Minutes of the regular meeting of the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota held June 8, 2004 at 5:00 P.M.

Present: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden

Absent : Vetter

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Ogden that the minutes of the previous meeting of May 20, 2004 be approved as read.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden

Voting Nay: None

The following bills and payroll were recommended for approval:

CHECK #          VENDOR                       DESCRIPTION                   AMOUNT

25745     Stans Communications         Void                             $ -864.24

25758     Steve Olson                  Reimbursement                     470.00

25759     Dept Natural Resources       Permits & fees                    332.00

25760     Stan’s Communications         Supplies                          48.46

25761     Bonny Knudsvig               Overpay final bill                143.25

25762     Eleanor Thorson              Overpay final bill                83.76

25763     Francine Johnson             Overpay final bill                67.71

25764     John Rutherford              Overpay final bill                29.05

25765     Eugene Amezcua               Overpay final bill                1.47

25766     Bonnie Abel                  Reimbursement                      64.31

25767     Acme Electric                Supplies                          271.59

25768     American Payment Center      Jun-Aug drop box                  140.00

25769     AWWA Research                Subscription                      819.76

25770     Batteries Plus               Supplies                          31.60

25771     Bert’s Truck Equipment        Parts & repairs                   3,015.18

25772     Big Jim’s East Side Tire      Repairs                           49.59

25773     Border States Electric       Inventory & supplies              52,769.86

25774     Dan Boyce                    Expenses                          420.25

25775     Brady Martz & Assoc          Professional fees                 3,400.00

25776     Breezy Point Resort          Travel & school                   308.00

25777     Burmeister Electric          Inventory                         718.88

25778     C&L Pest Control             Contracted services               101.20

25779     City of EGF                  Transfer                          92,041.30

25780     Commercial Printing          Supplies                          80.94

25781     Custom Aire                  Repairs                           197.93

25782     Dakota Supply Group          Inventory                         181,603.35

25783     Digi-Key                     Supplies                          194.45

25784     Soris Financial              Repairs                           4,525.62

25785     Exponent                     Advertising; publishing           803.30

25786     Darrell Fore                 Miscellaneous                     100.00

25787     Gaffaney’s                    Supplies                          123.32

25788     GF Grocery                   Supplies                          97.78

25789     GF Welding                   Supplies; repairs                 203.59

25790     Graymont Western Us Inc      Wtr treat chemicals               1,995.35

25791     H2O Inc                      Supplies                          128.90

25792     Hawkins Inc                  Wtr treat chemicals               1,951.76

25793     Holweger Excavating          Contracted services               11,891.10

25794     Hugo’s #5                     Supplies; misc                    27.18

25795     Interstate Companies         Supplies; repairs                 88.92

25796     Locators & Supplies          Supplies                          158.54

25797     Lystads                      Supplies                          141.16

25798     M & W Services Inc           May 16-31 meter reads             1,372.25

25799     Madison Nat’l Life Ins        Life insurance                    267.45

25800     MN Pollution Control         Permits & fees                    23.00

25801     Monarch Travel & Tour        Travel & school                   414.20

25802     North-Holt Electric          Professional fees                 8,359.43

25803     NW/ECSU                      Health insurance                  12,121.50

25804     Otis Elevator                Maintenance                       70.00

25805     PUR                          Subscription                      139.00

25806     Rivard’s Seed Quality         Supplies                          271.10

25807     Sebesta Bloomberg            Permits & fees                    2,238.71

25808     Spiegel & McDiarmid          Professional fees                 4,432.50

25809     T’N’T Outfitters              Safety clothing                   75.00

25810     Tri-Valley                   CIP billing                       12,415.60

25811     Water & Light                Utilities                         9,066.59

25812     Wesco Distribution           Inventory                         146.23

25813     X-cel Energy                 Gas utilities                     2,213.12

          Payroll                      Total cost                        72,251.44

                                                                          $ 484,653.29

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

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Ogden to table the issue of resurfacing the tennis court pending further investigation of surface types and prices.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Ogden to table the Northland Community Technical College parking lot expansion until more information has been obtained.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Ogden second by Commissioner Quirk to absorb the incremental costs of the differences between an 8" water line and a 12" water line on 23^rd St NW.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Ogden to ratify the acceptance of Darrell Fore’s letter of resignation effective May 31, 2004.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Ogden second by Commissioner Quirk to authorize the purchase of 18 fault indicators at a price of $3,179.41.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Ogden second by Commissioner Quirk to approve hiring a part time summer employee in the computer department at the rate stated in the current summer employee rate resolution.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Ogden second by Commissioner Quirk to approve a pay rate of $11.00/hr for the part time summer employee that has completed his lineman training.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Ogden that the meeting be adjourned to the next regular meeting on June 17, 2004 at 5:00 P.M. and then to a special meeting on June 21, 2004 at 6:30 P.M.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden

Voting Nay: None

                                                     Bonnie Abel

                                                     Sec'y