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12-29-1983 HUCMRegular Meeting December 29, 1983 All Commissioners were present, also present were Counsel Peterson, Mgr. Alexander and Ruth Hakel. President Filk called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. Motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the November minutes as presented. Motion was unanimously carried. The November electric and gas payables were reviewed. Motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the payables. Motion was unanimously carried. Ruth Hakel presented the gas and electric financial reports. After a discussion, Commissioner Lyke made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the report of both entities. Motion was unanimously carried. President Filk called upon Commissioner Daggett to bring the Commission up to date regarding final negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The Commission showed general approval and it was the consensus of opinion that when the medical insurance was awarded, the dollar amount remain the same as for the year 1983. President Filk indicated that action would be taken when the new contract was presented. Colleen Dunka, representing Midwest Vision Center, was introduced to the Commission. She explained various OSHA regulations relating to safety glasses. Frames and glasses were shown to the Commission. These are available thru a safety glass program offered by Midwest Vision Center. Management was directed to work with Mrs. Dunka in establishing a safety glass program which could be presented and acted upon at the regular January meeting. Three quotes were received for a 1984 Suburban 2 ton, 4 -wheel drive: Swanke Motors $12X2.33 Main Motors $12,540.00 Myron Wigen Chevrolet Co. $12,420.33 _5- ,A Motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to accept the low quote belonging to Myron Wigen Chevrolet Company in the amount of $12,420.33. A roll call was taken: Commissioner Daggett aye Commissioner Lyke nay Commissioner Filk aye The motion was carried. The Indemnification Resolution was again discussed. No action was taken. President Filk asked that after more research, it again be placed on a future agenda. Butch Wentworth was called upon to explain four alternatives which were prepared by Associated Consultants for the proposed 15 KV line from Plant #2 to Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Company. After studying the alternatives, the Commission recommended the following route: From plant site #2 to north property line of Mini Warehouse, following Arch Street crossing Crow River at a given point, then proceeding on the east and south boundary line of the fairgrounds to Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Lyke authorizing management and staff to prepare specifications and go out for bids on the required material needed for the recommended route. Motion was unanimously carried. Customers reaching a 50 KVA of demand was briefly discussed. President Filk requested more data and that, possibly, a policy be presented to the Commission for approval. A medical insurance program was presented to the Commission. As additional information was needed in order to act upon the proposed program, it was decided that no action be taken until Tuesday, January 3, 1984. The following are November payables: _5 ) NOVEMBER PAYABLES - ELECTRIC Jay W. Oxford Refund - overpayment 3.28 Phillip Werner Estate Refund - overpayment 1.37 Paul Anderson Meter refund & interest 1.20 Steve Olsen Meter refund & interest 10.99 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,667.63 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 3,991.83 ICMA Retirement Employee deferred comp withheld 480.00 New York Life Insurance Medical insurance 6,003.42 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 178.11 Citizens Bank & Trust Deposit to contribution acct. 20,900.00 Colonial Life & Accident Accident insurance withheld 88.00 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 46.75 John Henry Foster Co. Plant supplies 61.54 General Electric Co. Engine maint. #8 102.47 Graybar Electric Distribution inventory 1,503.33 H & C Electric Distribution inventory 111.87 Hutch Landscaping Shrubs for Utility Center 84.00 Hutch Utilities - UB Employees utility bills withheld 1,157.50 I.B.M. Corporation Lease 428.00 Millerbernd Mfg. Co. Mdse. for City 36.00 Natural Gas Division Due to Natural Gas Division 373,726.67 Accounts Receivable Norwest Bank Mpls NA Bond & interest payment 596,706.25 Richard Peterson Legal retianer 400.00 Petty Cash