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04-25-1983 HUCMRegular Meeting April 25, 1983 All Commissioners were present, also present were Mgr. Alexander, Counsel Peterson and Ruth Hakel. President Filk called the meeting to order at 1:15 p.m. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the March 28, 1983 minutes as presented. Motion was unanimously carried. After the electric and gas payables were reviewed, a motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to accept the March payables. Motion was unanimously carried. Ruth Hakel presented the financial statements. After discussion, Commissioner Daggett made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to accept both reports. Motion was unanimously carried. President Filk requested that the following "old business" pending from the March 28, 1983 meeting be resolved: 1. United Power Association Firm Power Proposal A motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to defer any action relative to the United Power Association proposal to purchase ownership in Coal Creek Generating Station until the tie with Northern States Power Company has been completed and is in operation. At such time the Commission would be able to assess its position. Zhe motion was unanimously carried. 2. Central Minnesota Power Agency After discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to defer signing any agreement with Central Minnesota Power Agency; however, encouraged the general manager to attend meetings and relay information to the Commission. Motion was unanimously carried. 3. Microfilm - Reader /Printer President Filk appointed a committee, consisting of Commissioner Lyke and Commissioner Daggett to meet with the auditors (some time in August). A list of priorities would be prepared for future guidelines. 1 ,�. L±t7 / TA Mgr. Alexander reviewed with the Commission various projects the gas division construction crew expected to complete by fall. "Butch" Wentworth, distribution superintendent, reviewed with the Commission the work load, outside of routine maintenance, he expected his crew could complete by fall. A part of it being to replace old overhead lines with underground. At this time the meeting convened for the purpose of touring the Utility Center. Mgr. Alexander discussed with the Commission the possibility of transferring Nate Smu tka to staff. President Filk suggested that management notify the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of any proposed change. Mgr. Alexander reported that Circle Pines has requested a meeting with the Commission sometime in the near future. Motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Lyke directing staff to continue billing the Municipal Electric Plant 30tl per MCF for an additional six (6) month period (June - November, 1983). The following are March payables: 1 1 i V 3 -�Hl MARCH PAYABLES - ELECTRIC Ag Systems Truck bumper 189.70 American Payment Center Rent 50.00 Border States Electric Meter maint. 107.87 Burlington Northern Lease 25.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Deposit to Bond Payment 55,660.42 Account Colonial Insurance Accident insurance withheld 130.00 Environmental Quality Board Assessment 3,246.80 Gerry's Vision Shoppe Glasses - A. Nass 119.00 Hutch Utilities - UB Employee utility bills withheld 11065.00 I.B.M. Corporation Maint. service 441.50 Natural Gas Division Due to Natural Gas Division 643,655.58 Accounts Receivable Paper Service Company Plant supplies 123.13 Petersen - Wisdorf Inc. Distribution inventory, line 710.89 maint. Richard Peterson Legal retainer 400.00 Petty Cash Meter deposit & interest 249.38 Redman Travel Air tickets - Phoenix 1,251.60 Vision Center Glasses - E. Dolezal 219.45 New York Life Insurance Medical insurance 8,210.82 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 59972.06 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 3,334.61 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 7,597.05 Joseph Wagner Meter refund & interest 10.51 Shari Heath 10.41 Richard Klauer 19.20 Putnam Fund Dist. Deferred comp withheld 50.00 ICMA Retirement Deferred comp withheld 802.00 Paymaster Corporation Checkwriter 500.00 Continental Assurance Life insurance 60.50 Continental Assurance Life insurance 230.50 MN State Sheriffs Assn. Misc. 40.00 Petty Cash Office supplies, postage 727.76 Reid Floor Covering Bldg. maint. 