02-25-1982 HUCMRegular Meeting
February 25, 1982
Commissioner Filk and Commissioner Daggett were present, also
present were Mgr. Alexander, Counsel Peterson, Ivan Larson,
Ruth Hakel and Don Swanson of Associated Consultants.
The meeting was called to order by President Filk at 1 :00 p.m.
The January 20, 1982 and February 16, 1982 minutes were then
considered. A motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded
by Commissioner Filk to accept the minutes as corrected. Motion
was carried.
The January payables were then considered.
A motion was made by Commissioner Daggett seconded by Commissioner
Filk to accept the electric and gas division payable bills for
January, 1982. Motion was carried.
The January financial reports were reviewed by the Commission.
Mgr. Alexander presented the 1982 budget. A motion was made by
Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Filk to approve
the budget. Motion was unanimously carried. President Filk
commended management and staff on the completed budget.
Don Swanson and Ivan Larson, having been instructed by the Commission
(page 24) to prepare a report on any needed rate changes, presented
a rate study.
After discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded
by Commissioner Filk to present "one package" of any rate changes
to the City Council in September, so that any changes could be
implemented in October, 1982. Motion was unanimously carried.
Motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner
Filk to apply Northern Natural Gas Company's refund, in the amount
of $84,000, to the February fuel adjustment. Motion was unanimously
carried.
Mgr. Alexander stated that during the months of November and December,
$5,432.00 was spent for fuel in heating the Utility Center. Perhaps
60% being used in the shop or warehouse area. He presented quotes
for Ray -O -Vac heating. The Commission decided to delay action for
the time being.
The following are January payables:
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JANUARY PAYABLES - ELECTRIC
Hutch Utilities
Interest to Natural Gas Div.
5,447.34
Security - Connecticut
Insurance
5,031.95
New York Life Insurance
Medical insurance
7,543.30
Continental Assurance Co.
Insurance
51.70
Pat Freitag
Refund overpayment
11.46
Strode Brockman
Refund - overpayment
13.40
Michelle Levinski
Meter refund
& interest
27.67
Noreen Sikkila
18.42
Joann Joecks
20.23
Jeff Olson
4.78
American Payment Center
Rent
45.00
Pauline Bipes
Meter reading
315.00
Martin Briggs
Rent
20.00
Burmeister Electric
Equipment testing
30.25
Citizens Bank & Trust
Deposit slips
7.30
Citizens Bank & Trust
Deposit to Bond Payment
55,452.08
Account
Colonial Life
Accident insurance withheld
41.50
Continental Safety Equip.
Safety equipment
36.28
Crane Packing Company
Maint. engine #8
249.35
Ed Davis Business Machines
Office supplies, file
223.43
H & C Electric
Mdse.
78.48
Hutch Utilities - UB
Employee utility bills withheld
845.00
I. B. M.
Johnson Transfer
Rental
Freight
378.00
38.97
LaHass Mfg. & Sales
Truck Maint.
195.00
Natural Gas Division
Due to Natural Gas Division
697,457.37
Accounts Receivable
Paper Service Co.
Plant supplies
66.94
Richard Peterson
Legal retainer
400.00
Petty Cash
Postage, meter refunds &
1,036.55
interest
Marge Schiro
Meter reading
315.00
Cooper Energy Services
Engine inventory #1
284.97
Tester Corporation
Tools
18.67
Zee Medical Service
First Aid Supplies
41.40
State Treasurer
FICA withheld & expense
7,209.78
Commissioner of Revenue
State tax withheld
4,382.16
State Treasurer
PERA withheld & expense
3,948.15
Citizens Bank & Trust
Federal tax withheld
5,327.19
Tom Nemitz
Snow plowing
320.00
Great Lakes Elec Assn.
Dues
325.78
Hutchinson Utilities
Collection expense
50.00
Perry Goebel
Meter refund & interest
21.30
David Etheir
21.30
Alan DeLeuw
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21.30
Cindie Czech
42.60
Mary Blackwell
42.60
C ontinental Assurance
Insurance
312.64
Erickson's Diversified
Gasoline
56.53
Central Petroleum Co.
Motor oil
686.32
Hutchinson Utilities
Collection expense
420.62
Lynn's Auto Sales
Misc. expense - damage to cars
500.00
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Madsen Insurance Agency
Petty Cash
State Treasurer
Citizens Bank & Trust
Hutch Telephone Co.
