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10-27-1980 HUCMRegular Meeting October 27, 1980 All Commissioners were present, also present were Mgr. Alexander, Ruth Hakel, Counsel Peterson, Larry Zelle and Larry Hofmann. The meeting was called to order by President Filk at 2 :00 p.m. The minutes of the Regular Meeting of September 29, 1980 were presented. A motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy to accept the minutes as presented in their printed form. The motion carried. A motion was made by Commissioner Tracy, seconded by Commissioner Daggett that the bills be allowed as presented. The motion carried. Mr. Larry Zelle, our legal counsel handling the Curtiss - Wright lawsuit, briefed all present as to the status of the litigation. Considerable time was spent explaining the reason for the lawsuit for the benefit of our new Commissioner, "Bud" Daggett. After much discussion regarding the engine failure (Rolls Royce Company), it was decided by the Commission that a settlement in that part of the lawsuit might be considered. Counsel Zelle said that certain depositions should be obtained from Rolls Royce people before a settlement should be made. It was further pointed out that'14.ur counsel preferred a trial by jury and that it would be at least 10 months before the discovery material would be finalized. Mgr. Alexander reported on the following: Generator #2 was repaired and was being loaded for return to Hutchinson, also Westinghouse had under bid the work by $17.000.00. He referred Westinghouse to the insurance company. The State of Minnesota has asked for an easement on the Utilities property west of the power plant to install a traffic control unit. After discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner Tracy, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to allow a 10 ft. square area to the State of Minnesota for a period of 20 years. The motion carried. Presented some ideas concerning rules and regulations on meter installations and deposits. No action taken. Cited the need for a replacement fork lift and presented quotations as follows: Sterners Electric 1970 Clark 4 ton fork lift $8,200.00 Clark Company 1972 Clark 4 ton fork lift $8,500.00 White Mobilift of Minnesota 1978 White fork lift $9,800.00 Lease 2 months @$600.00 per month After discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy to lease a 1978 White fork lift from White Mobilift of Minnesota for a period of two months @$600.00 per month and purchase the unit at the end of the lease period for $9,800. The motion carried. Presented a negotiation notice from Local Union 949 consisting of 11 items. After discussion it was the consensus of the Commission that President Filk would remain a member of the negotiating team as has been his role since the Union organized the Utilities. President Filk brought up the matter of the Utility property that has been farmed under varying conditions over the years. After discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy instructing Mgr. Alexander to contact Gopher Campfire officers to work out a satisfactory rental agreement since they have been involved in the operation in the past. The motion carried. The following bills were allowed: MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC PLANT C. Douglas Eikenb e ry Al Feser Dorothy Haag Harrison Hewitt Norma Jolley Earl Jones Gloria Lehrke Jon Lindekugel Linda Lorenzen Kathy Maiers Mark Muetzel Steve Munch Gary Soderberg Terry Whitley Christine Wilbur Sandy Williamson Steven Wurscher Chas. Olson & Sons, Inc. Price Electric, Inc. Loren Anderson Standard Oil Robins, Davis & Lyons Hutch Util. - petty cash Citizens Bank & Trust State Treasurer Marvin Ernst Greg Johnson Scott Stoll John Rustad Don Loy D. Fluegge Write Your Congressman Meter refund & interest 42.40 42.40 21.30 42.40 42.60 21.20 42.60 42.60 21.20 42.40 21.30 21.20 21.30 42.40 42.60 42.60 t 21.20 Body, crane & hoist for Chev. 20,120.80 Merchandise sold 27.29 Refund - overpayment of bill 9.29 Gasoline 8,924.15 Legal fees - Curtiss - Wright 11,400.62 Postage 529.86 Federal Tax withheld 4,568.43 PERA withheld & expense 3,437.49 Meter refund & interest 3.55 17.48 29.67 18.33 14.29 Subscription 149.25 Pauline Bipes Marge Schiro Commissioner of Personnel I. B. M. Citizens Bank & Trust Community Education First State Federal Rufus Alexander Citizens Bank & Trust