Meter refund & interest 489.25 I.B.M. Corporation Maint. service 441.50 Petty Cash Postage 744.15 Schmeling Oil Company Lube oil inventory 10,444.98 Amoco Oil Company Lube oil inventory 5,418.82 Hutch Utilities Due to Natural Gas Division 7,283.33 Interest on Certificate of Deposit MN Retail Merchants Assn. Office supplies 9.00 Donald Nelson School expense - mileage 28.80 Thomas Lyke Meeting expense 28.80 Hutch Utilities Collection expense 5.00 Norman Bohn Medical insurance expense 120.80 Myron Tucker Medical insurance expense 21.60 Eugene Wiedenroth Medical insurance expense 195.52 Jerome Ebert Medical insurance expense 97.60 Laverne Wylie Medical insurance expense 40.80 William Marquardt Medical insurance expense 96.00 Nathan Smutka Medical insurance expense 30.40 Rufus Alexander Medical insurance expense 22.40 Laverne Wylie Medical insurance expense 116.00 U.S. Postal Service Office supplies 427.40 NOVEMBER - ELECTRIC (cont.) State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,837.37 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 6,312.24 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 49963.04 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 4,239.47 Edwin Dolezal Medical insurance expense 22.40 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 480.00 Quast Transfer Freight 39.20 Erickson Oil Products Gasoline 138.21 J.C. Penney Company Uniforms 184.94 R. H. Alexander Meeting expense 275.81 Petty Cash Meter refunds & interest, office 272.76 supplies Petersen - Wisdorf Transformers 1,035.00 Minnesota Benefit Assn. Misc. insurance withheld 10.00 Norman Bohn Medical insurance expense 28.00 H & C Electric Supply Plant supplies, inventory 656.16 Abex Corp - Aerospace Div. Engine inventory #8 29790.78 American Payment Centers Rent 50.00 Anderson Chemical Co. Inventory 5,529.34 Apollo Piping Supply Engine inventory #8 14.57 Associated Consultants Engineering fees 7,428.55 Border States Electric Inventory, line maint. 6,991.88 Brandon Tire Maint. power operated equip. 1.50 Brinkman Studio Administrative & general expense 19.15 Commissioner of Revenue Sales tax 18,999.70 Data Documents Office supplies 316.31 Ed Davis Business Office supplies 156.00 Dey Appliance Parts Tools, thermocouples 62.25 The Drawing Board Office supplies 33.48 Electric Motor Co. Plant supplies 12.75 Electronic Center Inc. Maint. engine #9, mdse 101.12 Fireman's Fund Ins. Insurance withheld 98.08 Floor Care Supply Plant supplies 53.70 Four Seasons Services Cup inserts 33.40 General Electric Inventory 640.72 Graybar Electric Inventory, plant supplies 32.40 Home Bakery Cookies 169.00 Hutch Plumbing & Heating Bldg. Maint. 20.35 Hutch Telephone Telephone 1,204.68 Hutch Util Employee Fund Employees fund withheld 102.00 IBEW Local 949 Union dues withheld 433.75 Jahnke's Red Owl Coffee, plant supplies 125.76 Lakes Gas Company Propane 164.04 McMaster -Carr Supply Maint. fuel oil system 223.58 Mankato Business Products Office supplies 45.69 Minnesota Electric Supply Plant supplies 103.50 1 :1 NOVEMBER - ELECTRIC (cont.) Minnesota Valve & Fitting Plant supplies Nat'l Security Underwriter Boiler & machinery insurance Northern States Supply Paper Service Company Peter sen-Wi sdorf Power Supply Company Tippecanoe Press W E S C 0 Zee Medical Service Zep Mfg. Company Commissioner of Revenue Graybar Electric Plaza OK Hardware Sterling Electric General Trading Hilda Sondergaard Paul Skarvan Ralph Schuetz Julius Radunz Pam J. Peterson Mark Onesti Tony Liberko Christine Kucera Mark Krueger Barbara Kreckow Lydia Kopesky Litz Jaster Rick Hanson Tim Froemming Joan Burlingame Border States Electric Electronic Center Farm & Home Dist. Norman Bohn Jerome Ebert Harvey Kemper Linda Peterson Arnold Nass Dexter Klitzke Walter Hombach Brenda Goebel City of Hutchinson Junker Sanitation Mora Municipal Utilities Erickson Oil Products coverage Plant supplies Plant supplies Inventory Maint. engine #7 Office supplies Meter maint., inventory Plant supplies Plant supplies Sales tax Inventory Plant supplies, bldg. maint. Plant supplies, misc. Plant supplies, misc. Meter refund & interest Bulbs Plant supplies Plant supplies Medical insurance expense Medical insurance expense Medical insurance expense Medical insurance expense Medical insurance expense Medical insurance expense Medical insurance expense Meter refund & interest Water bills Refuse service Engine inventory #3, engine maint. #4 Gasoline 36.60 33,292.00 82.60 115.06 34.71 45.37 14.32 417.15 115.25 358.75 230.10 222.42 92.95 78.48 279.86 21.20 42.40 42.60 45.00 21.20 21.30 21.30 21.20 42.40 21.30 21.30 42.60 21.20 21.20 21.30 62.40 9.15 14.70 92.00 54.40 56.80 18.60 13.20 38.40 53.60 20.40 181.63 80.00 5,834.20 102.32 NOVEMBER - ELECTRIC (cont.) United Power Association Purchased power 442,832.52 A & B Electric Electric service 54.46 Allen Office Products Office supplies 336.14 American Linen Supply Laundry 51.24 American Welding Supplies Plant supplies 27.45 Border States Electric Inventory 5,883.49 Burmeister Electric Co. Line maint. 