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12-17-1979 HUCMRegular Meeting December 17, 1979 All Commissioners were present, also present were Mgr. Alexander, Ruth Hakel and Wally Homb ach. The meeting was called to order at 2 :00 p.m. by President Quade. The minutes of the Regular Meeting of November 15, 1979, were accepted as presented. Prior to the meeting, the members of the Commission and Mgr. Alexander met at the downtown generating plant and were given a tour under the guidance of Wally Homb ach, the Production Superintendent. Supt. Hombach appeared at the meeting to present what he has been doing at the plant and where he is going. After his presentation and discussion, the Commission commended him on his progressive program. Mgr. Alexander presented the following items: A letter from Burlington Northern concerning the removal of certain yard trackage. The Commission expressed no objection to the request. Discussed applicant electrical engineer, Syed Pervaiz. Mgr. Alexander was instructed to continue negotiating with him. Discussed the Robins, Davis & Lyons contract. The Commission is in agreement with it. Discussed the American Public Power Association annual meeting in Washington, D.C. on May 5 -7, 1980. Ruth Hakel was instructed to make reservations for the manager and the Commission. Ruth Hakel presented the need for a separate petty cash fund of $200 to cover meter deposit refunds. A motion was made by Commissioner Filk, seconded by. Commissioner Tracy that $200 be put in the special fund. The motion carried. 1 After a review of staff wages, a motion was made by Commissioner Filk, seconded by Commissioner Tracy to increase the salaries as follows: The motion carried In addition to the salaries, discussion took place on a Loss of Pay Insurance. More information was requested and action will be taken at the next regular meeting. The next regular meeting was set for January 7, 1980. The following bills were allowed: MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC PLANT Rufus Alexander 8766 12% Increase Rufus Alexander $28,500.00 $32,000.00 Orville Kuiken $20,800.00 $23,296.00 "Butch" Wentworth $20,800.00 $23,296.00 Ivan Larson $20,612.80 $23,086.34 Wally Hombach $20,612.80 $23,086.34 "Bill" Marquardt $19,406.40 $21,735.17 Gordon Fratzke $18,574.40 $20,803.33 "Ed" Dolezal $18,574.40 $20,803.33 Ruth Hakel $18,449.60 $21,000.00 Curt Dahl $14,560.00 $16,500.00 Joan Limvere $12,646.40 $15,000.00 The motion carried In addition to the salaries, discussion took place on a Loss of Pay Insurance. More information was requested and action will be taken at the next regular meeting. The next regular meeting was set for January 7, 1980. The following bills were allowed: MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC PLANT Rufus Alexander 8766 95.00 Standard Oil 8767 354.47 Border States Elect. Supply Company 8768 4.29 Keefe & Schantzen 8769 100.00 Robert Aho 8770 21.20 Naomi Dowell 8771 21.20 Tammy Eggert 8772 21.20 David Ellsworth 8773 22.40 Robert Hanson 8774 42.40 Robert Hatten 8775 42.40 Jackie Johnson 8776 21.20 James Johnson 8777 42.40 Barbara Libor Mills 8778 21.20 Pam McGraw 8779 21.20 Floyd M. Miller 8780 13.78 John Morrison 8781 42.60 Lena Mueller 8782 21.30 Greg Muellerleile 8783 22.40 Tom Orwall 8784 21.20 Ron Pribyl 8785 42.40 Jerry Rolf 8786 42.60 W. 0. Swenson 8787 42.40 Marcy Witt 8788 21.30 Regina M. Young 8789 21.20 Plaza OK Hardware 8790 134.12 H. P. Quade 8791 214.81 Clinton Tracy 8792 202.22 Hutch. Builders & Doby Inc. 8793 2,223.15 John Hilker 8794 20.47 Tom Schepers 8795 19.72 