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12-30-1985 HUCMRegular Meeting December 30, 1985 All Commissioners were in attendance; also Mgr. Alexander, Counsel Peterson and Ruth Hakel. President Daggett called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. After reviewing the November 25, 1985 minutes, a motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the minutes as presented. Motion was unanimously carried. The November electric and gas payables were discussed. Motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Daggett to accept the payables as listed. Motion was unanimously carried. At 1:15 p.m. Don Swanson of Associated Consultants was welcomed to the meeting. He presented an update on the feasibility of Hutchinson Utilities entering into United Power Association's Integrated Transmission Agreement. Report is on file (Associated Consultants). In order for the Commission to have an opportunity to examine an agreement, a motion was made by Commissioner Beatty, seconded by Commissioner Lyke authorizing preparation of an agreement between Hutchinson Utilities Commission and United Power Association. Motion was unanimously carried. A brief report was also given by Don Swanson on firm hydro power from Manitoba, Canada, This power could be available to an individual utility or as part of an agency. After discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Beatty advising Hutchinson Utilities Commission's intent to purchase 15 megawatts of firm power from the Nelson River Project. Management was instructed to write letter of intent. Don Swanson also listed a few of the advantages to belonging to the Northern Minnesota Public Utilities Board. After discussion, direction was given to the general manager to obtain a recent Minnesota Public Utilities Board agreement so as the Commission could review it again. 1 7 (7 -9& sue-- g0 Ruth Hakel reported on the November financial statements. Motion was made by Commissioner Beatty, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to accept both reports. Motion was unanimously carried. A letter received from Robins, Zelle, Larson and Kaplan dated December 11, 1985, informed the Commission that Curtiss- Wright had decided to pay a portion of the judgment in the amount of $174,813.14 (correspondence on file). Management was instructed to issue a check in the amount of $32,688 to Robins, Zelle, Larson and Kaplan representing their fee portion of the payment. Motion by Commissioner Beatty, seconded by Commissioner Lyke to increase staff salaries by 3.25% for the year 1986. Motion was unanimously carried. Reorganization of duties was discussed. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Beatty to implement the job descriptions as presented for a probationary period of one year, without salary increases. Job descriptions and salaries will be reviewed after one year. Motion was unanimously carried. The date for the next monthly meeting will be Tuesday, January 21, 1986 at 1:00 p.m. The following are November payables: F, 1 1521 mm NOVEMBER American Family Life Ins. PAYABLES - ELECTRIC Employee insurance withheld 128.40 Citizens Bank & Trust Deposit to Contribution Account 25,000.00 Colonial Life & Accident Employee insurance withheld 196.20 Hutch Fire & Safety Plant supplies 52.50 Hutch Utilities Employee utility bills withheld 700.00 IBM Corp. Lease 482.00 Midwest Gas Asso. Employee insurance withheld 69.34 Natural Gas Division Due to Natural Gas Division 392,100.07 accounts receivable Norwest Bank Mpls. Bond & interest payment 621,151.50 Petersen - Wisdorf Inventory 1,105.80 Richard Peterson Legal retainer 400.00 U.S. Postal Service Office supplies 110.00 W E S C O Mdse. 935.70 Keith Larson Refund - overpayment 9.38 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 3,724.02 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,765.23 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 4,497.22 First State Federal Saving Payroll deposit plan 2,829.87 First National Bank Payroll deposit plan 1,795.11 Citizens Bank & Trust Payroll deposit plan 5,347.45 Woodmen Accident & Life Medical insurance 5,455.02 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 1,050.00 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 25.00 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 47.30 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 200.09 Gary