Minutes of the regular meeting of the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota held September 7, 2004 at 5:00 P.M.

Present: Gregoire, Ogden, Vetter

Absent : Quirk

It was moved by Commissioner Ogden second by Commissioner Vetter that the minutes of the previous meeting of August 17, 2004 be approved as read.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Ogden, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

The following bills and payroll were recommended for approval:

CHECK #          VENDOR                       DESCRIPTION                   AMOUNT

26090     M & W Services Inc           Void                             $ -1,481.15

26107     MMPA                         Energy/demand                     205,070.26

26108     M & W Services Inc           Aug 1-12 meter reads              1,684.65

26109     Dan Boyce                    Expenses                          419.19

26110     Cellular One                 Communications                    248.67

26111     MRES                         Travel & school                   50.00

26112     X-cel Energy                 Real estate tax                   3,094.00

26113     Andrew Larson                Safety clothing                   50.00

26114     Mitch Dahlen                 Safety clothing                   50.00

26115     Kyle Kozel                   Safety clothing                   20.00

26116     Kirk Douglas                 Overpay final bill                150.00

26117     Jack Tychanski               Overpay final bill                44.24

26118     Lindsay McCurdy              Overpay final bill                18.04

26119     Vicki Turner                 Overpay final bill                13.64

26120     Lacey Lemley                 Overpay final bill                106.18

26121     Brian Bernat                 Overpay final bill                6.85

26122     Chad Symington               Overpay final bill                132.65

26123     Acme Electric                Supplies                          233.71

26124     Aggregate Industries         Repairs                           8,360.00

26125     American Payment Center      Sep-Nov drop box                  140.00

26126     AWWA                         Travel & school                   180.00

26127     James Beeman                 Safety clothing                   75.00

26128     Big Jim’s East Side Tire      Repairs                           12.00

26129     Border States Electric       Inventory; supplies               1,796.71

26130     Bumper to Bumper             Supplies                          21.29

26131     Brown Traffic Products       Supplies                          63.47

26132     BNSF                         Permits & fees                    25.00

26133     CL Linfoot                   Repairs                           315.00

26134     City of EGF                  Transfer; rent; reimbursements    91,865.58

26135     Community Bank/RRV           Jul ACH charges                   31.94

26136     Dakota Supply Group          Inventory                         8,088.47

26137     Ethanol Products             Wtr treat chemicals               1,549.11

26138     Exponent                     Advertising; publishing           909.05

26139     Fargo Water Equipment        Inventory                         304.57

26140     Floan Sanders                Professional fees                 6,078.50

26141     George’s Quick Printing       Supplies                          179.99

26142     Gopher State One Call        Jul locates                       223.10

26143     Hawkins Inc                  Wtr treat chemicals               4,745.09

26144     Holweger Excavating          Professional fees                 35,786.38

26145     Hugo’s #5                     Supplies                          90.89

26146     KLM Engineering              Professional fees                 4,955.00

26147     Veronica Kostrzewski         Reimbursement                     72.13

26148     Lakeland                     Supplies                          681.69

26149     Lystads                      Supplies                          46.86

26150     M & W Services Inc           Aug 13-31 meter reads             1,924.35

26151     Madison Nat’l Life Ins        Life insurance                    252.70

26152     MMTG                         Dues & subscriptions              435.48

26153     MN Dept Health (MDH)         Jul-Sep MDH fees                  3,334.00

26154     NDWPCC                       Travel & school                   65.00

26155     North Central Rental         Miscellaneous                     4,191.50

26156     NW/ECSU                      Health insurance                  13,188.00

26157     Qwest                        Communications                    721.23

26158     Reliable                     Supplies                          179.42

26159     Resco                        Inventory                         11,377.40

26160     Scott’s Electric              Professional fees                 17,039.97

26161     Spiegel & McDiarmid          Professional fees                 338.52

26162     T’N’T Outfitters              Safety clothing                   75.00

26163     Valley Truck Parts           Repairs                           78.75

26164     Vessco                       Tools & equipment                 3,266.92

26165     Water & Light                Utilities                         11,387.02

26166     WDAZ                         Promotions                        1,700.00

          Payroll                      Total cost                        54,399.33

                                                                          $ 500,494.69

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

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Ogden, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

Commissioner Quirk now entered the meeting.

It was moved by Commissioner Ogden second by Commissioner Quirk to enter into the Energy Assistance Program Vendor Agreement with Tri-Valley Opportunity Council.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Vetter second by Commissioner Ogden to approve the Safety Compliance contract with MMUA and recommend that the city council do the same.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Ogden second by Commissioner Vetter to sell the steel from the demolished Water Plant Substation as junk. This steel was previously declared surplus.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Ogden second by Commissioner Quirk to adopt the MMUA Model Municipal Utility Distribution Reliability Standards short version.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Ogden that the meeting be adjourned to September 21, 2004 at 5:00 P.M.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden, Vetter

Voting Nay: None



                                                     Bonnie Abel

                                                     Sec'y