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02-25-1985 HUCM1 0 Regular Meeting February 25, 1985 All Commissioners were in attendance; also present were Mgr. Alexander, Counsel Peterson and Ruth Hakel. President Daggett called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. The minutes of January 28, 1985 were reviewed. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the minutes as written. Motion was unanimously carried. The January payables for both entities were discussed. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the payables as listed. (Note: At March meeting comment on Lease Rent - sulphuric acid tank - Anderson Chemical Company - $250 per year.) Motion was unanimously carried. Ruth Hakel commented on the January financial reports. Motion was made by Commissioner Beatty, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to accept both reports. Motion was unanimously carried. Mgr. Alexander: 1. Asked permission for a power plant survey to determine the status of the generating plant. This would include an over -all inspection of all facilities, check routine maintenance programs, etc. Action was delayed until later in the meeting. 2. Generator #3 is still not operable. Alignment of the generator has not been acceptable to the Plant Supt. 3. Reported to the Commission on negotiations with United Power Association. 4. Discussed the formation of the North Central Power Agency. 5. 1985 Annual National Conference of American Public Power Association to be held May 6 -8 with pre- conference seminar to take place May 3 -4 at Los Angeles, California. Motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Beatty allowing Mgr. Alexander to attend the pre- conference seminar. Motion was unanimously carried. 175 / 7 � Motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Beatty authorizing the Commissioners, attendance at the American Public Power Association conference in May. Motion was unanimously carried. 6. Reported on the various comparable worth meetings. Job descriptions are being reviewed so as to cover every job task. At the end of March, questionnaires will be ready for every employee. If changes are to be made, this same procedure may take place two or three times until descriptions of job tasks are complete. At this time Don Swanson was called into the meeting. 1. Interjected more information on purchasing power from United Fcwer Association. 2. Gave advantages to joining the North Central Power Agency. In this agency one could maintain independence. A participating utility could withdraw at any time providing no joint action had been entered into with another entity. One could buy and sell power within the group. Hutchinson Utilities Commission could offer dispatching facilities. It was decided to ask Bob Milne, consultant fcr North Central Power Agency, to attend the March meeting for further discussion. The power plant survey was discussed with Don Swanson. As a result, a motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Beatty to permit Associated Consultants to make the survey on a cost plus basis with a ceiling of $4,000. Motion was unanimously carried. The following are January payables: JANUARY PAYABLES - ELECTRIC Paymaster Corp. James McClure LuAnn Sing Scott D. Powell Bonnie & Faron Kindall Marcus Siemsen Beth Curtis Warren Sytsma Petty Cash Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Security Connecticut Continental Assurance Co. Woodmen Accident & Life American Payment Center Franklin Boller Burmeister Electric Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Hutch Chamber of Commerce Hutch Utilities IBM Corp. Kato Tool & Equip. Co. McMaster Carr Supply Natural Gas Division Paper Service Co. Richard Peterson Petty Cash IBM Corp. Anderson Crane Co. Minnesota Sheriff Electric Motor Repair, Inc. Graybar Electric Co. American Freight Systems Hutchinson Fire & Safety Ditch Witch of MN Anderson Chemical Co. Denise Dorn Rene Anderson Cheryl Vacek Melinda Hubert Putnam Fund Dist. ICMA Retirement Corp. State Treasurer State Treasurer Citizens Bank & Trust Co. First National Bank First State Federal Savings Citizens Bank & Trust Lyle Adams Jim Hanke Ronald Weispfenning Hyman Freightways Checkwriter & protector 454.50 Refund - overpayment final bill 15.00 10.00 13.23 j 2.60 ( j 29.08 22.37 124.75 Meter refunds & interest 214.69 Accident insurance withheld 143.50 Life insurance 5,321.90 Life insurance 43.36 Medical insurance 5,374.22 Rent 64.00 Daily paper 16.80 Line maint. 14.38 Deposit to bond payment account 55,570.83 Dues 152.00 Employee utility bills withheld 845.00 Lease 452.00 Mdse. 19.04 Tools 88.72 Due to Natural Gas Division 569,846.42 accounts receivable Plant supplies 122.38 Legal retainer 400.00 Office supplies - postage 762.73 Maint. service 467.50 Plant supplies 81.27 Publication 55.00 Plant equipment 49.75 Inventory 1,690.20 Freight Charges 40.90 Plant supplies 54.75 Power operated equipment maint. 