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07-25-1983 HUCMRegular Meeting July 25, 1983 Commissioner Daggett and Commissioner Lyke were present; also present were Mgr. Alexander, Counsel Peterson and Ruth Hakel. Vice President Daggett called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. At this time Commissioner Lyke was instructed to open the bids for the Installation of Roofing and Roof Insulation on the Utility Building'and Counsel Peterson to identify the type of bid security. The following companies submitted bids: Marty's Roofing & Sheet Metal 674 Harrington Hutchinson, MN 55350 Patten Roofing Company, Inc. P.O. Box 959 435 Cleveland Avenue East Winnebago, MN 56098 West Central Roofing Contractors, Inc. Box 1292 Willmar, MN 56201 Rutledge Roofing P.O. Box 5 Murdock, MN 56271 Attached to the face of these minutes is the bid tabulation. After the bids were opened and read, Vice President Daggett asked staff and Associated Consultants to review each bid and make a recommendation to the Commission. The June 30th minutes were reviewed. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the June minutes as presented. Motion was unanimously carried. The June electric and gas payables were then considered. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the payables. Ruth Hakel presented the financial statements for both entities. After discussion, Commissioner Lyke made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept both reports. Motion was unanimously carried. Counsel Peterson informed the Commission that the LeRoy Christensen trial date has been reset to October 3, 1983. Mgr. Alexander reported on a meeting held with Minnesota Mining & Manufacture personnel. It was indicated, in the near future, an increase in the electric load could be expected. Flexible gas pricing was explained. Mgr. Alexander informed the Commission that the second annual meeting of the National Association of Consumer Owned Gas Systems would be held August 10 & 11 at Kansas City, Missouri. He asked that Orville Kuiken, gas superintendent, represent the Hutchinson Utilities. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to send Orville Kuiken to the meeting. Motion was unanimously carried. Ivan Larson gave an evaluation on electric and gas rates for the first six months of 1983. Vice President Daggett asked for any old business. Commissioner Lyke inquired if any additional insurance (liability) had been purchased. Mgr. Alexander will receive a written report on total coverage and the dollar amount for an additional $5,000,000 coverage. The following are June payables: L CD V) C) vt C:c uj LO Ul V) o ca cc LLJ o- tA- <C Lli C) Ln 0-4 .::c M X: Ln L4 -:3z Z: C:) O CD V) ,z• VI UJ 00 = = C\j V) Z! 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C Ln C) o TJ ra LS) o (Z 4-J U Ln 0— C\. 0) C\j U tZ c w CY) - L.C: — LO r_ M V) L+- 4- •- 0-) X: S- 0 O 4- Lr) o 0 0 0 0 0 4-J U x o') C: em C\J (D X 0 •3 (U S.- m S- U) 0 2- c co -0 C-) -1-j INJ (a -0 co u ai cu a) 0 4 - u 4-J C 4-j 0 Tj S- x 41 4-1 C-D c 4.1 ci x 4-j 'D (a 0 :3 ra a) 0 7 73 ZE co S 2 G. :r 3. _3 444-- JUNE PAYABLES - ELECTRIC American Payment Centers Rent 50.