Loading...
02-29-1988 HUCM1 1 1 Regular Meeting February 29, 1988 Commissioner Beatty, Commissioner Lyke, Commissioner Cornell and Commissioner Richards were present, Commissioner Daggett was absent; also present were Mgr. Hakel, Counsel Peterson, Jane Hodgins, Hutchinson Leader staff writer and Sue Winter. Vice President Beatty called the meeting to order at 1:05 p.m. The minutes of January 25, 1988 regular meeting and February 11, 1988 and February 22, 1988 special meetings were reviewed. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Cornell to accept the minutes as written. Motion was unanimously carried. Bids for an industrial tractor loader backhoe for the Natural Gas Division were to be opened. Present for the bid opening was Ivan Larson. Commissioner Lyke opened and read the following bids and Counsel Peterson checked the bid bonds: Case Power and Equipment $33,455.00 less Case 580CK trade -in 8,250.00 $25,205.00 Carlson's Lake State Equipment $29,000.00 less Case 58OCK trade -in 4,485.00 $24,515.00 All the bids having been opened and tabulated, the Commission asked Ivan Larson to evaluate the bids and present his recommendation later in the meeting. The January payables for both entities were discussed. A motion was made by Commissioner Cornell, seconded by Commissioner Richards to accept the payables as presented. Motion was unanimousy carried. Mgr. Hakel presented the January financial statements. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Cornell to accept the financial statements as presented. Motion was unanimously carried. N 2. Employees misc. fund committee has re reserve from the Commission. Counsel would be a proper expenditure. After Hakel was instructed to contact other Hutchinson to see what their policies retirement parties and to report back quested a retirement Peterson stated this discussion, Mgr. public businesses in are regarding to the Commission. 3. Including a return envelope with utility statements was discussed. It was suggested to check the cost of the return envelope already being inserted in the mailing envelope. 4. Distributed employee handbook. Asked the Commission to review the handbook and present comments at the next meeting. 5. Distributed the 1987 year end audit. 6. Reviewed corporate key indicators graphs for electric and gas. 7. In regard to manholes for construction of two 13.8 KVA feeders - a motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Cornell to authorize specifications for manholes for construction of two 13.8 KVA feeders be drawn up by Associated Consultants and to advertise for bids. Motion was unanimously carried. I w Ivan Larson presented his recommendation to the Commission. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Cornell to award the bid for an industrial tractor loader backhoe to Carlson's Lake State Equipment Company in the amount of $24,515. Motion was unanimously carried. American Public Power Association's 1988 national conference will be held in Seattle, Washington, on June 27 -29, 1988. A motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Richards to authorize the attendance of the Commissioners and general manager. Motion was unanimously carried. Manager's Report: 1. In regard to changing bid letting procedures, Counsel Peterson stated bids could be opened before the meeting and a recommendation could be presented to the Commission at the meeting. Mgr. Hakel and Counsel Peterson were instructed to write a policy and present it to the Commission. 2. Employees misc. fund committee has re reserve from the Commission. Counsel would be a proper expenditure. After Hakel was instructed to contact other Hutchinson to see what their policies retirement parties and to report back quested a retirement Peterson stated this discussion, Mgr. public businesses in are regarding to the Commission. 3. Including a return envelope with utility statements was discussed. It was suggested to check the cost of the return envelope already being inserted in the mailing envelope. 4. Distributed employee handbook. Asked the Commission to review the handbook and present comments at the next meeting. 