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01-21-1986 HUCM37107 Regular Meeting January 21, 1986 All Commissioners were in attendance; also present were Mgr. Alexander, Counsel Peterson and Ruth Hakel. President Daggett called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the December 30, 1985 minutes. Motion was unanimously carried. Prior to the meeting, copies of an agreement with Northern Minnesota Public Utilities Board was handed to the Commissioners for their review. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett not to join the Northern Minnesota Public Utilities Board. Motion was unanimously carried. At this time "Butch" Wentworth, Nathan Smutka and Wally Hombach were welcomed to the meeting. "Butch" Wentworth acted as spokesman for staff. The last time the staff visited with the Commission was in relation to the 1981 salary adjustment that resulted in the staff receiving 3 =2% of their salary adjustment in the form of an insurance policy and loss of income protection plan. Both the Commission and the staff agreed that the staff should not be looked at as a separate bargaining unit apart from the normal union. The Commission at that time also expressed their appreciation to the staff for their leadership and dedication to the Utilities. Since that time, the staff has not received nor asked for any salary adjustment other than those agreed to with the "Union ". However, when members of the staff are asked, and are willing to assume, much greater responsibility and accountability over and above that which we now have, we feel we are justified to expect and receive compensation commensurate to those duties. We feel that the Hutchinson Utilities is an efficient and well - run organization and that our effort in our respective departments is an important contributing factor to this organization. W We respectfully request that the Commission reconsider the salary adjustments as presented by Manager Alexander and clarify the one year "probation period ". "Butch" Wentworth Ivan Larson Wally Hombach Nate Smutka The consensus of staff being that compensation be granted for additional duties. The following subjects were discussed: 1. Merit review 2. Submit old and new job descriptions 3. Obtain a copy of City employee policies 4. Comparable worth survey to be advantageous for guidelines in the future President Daggett requested additional time to evaluate the issue. He felt there were several alternatives which could be taken: 1. Proceed with Mgr. Alexander's original proposal 2. One year trial basis (December minutes) 3. Employ outside consulting firm 4. Hire new gas manager George Frank of Juran & Moody discussed the Franklin U. S. Government Securities Fund. No action was taken in so far as including Franklin U. S. Securities Fund in the investment program. No old business. New Business: President Daggett indicated his concern in that the Natural Gas Division has not shown a 50 operating income for the year. Motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Beatty to appear before the City Council requesting the fuel adjustment be removed from the rate schedule for the present time. President Daggett asked for a vote on the motion - vote resulted in three nays. The motion was not carried. The December payables for both entities were reviewed. A motion was made by Commissioner Beatty, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to accept the payables as presented. Motion was unanimously carried. The following are December payables: MKOH DECEMBER American Family Life PAYABLES - ELECTRIC Employee insurance withheld 128.40 American Payment Centers Rent 64.00 Franklin Boller Daily Paper 25.60 Border States Electric Inventory, transformer maint. 420.81 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Deposit to Contribution Account 25,000.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Deposit to Bond & Interest Acct. 55,258.33 City of Hutchinson Contribution 75,000.00 FRESCO Supplies '2.39 Jim Hatch Sales Co. Mdse. 50.00 Hutchinson Utilities Employee utility bills withheld 680.00 IBM Corp. Lease, maint. service 987.50 Midwest Gas Asso. Employee insurance withheld 69.34 Nat'l Info. Data Center Office supplies 24.95 Natural Gas Division Due to Natural Gas Division 385,877.54 Accounts receivable Northern States Supply Building maint. 