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Deposit to bond payment account 55,660.42 Colonial Life & Accident Accident insurance withheld 88.00 Graybar Electric Dist. inventory maint. engine #9 523.58 Hutch Utilities - UB Employee utility bill withheld 1,095.00 I. B. M. Corporation Maintenance service 441.50 Natural Gas Division Due to Natural Gas Division - 307,114.27 Accounts Receivable Petersen - Wisdorf, Inc. Maint. overhead and underground 54.00 Richard Peterson Legal retainer 400.00 Truck Utilities & Mfg. Truck maintenance 5.91 Petty Cash Meter refunds and interest 405.94 Dave Papke 11.04 Mike Hintz 16.76 Harold Ehrrich 12.31 Michael Richards 19.00 Dave Kracht 10.58 Bruce Jensen 6.91 Steve Frank 1.59 Dave Cartwright 7.45 Jeff Lorenzen 5.55 Diana Kantrud Over payment final bill 18.91 Kelly S. Orbeck 2.74 Ronald Taylor 2.85 Mark S. Miller 166.10 State Treasurer PER hheld & expense 4,278.21 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 4,258.57 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp. withheld 50.00 ICMA Retirement Employee deferred comp. withheld 538.00 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 46.75 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 178.11 New York Life Insurance Medical insurance 10,179.33 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 4,446.33 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 6,630.04 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 4,750.50 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 4,369.05 Petty Cash Meals - storm expense 187.53 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp. withheld 50.00 ICMA Retirement Corp. Enployee deferred comp. withheld 538.00 Graybar Electric Distribution inventory 974.71 Petty Cash Postage 727.19 Anoka Electric Coop. URD expense 94.45 Border States Electric Transformer maintenance 35.02 Commissioner of Revenue Sales tax - June estimate 9,000.00 Crow River Glass Co. Building maintenance 149.00 Don Hall Company Mdse. 12.95 Floor Care Supply Misc. 12.00 Esterline Angus Maintenance station equipment 231.00 Four Seasons Services Cup inserts 33.40 Graybar Electric Distribution inventory 442.14 I. B. M. Corporation Lease 428.00 JUNE - ELECTRIC (cont.) Dominic Novak Patchin Fertilizer Petersen - Wisdorf, Inc. R. G. Read & Company Shopko Sterling Electric Texgas Walter Hombach Ruth Hakel Myron Tucker Nathan Smutka Norman Bohn Joan Limvere Harriet Burich Rufus Alexander Thomas Lyke McLeod Coop Power Asso. Jerome Ebert Delmar Ortloff Nathan Stnutka Dexter Klitzke Laverne Wylie Hutch Telephone Co. Prairie House, Inc. Petty Cash Bill Marquardt Harvey Kemper Myron Tucker Beverly Popp Melvin Wentworth Delmar Ortloff Arnold Nass Curtis Dahl R. H. Alexander Hutch Jaycee Water Carn. Petty Cash Vance Woller David Wolfe Tim Swenson Luverne Schneider De Dee Pursley Lawrence Nichols Ann Mengenhauser Glen Matejka Elmer Maker Al Lenz B. W. Kopesky Kevin Johnson Carl Hutchison Victor Hilbert Scott Helmbrecht Cecile Hayward Misc. Plant supplies Distribution inventory Tools Plant supplies Mdse., bldg. maint., plant Gas Medical insurance expense Meeting expense Methodist church - purchase Medical insurance expense 11.00 40.00 616.53 31.55 13.96 supplies 168.12 acct. Steve Goldberg - applied in error to account Food - storm Meter refunds & interest Medical insurance expense Meeting expense Misc. expense office supplies, Meter refunds & gas, misc. interest Meter refunds & interest 68.77 60.00 21.20 29.60 17.60 16.00 30.20 34.40 12.00 74.71 5,855.70 60.00 55.70 4.00 12.00 94.40 79.00 75.26 155.81 12.00 12.00 58.00 12.00 22.40 103.20 47.20 12.00 433.09 275.00 219.66 21.30 21.30 21.30 42.40 42.40 42.60 21.00 21.30 42.60 21.30 42.60 21.30 42.40 42.40 21.30 21.20 1 1 F1 JUNE - ELECTRIC (cont.) Meter refunds & interest Laundry Gas Underground service (S &L block) Gas Office supplies Laundry Equipment maintenance Plant supplies Gas Maintenance water