5. Distributed the 1987 year end audit. 6. Reviewed corporate key indicators graphs for electric and gas. 7. In regard to manholes for construction of two 13.8 KVA feeders - a motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Cornell to authorize specifications for manholes for construction of two 13.8 KVA feeders be drawn up by Associated Consultants and to advertise for bids. Motion was unanimously carried. I 93 Old Business: In regard to Contract for Deed, title question is still pending. Monthly payments are being made. Commissioner Richards asked if bonds would also be acceptable ea C' A ". for collateral requirements. It was the consensus of opinion see r`C' that bonds would bc acceptable collateral. A resolution will „yes be presented to the Commission at a future date. Commissioner Lyke discussed creating a committee to meet with two council members in regard to contribution to City of Hutchinson for 1989. After discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner Lyke, seconded by Commissioner Cornell to establish a committee (President Daggett will make the appointments) and to invite the City Council members appointed to the committee to a meeting. Motion was unanimously carried. New Business: Commissioner Cornell asked about joint billings and meter reading with the water department. It was decided to discuss this at a future meeting. The following are January payables: 1 FA y r aCS nN cn ' S-0 �s°Z O5 x° - � ° 00- 1zc (D - pj ' a r N (47�0.- M�� a n ° gp,° 5 p 0 ® !n D 3 °" v.CO Z= C < m ID ° a �o n x-�N c Fm °. .m° C. a 0 T 0 z 1 1 1 cp1i�p �. y m 3 cn o�10m -° m n°r v x m < in n. Q3°o � rOD c f CD a8 caceoy'o= mo^' > °3� < CL CD 00 M W co 01. ? �= � O �9� F O ?_ y O N y< O :f p O T O CL N 6 y - t/f c w Q_ C N W ap 6? �7 �j �j n N Z Cly7 O pl to ? yp pd� i/1 foil �i CAD 7 N O ? O O d 0.. �y F Y Q `G y N Cr l- cD y O �.,' C/ `3 �1 Cn f0/f "... ± 7 CD d fD .gj ma�fy�.So ���00 ° Ste+ c y 3 C 7 lo O y. N7 N O CDi CD d N 7 (n y n O' r W d O N Np CD =p F y D p� i N CD ti N LCD ? O 7 0 I Vj S N d> F N o n F O iyo W CD O O ? G 7'O fY p „O,. l c S Q CD Q N N > y> 7 N O G G f F (D y fin 0 y y G� G » pgNa W 3 S. G n 7 y r-L �� �c� 's c d .o of m m° �ci m 7 3 r O_7 F f0'1 v C fA �j n N y C. O N; w= N �N d_'0 O 2, SVZ' N N R /y�" Y+ (ma y. CC'f N QC C�� y N 7 51 N_ 7 C N c O C1 .< p = C9 °r O O (D O N 0 3 N gy m m c 7 s• c 3�•. 3 w - m o CD n O d F N 3 y f0 N fv CD p n CD d N C in o. ° O N N Q 7 N � 7 C O y (=D C O O A 0• �� _ O p C n y tp_ C r nay d O O pp F 7 3 O F cn N � yy� O O A o. y m N CD `+ CD 2.§D: cp y t° m n ca CL CD _p pp fA _ 3 _ cu f° '"Y 3 °: N ° x N r N cc N , CD .•' d ^" ° CD CD N. C CNj N 7 y d d C CO 6 N _ a a If < �"� O c r d N 7 N CD d N > F 0 m < m o cn mG lwz m �cD F $iaa°�T�� c ccD ° N + D fn W A N a0 X W N o� On O NOi d AAdn W 0 7 O c 0 cD N C- .N-r A n y 0 N< 'TJ' O d D O N� d fn y !p .°.w go O 51 O O N f! O N p• y C�J 2 11 `G �° o �.$cy °m °cE;'@3�^ o c°o��atu » F°3mxa F�= •mmc°+cfn N ffn o c Q O CD ° -° f0 O N 7 oa y o d m�' m '"� �a 3 N in m F y o m ooi N c� v ��v c cF c° m m °. ° n °i d o c O cL N N c d Oa O?? CA B N =� 7 cD d N d N N N R .�• fS �_ O 1 3. N N S A y w cD C1 N R d? c y. O d O o .< r N 959 C(pp < _ d [f 7 C O N d a 0 T 0 z 1 1 1 JANUARY PAYABLES - ELECTRIC Woodmen Accident & Life Medical insurance 5,374.04 AMEX Life Assurance Employee insurance withheld 98.08 Continental Assurance Co. Life insurance 47.13 American Family Life Employee insurance withheld 128.40 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 1,192.00 Putnam Fund Dist., Inc. Employee deferred comp withheld 25.00 Charles J. Kroeger Medical insurance expense 230.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Federal tax, FICA withheld & exp. 9,850.31 PERA PERA withheld & expense 4,364.45 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Payroll deposit plan 7,470.08 Firstate Federal Savings Payroll deposit plan 5,872.94 First National Bank Payroll deposit plan 666.96 Michael Ludowese Meter deposit & interest 136.91 Robert Detaeye 144.23 Richard Fiedler 72.92 Jody Harding 95.18 Roxanne Wosmek 97.84 Jon A. Lauer 63.23 Robert Ellies 88.13 Joe Reimer 125.17 Tom Goodman Re and - overpayment 2.94 Doris Strand Refund - overpayment 312.03 Petty Cash Postage 865.06 Hutch Utilities Employee utility bills withheld 475.00 American Payment Centers Rent 70.