258.28 Chemicals 83.35 Mete refund & intterest 2.94 24.58 16.35 9.74 Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 Employee deferred comp withheld 972.00 PERA withheld & expense 3,983.85 FICA withheld & expense 4,100.90 Federal tax withheld 5,051.18 Payroll deposit plan 1,051.06 Payroll deposit plan 2,497.38 Payroll deposit plan 4,064.12 Meter refund & interest 42.60 Meter refund & interes 21.20 Meter refund & interest 21.30 Freight charges 46.30 X77 /7 � JANUARY - ELECTRIC (cont) Schaeffer Mfg. Co. Truck maint., mdse. 299.13 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Payroll deposit plan 5,320.84 First National Bank Payroll deposit plan 1,170.61 First State Federal Payroll deposit plan 2,586.15 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Federal tax withheld 4,630.42 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 5,237.81 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 3,862.90 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,776.74 Country Kitchen Coffee filters 14.20 Family Rexall Drug Office supplies 52.15 Apollo Piping Supply Plant supplies 123.80 Putnam Fund Dist., Inc. Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 772.00 Hutchinson Iron & Metal Plant supplies 4.00 R. B. Whitacre & Co. Maint. plant equipment 106.82 Albinson Office supplies 136.81 United Electric Co. Engine maint. #8 8.30 Olsons' Locksmith Building maint. 4.00 Kemske Paper Co. Office supplies 188.06 Anderson Chemical Co. Rent on storage tank 250.00 Otter Tail Power Co. Equipment testing 124.10 T & R Electric Supply Transformer inventory 4,580.00 Floor Care Supply Building maint. 21.20 Vermeer Sales & Service Maint. power operated equipment 57.38 MN Electric Supply Co. Mdse. 109.20 Graybar Electric Co. Plant supplies, building maint. 57.48 H & C Electric Supply Mdse., inventory 161.72 Central Eyewear Safety glasses: Merkins, Nelson, 77.38 Clyne Petersen - Wisdorf, Inc. Line maint., supplies 161.60 City of Golden Valley Comparable worth study 3,810.00 Petersen - Wisdorf, Inc. Inventory 1,216.20 Sheraton Park Place Hotel School expense 56.18 Sterling Electric Co. Plant supplies 161.58 General Trading Co. Mdse., equip. maint., bldg. 1,146.83 maint., tools Petty Cash To increase petty cash amount 200.00 Fireman's Fund Insurance Insurance withheld 98.08 Graybar Electric Co. Plant supplies 58.40 GTC Auto Parts Equipment maint. 3.64 Quast Transfer Freight charges 40.90 Petty Cash Meter refund & int., postage, plant 381.43 supplies, gas United Electric Co. Plant supplies 39.21 Hutchinson Telephone Co. Telephone 1,371.39 Team Laboratory Chemical Plant supplies 53.75 H & C Electric Supply Inventory 85.49 Border States Electric Inventory, line maint. 1,927.21 Great Lakes Elec. Consumer Dues 496.90 R. H. Alexander Meeting expense 71.14 W E S C O Inventory 3,168.00 H & C Electric Supply Mdse. 582.80 1 JANUARY - ELECTRIC (cont) United Electric Co. MN Benefit Assn. Albinson, Inc. Albrecht Oil Co. Allen Office Products American Linen Supply Anderson Interiors Aquatrol Corp. Associated Consultants Barco Municipal Products Brandon Tire E. J. Brooks Co. Burlington Northern Central Contractors Supply Coast -To -Coast Commissioner of Revenue Crow River Glass Co. Culligan Water Conditioning Custom Made Equipment Ed Davis Business Machines Direct Safety Co. Fabricare Cleaners Farm & Home Distributing Floor Care Supply Forbes' Auto Center General Electric Co. Jim Hatch Sales Co. Home Bakery Hutchinson Drug Hutch Fire & Safety Hutch Iron & Metal Hutch Town & Country Tire Hutch Util - Employee Fund Hutch Utilities Hutchinson Wholesale Plant supplies, mdse. Insurance withheld Office supplies Gas, plant supplies Office supplies Laundry Plant supplies Maint. station equipment Engineering fees Supplies Truck maint. Meter expense Lease Tools Plant supplies, bldg. mai maint. Sales tax Building maint. Plant supplies Plant supplies Office supplies Supplies Laundry Tools, power oper. equip. Plant supplies Equipment maint. Line expense Supplies Cookies Office supplies Plant supplies Supplies Truck maint. Employee fund withheld Engines 97.76 Utility center 6,818.73 & plant usage Labor 3,427.20 Plant supplies, truck & nt., equip. maint. power 297.98 10.00 60.13 127.57 205.70 49.32 12.50 287.78 660.50 117.66 145.59 75.69 25.00 44.96 83.68 23,595.81 30.99 11.25 4.00 60.78 69.27 124.50 35.56 107.96 16.00 412.70 29.56 196.40 19.40 14.15 50.56 31.42 66.00 10,343.69 oper. 301.50 464.75 361.00 83.22 227.16 51.12 165.67 70.04 20.45 56.48 45.49 2,957.50 /7i equipment maint. IBEW Local 949 Union dues withheld Ink Spots, Inc. Office supplies Jahnke's Red Owl Coffee Kato Tool & Equipment Equipment maint. Koepp Commercial Insulating Engine maint. #4 Lakes Gas Co. Gas Leef Bros., Inc. Laundry McMaster Carr Supply