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01-26-1984 HUCMRegular Meeting January 26, 1984 All Commissioners were present, also present were Counsel Peterson, Mgr. Alexander and Ruth Hakel. President Filk called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. Motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the December 29, 1983 regular meeting and January 3, 1984 special meeting as presented. Motion was unanimously carried. The December electric and gas payables were reviewed. Motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to approve the payables. Motion was unanimously carried. Ruth Hakel presented the gas and electric financial statements. After comparing year to date with year 1982, a motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the reports. Motion was unanimously carried. The Commission reviewed the final 1983 electric and gas budgets. President Filk complimented management and staff on the proximity of living within the guidelines set for the year. Mgr. Alexander reported it would probably be a year before Ford Motor Company would be in a position to know how much power would be available to sell to Hutchinson Utilities Commission. It will be several months before a tour will be scheduled of the Ford Dam. Motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to accept the proposed agreement with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers which was presented to the Commission and t authorized the execution of the agreement by the President and the Secretary. Motion was unanimously carried. Motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to approve the same rate of increase for staff as outlined in the union agreement, it being 4Z% for year 1984 and 5% for year 1985. Motion was unanimously carried. Nathan Smutka's salary was discussed and final action will be taken during the February meeting. Mgr. Alexander reported on safety glass requirements and stated he had implemented a safety glass policy which became effective January 20, 1984. Corrosion problems affecting the tubes (inside) on the gas turbine were discussed. Mgr. Alexander reported that "Bud" Markin, a cathodic protection expert, was called in and is currently working on the problem. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the recommendation of management to pay the 1984 Gas Task Force Assessment of $5,500. Motion was unanimously carried. President Filk and Commissioner Lyke at this time recognized the achievement of Commissioner Daggett for receiving the Distinguished Service Award of the year and Rufus Alexander for receiving the Boss of the Year award. Congratulations! The following are December payables: 1 1 DECEMBER PAYABLES - ELECTRIC Minnesota Sheriff State Treasurer Citizens Bank & Trust Continental Assurance Continental Assurance New York Life Insurance Citizens Bank & Trust Citizens Bank & Trust Colonial Accident Natural Gas Division Richard Peterson Graybar Electric David Johnson John Volkman Michelle Sommerdorf Gerald Cantrell David Nonweiler Jeff Walton Elmer Wieker Wadena AVTI ICMA Retirement Putnam Fund Dist. Border States Electric The Airliner & Spruce Motel Peoples Natural Gas I. B. M. Corporation Petty Cash American Safety Util Corp Curtis 1000 John Henry Foster Co. General Electric Co. Graphic Controls Corp. Hutch Chamber of Commerce Hutch Utilities I. B. M. Corporation LaHass Mfg. & Sales Nat'l Info Data Center Paper Service Co. Petty Cash State Treasurer State Treasurer Commissioner of Revenue Citizens Bank & Trust Emblom Bros Construction West Central Roofing Subscription PERA withheld & expense Federal tax withheld Life insurance Life insurance Medical insurance Deposit to Contribution Acct. Deposit to Bond & Interest acct. Accident insurance withheld Due to Natural Gas Division - Accounts Receivable Legal retainer Mdse. Meter refund & interest Refund - overpayment Refund - overpayment Registration Employees deferred comp with h Employees deferred comp with h Line maint. School expense Mdse. Maint. service Postage Uniforms Office supplies Maint. accessory plant