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Deposit to Contribution Account 25,000.00 Citizens Bank & Trust Deposit to Bond & Int. Payment 50,559.38 Colonial Life & Accieent Employee insurance withheld 156.10 Lincoln National Corp. Employee insurance withheld 26.00 Marco Business Products Office supplies 31.95 Natural Gas Division Due to Natural Gas Division 404,523.52 Accounts Receivable Richard Peterson Legal retainer 400.00 Petty Cash Meter deposit & interest 280.09 PERA Employee insurance withheld 18.00 Raymark Office Products Office supplies 101.85 Tippecanoe Press, Inc. Office Supplies 519.75 U.S. Postal Service Office supplies 110.00 Warner Industrial Supply Office supplies 5.83 IBM Corp. Maint. agreement 315.50 UPS Freight 34.90 Putnam Fund Dist. Employee deferred comp withheld 25.00 ICMA Retirement Corp. Employee deferred comp withheld 1,192.00 First National Bank Payroll deposit plan 748.27 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Payroll deposit plan 7,517.08 Firstate Federal Savings Payroll deposit plan 6,051.27 PERA PERA withheld & expense 4,076.84 Commissioner of Revenue State tax withheld 4,728.16 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Federal tax, FICA withheld & exp. 8,966.01 Four Seasons Service Cup inserts 47.80 Randy Blake Insurance withheld in error 13.00 I. JANUARY - ELECTRIC (cont) Catherine VanderBeck Meter deposit & interest 212.00 Earl Skelly 168.00 Julie Scheffler 106.50 Connie Sales 159.75 Gary Moen 106.00 Annette Lemon 106.00 Jamie Lanie 42.40 MN Benefit Assn. Employee insurance withheld 10.00 AMEX Life Assurance Employee insurance withheld 72.08 UPA ITA Agreement 1,824.26 United Building Centers Supplies 10.36 Carquest Auto Parts Supplies, plant supplies, truck 37.74 maint. General Trading Co. Plant supplies, mdse., tools 157.77 Petty Cash Meter deposit & interest, office 952.39 supplies, gas, truck maint. Hutch Telephone Co. Telephone 1,366.12 Dale Sturges Snow plowing 630.00 Hutch Utilities Due to Natural Gas Division 1,428.76 January labor American Linen Supply Laundry 79.60 Border States Electric Supplies 28.18 Central Eyewear Dist. Safety glasses 94.00 Commissioner of Revenue Sales tax 22,113.29 Culligan Water Cond. Plant supplies 63.00 Ed Davis Business Machines Office supplies 74.75 Hillyard Floor Care Supply Plant supplies, supplies 275.15 Hutchinson Leader Adv. for bids 89.84 Hutch Util - Emp Fund Employee fund withheld 128.00 Hutch Utilities Usage for plant & utility center 5,798.43 IBEW Local 949 Union dues withheld 508.05 Junker Sanitation Service Refuse service 84.40 Lakes Gas Co. Gas 18.56 R.L. Polk Co. office supplies 6.00 Sorensen Farm Supply Plant supplies 10.95 Tri- County Water Cond. Building maint. 19.20 Welders Supply Supplies 17.40 Zep Manufacturing Co. Supplies 206.00 Allen Office Products Office supplies 41.22 American Welding Supply Welding supplies 153.08 Anderson Interiors Building maint. 33.55 Cash Wise Rolls 51.39 Coast to Coast Plant supplies, tools, truck maint., 93.27 supplies County Market Cookies & coffee 182.75 Fabricare Cleaners Laundry 77.50 Farm & Home Dist. Plant supplies, bldg. maint., 167.90 supplies Ink Spots, Inc. Office supplies 145.65 L & P Supply Co. Plant supplies 11.30 Leef Bros., Inc. Laundry 38.78 Plaza Hardware Supplies 43.96 UPA ITA Agreement - maint. 