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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES <br />REGULAR MEETING OF THE <br />ELK RIVER UTILITIES COMMISSION <br />HELD AT THE ELK RIVER UTILITIES OFFICES <br />OCTOBER 4, 1999 <br /> <br />Members Present: President, James Tralle; Vice Chairman, John Dietz; Trustee, George <br />Zabee <br /> <br />Staff Present: Bryan Adams, General Manager; Glenn Sundeen, Line Superintendent; <br />Robert McCartney, Water Superintendent; Patricia Hemza, Office Manager <br /> <br />1. Call meeting to order at 4:00 P.M.. October 4~ 1999 <br /> <br />2. Consider Utilities Agenda <br /> <br />George Zabee moved to approve the Utilities Agenda, with one additional item <br />concerning Y2K from Bryan Adams. John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion <br />carried 3-0. <br /> <br />3. Consider Consent Agenda <br /> <br />George Zabee moved to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: <br />8- 7 -99 Minutes <br />September Check Register <br />Financials <br />John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. <br /> <br />5.1 Review & Consider Bids for 2 - 69 KV Breakers <br /> <br />Bids were presented and discussed for the 2 - 69 KV Breakers, with <br />recommendations from staff to accept the apparent low bidder. <br /> <br />George Zabee moved to accept the bid from Alstom USA for 2 - 69 KV <br />Breakers. John Dietz seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. <br /> <br />5.2 Review Year 2000 Proposed Expense Budget <br /> <br />Discussion of the Budget centered on the unknown factor of the wholesale <br />purchased power rate. George Zabee asked several questions about line items <br />in the maintenance and distribution portion of the expense budget, with response <br />by Staff. James Tralle suggested the possibility of paying off a portion of the <br />bonding debt early, and would like a future discussion of cash reserves. John <br />Dietz indicated that he would like to see a reserve set aside to enable the WAC <br />fees to stay at a constant rate. <br />