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06-29-1984 HUCMC11 Regular Meeting June 29, 1984 Commissioner Daggett and Commissioner Lyke were present; also present were Counsel Peterson, Mgr. Alexander and Ruth Hakel. Vice President Daggett called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. Motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the May minutes as presented. Motion was unanimously carried. The May 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 comparing cost of kilowatts generated to kilowatts purchased, a motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the report of both entities. Motion was unanimously carried. A list of uncollectible accounts were presented. Motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett authorizing management to charge -off electric accounts in the amount of $58.78 and gas accounts in the amount of $65.75, totaling $124.53. Detailed listing on pages 1187E and 465G of the June general journal. Motion was unanimously carried. Manager Alexander reported the final draft of the United Power Association - Operations & Maintenance Agreement is being finalized and should be ready for execution within a short period of time. As no action was taken at the May meeting on termination of the Interconnection and Interchange Service Agreement, it was deferred to the June meeting. After discussion, and upon recommendation of Counsel Peterson, a motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett not to terminate the agreement at this time. Motion was unanimously carried. Management was directed to obtain all information possible regarding hydro power from Canada; also to investigate Fairmont, Minnesota's garbage disposal (waste) program. Mgr. Alexander discussed the Right to Know Act of 1983. A library will be set up listing the ingredients which make up solvents, cleaning fluids, tapes, etc. Employees will be made familiar with the composition of materials and devices used in accomplishing their work. Mgr. Alexander spoke briefly on another new law - Pay Equity Law. It was discussed and decided to table evaluation of job descriptions due August 1, 1984 until such time the Pay Equity Law could be reviewed. The first step toward complying will be to send a letter to the State of Minnesota listing job classifications. Complete compliance of the law is scheduled for July 1, 1987. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to continue with the current policy regarding suspension of after -hour projects by all employees; however, allow continued use of the car wash. In the future, the policy will be reviewed. Motion was unanimously carried. The following are May payables: �1 �,I I MAY PAYABLES - ELEC`T'RIC Border States Supply Citizens Bank & Trust Co Colonial Life & Accident A. L. Crump & Company Ed Davis Business Machines Graybar Electric Company Howard Industries Inc. Hutchinson Landscaping Millerbernd Mfg. Natural Gas Division Norwest Bank Mpls. NA Richard Peterson Continental Assurance Co. Woodment Accident & Life Putnam Fund Dist., Inc. ICMA Retirement Corp. State Treasurer State Treasurer Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Continental Assurance Co. Apollo Piping Supply Hutchinson Utilities Lyle G. Woehler Carmen Jacques Susan Wegner Dan Neilson Jim Turgeon Barbara Ludwig Petty Cash Charles Pulkrabek Jeff Haag Gary Miller Bruce Carlson State Bank of Sleepy Eye Jessie Delgado Eugene Reddemann Fabricated Wood Products Tom Karsnia Allan Feser Linda Waasdorf Paul Eddy Pat Fistman Linda Anderson James H. Anderson Peterson & Paulsen Kim Meyer Dean Lewandowski Kevin Lee Alan Gilmer Inv., line maintenance Deposit to Bond & Int. Payment Account Accident Insurance withheld Engine inventory #8 Office supplies Inventory Transformer inventory Grounds - schrubs Mdse. Due to Natural Gas Division Accounts Receivable Interest on bonds Legal retainer Life Insurance Medical Insurance Employee deferred comp withheld Employee deferred comp withheld FICA withheld & expense PERA withheld & expense Federal Tax withheld Life Insurance Engine maintenance #8 Due to Natural Gas Division Interest on C/D Meter refund & interest Refund - Overpayment final bill 170.29 55,687.50 86.50 20.04 78.00 271.56 8,960.00 176.00 253.00 319,488.45 59,195.50 400.00 190.58 5,108.61 50.00 909.00 3,543.62 3,855.69 4,232.18 47.30 411.62 2,577.53 4.83 11.12 3.59 10.95 5.19 16.07 557.11 160.46 2.17 8.07 9.53 24.51 6.09 8.20 35.70 10.70 13.34 10.16 6.03 1.69 2.44 2.17 21.00 3.73 13.27 10.90 4.06 MAY - ELECTRIC (cont) A. L. Crump & Company Don Hall Company Four Seasons Service