system Inventory meter maintenance Truck maintenance Misc. Meter expense Water bills Plant supplies, misc. Sales tax Plant supplies Plant supplies Office supplies Misc. insurance withheld Misc. Shop equip., plant supplies, mdse Inventory, mdse. Inventory, meter exp., mdse. Mdse. Cookies Plant supplies Misc. Advertisement, legal publication Telephone Employees Fund withheld Engines 15,387.66 Utility Center & Plant 1,292.44 Labor 3,961.28 Plant supplies, truck maint., misc. Union dues withheld Office supplies Coffee Refuse service Misc. Misc. maintenance Laundry . `) ` j 21.20 44.90 42.40 21.30 42.40 21.20 42.40 21.30 42.60 42.40 117.00 139.01 363.12 149.31 25.76 55.08 36.61 71.00 22.47 64.54 1,227.48 89.25 56.00 251.01 186.23 55.65 13,602.10 18.90 35.74 23.35 98.08 40.65 853.20 1,394.89 3,466.56 82.57 185.00 10.00 42.74 242.43 1,182.63 102.00 20,641.38 446.73 452.00 89.00 126.81 80.00 8.89 15.00 51.85 Jane Hawes Joel Hartelt Bennis Harris Mark Goldschmidt Rev. Gary Galchutt Rex Erickson Veronica Bulau Michael Brown Anna Bodin Marcy Berg Fabricare Cleaners Erickson Oil Products A & B Electric Albrecht Oil Allen Office Products 21nerican Linen Supply Anerican Pressure Anerican Welding Supplies Anoco Oil Company Anderson Chemical Company Border States Electric Brandon Tire Center Brinkman Studio Burmeister Electric City of Hutchinson Coast to Coast Store Commissioner of Revenue Culligan Water Condition Duncan Company Family Rexall Drug Fireman's Fund Insurance Floor Care Supply General Trading Company Graybar Electric Company H & C Electric Hall's Safety Equipment Home Bakery Hutch Coop Hutch Fire & Safety Hutch Leader Hutch Telephone Company Hutch Util Rnployee Fund Hutch Utilities - UB Hutch Wholesale IBEW Local 949 Ink Spots, Inc. Jahnke's Red Owl Junker Sanitation Kato Tool & Equipment L & P Supply Company Leef Bros. Meter refunds & interest Laundry Gas Underground service (S &L block) Gas Office supplies Laundry Equipment maintenance Plant supplies Gas Maintenance water system Inventory meter maintenance Truck maintenance Misc. Meter expense Water bills Plant supplies, misc. Sales tax Plant supplies Plant supplies Office supplies Misc. insurance withheld Misc. Shop equip., plant supplies, mdse Inventory, mdse. Inventory, meter exp., mdse. Mdse. Cookies Plant supplies Misc. Advertisement, legal publication Telephone Employees Fund withheld Engines 15,387.66 Utility Center & Plant 1,292.44 Labor 3,961.28 Plant supplies, truck maint., misc. Union dues withheld Office supplies Coffee Refuse service Misc. Misc. maintenance Laundry . `) ` j 21.20 44.90 42.40 21.30 42.40 21.20 42.40 21.30 42.60 42.40 117.00 139.01 363.12 149.31 25.76 55.08 36.61 71.00 22.47 64.54 1,227.48 89.25 56.00 251.01 186.23 55.65 13,602.10 18.90 35.74 23.35 98.08 40.65 853.20 1,394.89 3,466.56 82.57 185.00 10.00 42.74 242.43 1,182.63 102.00 20,641.38 446.73 452.00 89.00 126.81 80.00 8.89 15.00 51.85 JUNE - ELECTRIC (cont.) Litchfield Public Utilities M/A Associates McGraw -Hill Publications McLeod County Landfill Mankato Business Products Mankato Mobile Radio W.P. & R.S. Mars Company MN Environmental Quality Board MN Lift Truck Corp. MMUA Northern States Supply Petersen - Wisdorf, Inc. Plaza OK Hardware Plowman's, Inc. Power Dispatchers Equip. Power Process Equipment Rannow Electric Rockite Silo, Inc. Share Corporation Sorenson Farm Supply Texgas Corporation Tippecanoe Press, Inc. Triplett Corporation Uniforms Unlimited United Building Center U. P. A. Wally's Tire Center Welders Supply Company Wigen Chevrolet Zee Medical Service Zep