A. L. Crump & Company
Cooper Energy Services
General Electric Supply
Fluid Mechanics
Tester Corporation
Uniforms Unlimited
United Building Centers
United Electric Corp.
Vermeer Sales
Velvet Coach
Welders Supply Company
Williams Steel & Hardware
Zep Manufacturing
Zins Machining
ATC Test Center
Albrecht Oil
Allen Office Products
American Linen Supply
American Welding Supplies
Anderson Chemical
Apollo Piping
Associated Consultants
Barco Bearing Company
Burlington Northern
Case Power & Equip
Coast -To -Coast Stores
Insurance
Office supplies
PERA withheld & expense
Federal tax withheld
Telephone
Engine inventory #8
Engine inventory #1
Meter inventory, loop 1
Engine inventory #7
Tools
Uniforms
Bldg. maint.
Mdse.
Trencher maint.
Meeting expense
Plant supplies
Tools
Plant supplies
Engine maint. #8
Truck maint.
Gasoline
Office supplies
Laundry
Plant supplies
Chemical inventory
Maint engine #8
Engineering fee
Maint. fuel oil system
Lease
Maint trencher
Plant sunolies_ truck m
ine
nint._
34,545.00
213.70
4,010.86
5,273.59
1,267.59
55.18
121.86
2,870.82
497.50
19.63
342.00
392.60
34.18
9.70
7.30
31.41
144.56
539.00
134.60
1,565.00
56.49
29.50
50.25
64.88
3,449.00
29.58
4,841.44
76.35
25.00
6.53
98.40
19,748.29
151.60
8.10
257.00
188.21
184.50.
12.50
4.38
166.50
60.84
31.50
92.61
36.02
66.80
77.93
1,775.32
75.00
28.68
232.88
174.60
231.00
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misc.
Commissioner of Revenue
Sales tax
Crane Packing
Engine maint. #8
Culligan Water Conditioning
Misc. expense
Ed Davis Business Machines
Office supplies
Ditch Witch
Maint. other equip.
Dostal & Oleson Oil Co.
Plant supplies
Electric Motor Company
Maint. engine #8
F. W. Woolworth
Office supplies
Fabricare Cleaners
Laundry
Family Rexall Drug
Office supplies
Floor Care Supply
Machine rental
Forbes Auto Store
Truck maint.
John Henry Foster Co.
Bldg. maint.
Four Seasons Services
Cup inserts
G. T. C. Auto Parts
Truck maint.
General Trading Co.
Plant supplies, mdse., truck
ma in t .
Gopher Sign Company
Mdse., distribution expense
W. W. Grainger Inc.
Mdse.
Hickory Insulation
Plant supplies
Home Bakery
Cookies
Hutch Chamber of Commerce
Dues
34,545.00
213.70
4,010.86
5,273.59
1,267.59
55.18
121.86
2,870.82
497.50
19.63
342.00
392.60
34.18
9.70
7.30
31.41
144.56
539.00
134.60
1,565.00
56.49
29.50
50.25
64.88
3,449.00
29.58
4,841.44
76.35
25.00
6.53
98.40
19,748.29
151.60
8.10
257.00
188.21
184.50.
12.50
4.38
166.50
60.84
31.50
92.61
36.02
66.80
77.93
1,775.32
75.00
28.68
232.88
174.60
231.00
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Hutch Plumbing Bldg. maint.
Hutch. Util. Employees Fund Employee fund withheld
Hutch Utilities - UB
Engines 114,206.64
Utility Center & Plant 5,811.25
Interdepartmental Labor 2,463.77
Hutch Wholesale Plant supplies, truck maint.,
mdse., misc.
I B E W Local 949 Union dues withheld
Ink Spots Office supplies
Interiors Unlimited Truck maint.
Jahnke's Red Owl Coffee, mist.
Junker Sanitation Refuse charge
Juul Contracting Underground maint.
Leef Bros. Laundry
Mankato Business Products Office supplies
Marco Office Supplies Office supplies
W. P. & R. S. Mars Co. Plant supplies, tools
Minnesota Hallowell Office supplies
Minnesota Valve & Fitting Plant supplies
Northland Electric Supply Engine maint #7
Price Electric Mdse., tools, bldg. maint.
Rockmount Research & Alloy Maint. power operated equip.