Graham Mfg. Company H & C Electric Supply Hutch Fire & Safety Hutch Utilities IBM Corp. Lawson Products, Inc. Lystads, Inc. Moorhead Machinery & Boiler Northern States Supply Olsen Chain & Cable Co. Petersen- Wisdorf, Inc. Petty Cash Robertshaw Siemens -Allis Putnam Fund Dist. ICMA Retirement Corp. R. H. Alexander Colleen Willhite Mrs. Otto Wangerine Richard C. Thompson Eugene Reddemann Wendy Peters Mike Monahan Hilton Moore David Kohle David M. Johnson Wendy Huff Craig Hennager Kim Groehler Ralph Green Mark Evich Julie Brelje Curtis Asche IBM Corp. Contractors Machinery & Supplies Orvis Wahl Brandon Tire J.C. Penney Company Central Eyewear UPA Robins, Zelle, Larson & Kaplan Hutchinson Utilities Border States Supply UPA Border States Supply Petty Cash Engine inventory #8 13.36 Mdse. 9.60 Cup inserts 35.00 Engine inventory #8 2,557.97 Inventory, mdse. 431.22 Truck maintenance 43.90 Employee utility bills withheld 1,157.50 Maintenance & lease 873.00 Mdse., tools 255.26 URD maintenance 12.50 Engine maintenance #8 572.85 Plant supplies 3.60 Tool 14.27 Inventory 1,288.70 Postage 755.11 Engine maintenance #3 & #4 36.40 plant supplies inventory 437.00 Employee deferred comp. withheld 50.00 Employee deferred comp. withheld 909.00 Expenses - lawsuit 110.73 Meter refund & interest 42.40 1 42.60 42.40 42.40 21.20 21.30 11.08 21.30 i 42.60 21.20 21.30 42.40 y 42.60 21.30 i[ 21.30 42.40 i Maintenance service 452.50 Maintenance of tamper 100.00 Maintenance of trailer 283.00 Truck maintenance 95.01 Uniforms 33.54 Safety glasses 44.00 69 KV 62.50 Legal expenses - lawsuit 14,894.81 Collection expe 69 KV Estimate 69 KV Inventory Plant supplies, gasoline nse 5.00 #2 2,394.00 216.88 121.95 office supplies, 326.20 I I 1 MAY - ELECTRIC (cont.) McGraw- Edison Service Group Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Commissioner of Revenue State Treasurer State Treasurer G.T.C. Auto Parts United Electric Company Plaza OK Hardware Totushek Trucking Myron Wigen Chevrolet H & C Electric Supply Border States Supply Commissioner of Revenue Graybar Electric Company George Luthens General Trading Company Petty Cash Susan Winter Apollo Piping Supply United Electric Company Swanke Motors Williams Steel & Hardware Hutchinson Telephone Co. Fireman's Fund Insurance MN Benefit Assn. Abbott Electronics Advance Shoring Company Albrecht Oil Company Allen Cffice Products American Linen Supply American Payment Center American Welding Supplies Anderson Chemical Company Anderson Interiors Associated Consultants Black's Lineman's Supply Boyum Supply Brandon Tire Brinkman Studio Brown's Greenhouse Burmeister Electric Company Central MN Communications City of Hutchinson Coast -To -Coast Crane Packing Company Ditch Witch of Minnesota Ekstrom Industries Esterline Angus Instrument Fabricare Cleaners Engine maintenance #3 Federal tax withheld State tax withheld FICA withheld & expense PERA withheld & expense Mdse., tools, truck maint. Engine maintenance #8 Building maintenance Freight Truck maintenance Mdse., inventory Mdse., inv., URD maint. Sales tax Plant supplies, inv., URD maintenance, mdse. Equipment maintenance Plant supplies, fire damage, building maintenance, tools Postage, meter refunds & int School expense Power oper. equipment maint. Plant supplies Truck maintenance Tools Telephone Insurance withheld Insurance withheld Used color TV Mdse. gas Office supplies, file cabin Laundry Rent Fire damage exp., plant sup Chemicals, tools Paint for transformers Engineering services Mdse. Plant supplies Truck maintenance Portrait (Tom Lyke) Plants Inv., line maintenance Radio maintenance Water bills Plant supplies, tools, fire damage exp. Plant supplies, eng. inv. #8 Maint. power oiler. equipment Meter maintenance Plant supplies Laundry 5,919.00 4,279.85 4,642.73 3,609.46 3,980.01 80.16 836.47 297.31 18.00 56.98 1,683.20 2,034.70 23,859.81 1,401.88 ets plies 29.00 683.22 317.30 81.51 25.17 47.30 26.60 80.83 1,290.40 98.08 10.00 125.00 74.93 60.80 648.04 55.08 53.00 320.97 2,171.36 6.90 4,617.68 50.16 60.31 3.00 37.00 29.90 1,569.15 1,343.81 171.16 67.09 285.54 162.48 941.17 73.66 519.25 MAY - ELECTRIC (cont.) Family Rexall Drug Office supplies 8.25 Farmers Elevator Assn. Grounds maintenance 82.48 Floor Care Supply Company Plant supplies, fire damage exp. 256.50 John Henry Foster Company Plant supplies 25.43 H & C Electric Supply Inv., plant supplies 70.55 J. W. Hanson Construction Mdse. 50.00 Home Bakery Cookies 185.00 Howard Industries, Inc. Inventory 3,890.00 Hutchinson Co -op Plant supplies 40.00 Hutchinson Fire & Safety Fire damage expense 44.90 Hutchinson Leader Financial