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05-25-1985 HUCM1 1 Monthly Meeting May 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 11:00 a.m. The April 29, 1985 minutes were reviewed. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Beatty to approve the minutes as presented. Motion was unanimously carried. The April payables for both entities were discussed. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Beatty to accept the payables as listed. Motion was unanimously carried. Ruth Hakel commented on the April financial reports. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Beatty to accept both reports. Motion was unanimously carried. Mgr. Alexander discussed with the Commission a bill (New Landlord - Tenant Billing Rule) which restricts the power of the utilities to hold landlords or prior tenants liable for utility bills and to assess such arrears to the property. This bill was passed by the House of Representatives and Senate and has gone to the Governor for signature. It will become effective August 1, 1985. After discussion, President Daggett called upon the Commission's legal advisor and Mgr. Alexander to arrive at different ways in order to aid in the collection of bills. Mgr. Alexander briefly reviewed Minnesota Statutes Section 192.26 regarding compensation for Utility employees on military duty. Old business: None New business: Discussed the attendance of retired Commissioners at the summer Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association meeting. It was decided to abide by the past policy: to pay meeting expenses for attendance to a meeting for the first year only after retirement. The following are April payables: APRIL American Payment Centers PAYABLES - ELECTRIC Rent 64.00 Franklin Boller Daily paper 21.20 Border States Electric Inventory 201.43 Burlington Northern RR Lease 25.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Deposit to contribution account 25,000.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Deposit to bond & interest acct. 55,570.83 Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Accident insurance withheld 143.50 Curtiss 1000 Office supplies 1,093.40 Ditch Witch of MN Power operated equip. maint. 12.34 Hall's Safety Equipment Mdse. 89.55 Hutch Utilities Employee utility bills withheld 820.00 IBM Corp. Maint service, lease 919.50 Natural Gas Division Due to Natural Gas Division 480,895.38 accounts receivable Paper Service Co. Plant supplies 39.71 Petersen - Wisdorf, Inc. Inventory 28.20 Richard Peterson Legal retainer 400.00 Petty Cash Meter refund & interest 530.02 Scientific Columbus, Inc. Inventory 2,083.31 Vermeer Sales & Service Power operated equip. maint. 73.77 Velvet Coach Meeting expense 160.00 Petersen - Wisdorf, Inc. Inventory 9,000.00 Williams Steel & Hardware Tools 292.53 Border States Electric Meter expense 55.53 Electronic Center URD maint. 37.65 Air - Hydraulic Systems Power operated equip. maint. 8.36 Copy Equipment, Inc. Office supplies 107.51 Ditch Witch of MN Power operated equip. maint. 45.67 Null's Cargo Control Power operated equip. maint. 20.67 City of Hutchinson Office supplies 30.00 Petty Cash Office supplies 809.50 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 1,050.00 Putnam Fund Dist., Inc. Employee deferred comp withheld 25.00 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 43.36 Redman Travel Meeting expense - L.A. - Daggett 434.00 Martha Lemke Refund - overpayment final bill 73.36 Vicki Thomas 14.71 Economy Homes i 109.89 Sandbox Production Meter refund & interest 28.65 Terry Erickson 14.60 Lance Ahlrich ± 17.25 Scott Jones 3.33 Carmen Roelofs C 10.95 Randall Coe 3.13 Donna Wiechman 18.02 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,784.79 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 3,843.30 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 4,552.37 Citizens Bank & Trust Payroll deposit plan 5,350.86 First State Federal Saving Payroll deposit plan 2,512.19 First National Bank Payroll deposit plan 1,683.22 �1 APRIL - ELECTRIC (cont) Woodmen Accident & Life Continental Assurance Co. Cragun's Conference Center Cragun's Conference Center General Electric Co. Northwestern Lumberman's Shawn McLain David Westlund Randy Schroeder William Roeck Sheila Puschau