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05-17-1982 HUCMRegular Meeting May 17, 1982 All Commissioners were present, also present were Mgr. Alexander, Ruth Hakel and Counsel Peterson. The meeting was called to order by President Filk at 1:00 p.m. The minutes and payables of April were then considered. A motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy to accept the minutes of the regular meeting of April 26, 1982 as presented. Motion was carried. A motion was made by Commissioner Tracy, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the gas and electric divisions payable bills for April, 1982. Motion was carried. Mgr. Alexander reported on the following: 1. That the Curtiss - Wright lawsuit is progressing at a normal rate. No trial date has been set. 2. That Cooper Energy Services will pay 50% of the cost of chroming nine (9) liners. Hutchinson Utilities will pay all freight charges and will sell the tenth liner to defray expenses. A motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy to authorize the chroming of nine (9) liners at 50% of Cooper Energy Services' cost - estimated to be about $19,000.00 plus freight. 3. That the Department of Energy, Planning & Development had billed the Utilities for assessments that have accumulated since 1979. Considerable discussion took place on the subject. 1 �, '7 _! - Mr. Thomas A. Burich, executive vice - president, and Mr. David Jensen, senior vice - president of Citizens Bank & Trust Company, appeared at the meeting. Their mission was to convince the Commission to accept municipal bonds and first mortgages as collateral for monies invested. The Commission cited a recent motion which stated that funds belonging to the Hutchinson Utilities Commission shall be secured by U. S. Government obligations as collateral. All obligations to be stated at market value. They were also informed that the other financial institutions in Hutchinson were in harmony with our policy. Mgr. Alexander reported on the following: 1. That the Curtiss - Wright lawsuit is progressing at a normal rate. No trial date has been set. 2. That Cooper Energy Services will pay 50% of the cost of chroming nine (9) liners. Hutchinson Utilities will pay all freight charges and will sell the tenth liner to defray expenses. A motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy to authorize the chroming of nine (9) liners at 50% of Cooper Energy Services' cost - estimated to be about $19,000.00 plus freight. 3. That the Department of Energy, Planning & Development had billed the Utilities for assessments that have accumulated since 1979. Considerable discussion took place on the subject. 1 �, '7 _! - S" A motion was made by Commissioner Tracy, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to pay the Department of Energy, Planning & Development $6,354.90 for assessments through 1981. Counsel Peterson was instructed to prepare a letter of inquiry and protest to accompany the payment. Motion was carried. 4. Reported on the Job and Safety Training Program for municipals. Working thru the Vo -Tech School at Wadena, six (6) subjects, including safety and first aid, can be taught for a cost of $15.00 per employee for each course of instruction. This program will be acted on at the summer meeting of Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association. 5. Covered problems with certain controls made by Aquatrol of Minneapolis. The company is redesigning the units. 6. That unit #8 should be on line by June 1, 1982. 7. Reported on a recent outage that was caused by failure of certain recently installed gear. 8. Covered items concerning co- generation. The following are April payables: 1 1 9 r7 ry APRIL PAYABLES - ELECTRIC American Payment Center Rent for collection box 45.00 Pauline Bipes Meter reading 315.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Deposit to Bond Payment Account 551452.08 Colonial Life Insurance Accident insurance withheld 41.50 Hutch Util. - UB Employee utility bills withheld 935.00 Natural Gas Division Due to Natural Gas Division - 545,358.87 Accounts Receivable Richard Peterson Legal retainer 400.00 Marge Schiro Meter reading 315.00 Dr. Channing Smith Misc. expense 38.00 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp. withheld 222.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Employee deferred comp. withheld 50.00 State Street Bank & Trust Employee deferred comp. withheld 50.