600.00 I.B.M. Corporation Lease 402.00 Border States Electric Mdse., inventory 415.91 W.P. & R.S. Mars Company Bldg. maint. 18.29 Graybar Electric Tools 109.71 Pauline Bipes Meter reading 315.00 Margie Robinson Meter reading 315.00 American Freight System Freight 35.00 Anderson Chemical Co. Inventory 564.20 Gene Betker Bldg. maint. 30.00 Border States Electric Inventory 6,607.16 Burlington Northern Lease 25.00 C & H Distributors Office supplies 152.95 City of Hutchinson Boiler Certificates 60.00 Dey Appliance Parts Mdse. 44.01 MARCH - ELECTRIC (cont.) Erickson Oil Fire Extinguisher Sales Floor Care Supply Fluid Mechanics Four Seasons Services General Electric Supply Graybar Electric Great Plains Supply Guy Speaker Company Krasen Plumbing Northern States Supply Standard Register Co. Sterling Electric Stewart Paint Mfg. Texgas Corporation Tippecanoe Press Vaughn's Zee Medical Service State Treasurer State Treasurer, Social Security Contribution Citizens Bank & Trust Commissioner of Revenue Citizens Bank & Trust City of Hutchinson Putnam Fund Dist. ICMA Retirement Central Petroleum Co. Minn. Benefit Assn. Abbott Electronics Allen Office Products American Linen Supply American Welding Supplies Amot Controls Anderson - Waalen Interiors Associated Consultants Border States Electric Brinkman Studios City of Hutchinson Coast -To -Coast Commissioner of Revenue Crane Packing Culligan Water Condition Electronic Center Inc. Fabricare Cleaners Gas Mdse. Bldg. maint., misc. maint. Engine inventory #3 Cup inserts Meter inventory Distribution inventory, plant supplies Bldg. maint. Plant supplies Truck maint. Plant supplies tools Office supplies Plant supplies Bldg. maint. Gas Office supplies Flag Plant supplies, first aid supplies PERA withheld & expense FICA withheld & expense Office supplies State tax withheld Federal tax withheld Quarterly contribution Deferred comp withheld Deferred comp withheld Oil Insurance withheld Plant supplies Office supplies Laundry Plant supplies Engine inventory #3 Bldg. maint., transformer maint. Engineering fees Distribution inventory, maint. transformers & meters Misc. expense - film Water bill - Plant & Utility Center Plant supplies, bldg. maint. truck maint. Sales tax withheld Engine inventory #8 Misc. expense Mdse. Laundry 113.20 4.80 115.40 1,641.67 33.40 303.34 7,775.11 69.68 28.03 23.00 44.44 1,059.75 120.46 517.90 124.72 56.51 102.90 84.35 5 , 5 90.45 8,701.14 7.60 2,894.46 6,321.32 62,500.00 50.00 538.00 229.27 10.00 3.50 66.46 55.08 68.91 707.82 89.72 15,006.46 912.30 15.85 207.13 167.27 20,048.39 675.10 56.70 15.79 162.00 1 1 MARCH - Farm & Home Distributing ELECTRIC (cont.) Plant supplies, bldg. maint. 172.76 truck maint. Fluid Mechanics Engine inventory #3 1,623.10 Forbes Auto & Service Truck maint. 20.68 Fox Electronics Maint. underground 217.00 Gambles Bldg. maint., plant supplies 177.87 Graybar Electric Meter inventory, mdse. 486.40 Guy Speaker Company Misc. expense 13.33 H & C Electric Mdse., plant supplies 108.53 Harris Machinery Co. Plant supplies 106.00 Hickory Insulation Plant supplies 107.80 Home Bakery Cookies 193.50 Hutchinson Telephone Telephone 1,203.55 Hutch Util Employee Fund Employees fund withheld 106.50 Hutch Utilities - UB Labor 55871.71 13,092.90 Engines 3,037.15 Plant & Center 4,184.04 Hutch Wholesale Plant supplies, bldg. maint., 276.58 truck maint. I B E W Local 949 Union dues withheld 569.00 Ink Spots Inc. Office supplies 137.00 Interiors Unlimited Maint. power operated equip. 8.00 Jahnke's Red Owl Junker Sanitation Coffee Refuse service 129.16 80.00 Kearney Maint. station equip. 56.22 L & P Supply Co. Misc. maint. 