Adeline Nadrahal Craig Lenz Lorraine Larson Ted Larson Mike Larkin John Knowles Branch Klawitter Fred Johnson Steve Flanagan Jack Ewert MMUA MN Electric Supply Williams Steel & Hardware Hutchinson Utilities Connie Tindeland The Drawing Board Petty Cash Federal Express Corp. Instrumentation Services Citizens Bank & Trust Co. First National Bank First State Federal Saving Commissioner of Revenue State Treasurer State Treasurer Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Crow River Glass Co. Putnam Fund Dist., Inc. ICMA Retirement Corp. Border States Electric Four Seasons Services J.C. Penney Co. General Trading Company G. T. C. Auto Parts MN Electric Supply Electronic Center, Inc. Hutchinson Telephone Co. Sears Roebuck & Co. Medical insurance Life insurance Meeting expense Meeting expense Dist. expense Employee insurance withheld Meter refund & interest Registration - annual m Mdse., inventory Mdse. Contribution - Due to Division - March Meter refund & interest Office supplies Office supplies, gas, e Freight charges Plant supplies Payroll deposit plan Payroll deposit plan Payroll deposit plan State tax withheld FICA withheld & expense PERA withheld & expense Federal tax withheld Truck maint. Employee deferred comp Employee deferred comp Meter maint. Cup inserts Uniforms Plant supplies, mdse., tools Truck maint. Mdse. Mdse. Telephone Equip. maint. eeting Natural Gas quip. maint. withheld withheld 5,455.02 200.09 120.00 252.00 9.00 69.34 21.30 42.40 42.40 42.40 42.60 21.30 42.40 21.20 42.60 21.20 42.60 42.60 26.65 42.60 42.60 182.00 97.44 15.85 25,000.00 bldg. maint., 13.20 40.19 317.86 64.00 75.00 5,828.86 1,811.96 2,699.09 5,085.06 3,908.24 3,842.25 4,673.95 100.00 25.00 825.00 1.89 35.80 553.91 629.35 8.15 10.15 9.76 1,380.71 3.16 L7-, 1 1 ,;2 / --9- APRIL - ELECTRIC (cont) MN Electric Supply Inv., mdse., supplies 210.30 Petty Cash Meter refunds, office supplies, 113.78 equip. maint. MN Benefit Assn. Employee insurance withheld 10.00 Graybar Electric Co. Inventory 2,250.95 Border States Electric Inventory 2,977.30 Apollo Piping Supply Engine maint. #6 39.58 H & C Electric Supply Mdse., supplies 378.29 Consolidated Freightways Freight 43.43 Fireman's Fund Ins. Employee insurance withheld 98.08 Albrecht Oil Co. Gas 110.94 Allen Office Products Office supplies 69.70 American Linen Supply Co. Laundry 59.76 American Welding Supplies Plant supplies 25.95 Apollo Leasing, Inc. Underground services expense 600.00 Associated Consultants Engineering services 10,314.68 Barco Bearing Co. Plant supplies 6.43 Chromalox Engine maint. #6 1,229.60 Coast to Coast Plant supplies, eng. maint., bldg. 99.86 maint. Commissioner of Revenue Sales tax 28,951.87 A. L. Crump & Co. Engine maint. #3 & #4 102.79 Ed Davis Business Machines Office supplies 51.35 Ditch Witch of MN Electric Motor Repair Power operated equip. maint. Engine maint. #3 2.59 9.00 Fabricare Cleaners Laundry 129.00 Family Rexall Drug Office supplies 101.58 Farm & Home Distributing Plant supplies, bldg. maint., truck 55.81 maint. Hance Cable Testing URD maint. 50.00 Jim Hatch Sales Co. Supplies 226.12 Home Bakery Cookies 199.80 Hutch Util - Emp. Fund Employee fund withheld 66.00 Hutch Utilities Labor 4,795.51 7,202.67 Engine 149.15 Plant & UC 2,258.01 Usage Hutch Wholesale Supply Plant supplies, mdse., truck & power 347.75 operated equip. maint., bldg. maint. IBEW Local 949 Union dues withheld 464.75 Ideal Shoe Shop Truck maint. 10.00 Jerabek Machine Shop Plant supplies, truck maint., engine 129.54 maint. Jim's Auto Salvage Equip. maint. 10.00 Junker Sanitation Refuse Service 81.00 Koepp Commercial Insulating Engine maint. #3, #4 & #8 1,123.69 L & P Supply Co. Power operated equip. maint. 29.85 Lakes Gas Co. Gas 174.93 Leef Bros., Inc. Laundry 35.43 McMaster -Carr Supply Co. Engine maint. #4 & #8 43.54 Mankato Business Products Office supplies 76.56 -2-ft- APRIL - ELECTRIC (cont) MN Electric Supply Co. Mdse. 15.19 MMUA School expense - safety instruction 210.00 Multi -Amp Corp. Meter maint. 304.76 Newark Electronics Dispatch equip. 163.58 Northern States Power Co. Meter socket 225.00 Northern States Supply Supplies 27.09 Null's Cargo Control Power operated equip. maint. 94.89 Paper Service Company Plant supplies 163.38 Petersen - Wisdorf, Inc. Inventory, URD maint. 