publication 177.61 Hutch Util Employee Fund Employee fund withheld 105.00 Hutch Utilities Labor 2,528.79 7,127.58 Engines 2,'758.44 Plant & utility 1,840.35 center ele. & gas Hutchinson Wholesale Supplies Plant supplies, tools, truck 202.69 maintenance IBEW Local 949 Union dues withheld 451.25 Ink Spots, Inc. Office supplies 70.00 Jahnke's Red Owl Coffee 111.84 Junker Sanitation Refuse service 80.00 Juul Contracting Underground maintenance 127.05 Lakes Gas Company Gas 160.76 Leef Bros., Inc. Laundry 44.74 McGraw - Edison Service Group Engine inventory #3 51.37 Mankato Business Products Office supplies 66.74 Miller, Miller & Mac, Inc. 3M Feeder Line 130.00 Millerbernd Mfg. Company Mdse. 96.00 Mueller Sales Corp. Engine maintenance #7 64.33 Northern States Supply Plant supplies 2.66 Olsen Chain & Cable Company Underground maintenance 61.96 Paper Service Company Plant supplies 147.18 Petersen - Wisdorf, Inc. Inventory 440.40 Quade's Underground expense 4.56 Ralph's Garage Truck maintenance 18.00 Robins, Zelle, Larson & Legal expense - lawsuit 6,673.17 Kaplan Rockite Silo Underground expense 1.59 Schaeffer Mfg. Company Mdse., oil 448.48 Sears Roebuck & Company Building maintenance 8.69 Siemens -Allis 3M Feeder Line 58,013.00 Simonson Lumber Truck maintenance 31.39 Sorensen Farm Supply Truck maintenance 3.57 UPA 69 KV 267.32 Vaughn's, Inc. Building maintenance 202.68 Velvet Coach Meeting expense 21.76 Warner Industrial Supply Plant supplies 6.15 Welders Supply Co., Inc. Plant supplies 24.24 WESCO Inventory 1,413.00 Zep Manufacturing Plant supplies 1,100.00 Erickson Oil Products Gas 108.45 UPA Purchased Power 455,936.51 Medical Insurance 1,613.15 / � -) MAY PAYABLES - GAS Case Power & Equipment Maint. power oper. equip. 61.40 Colonial Life & Accident Ins. Accident insurance withheld 24.50 First National Bank Deposit to contribution acct. 20,900.00 First State Federal Savings Deposit to C/D account 500.00 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 75.34 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 18.70 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 774.37 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 981.28 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Federal tax withheld 1,021.71 Putnam Fund Dist., Inc. Employee deferred comp. withheld 250.00 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp. withheld 50.00 First National Bank Deposit to incremental pricing 1,203.56 account - interest Graybar. Electric Maint. of equipment 210.26 Hutch Fire & Safety Truck maintenance 122.05 Hutch Utilities Employee utility bill withheld 455.00 R. G. Read & Company, Inc. Inventory maintenance 27.39 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 986.03 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 781.23 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 1,137.58 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Federal tax withheld 1,006.68 Putnam Fund Dist., Inc. Employee deferred comp withheld 250.00 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 R. H. Alexander Meeting exp. - Northern Natural 227.03 Gas Company Apollo Piping Supply Inventory 1,430.57 Brandon Tire Truck maintenance 15.00 Schramm Implement, Inc. Power oper. equip. maint. 1,210.00 Central Eyewear Dist. Safety glasses 18.00 Redman Travel Airline tickets - Omaha 476.00 Myron Wigen Chevrolet Truck maintenance 28.49 Apollo Piping Supply Inventory 38.74 General Trading Company Tools, supplies 81.25 Albrecht Oil Company Gas 69.90 American Welding Supplies Welding supplies 36.35 Apollo Piping Supply Freight 21.00 Brandon Tire Power oper. equipment maint. 144.97 Circle Hutch Utility Purchased gas 251,079.96 Coast -To -Coast Store Power oper. equipment maint. 11.14 Hutchinson Leader Audit publication 118.40 Hutch Util Employee Fund Employee fund withheld 24.00 Hutch Utilities Labor, gas, peak shaving plant 1,867.99 Hutch Wholesale Truck maintenance 24.71 IBEW Local 949 Union dues withheld 113.50 Lakes Gas Company Gas 106.17 Midwest Gas Association Safety bulletin - lighting 45.00 instructions Minvalco, Inc. Inventory 251.44 North Star Waterworks Inv., maint. of service 1,067.41 Northern States Supply Tools 57.78 Welders Supply Company Welding supplies 61.40 Hutchinson Utilities Due to Municipal Electric 11,024.75 Plant May expense MAY - GAS (cont) Erickson Oil Products Gas 210.20 Schmeling Cil Grease, shop supplies 45.60 Medical Insurance 222.56 There being no further business, a motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to adjourn at 2:40 p.m. Thomas B. Lyke, Secretary ATTEST ^' E. Daggett, i President 1