Manufacturing Company Overhead line maintenance Building maintenance Subscription Misc. office supplies Radio repair Plant supplies, tools, truck maint. Assessment Power operated equip. maint. Registration Misc. Inventory Building maint., misc. Truck maintenance Load dispatching - map Maintenance water system Maintenance vent system Transformer - S & L Plant supplies Plant supplies Gas Office supplies Misc. maintenance Mdse - caps Bldg. maint - new door Purchased power Truct maintenance Misc. Truck maintenance First aid supplies Plant supplies JUNE PAYABLES - GAS Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. First State Federal Hutch Utilities - UB State Treasurer Citizens Bank Putnam Fund Dist. Continental Assurance Co. Continental Assurance Co. State Treasurer State Treasurer - Social Security Contr. Commissioner of Revenue Citizens Bank & Trust Putnam Fund Dist. Accident insurance withheld Deposit to Contract for Deed Account Employee utility bills withheld PERA withheld & expense Federal tax withheld Employee deferred comp. withheld Life insurance Life insurance PERA withheld & expense FICA withheld & expense 432.00 76.29 26.00 7.00 39.01 361.09 354.88 531.86 74.62 140.00 7.83 419.42 41.53 50.10 141.44 685.14 12.00 141.45 83.34 7.60 150.72 405.99 46.01 118.80 800.00 478,294.65 13.00 10.75 253.52 61.40 375.75 24.50 500.00 435.00 1,102.69 1,052.40 200.00 13.75 52.39 1,102.81 1,471.84 State tax withheld 1,200.06 Federal tax withheld 1,034.69 Employee deferred comp. withheld 200.00 1 1 1 There being no further business, Commissioner Lyke made a motion, 1 JUNE - GAS (cont.) Hutch Utilities Due to Municipal Electric Plant 507.81 Interest on CD Texgas Gas 14.94 Ivan Larson Medical insurance expense 145.60 Eugene Daggett Meeting expense 76.90 Midwest Gas Association Registration for schooling 200.00 City of Hutchinson Contribution 62,500.00 Circle Hutch Utility Purchased Gas 231,138.12 R. H. Alexander Meeting expense 208.46 Dennis Riedel Medical insurance expense 68.00 Jon Hombach Medical insurance expense 119.20 Albrecht Oil Company Gas 62.49 American Meter Division Meter inventory 911.70 American Welding Supplies Misc. 73.67 Coast to Coast Truck maintenance, misc. 20.51 Farm & Home Dist. Truck maintenance 9.63 Fisher Inventory 561.60 Fitzloff Hardware Misc. 2.28 Forbes Auto Center Power operated equipment maint. 13.24 General Trading Company Truck maintenance, misc. 22.43 Hutch Fire & Safety Misc. 21.81 Hutch Iron & Metal Service lines 6.00 Hutch Leader Advertisement, legal publication 155.00 Hutch Util - Bnployee Fund E]nployee fund withheld 24.00 Hutch Utilities - UB Gas, labor, inv., elec. usage 2,906.01 Peak Shaving Hutch Wholesale Truck maintenance 57.28 IBEW Local 949 Union dues withheld 108.50 W. P. & R. S. Mars Company Misc. 19.91 Minnesota Lift Truck Co. Power operated equipment maint. 37.30 MMUA Registration fees - Madden's 60.00 Plaza OK Hardware Misc. 12.88 Plowman's, Inc. Truck maintenance 25.05 Power Supply Company Misc. 51.44 Ralph's Garage Truck maintenance 298.71 Share Corp. Misc. 83.34 Texgas Corp. Gas 107.06 Tippecanoe Press Office supplies 56.97 Wally's Tire Center Power operated equipment maint. 5.00 Welders Supply Misc. 10.75 Wigen Chevrolet Co. Truck maintenance 126.78 Hutch Utilities Due to Municipal Electric Plant 13,884.89 June expense Erickson Oil Products Gas 54.14 There being no further business, Commissioner Lyke made a motion, 1 seconded by Commissioner Daggett to adjourn the meeting at 3:35 p.m. "a Thomas B. Lyke, Sevietary ATTEST E. Daggett, Vic` esident 1 1