Schramm Implement Engine maint. #7
Sorenson Farm Supply Tools
Standard Printing Office supplies
Standard Register Company Office supplies
State of Minnesota - Dept. License fee
Natural Resources
Sterling Electric Plant supplies, inventory
Petty Cash Meter refund & interest
Petty Cash Office supplies, postage, gas,
Simonson Lumber
Industrial Supply
Apollo Piping Supply
Border States Supply
Burmeister Electric
Devoke Company
Farm & Home Dist.
General Electric Company
Graybar Electric
Great Lakes Electric Assn.
H & C Electric
Hutch Co -op
Olson Chain & Cable
Plaza OK Hardware
Power Supply Company
United Power Association
misc.
Plant supplies, bldg. maint.,
misc.
Plant supplies
Maint water system
Distribution inventory
Distribution expense
Office supplies
Plant supplies, truck maint.
Plant supplies, inventory,
maint. engine #8
Plant supplies
Dues
Mdse., distribution inventory
Plant supplies
Distribution expense
Plant supplies, misc.
Maint. engine #8
Purchased power
y '7--
14.07
76.00
122,481.66
267.83
481.63
14.00
5.00
225.48
78.00
90.00
97.70
40.04
42.48
84.90
144.00
65.36
46.50
57.41
143.94
4.32
7.80
248.60
1,160.28
15.00
129.09
156.80
149.48
87.12
9.08
166.89
74.52
25.66
16.03
28.65
1,375.55
50.03
153.46
582.03
33.70
42.63
49.46
197.20
319,858.47
JANUARY PAYABLES - GAS
Colonial Life
First National Bank
First State Federal
Hutch Utilities - UB
Zee Medical Service
State Treasurer
State Treasurer
Commissioner of Revenue
Citizens Bank & Trust
Hutchinson Utilities
Erickson's Diversified
First National Bank
State Treasurer
Citizens Bank & Trust
National Assn. of
Consumer Owned Gas
Apollo Piping
Albrecht Oil
Allen Office Products
American Meter Division
American Welding Supplies
Case Power & Equip
Coast -To -Coast Stores
Energy Economics
G. T. C. Auto Parts
General Trading
Hutch Util Employees Fund
Hutch Utilities - UB
Hutch Wholesale
I B E W Local 949
McLeod Co -op Power Assn.
Rockmount Research & Alloy
Petty Cash
Erickson Diversified
Farm & Home
Hutch Utilities
Plowman's
Circle -Hutch Utility Board
Accident insurance withheld
Deposit to Incremental Pricing
Account
Deposit to Contract for Deed
Account
Employees utility bills
withheld
First aid supplies
FICA withheld & expense
PERA withheld & expense
State tax withheld
Federal tax withheld
Natural Gas Division's portion
of meter room
Gasoline
Deposit to Contribution
Account
PERA withheld & expense
Federal Tax withheld
Dues
Inventory, meter expense
Gasoline
Office supplies
Maint. meters
Misc. expense
Maint. power operated eq u
Truck maint., meter expe
Misc.
Meter maint.
Truck maint.
Misc.
Employee fund withheld
Interdepartmental labor,
usage Peak Shaving
Truck maint. misc.
Union dues withheld
Electric usage - Peak Sha
Misc. expense
Truck expense, office sup
Gas
Maint. trucks
Due to Municipal Electric
January Expenses
Truck maint.
Purchased gas
ip.
nse,
20.70
1,279.96
864.33
903.10
1,228.29
3,628.60
186.23
20,900.00
831.55
1,119.61
300.00
55.67
78.26
7.60
162.63
124.90
19.65
18.01
22.81
9.08
147.08
16.00
electric 3,042.07
46.10
93.61
ving 88.30
46.46
plies 13.91
217.94
81.48
Plant 13,566.87
212.50
578,602.55
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4 :50 p.m.
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ATTEST t ,r t
H. W. Filk, President
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12.00
4,931.11
500.00
364.00
20.70
1,279.96
864.33
903.10
1,228.29
3,628.60
186.23
20,900.00
831.55
1,119.61
300.00
55.67
78.26
7.60
162.63
124.90
19.65
18.01
22.81
9.08
147.08
16.00
electric 3,042.07
46.10
93.61
ving 88.30
46.46
plies 13.91
217.94
81.48
Plant 13,566.87
212.50
578,602.55
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4 :50 p.m.
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ATTEST t ,r t
H. W. Filk, President
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