04-28-1954 HUCM(222) 241
MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LIGHT
AND POWER COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
HUTCHINSON, Hutchinson, Minnesota, HELD AT
ITS PRINCIPAL OFFICE IN THE, CITY OF
HUTCHINSON ON WEDNESDAY, April 28,1954, at
9 A. M.
The President called the special meeting to order and
the Secretary announced that all members of the Commission,
viz., Dr, R. I. Sheppard, President, Dr. A, J. Thompson, and
R. W.Dahl, Secretary, were present in person and participated in
the meeting. There were also present, Harold Popp, Mayor Af the
City of Hutchinson, Ralph E. Young, Superintendent of the Light
Plant, Elmer C. Jensen, City Attorney, and W. E. Reyerson, attorney
for the Commission, and also Leon A. Winter, Sioux City, Iowa,
engineer.
The President stated that this special meeting was
for the purpose of receiving and opening bids for the sale t
Light and Power Commission of a dual fuel generating unit as
in specifications prepared for the Commission. The President
the engineer, Leon A. Winter, and the Superintendent, Ralph
to open the sealed bids and tabulate them, which was done, a
bids were as follows:
1. W orthingt
Basic Bid
Basic Bid
Alternate
Alternate
on Pump & Machinery Corporation:
'"A"`, $240,100.00
' "B "', None.
Bid "'A "', $240,100.00
Bid "'B"`, None.
2. Nordberg Manufacturing Co.
Basic Bid "W's $240,104.00
Basic Bid "B "°, None.
Alternate Bid ' "A"', $240,104.00
Alternate Bid 'B ". None.
3, Cooper - Bessemer Corporation.
Basic Bid '"A' ",$245,500.00
Basic Bid "'B",, $253 000.00
Alternate Bid "A "', f2411300.00
Alternate Bid "`B'", $2482800.00.
called
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set forth
instructed
S. Young,
nd the
Following the public opening of said bids the President
advised the bidders that a representative could be heard from each
bidder, and the commission preceeded to hear explanations by
representatives of each bidder as to the merits of his product, and
how it would fit in to the local municipal electric plant. The
Commission also heard from representatives of Allis - Chalmers Co.
and Electric Machinery Company as to generators and exciters.
The Commission discussed the merits of the various products
covered by the bids, with comments from the engineer and superintendent
and also from Mr. Phil Graf, plant engineer, and Mr. Ross Heilman,
plant mechanic, as to the respective engines covered by the bids. After
these discussions, upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried,
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the meeting was adjourned, subject to call' of the President, for the
purpose of giving further consideration to the bids and to the
merits of the respective engines covered by the bids.
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