4.70 Leef Bros Laundry 81.19 McLeod County Landfill Misc. expense 1.50 Mankato Business Products Office supplies 73.62 Pamida Inc. Bldg. maint. 11.12 G. F. Nemitz Sons Plant supplies, bldg. maint. 163.35 Paper Service Company Plant supplies 80.86 Petersen - Wisdorf Distribution inventory 7,407.76 Plaza OK Hardware Plant supplies, bldg. maint. 55.06 Quade's Maint. underground 13.98 Robins, Zelle, Larson & Legal fees 2,425.71 Kap 1 an Rockite Silo Maint. underground 2.25 Simonson Lumber Plant supplies, bldg. maint. 533.13 tools Stewart Paint Mfg. Plant supplies 233.40 Texgas Corporation Gas 50.85 Thorsen, Campbell, Rolando General audit 4,850.00 & Lehne Velvet Coach Misc. expense 8.10 W. D. Enterprise Truck maint. 43.00 Welders Supply Plant supplies 16.20 Melvin Wentworth Trailer 170.00 Wigen Chevrolet Truck maint. 32.95 Williams Steel Tools 83.49 MARCH - ELECTRIC (cont.) Norma Schumacher Pam Piehl Linda Otto Martha Lang Clarence Kohls John Irvine Catherine Hayland Sherri Howe Hilmer Hedlund Kenneth Harren Bradley Gilliland Crow River Auto Repair Raymond Benson Margaret Arnold Petty Cash Petty Cash Fireman's Fund Ins. R. H. Alexander Erickson Oil General Trading Hutch Iron & Metal Hutch Utilities Donald Nelson United Power Association Wally's Tire Center Graybar Electric Colonial Life Ins. First State Federal Meter refund & interest Meter refund & interest Office supplies, bldg. maint. gas, misc. Insurance withheld Meeting expense - Legislative meeting - air tickets Gas Plant supplies Power operated equip. maint. Collection expense Bldg. maint. Purchased power Truck maint. Mdse., bldg. maint. plant supplies MARCH PAYABLES - GAS Hutch Utilities - UB Minvalco Redman Travel Putnam Fund Dist. State Treasurer Citizens Bank & Trust MN State Sheriffs Assn. Apollo Piping Supply E. R. Berg & Associates Erickson Oil Northern States Supply Quast Transfer The Tapecoat Company Texgas Corporation Accident insurance withheld Deposit to Contract for Deed account Employee utility bills withheld Inventory Air tickets - Phoenix Deferred comp withheld PERA withheld & expense Federal tax withheld Misc. expense Inventory Main t. telemetering Gas Misc. Freight Mains & services Gas 21.30 42.60 21.30 21.20 42.60 21.20 21.20 21.30 21.30 42.60 21.30 106.00 21.30 21.30 113.31 274.40 196.16 311.92 78.54 122.76 28.05 46.76 50.00 448,331.20 5.00 202.10 24.50 500.00 432.00 164.27 536.40 400.00 1,317.58 1,563.85 40.00 18.37 176.24 56.57 108.80 35.60 263.74 125.20 1 1 1 1 F_ 1 MARCH - GAS (cont.) Wigen Chevrolet State Treasurer State Treasurer - Social Security Contribution Commissioner of Revenue Putnam Fund Dist. Citizens Bank & Trust Hutchinson Utilities Central Petroleum Co. First National Bank Petty Cash E. J. Phelps Jr. American Meter Division American Welding Supplies Circle -Hutch Utility Dresser Measurement Div. Hutchinson Co -op Hutch Util Employees Fund Hutch Utilities Hutchinson Wholesale I B E W Local 949 North Star Waterworks Sorenson Farm Supply Texgas Corporation Thorsen, Campbell, Rolando & Lehne Welders Supply R. H. Alexander American Meter Division Erickson Oil Hutchinson Utilities Truck maint. PERA withheld & expense FICA withheld & expense State tax withheld Deferred comp withheld Federal tax withheld Contribution Oil Deposit to savings acco Meeting expense, misc. Meter refund & interest Maint. of meters Misc. expense Purchased gas Meter inventory Misc. expense Employees fund withheld Labor, peak shaving, gas Truck maint. Union dues withheld Inventory Power operated equip. ma Gas General audit Misc. expense Meeting expense Misc. Gas Due to Municipal March expenses unt in t. Electric Plant / 7 7 •' , 60.50 1,098.84 1,600.76 1,282.98 200.00 1,176.95 41,500.00 137.52 50,000.00 14.64 191.50 71.95 52.75 404 , 34 1.4 2 1,574.78 18.80 24.00 2,484.06 48.52 121.50 2,016.14 20.50 61.54 3,275.00 59.92 133.68 30.96 39.28 13,817.24 There being no further business, a motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to adjourn the meeting at 4:00 p.m. Motion was unanimously carried. ATTEST H. W. Filk, President Thomas B. Lyke, S�)retary