Stading Meter refund & interest 1.56 Kenneth Kresien 11.43 John M. Steele 41.45 Tom McClellan 15.06 Mark Teigland 8.08 Tom Lozenski 8.42 Anne Dezenski 2.54 Allen Hjille 66.01 Petty Cash 392.68 Petty Cash Postage 827.72 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 1,050.00 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 25.00 Plowman's, Inc. New truck 15,766.20 Citizens Bank Payroll deposit plan 5,995.44 First National Bank Payroll deposit plan 1,901.39 First State Federal Saving Payroll deposit plan 2,962.46 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 3,647.62 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,752.04 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 4,598.29 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 3,916.17 Road Machinery & Supplies New truck 48,125.70 IBM Corp. Maint. service 505.50 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 3,751.39 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 3,476.16 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 1,960.36 NOVEMBER - ELECTRIC (cont) Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 4,544.44 First State Federal Saving Payroll deposit plan 2,953.93 First National Bank Payroll deposit plan 1,868.32 Citizens Bank & Trust Paryoll deposit plan 5,278.85 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 1,050.00 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 25.00 Hutch Fire & Safety Fire extinguisher, fire training 257.00 MN Electric Supply Inventory 99.79 Four Seasons Services Cup inserts 39.80 Anderson Chemical Co. Inventory 185.25 Powertronics, Inc. Transformers 35.32 MN Lift Truck Corp. Power operated equip. maint. 55.87 Plowman's, Inc. Truck maint. 122.95 McMaster -Carr Supply Plant supplies 88.56 American Welding Supply Supplies 26.61 United Way United Way withheld 130.00 Lawson Products Supplies 166.51 Fabricare Cleaners Laundry 63.00 Abbott Electronics, Inc. Radio maint. 3.00 Allen Office Products Office supplies 72.00 American Linen Supply Laundry 61.71 Associated Consultants Engineering fees 294.00 Border States Electric Inventory, supplies 1,931.99 Brandon Tire Truck & equip. maint. 197.13 Case Power & Equipment Power operated equip. maint. 46.15 Coast to Coast Plant supplies, building maint. 184.61 Commissioner of Revenue Sales tax 18,431.91 Continental Safety Equip. Supplies, equip. maint. 116.96 Culligan Water Cond. Plant supplies 11.25 Curtis 1000 Office supplies 1,292.31 Ed Davis Business Machines Office supplies 216.50 Duro -Test Corp. Building maint. 374.48 Family Rexall Drug Office supplies 6.97 Farm & Home Dist. Supplies, truck & power operated 75.56 equip. maint. Fireman's Fund Ins. Employee insurance withheld 98.08 Fitzloff Hardware Plant supplies 12.90 Forbe's Auto Truck maint. 13.21 Jim Hatch Sales Equipment maint. 142.02 Hazard Control, Inc. Building maint. 116.42 Home Bakery Cookies 172.50 Hutchinson Leader Legal publication 205.16 Hutch Util - Emp. Fund Employee fund withheld 94.00 Hutch Utilities Labor 2,444.04 5,222.80 Plant & UC 2,778.76 usage Hutch Wholesale Plant supplies, mdse., truck maint. 124.68 IBEW Local 949 Union dues withheld 428.00 Jahnke's Red Owl Coffee, supplies 72.70 Junker Sanitation Refuse service 81.00 Juul Contracting Co. Underground expense 52.90 1 1 1 NOVEMBER - ELECTRIC (cone) Lakes Gas Co. Leef Bros., Inc. MN Benefit Asso. MMUA Northern States Supply Paper Service Co. People's Natural Gas Co. Petersen- Wisdorf Plaza OK Hardware Plowman's, Inc. Rapidforms, Inc. Road Machinery & Supplies Share Corp. Simonson Lumber Standard Printing Tigo Enterprises UPA Welders Supply Co. W E S C 0 Zep Mfg. Co. Marley Cooling Tower City of Hutchinson City of Hutchinson H & C Electric Supply MN Electric Supply Co. Graybar Electric Co. David Weis Terry Planh Rodney Nordling Robert Mlynac Kevin Huhn Hillard Graupman Ehlers of Hutchinson Jane Bonniwell Trimble House Corp. General Trading Co. Hutch Telephone Graybar Electric Co. Rockite Silo Central MN Communication Petty Cash City of Hutchinson UPA Gas Laundry Employee insurance withheld Safety training Plant supplies, mdse., tools Plant supplies Safety training Inventory, plant supplies Plant supplies Truck maint. Office supplies Mdse. Equipment maint. Mdse., water system maint. Office supplies Advertising Station equip. maint. Plant supplies Transformers Plant supplies Water system maint. Underground expense Water