56.40 C & I Repair Power operated equip. 875.00 Coast -To -Coast Plant supplies, bldg. maint. 70.67 Culligan Water Condition Plant supplies 18.90 Ditch Witch Maint. power operated equip. 145.20 Don Hall Company Mdse. 22.49 Fabricare Cleaners Laundry 122.00 Family Rexall Drug Office supplies 47.18 Farmers Elevator Plant supplies 3.80 Fitzloff Hardware Bldg. maint. 39.99 G T C Auto Parts Plant supplies 59.61 Hillyard Inc. Bldg. maint. 31.62 Hutchinson Leader Legal publication 189.83 Hutchinson Telephone Cable for 69 KV switchgear 531.48 Hutch Utilities Labor 2,930.50 24,831.66 Engines 19,333.41 Plant & Utility 2,567.75 Center Hutch Wholesale Plant supplies, truck maint. 120.16 Ink Spots Office supplies 149.20 Jerabek Machine Shop Plant supplies, bldg. maint. 152.66 truck maint. Leef Bros. Laundry 50.53 MN Municipal Util. Assn. Safety instruction 202.00 Quade Electric Distribution maint. 16.50 Rockite Silo Plant supplies 2.12 Rutz Plumbing & Heating Maint. engine #8 1,192.00 Simonson Lumber Bldg. maint., plant supplies 38.98 Sterner Lighting Mdse. 138.00 Uniforms Unlimited Emblems for uniforms 433.65 United Power Association 69 KV switchgear 10,827.52 Velvet Coach Meeting expense 7.91 Wigen Chevrolet Truck maint. 2.30 NOVEMBER PAYABLES - GAS State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 939.51 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 983.67 Putnam Fund Dist Employee deferred comp withheld 200.00 Continental Assurance Life insurance 52.39 NOVEMBER - GAS (coot.) American Meter Division Peter inventory 3,381.00 Apollo Piping Supply Inventory 467.46 Colonial Life & Accident Accident insurance withheld 24.50 Continental Assurance Life insurance 13.75 First State Federal Deposit to Contract for Deed 500.00 account Fisher Controls Inventory 686.25 Hutch Utilities - UB Employees utility bills withheld 445.00 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 961.97 State Treasurer FICA. withheld & expense 1,482.60 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 1,235.98 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 1,020.88 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 200.00 J. C. Penney Co. Uniforms 73.97 Fisher Controls Inventory 51.20 First National Bank Deposit to Incremental Pricing 1,120.67 account (interest) Hutchinson Utilities Due to Municipal Electric 37,000.00 Plant Dennis Riedel Medical insurance expense 136.80 Ronald Swenson Medical insurance expense 30.40 First National Bank Deposit to Money Market 340,000.00 Savings First National Bank Deposit to Incremental Pricing 10,339.73 account (interest) Associated Consultants Engineering fees 188.45 Brandon Tire Truck maint. 146.70 Energy Economics Leak detection fluid 47.69 Hutch Util Employees Fund Employee fund withheld 24.00 I B E W Local 949 Union dues withheld 108.50 Lakes Gas Company Gas 174.50 Minvalco Inc. Inventory 272.01 Plowman's Inc. Truck maint. 18.95 Rockmount Research & Alloys Maint. power operated equip. 144.85 Apollo Piping Supply Inventory 448.39 Sterling Electric Co. Misc. 14.45 Northern Natural Gas Co. Purchased gas 71.93 Plaza OK Hardware Truck maint. 4.15 R. H. Alexander Meeting expense 67.74 Petty Cash Office supplies 53.82 American Meter Division Inventory 106.67 Apollo Piping Supply Inventory 138.38 City of Hutchinson Maint. of mains 51.50 Coast -To -Coast Fuses 8.88 Energy Economics Lab equip. 4,721.80 G T C Auto Parts Truck maint. 15.35 Hutch Leader Legal publication 121.36 L, NOVEMBER - GAS (cont.) Hutch Utilities Hutch Wholesale Jerabek Machine Shop MN Municipal Util Assn. Rockite Silo W D Specialties Hutch Utilities Circle -Hutch Utility Farm & Home Dist. Erickson Oil Products Labor Peak Shaving, gas 2,153.42 Truck maint. 116.29 Misc. 44.80 Safety instruction 78.00 Maint. of Mains 9.00 Truck main t. 28.65 Due to Municipal Electric 11,718.46 Plant - November expenses Purchased gas 358,484.93 Misc. 3.36 Gasoline 49.79 There being no further business, motion was made by Commissioner Daggett, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to adjourn the meeting at 4:45 p.m. ATTEST H. W. Filk, President Thomas B. Lyke, Secretary