Citizens Bank & Trust State Treasurer Citizens Bank & Trust Hutchinson Utilities State of Minnesota City of Hutchinson Emery Air Freight Steve Stelter Riley L. Smith Michael Schall Winthrop Rockwell Danny Lee Oelke Harold Meier Margaret's More Woman Debbie Lewandowski Gordon Larson Sandra Kniek Patrick Kalenberg Shu Mei Hwang Dan H. Huebert Margaret Guennigsmann Larry Griep David Goswisch Rich Fisher Scot C. Davis Richard Cauley Thomas Allen Johnson Transfer Inc. First National Bank Jon Anderson Karen Bartholomew Lovaas Timothy Berg Dorothy Boller Mary Jo Breitkreutz David Eastman Acco Industries Albinson Inc. Albrecht Oil Co. Allen Office Products American Air Filter Co. American Linen Supply American Welding Supplies Amoco Oil Company Meter reader Meter reader Share of the cost of admin FICA coverage Maintenance charge Investment - Bond Issue School Registration Jerome Ide, Dennis Jaster Money Market Certificate Meeting - Mackinac Island Investments - Bond Issue, Bond Payment & Reserve Federal tax withheld PERA withheld & expense Deposit to Contribution ac Electric to Gas FICA withheld & expense Contribution to City Freight Meter refund & interest Freight Investment Meter refund & interest I Maint. Engine #2 Engineering Supplies Gasoline Office supplies, file Inventory Engine #9 Laundry Supplies Gasoline 265.00 265.00 istering 38.43 ct. 375.00 100,000.00 110.00 18,000.00 594.78 250,000.00 4,463.03 3,394.08 20,900.00 7,415.01 5,438.48 62,500.00 20.06 21.30 42.60 21.20 21.20 21.20 42.40 106.00 21.20 21.30 21.20 44.80 42.60 21.20 21.30 21.20 21.20 42.60 42.60 21.30 42.40 419.35 73,000.00 21.20 21.30 21.20 42.40 21.30 21.30 85.00 141.72 181.15 527.14 379.59 65.04 84.60 43.44 P--j 1 �1 1 1 Anderson Chemical Co. Apollo Piping Supply Arrow Glass Associated Consultants Barrick Well Company Blue Cross & Blue Shield Border States Elect. Mrs. Fred Briggs Brinkman Studios Burmeister Electric Business Products The CECO Corporation Chasco Corporation Citizens Bank & Trust Citizens Bank & Trust Citizens Bank & Trust Commissioner of Revenue Commissioner of Revenue Colonial Life & Accident Continental Safety Equip. Cooper Energy Services Crane Packing Company Ditch Witch V.W. Eimicke Associates Elvin Safety Supply Employee Data Forms Fabricare Cleaners Family Rexall Drug Farm & Home Distributing Farmers Elevator Assn. H. W. Filk Forbes` Champion Auto John Henry Foster Co. Four Seasons Services G. T. C. Auto Parts General Electric Co. General Electric Supply General Trading Co. Glencoe Motors Goserud Products Mfg. Graybar Electric Co. H & C Electric' Hall's Safety Equip. H. A. Holden, Inc. Honeywell Inc. Home Bakery Hutch Equipment Hutchinson Co -op Hutchinson Mfg. & Sales Hutch Plumbing & Heating Hutch Telephone Co. Hutch Util. Employee Fund Hutch Util. - petty cash Chemicals Freight Maint. building Engineering Services Maint. - water system Medical insurance Distribution inventory Rent Film Overhead expense Service charge - Savin Paint Maint. - water system Stop payment charge Deposit to Restricted Funds Deposit to Restricted Funds Sales tax State tax withheld Employee insurance Hearing protectors Engine inventory #1 Supplies Repair trencher Office supplies Supplies Office supplies Laundry Office Supplies Supplies Weighing iron & copper Compensation Truck maintenance Maint. - water system Maint. - engine #8 Supplies Maint. - water system Inventory engine #8 Meter inventory Maint. - engine X68 Truck repair parts Mdse. sold, supplies Truck maintenance Supplies Inventory - plant supply Distribution inventory Merchandise sold Supplies Maint. - engine X69 Rolls Trencher repair LP gas Supplies Supplies Telephone Employee Fund Postage, meter refunds 3,229.25 2.66 34.00 6,187.66 1,187.99 5,238.82 4,718.41 20.00 8.80 59.01 33.76 47.25 36.63 5.00 54,525.00 26,284.00 9,391.27 5,575.42 75.00 59.63 35.84 14.10 54.60 41.05 35.16 14.78 139.70 28.07 19.22 4.00 300.00 69.95 58.38 66.80 17.27 2,109.45 1,548.65 698.15 13.04 2.10 175.98 1,500.50 89.48 61.48 92.25 386.35 5.28 4.00 45.00 14.36 858.99 171.00 498.42 Hui :chinson Util. Plant Gas Usage Gas & Electric (Center) Gas - Unit #3 X64 #7 #8 jMerchandise Employee Utility Bills Interdepartmental Labor Hutch Wholesale Supplies I. B. M. I B E W Local 949 Jahnke's Red Owl Jerry's Tire Company Dr. M. J. Juffer Jungclaus Implement Inc. Junker Sanitation Service Kemske Paper Company Kiene Diesel Accessories Krasen