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03-30-1981 HUCMRegular Meeting March 30, 1981 All Commissioners were present, also present were Mgr. Alexander, Ruth Hakel, Counsel Peterson, Floyd Lehne of Thorsen, Campbell, Rolando & Lehne and Don Swanson of Associated Consultants. The meeting was called to order at 2 :00 p.m. by President Filk. A motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy to accept the minutes and bills of the Regular Meeting of February 23, 1981. Motion was carried. A motion was made by Commissioner Tracy, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the minutes of the Special Meetings of March 17, 1981 and March 18, 1981. Motion was carried. Floyd Lehne of the Thorsen, Campbell, Rolando & Lehne accounting firm presented a detailed report on the Hutchinson Utilities financial statements ending December 31, 1980. Various questions were discussed and answered throughout the presentation. In conclusion Mr. Lehne commented on the possible need for a rate increase in the future and setting up two funds. One fund in the amount of $400,000.00 for operating expenses, the other fund for future expansion. President Filk thanked Mr. Lehne for his presentation. Don Swanson of Associated Consultants presented a historical data and rate comparison of the Electric Utility as of March 1, 1981. Various portions of the report were discussed during the presentation. In general Mr. Swanson concluded that the Electric Division was in good condition and that more study was needed to consider a rate increase. Mgr. Alexander then presented the following items for information and /or action: 1. Cited the need for a replacement pickup truck to replace a 1957 Ford. We were offered three quotations as follows: Swanke Motors GMC $6,292.15 Wigen Chevrolet Chevrolet $6,466.70 Plowman Motors Ford $6,565.00 After discussion a motion was made by Commissioner Tracy, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to purchase a 1/2 ton GMC pickup from Swanke Motors in Hutchinson for the amount of $6,292.15. Motion was unanimously carried. 2. Reported on Stag Unit X68 in that General Electric would be out soon to replace a faulty check valve in the oil supply tank area. This repair should improve the operation of the unit at slower speeds. 3. That depositions concerning the Curtiss - Wright unit will be taken soon by our legal counsel. 4. Reported that Unit #2 generator was functioning satisfactorily. He suggested that we pay the charges of $40,000.00 to Westinghouse Company for material and labor. The Utilities in turn would turn the charges into our insurance company. A motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy instructing Mgr. Alexander to pay the $40,000.00 charges to Westinghouse Company and in turn bill our insurance company. Motion was carried. 5. As per instructions from the last Regular Meeting, quotes on burglar alarm systems were presented. Electro Watchman $4,804.00 Public Safety Equipment $1,780.00 Protection Systems Inc. $1,308.00 After discussion concerning the three quotes, a motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Tracy to purchase the Electro Watchman system at $4,804.00. Motion was unanimously carried. 6. Reported that Unit #7 was down for repairs - a set of overdue bearings would be installed. 7. Asked permission to send certain personnel to school. On a motion by Commissioner Tracy, seconded by Commissioner Daggett, Kerry Krueger will attend the Safety Evaluation of Gas Pipeline Corrosion Control Systems Industry Course at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on March 30, 1981 thru April 3, 1981. Orville Kuiken and "Butch" Wentworth will attend the Advanced Human Relations Course at Des Moines, Iowa, on April 8, 1981 thru April 10, 1981. Motion was carried. 8. Discussed the various meetings and conventions coming up. On a motion by Commissioner Tracy, seconded by Commissioner Daggett, Mgr. Alexander and Commissioner Daggett will attend the Great Lakes Consumer Association (Hydro) at Chicago, Illinois, on April 1, 1981 thru April 3, 1981; the manager and Commissioner Filk to attend the American Public Power Association Manager and Commission Seminar at San Francisco, California, on June 19, 1981 thru June 21, 1981, with the manager and all Commissioners attending the General American Public Power Association convention on June 22, 1981 thru June 25, 1981; the manager and Commissioners will attend the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association Spring Meeting at Anoka, Minnesota, on April 15, 1981 thru April 17, 1981. The motion was unanimously carried. 