equip. Maint. station equip. Plant supplies Dues Employees utility bills with h Lease Misc. maint. Office supplies Plant supplies Meter refunds & interest PERA withheld & expense FICA withheld & expense State tax withheld Federal tax withheld 69KV switchgear estimate #1 Utility Center roof eld eld eld 90.00 3,826.29 4,264.64 46.75 178.11 6,177.41 20,900.00 55,687.50 88.00 406,379.05 400.00 103.45 14.73 11.61 12.01 7.41 2.39 3.19 80.23 150.00 480.00 50.00 57.47 84.80 83.38 441.50 750.88 30.99 239.00 29.44 1,194.42 62.26 152.00 1,157.50 428.00 32.04 22.95 177.27 482.95 3)652.94 9,201.04 2,406.61 3,951.39 30,096.00 1,901.16 G ; �- (f- z DECEMBER - ELECTRIC (cont.) McLeod County Fair Assn. Scrap wire 76.00 Gary Clyne School expense 62.76 Norman Bohn School expense 78.43 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,688.07 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 3,953.26 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employees deferred comp withheld 480.00 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 City of Hutchinson Contribution 62,500.00 ICMA Retirement Corp Employees deferred comp withheld 480.00 Minn. Electric Supply Inventory, mdse. 268.32 Dale Sturges Snow plowing 427.50 Minn. Benefit Assn. Employee Misc. insurance 10.00 withheld Central Contractors Supply Tools 561.75 J. C. Penney Co. Uniforms 32.67 Ideal Shoe Shop Repair strap 3.00 Graybar Electirc Mdse. 112.83 Hutch Fire & Safety Main - fire extinguishers 50.55 MN Environmental Quality Power plant siting assessment 691.90 Board Welders Supply Plant supplies 36.68 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 4,958.88 L & P Supply Misc. maint. 20.08 J & M Trucking Moving oil from storage 385.00 Hutch Utilities Collection expense 15.00 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 Westinghouse Electric 69KV switchgear estimate #2 389843.04 Aquatrol Corp. Mdse., plant supplies inventory, 440.35 engine maint. #9 Gust. Lagerquist & Sons Bldg. maint. 275.00 A & B Electric Material for capacitors 20.27 Albrecht Oil Company Gasoline 32.14 Allen Office Products Office supplies 43.35 American Linen Supply Laundry 53.16 American Welding Supplies Plant supplies 31.19 Anderson Chemical Chemical inventory 109.20 Apollo Piping Supply Plant supplies 25.33 Associated Consultants Engineering fees 6,448.75 Baker & McKenzie Legal fees 343.00 Bristol Babcock Inc. Engine inventory #7 705.00 E. J. Brooks Co. Meter expense 115.40 Burmeister Electric Main gloves 19.05 Carr Flowers Plants for office 35.80 Central MN Communications Radio maint. 30.00 Coast -To -Coast Plant supplies, bldg. maint, 73.83 Commissioner of Revenue Sales tax 23,548.85 Crane Packing Engine inventory #8 79.32 DECEMBER - ELECTRIC (cont.) Curtis 1000 Office supplies 951.98 Fabricare Cleaners Laundry 130.50 Family Rexall Drug Office supplies 50.51 Farm & Home Dist. Plant supplies 43.09 Fireman's Fund Insurance Insurance withheld 98.08 John Henry Foster Co. Accessory plant equip. 9.02 Four Seasons Services Cup inserts 33.40 G. T. C. Auto Parts Mdse., misc. maint. 58.01 General Electric Co. Engine maint. #8 439.60 W. W. Grainger Inc. Office supplies 18.53 Great Plains Nails 13.30 H & C Electric Supply Mdse., plant supplies 205.38 J. W. Hanson Construction Mdse. 30.00 Harris Machinery Tools 34.87 Home Bakery Cookies 182.50 Hutch Fire & Safety Plant supplies, fire extinguisher 489.80 Hutch Leader Advertising 81.20 Hutch Plumbing & Heating Bldg. maint. 20.35 Hutch Util Employee Fund Employees fund withheld 148.50 Hutch Utilities - UB Engines 28,897.29 39,091.82 Plant & Utility 7,058.35 Center Labor 3,136.18 Hutch Wholesale Supply Plant supplies, truck maint. 191.85 I B E W Local 949 Union dues withheld 433.75 Ink Spots Office supplies 108.00 Institute for Management Office supplies 34.32 Jahnke's Red Owl Coffee 104.60 Jerabek Machine Shop Plant supplies, maint engine #9, 492.99 truck maint. Junker Sanitation Refuse service 80.00 KDUZ Advertising 152.50 Kmart Plant supplies 32.00 L & P Supply Company Misc. maint. 24.40 Leef Bros. Laundry 34.69 McLeod County Sanitary Misc. 1.50 Landfill Mankato Business Products Office supplies 34.66 Miller, Miller & Mac Bldg. maint. 