1,531.32 Plaza OK Hardware Plant supplies, bldg. maint., 46.08 grounds maint. Quade Electric URD maint. 6.25 Redman Travel Meeting expense 50.00 Rockite Silo URD, bldg. maint. 1,670.88 Share Corp. Equip. maint. 108.90 Simonson Lumber Bldg. maint., mdse., engine maint. 427.38 Sorensen Farm Supply Bldg. maint., eng. maint., equip. 282.20 maint. Standard Printing Office supplies 54.25 State of MN - Dept. of Unclaimed meter refunds 34.00 Commerce Uniforms Unlimited Uniforms 275.76 UPA Purchased power, maint. of equip. 20,217.13 Velvet Coach, Inc. Meeting expense 23.40 Welders Supply, Inc. Plant supplies 15.00 W E S C O Inventory, mdse. 215.40 Williams Steel & Hardware Tools 85.51 Zee Medical Service Plant supplies 93.70 UPA Purchased power 464,419.85 Jahnke's Red Owl Coffee 129.63 Culligan Water Condition Plant supplies 45.00 Security- Connecticut Life Life insurance 327.30 Midwest Gas Assn. Employee insurance withheld 69.34 Erickson Oil Products Gas 193.77 Structural Specialties Engine maint. #3 & #4 1,402.50 Medical Insurance 1,083.24 APRIL PAYABLES - GAS Colonial Life & Accident First National Bank First State Federal Saving Hutch Utilities John's Auto Hutchinson Utilities State Treasurer State Treasurer Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Redman Travel Accident insurance withheld 39.00 Deposit to inc. pricing acct. - int 1,136.23 Deposit to C/D account 500.00 Employee utility bills withheld 415.00 Truck maint. 65.00 Payroll deposit plan 2,657.71 PERA withheld & expense 966.72 FICA withheld & expense 854.92 Federal tax withheld 1,059.79 Meeting exp. - L.A. - Daggett 186.00 IF1 L 1 1 .-� 3 -Znt I APRIL - GAS (cont) Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 300.00 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 17.14 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 79.09 State Treasurer Employee insurance withheld 9.00 Apollo Piping Supply Inventory 8,420.10 Erickson Oil Products Gas 327.62 Vermeer Sales & Service Vermeer tractor 17,300.00 Northern States Supply Supplies 2.21 Vermeer Sales & Service Vermeer trailer 1,800.00 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 300.00 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 Hutchinson Utilities Payroll deposit plan 2,941.03 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Federal tax withheld 1,048.84 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 1,212.20 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 837.98 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 956.81 Cragun's Conference Center Meeting expense 108.00 Northwestern Lumberman's Employee insurance withheld 21.66 MMUA Registration - annual meeting 78.00 Apollo Piping Supply Inventory 432.00 Albrecht Oil Co. Gas 13.60 Coast to Coast Supplies 32.78 Energy Economics, Inc. Supplies 47.21 Farm & Home Distributing Power operated equip. maint. 10.60 Farmers Elevator Assn. Power operated equip. maint. 26.90 Forbe's Auto & Service Ctr. Power operated equip. maint. 11.67 Jim Hatch Sales Co. Supplies 145.13 Hutch Util - Emp. Fund Employee fund withheld 16.00 Hutch Utilities Labor, gas, peak shaving plant 2,122.98 Hutch Wholesale Supply Truck & power operated equip. 127.93 maint., supplies IBEW Local 949 Union dues withheld 117.25 Industrial Lubricant Co. Power operated equip. maint. 95.00 Jerabek Machine Shop Power operated equip. maint. 5.75 Lakes Gas Co. Gas 104.80 North Star Gas Products Inventory 347.40 Northern States Supply Supplies 27.09 Plaza OK Hardware Supplies, maint. of equipment 190.59 Sorensen Farm Supply Power operated equip. maint. 33.65 Uniforms Unlimited Uniforms 105.04 Welders Supply Co. Supplies 13.50 G.T.C. Auto Parts Truck maint. 14.06 H & C Electric Supply Supplies 14.05 Hutch Utilities Due to Municipal Electric Plant 12,333.68 April expense I -IYLA �/ ATTEST t , E. Daggett, °` esident r� Thomas B. Lyke,'jSecretary 1 11 APRIL - GAS (cont) Midwest Gas Assn. Employee insurance withheld 21.66 Erickson Oil Products Gas 198.78 Circle Hutch Utility Purchased gas 323,729.13 Apollo Piping Supply Freight 21.00 Medical Insurance 123.60 There being no further business, a motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Beatty to adjourn at 11:55 a.m. ATTEST t , E. Daggett, °` esident r� Thomas B. Lyke,'jSecretary 1 11