Co. Tool Mankato Business Products Office supplies Miller Sales Co. Plant supplies MMUA Dues 297.98 10.00 60.13 127.57 205.70 49.32 12.50 287.78 660.50 117.66 145.59 75.69 25.00 44.96 83.68 23,595.81 30.99 11.25 4.00 60.78 69.27 124.50 35.56 107.96 16.00 412.70 29.56 196.40 19.40 14.15 50.56 31.42 66.00 10,343.69 oper. 301.50 464.75 361.00 83.22 227.16 51.12 165.67 70.04 20.45 56.48 45.49 2,957.50 /7i JANUARY - ELECTRIC (cont) Modern Bin Equipment Co. G. F. Nemitz Sons Northern States Supply Otter Tail Power Co. Paper Service Co. Wally Pikal Music Store Plaza OK Hardware Plowman's, Inc. Power Process Equipment Share Corp. Simonson Lumber Dale Sturges Stritesky Trucking UP A Velvet Coach, Inc. W. D. Specialties Warner Industrial Supply Welders Supply Erickson Oil Products Scientific Columbus Quade Electric Abbott. Electronics Apollo Piping Supply Junker Sanitation Certified Laboratories Zep Manufacturing Co. Central MN Communication Medical Insurance Building maint. Supplies Tools Equipment testing Plant supplies Building maint. Supplies, tools truck maint. Plant equipment maint. Plant supplies Plant supplies,\bldg. maint., shop expense Snow removal Freight charges Purchased power 495,447.00 Maint. station equip. 678.36 Meeting expense Truck, maint. Plant supplies Plant supplies Gas Station equip - switchgear Maint. plant equipment Plant supplies Plant supplies Refuse service Plant supplies Plant supplies Radio maint. JANUARY PAYABLES - GAS Colonial Life & Acc..Ins. Continental Assurance Co. Superintendent of Documents First National Bank First State Federal Hutch Chamber of Commerce Hutch Utilities Midwest Gas Assn. Minvalco Putnam Fund Dist. ICMA Retirement Corp. State Treasurer State Treasurer Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Hutchinson Utilities Gast Mfg. Corp. Petty Cash Accident insurance withheld Life insurance Safety bulletins Deposit to contribution account Deposit to C/D account Dues Employee utility bills withheld Membership investment Supplies Employee deferred comp withheld Employee deferred comp withheld PERA withheld & expense FICA withheld & expense Federal tax withheld Due to Municipal Electric Plant payroll deposit plan Energy audit expense Energy audit expense 320.70 29.63 304.54 177.60 81.75 20.00 16.94 268.66 1,622.03 809.40 72.40 337.50 18.00 496,125.36 34.71 28.50 3.66 69.05 172.39- 2,247.71 4.95 15.00 21.00 81.00 101.38 204.00 114.00 1,500.29 39.00 17.14 39.00 25,000.00 500.00 100.00 415.00 878.95 33.13 300.00 50.00 932.91 819.88 1,014.13 2,643.89 188.27 65.00 1 JANUARY - GAS (cont) Guy Speaker Co. Energy audit expense 76.94 Schaeffer Mfg. Co. Truck maint. 147.74 Hutchinson Utilities Due to Municipal Electric Plant 2,935.75 payroll deposit plan State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 980.97 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 879.26 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 1,217.30 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Federal tax withheld 1,090.05 Connie's Custom Paint Maint. equipment 85.00 ICMP Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 300.00 Farmers Elevator Assn. Supplies 3.00 Central Eyewear Safety glasses: Swenson, Sturges, 79.00 Nemitz City of Golden Valley Comparable worth study 800.00 Petty Cash Postage 7.17 Albrecht Oil Co. Gas 23.56 American Meter Co. :deter expense 29.30 American Welding Supplies Welding supplies 48.86 Barco Municipal Products Supplies 117.66 Case Power & Equipment Power operated equipment maint. 17.50 Coast -To -Coast Supplies, energy audit expense 23.02 Direct Safety Co. Supplies 34.60 Farm & Home Distributing Power operated equipment maint. 2.40 Federal Express Corp. Freight charges 69.60 Fitzloff Hardware Meter expense 13.02 Jim Hatch Sales Co. Supplies 15.00 Hutchinson Fire & Safety First aid kits 53.60 Hutchinson Iron & Metal Supplies 31.40 Hutch Town & Country Tire Truck maint. 20.73 Hutch Util - Employee Fund Employee fund withheld 16.00 Hutch Utilities Labor, gas, peak shaving 2,176.67 Hutch Wholesale Power operated equipment maint. 2.31 IBEW Local 949 Union dues withheld 117.25 Kato Tool & Equipment Power operated equipment maint. 56.79 Lakes Gas Co. Gas 121.97 MMUA Dues 1,267.50 National Meter Parts Power operated equipment maint. 109.45 G. F. Nemitz Sons Supplies 29.62 Plaza OK Hardware Supplies 45.93 Plowman's, Inc. Truck maint. 134.34 Simonson Lumber Supplies 31.32 Sorensen Farm Supply Power operated equipment maint. 10.22 Welders Supply Co. Supplies 13.50 L i9l JANUARY - GAS (cont) Hutch Utilities January expense - due to 13,901.06 Municipal Electric Plant Erickson Oil Products Gas 243.41 Circle Hutch Utility Purchased gas 593,629.93 Medical Insurance 80.80 There being no further business, a motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Beatty to adjourn the meeting at 2:55 p.m. ATTEST E. Daggett, Pr. si ent 1