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 5,212.48 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,988.43 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 51.70 New York Life Insurance Medical insurance 8,387.56 Continental Assurance Life insurance 226.00 MN Municipal Util Assn. Meeting expense 200.00 Radisson Arrowwood Meeting expense 1,353.92 Rick Peterson Overpayment - refund 83.08 Veterans Administration Overpayment - refund 44.61 Richard Moison ICMA Retirement Corp. Overpayment - refund Employee deferred comp. withheld 13.67 200.00 Apollo Piping Supply Distribution inventory 18.00 Continental Safety Equip. Truck maint. 105.59 Electronic Center Inc. Plant supplies, mdse. 24.00 Floor Care Supply Plant supplies 30.15 Four Seasons Services Cup inserts 33.40 General Electric Company Engine maint. #8 101.00 Graham Mfg. Company Engine inventory, engine maint. 1,628.48 #8 Graybar Electric Company Transformer 309.00 H & C Electric Supply Plant supplies, meter expense, 109.86 distribution inventory, mdse. I. B. M. Corporation Lease agreement 402.00 Power Process Equip. Engine maint. #8 125.91 Quast Transfer Freight 29.49 Sterner Lighting Mdse. 185.00 Stewart Paint Mfg. Bldg. maint. 345.50 Petty Cash Meter refunds & interest 267.16 Tom Schraufnagel 18.96 James Haagenson 19.02 Pat Maiers Anderson 6.06 Mrs. F. Martin 33.60 Petty Cash Postage 716.29 Wally's Tire Center Truck maint. 94.00 I. B. M. Corporation Maint. service 455.00 Dudley's Sales Heating system 7,681.24 Apollo Piping Supply Misc. Plant 6.17 Apollo Piping Supply Engine inventory #8, misc. 282.65 wt a f �.R State Street Bank & Trust Employee deferred comp. withheld 50.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Employee deferred comp. withheld 50.00 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp. withheld 222.00 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp. withheld 200.00 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 4,049.99 State Treasurer, Social FICA withheld & expense 7,192.08 Security Contribution Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 4,718.90 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 5,566.74 Ruggles Klingemann Maint. engine #8 914.02 Central Petroleum Co. Motor oil 224.68 Nate Smutka Meeting expense 67.02 City of Hutchinson Loop line 231.05 Associated Consultants Engineering fees 21470.32 Doherty, Rumble & Butler Legal expense 1,000.00 Electronic Center, Inc. Mdse. 12.05 Petty Cash Meter refund & interest 266.30 Madsen Insurance Insurance 123.00 Abbott Electronics Meter expense 2.50 American Linen Supply Laundry 81.86 Anderson Chemical Co. Chemicals 1,723.60 Apollo Piping Supply Plant supplies, maint. engine #8 329.18 Border States Electric Distribution inventory, misc. 14.90 Brandon Tire Truck maint. 90.00 Bristol Babcock Inc. Engine inventory #3 274.50 E. J. Brooks Company Meter expense 118.87 Burlington Northern Lease 25.00 Burmeister Electric Co. Distribution inventory, meter 1,960.68 maint. Citizens Bank & Trust Office supplies 7.15 Crane Packing Engine inventory #8 78.38 Diesel Service Company Maint. fuel oil system 48.79 Family Rexall Drug Office supplies 9.11 Farm & Home Distributing Plant supplies, truck maint. 38.48 Flaherty Equip. Corp. Building maint. 254.26 Forbe's Auto Service Truck maint. 36.42 General Electric Supply Distribution inventory, misc. 840.00 Guy Speaker Company Maint. water system 48.18 H & C Electric Supply Distribution inventory, line 372.24 main t. Hickory Insulation Engine maint. #8 45.44 Home Bakery Cookies 197.55 Hutchinson Telephone Co. Telephone 1,400.40 Hutch Utilities Employee fund withheld 76.00 Hutch Wholesale Plant supplies, truck maint., 529.95 misc. I B E W Local 949 Union dues withheld 481.63 LaMarche Mfg. Company Bldg. maint. 68.56 McLeod County Landfill Dumping charges 8.00 Mankato Business Products Office supplies 59.90 Marco Office supplies Office supplies 122.22 Pat Mikulecky Studio Misc. expense 42.00 I 1 Paper Service Company Petersen - Wisdorf Inc. Plaza OK Hardware Price Electric Quast Transfer Rockite Silo Sterling Electric Stewart Paint Mfg. Co. Traffic Control Corp. Uber Glove Company United Building Centers United Electric Corp. Welders Supply Company Zep Mfg. Company Troy Field Al Grams Barbara Holtz Floyd Kruger Willard Rosenow Lane Schlecht Todd Schnobrich Leslie Severin Duane Verdeck Elmer Wendorff Robert Wilman Petty Cash Petty Cash MN Student Section Industrial Supply Inc. General Trading Company Albrecht Oil Allen Office Products American Welding Supplies Associated Consultants Black & Decker Burmeister Electric Co. Central- McGowan Coast-To-Coast Commissioner of Revenue A. L. Crump & Company Erickson Oil Fabricare Cleaners G. T. C. Auto Parts Fitzloff Gambles Graybar Electric Co. H & C Electric Supply Plant supplies Distribution inventory, maint. i Plant supplies, tools, m Mdse. Freight Distribution maint. Plant supplies Bldg. maint. Mdse. Gloves Dispatch room - misc. Plant supplies inventory, supplies Plant supplies Plant supplies