Minutes of the regular meeting of the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota held August 3, 2004 at 5:00 P.M.

Present: Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Absent : Ogden

It was moved by Commissioner Vetter second by Commissioner Quirk that the minutes of the previous meetings of July 15 and 20, 2004 be approved as read.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

The following bills and payroll were recommended for approval:

CHECK #          VENDOR                       DESCRIPTION                   AMOUNT

25993     Karen Slivicki               Overpay final bill               $ 165.00

25994     Bearings & Drives            Supplies                          120.50

25995     Big Jim’s East Side Tire      Repair                            12.00

25996     Border States Electric       Inventory supplies                14,544.14

25997     Dan Boyce                    Expenses                          254.24

25998     City of EGF                  Transfer; rent                    92,491.41

25999     Computer Renaissance         Supplies                          74.99

26000     Dakota Supply Group          Inventory                         30,051.85

26001     Eagle Electric               Maintenance                       314.06

26002     Paul Erickson                Expenses                          171.44

26003     Fargo Water Treatment        Inventory; supplies               1,011.82

26004     Fert-L-Lawn                  Contracted services               934.48

26005     Firestone Stores             Repairs                           76.66

26006     Floan Sanders                Professional fees                 4,610.00

26007     Forks Equipment              Supplies                          48.01

26008     GF Thur-O-Clean              Contracted services               297.00

26009     Gopher State One Call        Jun locates                       274.85

26010     H2O Inc                      Supplies                          32.81

26011     Hawkins Inc                  Wtr treat chemicals               7,060.95

26012     Holweger Excavating          Professional fees                 4,958.25

26013     Home of Economy              Supplies                          18.77

26014     Interstate Companies         Maintenance                       81.60

26015     KBM Inc                      Professional fees                 26,769.90

26016     Locators & Supplies          Supplies                          343.46

26017     Lystads                      Supplies                          109.88

26018     M & W Services Inc           Jul 16-30 meter reads             1,691.80

26019     Madison Nat’l Life Ins        Life insurance                    252.70

26020     Midcontinent Comm Adv Sales  Advertising                       640.00

26021     MMUA                         Training; dues                    1,653.20

26022     Ondeo Nalco Company          Supplies                          472.95

26023     Nelson Business Forms        Supplies                          1,709.50

26024     North-Holt Electric          Professional fees                 3,060.60

26025     NW/ECSU                      Health insurance                  14,553.00

26026     OATI                         Miscellaneous                     300.00

26027     Ornamental Iron              Repairs                           426.69

26028     Otis Elevator                Maintenance                       70.00

26029     Pitney Bowes Inc             Maintenance contract              1,142.00

26030     Qwest                        Communications                    76.51

26031     Quill Corporation            Supplies                          90.32

26032     Lance Riel                   Expenses                          158.43

26033     Scott’s Electric              Professional fees                 47,597.00

26034     Service Bureau               Jun collection fees               351.84

26035     Spiegel & McDiarmid          Professional fees                 1,810.54

26036     Surplus Center               Supplies                          21.78

26037     TigerDirect                  Supplies                          341.42

26038     Underwater Comm Divers       Contracted services               1,958.00

26039     University of ND             Permits & fees                    5,000.00

26040     WDAZ                         Promotions                        1,360.00

26041     X-cel Energy                 Gas utilities                     31.57

          Payroll                      Total cost                        54,940.59

                                                                          $ 324,538.51



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

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Vetter to authorize entering into the HeatShare program agreement with Salvation Army and instruct the president to sign the agreement.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Vetter to approve the sale of fifty surplus poles to Swingen Construction.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

Commissioner Ogden now entered the meeting.

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Ogden to accept the proposal of agency membership in Minnesota Municipal Power Agency and to direct the general manager to send MMPA a letter so indicating.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Vetter second by Commissioner Quirk that the meeting be adjourned to August 17, 2004 at 5:00 P.M.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden, Vetter

Voting Nay: None



                                                     Bonnie Abel

                                                     Sec'y