566.95 Miller Sales Engine inventory #3 34.24 G. F. Nemitz Sons Plant supplies 32.25 Northern States Supply Plant supplies 71.09 Petersen - Wisdorf Inc. Transformer inventory 2,265.00 Plaza OK Hardware Plant supplies 58.74 Rapidforms Inc. Office supplies 40.07 Rockite Silo Bldg. maint. 9.00 Roilgard Plant supplies inventory 1,754.83 Simone Engineering Engine inventory #8 43.64 (0 �'F DECEMBER - ELECTRIC (cont.) Simonson Lumber Sorenson Farm Supply T & R Service Uber Glove Co. Welders Supply Company W E S C 0 Wigen Chevrolet Co. L. Wilson Power Corp. Zee Medical Service H & C Electric Supply Border States Electric Rick Weispfenning Randall VanderVeen Louise Steinback Lisa Sharpe Marie Opitz Kevin Lehman Vance Haugen Sharon Lee Gordon Hargroves Marvin Burghart Bob Bluhm Anne Beatrez Chelin Debra Alsleben General Trading Co. Hutch Telephone Sterling Electric R. H. Alexander Lakes Gas Company Petty Cash Petty Cash United Power Association Naomi Barkeim Medical Expenses Bldg. maint. Rental equip. Transformer maint. Gloves Plant supplies Mdse., inventory Truck maint. Transformer maint. Plant supplies Mdse., inventory, meter expense Inventory, street lite maint. Meter refund & interest Plant supplies, mdse., misc. maint., tools Telephone Plant supplies Expenses Gas Office supplies, gas Meter refunds & interest Purchased power Meter refund & interest DECEMBER PAYABLES - GAS Colonial Life & Accident First State Federal Citizens Bank & Trust State Treasurer Putnam Fund Dist. Continental Assurance Continental Assurance Hutch Chamber of Commerce Hutch Utilities Accident insurance withheld Deposit to Contract for Deed account Federal tax withheld PERA withheld & expense Employees deferred comp withheld Life insurance Life insurance Dues Due to Municipal Electric Plant Accounts Receivable 36.05 10.00 200.00 317.99 37.22 2,224.90 1.69 460.00 54.00 1,900.36 156.78 21.20 42.60 21.30 42.60 42.60 42.40 42.60 21.30 21.30 42.60 21.30 21.30 250.23 1,334.19 45.34 81.79 183.94 217.58 102.10 469,827.49 20.30 1,385.20 24.50 500.00 1,012.73 950.50 200.00 13.75 52.39 100.00 16.15 II DECEMBER - GAS (cont.) Hutch Utilities Orville Kuiken Minvalco Putnam Fund Dist. Putnam Fund Dist. West Central Roofing State Treasurer State Treasurer Commissioner of Revenue Citizens Bank & Trust Welders Supply Citizens Bank & Trust State Treasurer Albrecht Oil Co. American Meter Division Circle Hutch Utility Coas t- to -Coas t Fisher Controls Hutch Plumbing & Heating Hutch Util Employees Fund Hutch Utilities - UB Hutch Wholesale I B E W Local 949 Jerabek Machine Shop K D U Z L & P Supply Company Mueller Company Plaza OK Hardware Protective Closures Simonson Lumber Uber Glove Company W. D. Specialties W. D. Cooling Clinic Lakes Gas Company Sterling Electric Petty Cash Hutch Utilities Hutch Utilities - UB Apollo Piping Medical Expense Employees utility bills Meeting expense Inventory Employees deferred comp Employees deferred comp Utility bldg. roof PERA withheld & expense FICA withheld & expense State tax withheld Federal tax withheld Welding supplies Federal tax withheld PERA withheld & expense Gasoline Inventory, meter maint. Purchased gas Propane heater Inventory 1" pipe Employees fund withheld Peak shaving plant Truck maint., Union dues withheld Power operated equip. m Advertising Power operated equip. m Main - tapping machine Bolts Meter expense Main truck Gloves Truck maint. Truck maint. Gas - propane Batteries Meeting expense - Orvil Due to Municipal Electr December expenses Gas, labor Inventory withheld wi thhe Id withheld aint. aint. le is Plant 445.00 20.19 18.33 200.00 200.00 1,901.15 965.70 2,218.84 1,841.71 1,050.03 3.38 994.25 932.45 16.08 2,183.88 604,988.07 80.64 418.90 29.46 36.00 130.63 89.86 108.50 7.80 97.50 45.14 49.89 4.56 19.63 2.70 318.00 85.15 44.00 267.62 22.66 8.48 12,766.84 2,049.47 42.26 162.85 There being no further business, a motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to adjourn the meeting at 3:00 p.m. ATTEST :' L H. W. Filk, President Thomas B. Lyke, decretary I. I I