Minutes of the regular meeting of the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota held August 5, 2003 at 5:00 P.M.

Present: Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Beauchamp

Absent : None

It was moved by Commissioner Gregoire second by Commissioner Quirk that the minutes of the previous meeting of July 17, 2003 be approved as read.

Voting Aye: Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Beauchamp

Voting Nay: None

The following bills and payroll were recommended for approval:

Courtney Hancock                   Overpay final bill                   $ 25.15

Cindy Frank                        Overpay final bill                    33.59

Stephanie Desjarlais               Overpay final bill                    5.85

Aerial Contractors                 Professional fees                     51,849.00

Batteries Plus                     Supplies                              27.67

Big Jim’s East Side Tire            Repairs                               12.00

Border States Electric             Supplies                              414.76

Braun Intertec Corp                Contracted services                   1,777.00

Bumper to Bumper                   Supplies                              52.17

Burmeister Electric                House meters                          1,610.28

City of EGF                        Transfer; rent; bonds                 99,651.99

Commissioner of Revenue            Sales; use; grbg surchrg              33,619.00

Cooper Power Systems               Supplies                              23,700.00

Diamond Cleaning Supply            Supplies                              48.83

DTI                                Communications                        114.38

Ernst Trenching                    Professional fees                     59,046.40

Ethanol Products                   Wtr treat chemicals                   1,614.53

Firestone Stores                   Repairs                               12.23

Floan Sanders                      Professional fees                     801.50

GF Thur-O-Clean                    Professional fees                     297.00

Galstad Jensen & McCann            Professional fees                     1,372.50

George’s Quick Printing             Supplies                              262.19

Gopher State One Call              Jun locates                           376.65

Hawkins Inc                        Wtr treat chemicals                   1,148.80

Holiday Station                    Fuel                                  27.02

Hugo’s #5                           Supplies                              2.24

Interstate Companies Inc           Parts                                 901.01

Jerry’s Electric                    Contracted services                   33,300.00

Keith’s Lock & Key                  Repairs                               155.00

Lakeland                           Supplies                              413.44

Lumber Mart                        Supplies                              8.31

M & W Services Inc                 Jul meter reads                       1,967.25

Madison Nat’l Life Ins              Life insurance                        270.05

Midcontinent Comm Adv Sales        Advertising                           640.00

MMTG                               Dues & subscriptions                  4,388.91

MMUA                               Connector; dues                       2,061.80

Northern Water Works               Inventory                             312.62

NW/ECSU                            Health insurance                      11,186.27

Pitney Bowes Inc                   Maintenance contract                  1,028.79

Power Equipment Shop               Parts                                 27.85

Qwest                              Communications                        724.58

Randy Rapacz                       Expenses                              82.22

Resco                              Supplies                              408.59

Roto-Rooter                        Contracted Services                   165.00

Rydells                            Maintenance                           135.90

Service Bureau                     Jun collection fees                   69.62

Soberaski Inc                      Professional fees                     1,357.00

Surplus Center Inc                 Tools                                 12.64

TigerDirect                        Computer supplies                     1,392.31

Water & Light                      Utilities                             9,244.43

X-cel Energy                       Gas utilities                         30.72

X-cel Energy                       Real estate tax                       3,436.00

Payroll                            Total cost                            65,322.97

                                                                         $ 416,946.01

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Gregoire that the bills and payroll be allowed as recommended and the Secretary issue checks for the same.

Voting Aye: Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Beauchamp

Voting Nay: None

Commissioner Gregoire, supported by Commissioner Quirk, introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:

WHEREAS, the terms arrived at through negotiation between the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of and for the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota and Teamsters Local 116 have now been reduced to writing in the form of Articles of Agreement between the said group and the Commission, now therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of and for the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, that the prior mentioned Articles of Agreement between the Commission and Teamsters Local 116 is hereby approved and should be executed by the Commission President and the Secretary of the Commission, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the salaries of the Water and Light Department Teamsters Local 116 employees be adjusted according to the wage schedule adopted in the prior mentioned Articles of Agreement.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all of the prior mentioned actions and approvals by the Water and Light Commission are hereby effective and retroactive to February 15, 2003.

Voting Aye: Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Beauchamp

Voting Nay: None

The President declared the resolution passed.

A meeting to discuss the 2004 budget was scheduled for 7 P.M. on September 9, 2003.

It was moved by Commissioner Beauchamp second by Commissioner Quirk that the meeting be adjourned to August 21, 2003 at 5:00 P.M.

Voting Aye: Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Beauchamp

Voting Nay: None

                                                     Bonnie Abel

                                                     Sec'y