Plumbing Kupler Corporation L & P Supply Company Leef Bros., Inc. Paul Lemke & Son McGraw- Edison Service McLeod County Sanitary McMaster -Carr Supply Madsen Insurance Moorhead Machinery Natural Gas Division New Hermes Inc. Olson Chain & Cable Pamida, Inc. Duane Peterson Co. Richard A. Peterson Plaza OK Hardware Power Process Equip. Precision Castweld Q ua de' s Rockmount Research Roth Pump Co. Sears, Roebuck, & Co. Snap -On Tools Corp. Sorenson Farm Supply State Planning Agency Tektronix, Inc. Thorsen, Campbell, Rolando Tippecanoe Press Inc. W/H 347.74 833.97 4,259.42 j 11,837.76 3,047.22 192,775.33 211,919.73 13.12 810.00 987.01 214,911.57 Repair - water system 150.48 Repair - trucks Maintenance charges 694.00 Dues 366.58 Coffee 136.28 Tire repair 6.85 Safety Glasses - A. Nass 108.50 Trencher repair 4.22 Services rendered 76.00 Office supplies 29.21 Cylinder pressure indicator 401.60 Supplies 20.93 Distribution inventory 111.52 Repair lawn mower 28.72 Laundry 138.60 Maint. - engine #9 39.70 Inventory engine #3 50.27 Dumping 2.50 Maint. - water system 30.97 Fire coverage 20,217.00 Maint. - engine #8 802.62 Electric to Gas 336,492.82 Aug. Accounts Receivable paid in September Supplies 90.29 Supplies 34.22 Office supplies 31.40 Distribution inventory 244.08 Legal retainer 200.00 Supplies 85.20 Maint. - water system 71.83 Inventory engine #1 225.00 Maint. - vent. system 3.91 Supplies 283.75 Inventory engine #8 216.50 Maint. - vent. system 292.70 Repair tool 16.76 Supplies 12.75 Assessment Power Plant 1,582.47 Studies Section Repair Equip. 94.61 Audit 3,450.00 Office Supplies 297.43 Totushek Trucking Freight 12.00 Clinton Tracy Compensation 300..00 Transport Clearings Freight 20.46 Vermeer Sales & Services Supplies 1.41 Welders Supply Company Supplies 9.55 W E S C 0 Distribution Inventory 1,334.52 Wigen Chevrolet Co. Truck repair 202.76 The Zeco Company Supplies 29.50 Zep Manufacturing Misc. Supplies 230.55 Coast -To -Coast Misc. Supplies 46.50 Graybar Electric Company Meter inventory, misc. supplies 90.96 H & C Electric Supply Merchandise sold 46.86 I. B. M. Maintenance charge 319.00 Sterling Electric Distribution inventory 2,039.58 Transport Clearings Freight 20.46 United Power Association Purchased Power: month of August 60,148.74 Williams Steel & Hardware Maint. - building 186.13 Zep Manufacturing Supplies - soap, etc. 572.50 NATURAL GAS DIVISION R. E. Young Compensation 165.00 Sterling Electric iMaterial for new warehouse 82.81 Grand Hotel Mackinac Island - R. Alexander 600.92 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal Tax withheld 864.35 State Treasurer Midwest Gas Assn. PERA withheld & expense Registration 623.53 70.00 First State Federal Money Market 19,000.00 First National Bank Deposit to Passbook - incremental 619.13 pricing Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 898.19 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 646.04 State of Minnesota FICA withheld & expense 786.92 Hutchinson Utilities Transfer to electric 21,000.00 Contribution to City Midwest Gas Assn. Registration 70.00 Circle Pines Utility Misc. 40.00 First National Bank Investment 27,000.00 American Meter Division Meter inventory 3,217.50 American Welding Supplies Supplies 66.35 Apollo Piping Supply Freight 15.00 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 1,033.63 Colonial Life & Accident Accident insurance 12.00 First State Federal Deposit Contract for Deed 500.00 p aymen t G. T. C. Auto parts Repair parts 14.25 Hutch Util. Employee Fund Employee fund 31.50 Hutch Util. - petty cash Misc. supply 5.15 Hutchinson Utilities Employee utility bills withheld 2,902.24 Gasoline Interdepartmental labor I B E W Local 949 Dues 66.00 McLeod Co -op Power Elec. usage Border Station 25.88 Midwest Gas Assn. Mueller Company Northern States Supply Thorsen, Campbell Wigen Chevrolet Co. World Travel American Meter Division Circle -Hutch Utility Bd. First National Bank Hoffman Plumbing Madsen Insurance West Central Industries Registration Summit Conference 350.00 Fittings inventory 1,731.12 Supplies 52.14 Audit 2,450.00 Truck repair 90.74 Orville Kuiken - Omaha, NE 153.00 Meter inventory 91.41 Natural gas purchased for Aug. 289,323.98 Deposit incremental pricing 1,225.29 Gas valve 8.65 General Liability 3,448.00 Lath 20.00 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m. Clinton Tracy, Secretary L. ATTEST H. W. Filk, President 1 1