2,339.64 1 1 JANUARY - ELECTRIC (cont) UPA Erickson Oil Medical Insurance Security- Connecticut Life Postmaster WESCO City of Hutchinson Global Computer Supplies MN Electric Supply Hutch Area Chamber of Comm MMUA MMUA Korngiebel Architecture Chapin Publishing Co. Reflections Architectural Studio J.C. Penney Co. Scientific Columbus Crow River Glass McMaster -Carr Supply Highland Lumber, Inc. Howard Industries MN UC Fund MN Electric Supply Apollo Piping Supply MN Electric Supply Uber Glvoe Company Plowman's, Inc. Hutch Plumbing & Heating Burmeister Electric Co. Anderson Chemical Co. Associated Consultants Data Carriers Direct Safety Co. Ditch Witch of MN Graybar Electric Co. Howard Industries, Inc. Hutch Wholesale Supply Kato Tool & Equipment Lawson Products Joan Limvere Magnuson's Sales Mark Controls W.P. & R.S. Mars Co. Newark Electronics Northern States Supply Petersen - Wisdorf, Inc. Road Machinery & Supplies Forbes Auto Store Purchased power 424,742.76 Gas, plant supplies 19.41 Expense 1,545.18 Insurance premium 5,367.10 Permit 50.00 Meter inv. 3,162.24 Insurance premium 26,337.00 Office supplies 1,250.74 Supplies 3.67 Membership 250.00 Metering workshop - registration 220.00 Safety instruction 465.00 URD maint. 400.00 Adv for bids - 13.8 KVA Feeder 236.30 Consulting fees 606.70 Uniforms 85.67 Meter inv. 6,825.51 Building maint. 20.05 Building maint. 559.54 Building maint. 2,459.92 Transformer inv. 3,928.00 Unemployment exp - J. Henke 648.36 Box inv. 614.70 Engine maint. #8 162.26 Building maint. 56.27 Uniforms 128.65 Truck maint. 64.25 Building maint. 48.65 Meter maint. 81.40 Chemical inv. 576.75 Engineering fees 10,000.00 Office supplies 31.10 Building maint. 24.03 Power operated equipment maint. 37.72 Supplies 155.31 Transformers inv. 2,811.00 truck maint., plant supplies, 1,311.90 mdse., supplies Mdse. 51.55 Supplies 101.21 Consulting services 793.35 Building maint. 26.56 Water system maint. 742.07 Plant supplies, tools 236.20 Tools 37.42 Supplies 110.10 Dist. inv. 21.36 Power operated equipment maint. 93.48 Truck operated equipment maint. 426.35 7 I JANUARY - ELECTRIC (cont) The Satterlee Co. Scientific Columbus, Inc. Simonson Lumber 20th Century Plastics Vaughn Display L. Wilson Power Corp. Barco Bearing Co. Brandon Tire Jacobs Corp. KMart Orvis Wahl Hutchinson Leader Allied Mechanical Systems Tools Meter inv. Building maint., supplies Office supplies Building maint. Transformer inv. Mdse. Truck expense Power operated equipment maint. Dispatching expense Accessory equipment maint., truck maint. Adv. for bids Building maint. JANUARY PAYABLES - GAS American Family Life Continental Assurance Co. Putnam Fund Dist. ICMA Retirement Corp. Hutchinson Utilities PERA Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Hutchinson Utilities Colonial Life & Accident Firstate Federal Savings PERA ICMA Retirement Corp. Putnam Fund Dist. Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Commissioner of Revenue PERA Hutchinson Utilities Hutchinson Utilities Circle Hutch Utility Hutch Util - Emp. Fund Hutch Utilities IBEW Local 949 Hutch Utilities Petty Cash ENRON Gas Marketing Medical Insurance Sharstrom Plumbing & Htg. American Meter Co. MMUA Employee insurance withheld Life insurance Employee deferred comp withheld Employee deferred comp withheld Payroll deposit plan PERA withheld & expense Federal tax, FICA withheld & exp. Employee utility bills withheld Employee insurance withheld Deposit to C/D Account Employee insurance withheld Employee deferred comp withheld Employee deferred comp withheld Federal tax & FICA withheld & exp. State tax withheld PERA withheld & expense Payroll deposit plan Due to Municipal Electric Plant January expenses 38.63 2,399.86 312.57 53.69 197.73 725.00 15.27 279.56 1,069.17 128.00 670.91 118.80 60.00 22.10 13.87 250.00 100.00 3,610.01 799.31 1,776.70 265.00 36.50 500.00 9.00 100.00 250.00 1,980.70 966.54 862.80 4,084.71 21,918.44 Purchased gas 427,360.32 Employee fund withheld 24.00 Usage peak shaving plant 301.35 Union dues withheld 131.50 Due to Municipal Electric Plant 2,274.57 January labor Supplies, power operated equipment 20.60 maint. Purchased gas, mdse. 83,507.60 Expense 277.56 Maint. of mains 302.50 Meter inv. 49.80 Registration - workshop 25.00 1 l Almack Co., Inc. Fisher Controls W.V. Markin & Co. Midwest Gas Assn. North Star Gas Products Apollo Piping Supply JANUARY GAS (cont) Supplies 26.96 Regulator inv. 140.31 Fittings inv. 202.54 Membership 804.00 Fittings inv. 2,516.04 Service line expense, mdse. 370.75 There being no further business, a motion was made by Commissioner Cornell, seconded by Commissioner Richards to adjourn the meeting at 3:00 p.m. Motion was unanimously carried. T ATTEST f C—t Theodore Beatty, Vice President I e