Michael Abernathy 8796 34.77 Edna Christopher 8797 18.08 Debra Vieau 8798 16.14 Mary Doerr 8799 4.92 Carol Bulau 8800 8.84 Julia Schauer 8801 2.57 Virgil L. Dahlke 8802 14.22 Rufus Alexander 8803 112.34 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 8804 21,113.83 United Fund 8805 33.00 Linda Squier 8806 14.79 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 8807 3,916.38 State Treasurer 8808 3,087.07 Zep Manufacturing Company 8809 90.00 I. B. M. 8810 303.00 Hutch Builders & L. Juncewski 8811 7,797.66 Business Products Inc. 8812 22.67 Central Petroleum Company 8813 133.27 Linda Squier 8814 14.35 Hutchinson Utilities 8815 18.88 Dale's Auto Sales 8816 185.09 I. B. M. 8817 361.50 Coast -To -Coast 8818 72.36 Pauline Bipes 8819 240.00 Marge Schiro 8820 240.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 8821 3,901.53 State Treasurer 8822 3,084.66 World Travel 8823 552.00 Paul Lussier 8824 400.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 8825 140,000.00 Hutchinson Community Hospital 8826 744.12 G. M. W. Inc. 8827 76.57 Hutchinson Util. - petty cash 8828 297.32 G. M. W. Inc. 8829 91.26 Hutch.Builders & Froyum Const. 8831 6,000.00 Returned Checks 9999 509.21 Albrecht Oil Company 3489 126.86 Allen Office Products, Inc. 3490 45.28 American Linen Supply Company 3491 23.42 American Payment Centers Inc. 3492 30.00 American Welding Supplies Inc. 3493 32.00 AMI Sewer & Septic Tank Serv. 3494 34.00 Amoco Oil Company 3495 16.93 Anderson - Crane Company 3496 144.66 Apollo Piping Supply, Inc. 3497 213.74 Associated Consultants, Inc. 3498 5,750.69 Blue Cross & Blue Shield 3499 4,314.45 Border States Elect. Supply Company 3500 41,104.00 William Breitkreutz 3501 72.00 Mrs. Fred Briggs 3502 20.00 Burmeister Electric Company 3503 38.00 Calgon Corporation 3504 12.17 Central Auto Sales 3505 38.00 Central Minn. Communications 3506 22.50 Citizens Bank. & Trust Company 3507 52,951.07 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 3508 6,284.00 City of Hutchinson 3509 36.00 Commissioner of Revenue 3510 8,287.22 Commissioner of Revenue 3511 3,348.54 Colonial Life & Accident Ins. 3512 119.00 Cooper Energy Services 3513 1,136.13 Crane Packing Company 3514 297.52 B. Dalton Bookseller 3515 102.78 Ed Davis Business Machines 3516 14.00 Ditch Witch of Minnesota 3517 1,679.11 Doby Inc. 3518 1,002.10 Don's Shoe Service 3519 25.60 Dostal & Oleson Oil Company 3520 163.90 V. W. Eimicke Associates Inc. 3521 38.05 Electric Motor Company 3522 180.17 Emery Air Freight 3523 39.50 Fabricare Cleaners of Hutch 3524 158.28 Family Rexall Drug 3525 50.98 H. W. Filk 3526 200.00 First National Bank of Minneapolsi 3527 358,428.00 Floor Care Supply Company 3528 53.90 Forbes' Champion Auto & Serv. 3529 125.16 John Henry Foster Company 3530 65.67 Four Seasons Services, Inc. 3531 53.30 G. M. W. Inc. 3532 98.59 G. T. C. Auto Parts 3533 92.27 Gas Turbine Corporation 3534 1,944.18 General Electric Supply Company 3535 1,730.00 General Trading Company 3536 112.80 Graphic Controls Corporation 3537 183.81 Graybar Electric Company Inc. 3538 81.11 H & C Electric Supply 3539 1,800.63 Hager Jewelry 3540 1.50 Haynes Corporation 3541 822.88 Home Bakery 3542 433.00 Hutchinson Co -op 3543 16.00 Hutchinson Iron & Metal 3544 243.25 The Hutchinson Leader 3545 15.61 Hutchinson Medical Center 3546 24.00 Hutchinson Telephone Company 3547 849.16 Hutchinson Utilities 3548 521.96 Hutchinson Util Employee Fund 3549 108.00 Hutchinson Util. - petty cash 3550 278.66 Hutchinson Util. - utility bills 3551 156,472.38 Hutchinson Wholesale Supplies 3552 181.82 I B E W Local 949 3553 287.74 