscription Wigen Chevrolet Truck maint. Williams Steel & Hdwe. Plant tools Zep Mfg. Company Plant supplies Petty Cash Meter refunds & interest Petty cash Postage, meeting expense, misc. Pheoll Mfg. Company Maint. engine #7, plant supplies Burmeister Electric Estimate #2 Apollo Piping Supply Plant supplies Border States Supply Mdse. maint. underground lines Central Petroleum Oil General Trading Mdse., plant supplies H & C Electric Distribution inventory Hutch Co -op Plant supplies Juul Contracting Mdse. Madsen Insurance Insurance Power Process Equip. Maint. engine X68 Price Electric Distribution inventory, mdse. Quast Transfer, Inc. Freight charges Robins, Zelle, Larson Legal Fees Rockite Silo Mdse. U.P.A. Purchased power Zins Machining Maint. Engine #7 JULY PAYABLES - GAS C & H Distributors Colonial Life & Accident First National Bank First State Federal Hutch Utilities - UB Madsen Insurance Minn. Limited Southside Auto Body Citizens Bank & Trust State Treasurer Midwest Gas Assn. Lodge of Four Seasons Midwest Gas Assn. Hutchinson Utilities Misc. supplies Accident insurance withheld Deposit to incremental pricing account Deposit to Savings Contract for Deed Employee utility bills withheld Insurance premium Relocating gas lines on bridge Maint. of trucks Federal tax withheld PERA withheld Meeting expense - summit conference Meeting - room deposit Meeting expense Due to Municipal Electric Plant share of meter room expense 108.11 79.13 31.22 68.66 74.00 30.82 15.45 197.91 112.00 141.00 14.20 65.95 780.00 146.37 268.63 202.54 2,877.48 49.09 93.29 302.80 296.08 479.69 12.50 40.00 7,008.00 3.59 144.91 33.45 9,887.96 106.50 155,601.60 24.00 53.79 12.00 16,327.03 500.00 309.00 9,046.50 8,080.00 262.80 1,145 .46 771.88 420.00 122.00 170.00 7,982.46 I 1 Due to Municipal Electric Plant 4,796.87 Interest on investment FICA withheld & expense 1,794.00 PERA withheld & expense Hutchinson Utilities Federal tax withheld State Treasurer, Social Meeting expense Security Contribution Maint. of regulators State Treasurer Gasoline Citizens Bank & Trust Inventory mains, misc. Lodge of the Four Seasons Deposit to Contribution acct. Hutch Iron & Metal Due to Municipal Electric Plant Erickson's Oil prior expenses Apollo Piping Supply PERA withheld & expense First National Bank Federal tax withheld Hutchinson Utilities Fittings inventory State Treasurer Meter inventory Citizens Bank & Trust Gasoline Apollo Piping Supply Misc. expense American Meter Division Meter set expense Albrecht Oil State tax withheld American Welding Supplies Truck maint., misc. supplies Coast -To -Coast Mains Commissioner of Revenue Truck maint. Farm & Home Employee fund withheld The Harco Corporation Interdepartmental labor, uniforms Hutch Auto Body Purchased gas for July Hutch Util Employee Fund Truck maint. Hutch Utilities - UB Hutch Wholesale Maint. of services IBEW Local 949 Misc. expense Dr. M. J. Juffer L & P Supply McLeod Coop Power Assn. Main Motor Sales Chas. Olson & Sons Pennwalt Corporation Plaza OK Hardware Rockite Silo Schramm Implement Simonson Lumber Sorenson Farm Supply Uber Glove Company United Fund Wigen Chevrolet Petty cash Johnson Transfer Apollo Piping Supply Central Petroleum Co. Circle Hutch Utility Circle Pines Utility Crow River Glass Dresser Mfg. Division Energy Economics Due to Municipal Electric Plant 4,796.87 Interest on investment FICA withheld & expense 1,794.00 PERA withheld & expense 769.82 Federal tax withheld 1,135.78 Meeting expense 122.00 Maint. of regulators 2.00 Gasoline 153.14 Inventory mains, misc. 7,550.82 Deposit to Contribution acct. 20,900.00 Due to Municipal Electric Plant 9,587.43 prior expenses 397.60 PERA withheld & expense 828.40 Federal tax withheld 1,309.24 Fittings inventory 63.53 Meter inventory 4,862.12 Gasoline 35.02 Misc. expense 27.23 Meter set expense 3.16 State tax withheld 1,286.95 Truck maint., misc. supplies 24.37 Mains 26.40 Truck maint. 66.04 Employee fund withheld 36.00 Interdepartmental labor, uniforms 3,168.82 gas Truck maint. 26.81 Union dues withheld 76.00 Safety glasses - D. Riedel 65.25 Truck maint. 14.83 Electric usage Peak Shaving 26.00 Truck maint. 18.00 Truck maint. 90.75 Spotleak 397.60 Misc. supplies 42.90 Mains 156.10 Maint. of trencher 15.50 Meter room 27.05 Maint. of trencher 28.03 Gloves 118.74 United Fund withheld 18.00 Truck maint. 7.10 Misc. expense 9.52 Freight charges 47.61 Fittings inventory 184.08 Oil 151.40 Purchased gas for July 358,041.84 Purchased gas for July 14.58 Truck maint. 134.33 Maint. of services 23.01 Misc. expense 60.40 Hutch Co -op Misc. expense 12.50 Juul Contracting Mains 41.30 Northern States Supply Misc. expense 38.51 There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:30 p.m. on a motion by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Filk. Clinton Tracy, Secretary ATTEST H. W. Filk, President 1