bill Inventory, mdse., bldg. maint., supplies Mdse., plant supplies, bldg. maint. Inventory Meter refund & interest Mdse. Plant supplies, mdse., truck maint., tools Telephone Inventory Mdse. Communications equip. Meter refunds & interest, office supplies, meeting expense Water bill Purchased power 153.35 41.22 10.00 628.43 38.19 219.49 900.00 1,680.06 23.31 28.50 84.75 67.27 49.80 74.13 72.50 220.00 163.00 15.00 68.06 166.00 259.30 3,631.00 79.11 847.65 177.62 228.93 21.30 42.60 42.40 42.40 42.40 21.20 106.50 21.30 3,091.77 349.24 1,349.32 5,481.24 343.68 663.00 377.04 110.75 493,725.58 j � 7 NOVEMBER - ELECTRIC (cont) Mankato Business Products Office supplies 56.48 Dale Sturges Snow plowing 495.00 Medical Insurance 1,490.83 NOVEMBER PAYABLES - GAS First National Bank Deposit to Inc. Pricing Acct. 720.00 Hutch Utilities Payroll deposit plan 2,683.50 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 957.50 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 839.20 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 1,074.53 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 300.00 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 18.70 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 79.09 American Family Life Ins. Employee insurance withheld 50.80 Ametek, Inc. Inventory 263.40 Apollo Piping Supply Inventory 81.74 Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Employee insurance withheld 39.00 Firstate Federal Savings Deposit to C/D Account 500.00 Hutch Utilities Employee utility bills withheld 490.00 Midwest Gas Asso. Employee insurance withheld 21.66 State Treasurer PERA employee insurance withheld 9.00 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee defereed comp withheld 300.00 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 Hutch Utilities Payroll deposit plan 2,865.50 First National Bank Deposit to Inc. Pricing Acct -Int. 8,250.00 Apollo Piping Supply Inventory 39.10 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 956.10 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 836.78 Citizens Bank Federal tax withheld 1,056.96 State Treasurer PERA withheld & expense 978.98 State Treasurer FICA withheld & expense 875.90 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 1,439.71 Citizens Bank & Trust Federal tax withheld 1,124.09 Hutch Utilities Payroll deposit plan 2,858.47 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 50.00 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 300.00 Elvin Safety Supply Supplies 117.99 American Meter Co. Inventory 1,729.25 Plexco - Fairfield Inventory 106.15 Circle Hutch Utility Temp. transfer of funds 8,750.08 Lawson Products Supplies 166.51 United Way United Way withheld 24.00 Northern Natural Gas Co. Safety promotion 50.00 Minvalco Mdse., inventory 133.27 American Meter Division Inventory 61.15 Apollo Piping Supply Inventory 21.00 Apollo Piping Supply Inventory 255.39 American Welding Supplies Supplies 65.61 1 NOVEMBER - GAS (cont) Case Power & Equipment Central Contractors Supply Circle Hutch Utility Continental Safety Equip. Folz Systems Hutchinson Co -op Hutchinson Leader Hutch Utilities - Emp. Fund Hutch Utilities Hutchinson Wholesale IBEW Local 949 Juul Contracting Co. Lakes Gas Co. Northern Natural Gas Co. Northern States Supply Peoples Natural Gas Co. Share Corp. Simonson Lumber Tapecoat Company Velvet Coach, Inc. W. D. Cooling Clinic Welders Supply Co. Wigen Chevrolet Co. Yellow Freight System Hutch Utilities General Trading Co. Petty Cash G. T. C. Auto Parts Medical Insurance Power operated equip. mai Supplies Purchased gas Supplies Telemetering Supplies Legal publication Employee fund withheld Labor, peak shaving Truck maint. Union dues withheld Mains Gas Purchased gas Supplies Safety training Supplies Power operated equip. mai Services & mains Meeting expense Truck maint. Supplies Truck maint. Freight charges Due to Municipal Electric November expenses Supplies Supplies, meeting expense Truck maint. nt. 138.43 25.25 401,072.87 30.61 3,200.00 3.00 136.78 24.00 1,832.80 3.04 117.25 10.10 100.56 54.98 28.60 300.00 26.80 nt. 8.13 936.00 63.58 38.45 97.50 2.00 76.02 Plant 12,384.23 28.04 27.00 3.64 432.46 There being no further business, a motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Beatty to adjourn the meeting at 4:50 p.m. Motion was unanimously carried. ATTEST E. Daggett, Presi e t r J Thomas B. Lyke, Secre �j ck