25.08 Paper Service Co. Plant supplies 168.68 Petersen - Wisdorf, Inc. Inventory, underground maint. 165.30 Richard Peterson Legal retainer 400.00 Scientific Columbus Inventory 7,839.57 Sterling Electric Co. Plant supplies, building maint. 136.55 U.S. Postal Service Office supplies 110.00 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 200.09 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 47.30 Woodman Accident & Life Medical insurance 5,455.02 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Payroll deposit plan 5,514.74 First National Bank Payroll deposit plan 1,795.11 Firstate Federal Savings Payroll deposit plan 2,894.50 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,823.07 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 3,556.78 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Federal tax withheld 4,505.22 Graybar Electric Co. Building maint. 41.17 ICMA Retirement Employee deferred comp withheld 1,050.00 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 25.00 Petty Cash Office supplies 833.50 Janine Feeken Meter refund & interest 5.35 Tim Jilek Meter refund & interest 1.94 Richard Peterson Refund - overpayment 26.46 Petty Cash Meter refunds & interest 507.91 Ag Systems Mdse. 106.00 Colonial Life & Accident Employee insurance withheld 171.65 Zee Medical Service Plant supplies 148.85 Road Machinery & Supplies Truck 5,347.30 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,625.12 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 3,349.48 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 3,812.31 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Federal tax withheld 4,314.50 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Payroll deposit plan 5,373.06 First National Bank Payroll deposit plan 1,845.75 Firstate Federal Savings Payroll deposit plan 2,941.31 American Public Power Asso. Membership - 1986 DEED 460.00 DECEMBER - ELECTRIC (cont) ICMA Retirement Corp Putnam Fund Dist. BarSon's Contracting Erickson Oil Security - Connecticut Jerabek Machine Shop General Trading Co. Co. Life H & C Electric Supply Cramer Equipment Co. Dale Sturges Hansen Gravel & Fill Hutch Telephone Co. MN Benefit Assn. Nat'l Sec. Ins. Underwriter Fireman's Fund Insurance Petty Cash Jeanne Blossom The Country Hutch Gordon Frank Jr. Gary Hunnicutt Hutch Pet Hospital Jeffrey Lehn Bally's Aladdins Castle Debra Manke Kent H. Marsh Rory Miesner Wendelin Neufeld Charles L. Olson Joanne Rettman Border States Electric Barco Bearing Co. Scientific Columbus UPA Central Eyewear Road Machinery & Supplies Mankato Busienss Products Erickson Oil Products Simonson Lumber Plaza Hardware & Gifts Allen Office Products American Linen Supply American Welding Supplies Anderson Chemical Co. Associated Consultants Automatic Garage Door Co. Bird -X, Inc. Carburetion & Turbo System Employee deferred comp withheld Employee deferred comp withheld Building maint. Gas Insurance Plant supplies, bldg. ma -int., system maint. Plant supplies, mdse., bldg. truck & equip. maint. Mdse., inventory, supplies Fuel oil system maint. Snow plowing Fuel oil tanks Telephone Employee insurance withheld Boiler & machinery insurance Employee insurance withheld water 1,050.00 25.00 Meter refund & interest 61.25 39.37 106.50 86.25 213.74 maint., 356.54 Meter refunds & interest, office 543.20 6.15 585.00 1,796.75 1,341.87 10.00 39,075.00 98.08 149.87 supplies, gas Meter refund & interest 21.10 106.50 42.60 42.40 106.50 42.60 106.00 21.30 42.60 42.60 I 42.40 42.40 42.60 Inventory 324.30 Inventory, Engine #8, equip. maint. 221.05 Inventory 15,840.59 Purchased Power 478,411.37 Safety glasses 130.00 Mdse. 19.70 Office supplies 56.48 Gas 48.50 Bldg. maint., equip. maint. 96.23 Plant supplies, bldg. maint., truck 65.48 & equip. maint. Office supplies 227.93 Laundry 28.56 Plant supplies 157.53 Chemicals 934.80 Engineering fees 2,030.00 Building maint. 259.00 Line maint. 274.00 Truck maint. 140.50 DECEMBER - ELECTRIC (cont) Coast to Coast Commissioner of Revenue Continental Assurance Co. Copy Equipment, Inc. Data Documents Dostal & Oleson Oil Co. Family Rexall Drug Four Seasons Services G.T.C. Auto Parts W.W. Grainger, Inc. Hall's Safety Equipment H & C Electric Supply Home Bakery Hutchinson Co -op Hutch Fire & Safety Hutch Iron & Metal Hutchinson Leader Hutch Util - Emp. Fund Hutch Utilities Plant supplies, & equip. maint. Sales tax Life insurance Office supplies Office supplies Plant supplies Office supplies Cup inserts Truck maint. Building maint. Supplies Plant supplies, Cookies Bldg. maint. Plant supplies Supplies Advertising q I -W bldg. maint., truck 29.22 transformers Employee fund withheld Labor 4,454.99 Plant & UC 6,530.31 22,907.71 9.78 79.23 579.94 116.85 26.60 39.80 12.31 117.14 73.27 157.55 177.12 12.50 197.90 6.12 87.64 62.00 10,985.30 usage Hutch Wholesale Supplies Mdse., plant supplies, truck maint. 