Minutes of the regular meeting of the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota held November 2, 2004 at 5:00 P.M.

Present: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden, Vetter

Absent : None

It was moved by Commissioner Vetter second by Commissioner Ogden that the minutes of the previous meeting of October 19, 2004 be approved as read.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

The following bills and payroll were recommended for approval:

CHECK #          VENDOR                       DESCRIPTION                   AMOUNT

26365     AWWA                         Dues; training                   $ 573.00

26366     Border States Electric       Inventory; supplies               11,747.48

26367     Dan Boyce                    Expenses; reimbursement           176.59

26368     Cellular One                 Communications                    185.76

26369     City of EGF                  Transfer; rent                    90,126.20

26370     Commercial Printing          Supplies                          181.05

26371     Dakota Supply Group          Inventory; supplies               819.67

26372     Jamey David                  Reimbursement                     48.00

26373     Dustin Demarais              Reimbursement                     48.00

26374     Fed-Ex                       Freight                           61.65

26375     Firestone Stores             Repair                            12.50

26376     Fisher Scientific            Supplies                          223.29

26377     Floan Sanders                Professional fees                 2,100.00

26378     GF Thur-O-Clean              Contracted services               560.33

26379     George’s Quick Printing       Supplies                          179.99

26380     Todd Grabanski               Reimbursement                     48.00

26381     GF Fire Equip Co             Supplies                          149.10

26382     Scott Gravseth               Reimbursement                     45.90

26383     Graymont Western Canada      Wtr treat chemicals               2,018.39

26384     Hawkins Inc                  Wtr treat chemicals               2,992.77

26385     Anna Hearn                   Reimbursement                     48.00

26386     Holweger Excavating          Contracted services               4,950.00

26387     Home of Economy              Supplies                          12.99

26388     Hugo’s #5                     Supplies                          8.40

26389     Brian Johnson                Reimbursement                     19.12

26390     Keith’s Lock & Key            Repairs                           267.71

26391     Killoran Trucking            Wtr treat chemicals               4,087.30

26392     Veronica Kostrzewski         Reimbursement                     48.00

26393     Lystads                      Supplies                          69.76

26394     M & W Services Inc           Oct 14-31 meter reads             1,774.20

26395     Madison Nat’l Life Ins        Life insurance                    254.20

26396     Lori Maloney                 Reimbursement                     48.00

26397     Midwest Motor Express        Freight                           927.63

26398     MMUA                         Dues/subscriptions                1,603.20

26399     MN Section AWWA              Training & school                 190.00

26400     MN Valley Testing Labs       Contracted services               152.00

26401     Northern Water Works         Supplies                          34.07

26402     NW/ECSU                      Health insurance                  13,188.00

26403     Jeff Olson                   Reimbursement                     48.00

26404     Power Equipment Shop         Supplies                          19.06

26405     PS Doors                     Supplies                          66.50

26406     Randy Rapacz                 Reimbursement                     45.90

26407     Lance Riel                   Reimbursement                     48.00

26408     Rydells                      Maintenance                       22.38

26409     Terry Spear                  Reimbursement                     48.00

26410     Spielman Radio               Communications                    8,413.50

26411     Sticky Construction          Professional fees                 905.85

26412     Corey Thompson               Reimbursement                     48.00

26413     Chad Troitte                 Reimbursement                     38.25

26414     Veit Environmental           Contracted services               2,387.50

26415     X-cel Energy                 Gas utilities                     72.08

          Payroll                      Total cost                        52,008.42

                                                                          $ 204,151.69

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

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Ogden to agree to the American Public Power Association dues increase.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Ogden to declare removed overhead line and 144 transformers as surplus material and advertise for sale.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Ogden second by Commissioner Quirk to reject the bid for the Job Evaluation Study, rewrite the proposal and readvertise for bids.

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 November 3, 2004 at 5:00 P.M. for Teamster negotiations, and then to the next regular meeting on November 18, 2004 at 7:00 P.M.

Voting Aye: Gregoire, Quirk, Ogden, Vetter

Voting Nay: None



                                                     Bonnie Abel

                                                     Sec'y