1 9. Discussion concerning upgrading certain personnel who need a special license to perform their duty, and those in a supervisor capacity, Mgr. Alexander was instructed to present more information at the next regular meeting. The following bills were presented: MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC PLANT Central MN Communication Radio Repair 100.88 Blue Cross & Blue Shield Medical insurance 6,024.24 Anderson- Waalen Interiors Paint 147.90 General Trading Company Mdse. plant supplies, misc. 497.14 Jerome Ide Schooling 20.00 Kenneth Albrecht Meter refund 11.21 Electro Watchman, Inc. Maint. contract 120.00 Williams Steel & Hardware Plant supplies 177.01 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 5,005.34 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,724.01 Mult Amp Institute Registration - Nate Smutka 550.00 MN Municipal Utilities Assn. Registration - R. Alexander 30.00 Dale's Appliance & Refrig. Misc. expense 14.50 Ruggles- Klengimann Mfg. Maint. #8 200.30 Hutchinson Utilities Collection fee 220.72 Murphy Rigging & Erecting Maint. #2 5,383.88 I. B. M. Maint. contract 331.00 Floor Care Supply Company Plant supplies 19.80 Pamida, Inc. Coffee filters 9.90 Chas. Olson & Sons, Inc. Truck maint. 150.52 Bristol Babcock Inc. Misc. supplies 111.08 Simonson Lumber Plant supplies, warehouse 255.25 Johns - Manville Sales Corp. Maint. #8 1,105.73 Stewart Paint Mfg. Company Plant supplies 535.00 Apollo Piping Supply, Inc. New warehouse 504.00 Northern States Supply Inc. Dist. supplies 26.62 H & C Electric Supply Mdse., dist. inv. 162.53 Leeds & Northrup Eng. inv. #9 192.51 Continental Assurance Co. Insurance 49.00 Hutchinson Util. - petty cash Misc. supplies, postage, etc. 288.49 Citizens Bank & Trust Investment - Bond Reserve Acct. 286,000.00 Natural Gas Division Due to Gas - Jan. Accts Receivable 6,745.60 I. B. M. Maint. contract 390.00 Uniforms Unlimited Uniforms 63.55 Continental Assurance Co. Insurance 203.33 First National Bank Investment - Bond Issue 100,000.00 Radisson South Hotel Elec. workshop 332.47 Associated Consultants, Inc. Engineering 3,858.73 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 5,155.36 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,704.68 State of MN FICA withheld & expense 6,672.14 Great Lakes Elec Consumers Registration - R. Alexander 80.00 B. Palmquist American Public Power Assn. Registration - National Conference 840.00 Hutch Util - petty cash Meter refund & interest 167.10 American Public Power Assn. Registration - Seminar 250.00 Pheoll Mfg. Company Plant supplies 87.63 Albrecht Oil Company Gasoline Allen Office Products Office supplies American Linen Supply Laundry Anderson Chemical Chemical inventory Bailey Meter Company Maint. #3 Barco Bearing Company Maint. #8 Pauline Bipes Meter reading Border States Elect. Distribution inventory Mrs. Fred Briggs Rent Burlington Northern Lease C & H Distributors Office furniture, shelf Citizens Bank & Trust Deposit to Bond Payment account Commissioner of Revenue Sales tax Commissioner of Revenue State Tax withheld Colonial Life Insurance withheld Cooper Energy Services Engine inventory #1 Ditch Witch of MN Truck mains. Duane's Mobile Lock Keys Duncan Company Tool Family Rexall Drug Office supplies John Henry Foster Co. Engine inventory #1 Four Seasons Services Cup inserts G. T. C. Auto Parts Truck maint., tools, plant supplies Gamble Store Misc. supplies Goodin Company Maint. #8 Graybar Electric Plant supplies H & C Electric Mdse. Heikes Hardware Hank Misc. distribution supplies Home Bakery Rolls Hutch Mfg. & Sales Warehouse Hutch Telephone Co. Telephone Hutch Util Employee Fund Employee fund withheld Hutch Util - petty cash Postage, misc., etc. Hutchinson Util. Employee utility bills withheld 825.00 Plant 1,763.79 Utility Center 2,923.83 Engines 122,229.13 Interdepartmental Labor 2,045.64 Hutch Wholesale Hydra -Powr, Inc. I. B. M. I B E W Local 949 Ink Spots, Inc. Jahnke's Red Owl Junker Sanitation Landmark Publishing Joan Limvere McLeod Cty. Landfill Mankato Business Prod. W.P. & R.S. Mars Co. MN Municipal Utilities Natural Gas Division G. F. Nemitz Sons Northern States Supply Truck maint., plant supplies Engine inventory #8 Maint. contract Dues withheld Office supplies Coffee Refuse Toll free directory Meeting - St. Cloud Dumping charges Office supplies Tool Dues, Dist. expense, books Due to Gas Accts. Receivable - Jan Plant supplies Mdse. 162.12 124.88 63.39 1,773.53 132.23 254.84 290.00 734.03 20.00 25.00 114.70 55,070.84 12,233.03 6,365.44 53.50 1,131.61 200.28 55.50 36.68 4.26 21.45 66.80 82.49 13.99 115.87 58.12 294.00 3.67 397.50 3,026.45 1,383.29 175.50 