387.46 IBEW Local 949 Union dues withheld 428.00 Ink Spots, Inc. Office supplies 157.00 Jahnke's Red Owl Coffee 132.62 Junker Sanitation Refuse service 97.00 KDUZ Advertising 150.00 L & P Supply Plant supplies 5.86 Lakes Gas Co. Gas 145.52 Leef Bros., Inc. Laundry 42.23 Minvalco, Inc. Building maint. 75.96 Multi -Amp Meters 332.26 Northern States Supply Building maint. 6.65 Petersen- Wisdorf, Inc. Line maint. 95.00 Quade Electric Underground expense 66.41 Quade Sporting Goods Meter reading expense 188.63 Robins, Zelle, Larson & Legal fees, Curtiss - Wright 32,688.00 Kaplan Rockite Silo Building maint. 142.30 Schmeling Oil, Inc. Equipment maint. 21.25 Share Corp. Plant supplies 673.93 Truck Utilities & Mfg. Truck maint. 28.39 UPA Station equipment maint. 163.00 Welders Supply Co. Plant supplies 20.90 WESCO Mdse. 77.00 Wigen Chevrolet Truck maint. 115.80 Medical Insurance 2,210.33 • �i DECEMBER PAYABLES - GAS Minvalco Mdse. 293.28 American Family Life Ins. Employee insurance withheld 50.80 Colonial Life & Accident Employee insurance withheld 39.00 Firstate Federal Savings Deposit to C/D Account 500.00 Hutchinson Utilities Employee utility bills withheld 390.00 Midwest Gas Assn. Employee insurance withheld 21.66 Minnegasco, Inc. Inventory, supplies 825.40 Northstar Fabricating Meter expense 41.08 State Treasurer Employee insurance withheld 9.00 Hutchinson Utilities Payroll deposit plan 2,893.49 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 954.30 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 833.72 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Federal tax withheld 1,064.24 Electronic Center, Inc. Telemetering 63.56 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 300.00 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 79.09 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 18.70 Hutchinson Utilities Payroll deposit plan 2,952.68 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 965.29 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 852.54 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 950.06 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Federal tax withheld 1,110.93 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 300.00 Erickson Oil Gas 19.72 Emery Worldwide Freight charges 57.00 Minvalco, Inc. Inventory 83.01 Jerabek Machine Shop Power operated equip. maint. 6.32 Circle Hutch Utility Purchased gas 1,600.63 Petty Cash Power operated equip. maint. 5.56 Hutchinson Utilities Due to Municipal Electric Plant 13,808.15 December expenses Erickson Oil Products Gas 24.25 Central Eyewear Safety glasses 36.15 Heath /Zenith Supplies 96.65 Circle Hutch Utility Purchased gas 544,604.70 American Welding Supply Supplies 104.45 Carburetion & Turbo Systems Truck maint. 140.51 Coast to Coast Supplies 78.59 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 3.87 G.T.C. Auto Parts Truck & power operated equip. maint. 18.62 Hager Jewelry Clean pressure recorder 38.00 Hutch Util - Emp. Fund Employee fund withheld 15.00 Hutchinson Utilities Labor, peak shaving plant 2,593.65 Hutch Wholesale Supplies Truck & power operated equip. maint. 41.44 IBEW Local 949 Union dues withheld 117.25 KDUZ Advertising 100.00 Orville Kuiken Refund - insurance payment 129.00 Lakes Gas Co. Gas 101.38 Plaza Hardware & Gifts Supplies 27.49 3 There being no further business, a motion was made by Commissioner Beatty, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to adjourn the meeting at 3:20 p.m. ATTEST Le( E. Daggett, ident Ll J _r Thomas B. Lyke, Secretly Rockmount Research DECEMBER - GAS (cont) & Alloys Power operated equip. maint. 168.16 Welders Supply Co. Supplies 4.50 Wester Sensor Energy audit 266.00 Medical Insurance 40.00 There being no further business, a motion was made by Commissioner Beatty, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to adjourn the meeting at 3:20 p.m. ATTEST Le( E. Daggett, ident Ll J _r Thomas B. Lyke, Secretly 1 1 1