International Transport Inc. 3554 1,212.60 Jahnke's Red Owl 3555 241.54 Jerry's Tire Company 3556 576.52 Junker Sanitation Service 3557 56.75 Kemske Paper Company 3558 462.70 Kimro, Inc. 3559 5,111.91 Kirby Company 3560 2.00 Kjos Our Own Hardware 3561 3.20 Krasen Hardware Hank 3562 54.11 Krasen Plumbing & Heating 3563 32.26 L & P Supply Company 3564 35.50 Lamarche Mfg. Company 3565 449.59 McLeod County Sanitary Landfill 3566 4.00 McMaster -Carr Supply Company 3567 18.43 Miller, Miller & Mac, Inc. 3568 32.00 MN Municipal Utilities Association 3569 50.00 Minnesota Valve & Fitting Company 3570 23.29 Mississippi Tool Supply 3571 37.90 Moorhead Machinery & Boiler 3572 19,427.17 Bernard J. Mulcahy Company, Inc. 3573 147.88 Natural Gas Division 3574 333,168.93 Nicholl Brothers Inc. 3575 65.94 G. F. Nemitz Sons 3576 132.45 Northern States Supply I.nc. 3577 97.95 Northland Electric Supply Company 3578 88.91 Northwestern National Bank 3579 173,742.10 Oakite Products, Inc. 3580 91.05 Richard A. Peterson 3581 893.00 Phillips Petroleum Company 3582 12.48 Power Supply Company 3583 321.38 Protection Systems, Inc. 3584 1,129.00 H. P. Quade 3585 200.00 Ritchie Engineering Company 3586 45,762.64 The Satterlee Company 3587 11.68 Schmeling Oil 3588 22.05 Schroder - Bellows Division Scovill 3589 25.16 Sears, Roebuck & Company 3590 21.26 Share Corporation 3591 915.71 Simonson Lumber 3592 50.37 Snap -On Tools Corporation 3593 2.47 Sorenson Farm Supply 3594 38.40 Standard Oil 3595 7,113.89 State of MN - Social Security 3596 4,788.52 Sterling Electric Company 3597 330.57 Stewart Paint Mfg. Company 3598 214.94 Structural Specialties Inc. 3599 86.00 Texaco Inc. 3600 53,213.45 Clinton Tracy 3601 200.00 Turbine Specialties, Inc. 3602 5,320.43 Tuthill Pump Company 3603 280.24 Twin City Testing 3604 40.00 United Electric Corporation 3605 19.12 United Power Association 3606 90,210.71 Warner's Industrial Supplies 360.7 117.17 1 1 1 Welders Supply Company 3608 18.03 W E S C O 3609 2,933.26 Worthington Service Corporation 3610 1,422.21 Zep Manufacturing Company 3611 903.90 NATURAL GAS DIVISION R. E. Young 2000 165.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 2001 834.38 State Treasurer 2002 642.37 Hutchinson Utilities 2003 15,000.00 Hutchinson Utilities 2005 21,500.00 Circle -Hutch Utility Board 2007 268,638.82 Circle Pines Utility 2008 196.01 United Fund 2009 5.00 City of Hutchinson 2010 35.97 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 2011 862.69 State Treasurer 2012 656.24 Orville Kuiken 2013 35.25 Hutchinson Utilities 2014 58,000.00 G. M. W. I:nc. 2015 19.32 American Meter Division 703 6,210.20 American Welding Supplies, Inc. 704 46.95 Apollo Piping Supply, Inc. 705 309.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Company 706 46,067.63 Commissioner of Revenue 707 724.18 Colonial Life & Accident Ins. 708 12.00 Dresser Measurement Division 709 88.46 Energy Economics 710 51.85 Farm & Home Distributing 711 53.35 First State Federal Savings 712 500.00 Fisher Controls Company 713 859.32 Graphic Controls Corporation 714 79.86 Hutchinson Util. - employee fund 715 24.00 Hutchinson Util, - utility bills 716 2,885.72 Hutchinson Wholesale Supplies 717 113.88 I B E W Local 949 718 57.75 McLeod Cooperative Power Assn. 719 33.40 Madsen Insurance Agency 720 25,571.00 Minnesota Tractor Company 721 85.65 Mueller Company 722 287.96 Pennwalt Corporation 723 287.55 Sid Harvey 724 119.52 State of MN - Social Security 725 935.00 Texgas Corporation 726 5.33 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned'at 4:30 p.m. Cl nton Tracy, Secretary