579.79 129,787.39 390.84 260.33 721.00 396.26 43.00 277.94 76.00 9.95 32.00 7.00 8.34 54.44 3,463.93 695,160.28 10.50 11.18 1 1 1 it 1 Parker Hannifin Richard A. Peterson Plaza OK Hardware Premier Fastener Quade's Quast Transfer Inc. Ritchie Engineering St. Cloud Ind. Prod. Marge Schiro Shopko Stores, Inc. Sid Harvey's State of Minnesota Sterling Electric Totushek Trucking Twin City Testing Uniforms Unlimited W E S C 0 Zep Mfg. Company Zins Machining American Welding Border States Elect Brandon Tire Coast-To-Coast Dostal & Oleson Co. Electric Motor Co. Fabricare Cleaners Farm & Home Dist. Farmers Elevator Assn. Fisher Controls Co. General Electric Supply Hall's Safety Equip. Harpel Bros., Inc. Hutchinson Co -op Hutch Util - petty cash Kemske Paper Company L & P Supply Company Leeds & Northrup Leef Bros., Inc. McGraw - Edison Service Madsen Insurance Mankato Business Prod. Paper Service Company Power Supply Company Premier Fastener Co. S J & F Enterprise Standard Printing Co. Standard Register Co. United Power Assn. Wally's Tire Shop Welders Supply Co. Westinghouse Electric Wigen Chevrolet Zins Machining Engine inventory #8 Retainage Plant supplies Plant supplies Misc. supplies Freight Engine inventory #3 Maint. #8 Meter reading Planter for office, misc. Mdse. Lease - rental Mdse., plant supplies Freight Testing Oil Uniforms Mdse. Plant supplies Maint. #8 Plant supplies Plant supplies Truck maint. Plant supplies, misc. Plant supplies Maint. water system Laundry Maint. #8, plant supplies Plant supplies Maint. #7 Engine inventory #8 Mdse. Truck Maint. Misc. supplies Postage Office supplies Truck maint. Maint #9 Laundry Engine inventory #3 Boiler policy Office supplies Plant supplies Maint. water system Plant supply inventory Tools, Plant supplies Warehouse expense Office supplies Office supplies Purchased Power for Jan. Truck maint. Plant supplies Maint. transformers & swi Truck maint. Maint. water system supplies tches 1,532.13 200.00 185.02 50.62 10.50 265.74 1,726.08 218.75 290.00 23.91 47.10 2.00 193.43 12.00 120.00 686.40 105.00 118.00 13.00 24.75 82.62 8.25 78.37 97.50 54.38 281.00 125.74 2.00 25.02 50.09 76.42 35.07 26.70 538.97 33.53 8.00 12.33 193.90 460.99 45,089.00 38.16 185.51 88.13 124.18 480.00 110.80 701.50 193,590.40 13.00 109.77 120.00 21.58 68.00 NATURAL GAS DIVISION General Trading Company Freund Can Company Hahn Auto Body Citizens Bank & Trust State Treasurer Hutchinson Utilities First National Bank Northern States Supply Energy Economics Sid Harvey's First National Bank Citizens Bank & Trust State Treasurer State of MDT Mueller Company Circle -Hutch Utility Bd Commissioner of Revenue Colonial Life Crow River Glass Co. Electronic Center, Inc. First National BAnk Truck maint., misc. supplies Misc. supplies Mdse. Federal tax withheld PERA withheld & expense Due to Elec - Jan. expenses Deposit to Contribution acct. Tools Maint. meters Mdse. Investment - 90 days @ 15.2% Federal tax withheld PERA withheld & expense FICA withheld & expense Misc. expense Natural gas purchased - Jan. State tax withheld Insurance withheld Truck maint. Meter expense Deposit to Incremental Pricing Account First State Federal Contract for Deed account Hutch Util Empl Fund Employee fund withheld Hutchinson Util. Employee utility bills withheld Gasoline Interdepartmental Labor Hutch Wholesale Truck maint., misc. I B E W Local 949 Dues withheld Ink Spots, Inc. Office supplies McLeod Coop Power Electric usage at Border Station Minvalco Inc. Fittings inventory Mueller Company Fittings inventory, truck maint. 105.45 70.30 800.00 1,068.22 723.42 9,799.47 20,900.00 26.62 17.04 56.08 300,000.00 1,064.94 729.83 1,018.40 15.54 4,169.86 1,115.49 12.00 62.40 105.60 40,651.14 500.00 31.50 2,469.22 129.43 68.50 73.50 55.25 103.28 1,596.17 23.40 2.75 500,575.16 3.03 13.30 271.29 9.17 2.50 1 1 1 Maint. of services American Welding Misc. supplies Brandon Tire Truck maint. Circle -Hutch Utility Bd Natural gas purchased for Jan. Harpel Bros., Inc. Truck maint. Hutchinson Co -op Truck maint. Hutchinson Util Gasoline Protective Closures Misc. supplies Wally's Tire Shop Truck maint. 105.45 70.30 800.00 1,068.22 723.42 9,799.47 20,900.00 26.62 17.04 56.08 300,000.00 1,064.94 729.83 1,018.40 15.54 4,169.86 1,115.49 12.00 62.40 105.60 40,651.14 500.00 31.50 2,469.22 129.43 68.50 73.50 55.25 103.28 1,596.17 23.40 2.75 500,575.16 3.03 13.30 271.29 9.17 2.50 1 1 1 There being no further business, a motion was made by Commissioner Tracy, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to adjourn at 5:55 p.m. Motion was carried. a � ATTEST ) H. W. Filk, President 1 1 Clinton Tracy, Secretary / i