Meter refund & interest Office supplies, plant s misc. expense Meter refund & interest Engine maint. #8 Plant supplies Plant supplies, mdse., t misc. Gas Office supplies Plant supplies Engineering fees Tools Distribution - misc. Plant supplies Plant supplies, bldg. m misc. Sales tax Engine maint. #8, engine inventory #8 Gas Laundry Plant supplies, tools Misc. Distribution inventory Distribution inventory 49.60 truck 1,002.12 sc. plant upplies, ools, ain t. , 35.01 48.10 150.36 48.71 18.49 223.00 51.40 285.07 62.39 280.14 15.30 597.00 21.20 21.20 42.40 42.40 42.40 21.30 42.40 42.60 42.40 42.40 21.30 273.67 109.60 500.00 114.25 343.26 79.45 144.05 67.38 7,389.64 85.81 13.63 16.65 48.65 22,821.77 74.61 64.16 214.00 46.25 7.60 1,732.80 212.38 Heetland Electric Hutchinson Co -op Hutchinson Utilities Hutchinson Utilities Jahnke's Red Owl Junker Sanitation Leef Bros. McLeod Co -op Power Assn. MARCO Office Supplies Moorhead Machinery Petersen- Wisdorf Inc. Price Electric Quad e' s The Satterlee Company Simonson Lumber Sterling Electric Stewart Paint Mfg. TRW Replacement United Electric Corp. United Power Assn. W E S C 0 Contract estimate #3 Plant supplies Collection expense Engines 67,175.04 Electric usage 2,683.05 Interdepartmental 5,111.71 labor Coffee Refuse service Laundry Purchase of Our Saviors Church account Office supplies Engine maint. #8 Distribution inventory Plant supplies, bldg. maint. Meter expense Tools Plant supplies, bldg. maint. Plant supplies Bldg. maint. Tools Swi tchgear bldg. Purchased power Mdse., distribution inventory APRIL PAYABLES - GAS Colonial Life Insurance First National Bank First State Federal Hutch Utilities First State Federal Putnam Fund Dist. Citizens Bank & Trust State Treasurer Case Power & Equipment Continental Safety Equip. Fisher Controls Gerry's Vision Center Sullair North Central Wally's Tire Center First State Federal Orville Kuiken MN Municipal Util Assn. Putnam Fund Dist. Central Petroleum Co. State Treasurer State Treasurer, Social Security Contribution Commissioner of Revenue Accident insurance withheld Deposit to Contribution account Deposit to Contract for Deed account Employees utility bills withheld Employee deferred comp. withheld Employee deferred comp. withheld Federal tax withheld PERA withheld & expense Other power equip. maint. Truck maint. Regulator inventory Misc. expense Power operated equip. maint. Truck maint. Employee deferred comp. withheld Meter expense Job training & safety program Employee deferred comp. withheld Motor oil PERA withheld & expense FICA withheld & expense State tax withheld 69,543.00 23.00 85.87 74,969.80 210.18 89.00 81.17 8,653.72 177.84 20,800.17 55.81 30.63 130.00 11.02 346.00 84.67 249.50 685.79 118.12 330,989.76 102.71 12.00 20,900.00 500.00 357.00 15.00 150.00 1,168.47 851.97 23.10 25.55 8.61 31.00 115.93 5.00 15.00 50.00 510.00 150.00 134.80 871.00 1,303.50 985.38 1 1 1 1 Citizens Bank & Trust Apollo Piping Supply Redman Travel Apollo Piping Supply Brandon Tire Case Power & Equip. Farm & Home Dist. Forbe's Auto Service Heath Consultants Inc. Hutch Utilities Hutch Wholesale I B E W Local 949 McLeod Co -op Power Assn. The Patco Company Plaza OK Hardware Uber Glove Company Petty Cash Northern Natural Gas Co. Albrecht Oil Company American Welding Supplies Circle -Hutch Utility Board Erickson Oil Fisher Controls G. T. C. Auto Parts Hutch Utilities Mississippi Tool Supply Penwalt Corporation Schramm Implement Stewart Paint Mfg. W. D. Enterprises Wetenkamp Utility Sales General Trading Company E. J. Brooks Company Hutchinson Utilities Federal tax withheld Inventory Meeting expense - 0. Kuik Inventory Truck maint. Maint. other power equip. Misc. expense Truck maint. Laboratory equip. Employee fund withheld Truck maint., misc. Union dues withheld Electric usage - Border S Maint. power operated equ Misc. Gloves Truck maint., misc. Purchased gas Gas Misc. Purchased gas Gas Inventory Misc. Interdepartmental labor, Misc. expense Spotleak Trencher maint. Paint Trencher maint. Misc. supplies Truck maint. Meter expense Due to Municipal Electric prior expenses 7,3,q-;L- There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:15 p.m. on a motion by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy. ATTEST H. W. Filk, President Clinton Tracy, Secretary 1,213.00 2.41 en- 42.00 48.41 44.99 482.12 14.82 18.27 2,506.33 16.00 98.39 93.61 tation 44.10 ip. 221.10 3.22 171.05 15.62 219.32 126.96 31.45 340,335.64 128.30 125.86 6.15 gas 21461.70 24.95 436.65 5.96 99.80 37.45 46.60 184.77 51.49 Plant 162044.76 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:15 p.m. on a motion by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy. ATTEST H. W. Filk, President Clinton Tracy, Secretary