Minutes of the regular meeting of the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota held March 1, 2005 at 5:00 P.M.

Present: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Absent : None

It was moved by Commissioner Vetter second by Commissioner Gregoire that the minutes of the previous meeting of February 15, 2005 be approved as read.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

The following bills and payroll were recommended for approval:

CHECK #          VENDOR                       DESCRIPTION                   AMOUNT

26784     MN Section AWWA              Training & school                 65.00

26785     Acme Electric                Supplies                          455.81

26786     American Payment Center      Mar-May drop box                  210.00

26787     Border States Electric       Inventory; supplies               1,011.02

26788     Dan Boyce                    Expenses                          1,214.71

26789     Brady Martz & Assoc          Professional fees                 4,300.00

26790     Bumper to Bumper             Supplies                          8.51

26791     C & L Pest Control           Contracted services               101.20

26792     CellularOne                  Communications                    192.33

26793     City of EGF                  Transfer; rent                    90,559.66

26794     Community Bank/RRV           Jan ACH charges                   52.76

26795     Dakota Supply Group          Inventory; supplies               211.90

26796     Jamey David                  Safety boots                      75.00

26797     Diamond Cleaning Supply      Supplies                          101.06

26798     Digi-Key                     Supplies                          34.84

26799     Ernst Trenching              Professional fees                 4,531.82

26800     Ethanol Products             Wtr treat chemicals               772.46

26801     Fidelity Nat’l Property       Flood insurance                   13,279.00

26802     Floan Sanders                Professional fees                 14,630.00

26803     GF Thur-O-Clean              Contracted services               474.42

26804     Gopher State One Call        Jan locates                       109.45

26805     GF Utility Billing           Water tests                       250.00

26806     Scott Gravseth               Expenses                          247.76

26807     Graymont Western Canada      Wtr treat chemicals               2,909.22

26808     H2O Inc                      Supplies                          132.31

26809     Hawkins Inc                  Parts & supplies                  1,302.50

26810     Lake Agassiz Wtr Authority   Dues                              500.00

26811     LMCIT Ins Trust              Insurance                         11,905.00

26812     M & W Services Inc           Feb 12-24 meter reads             1,956.80

26813     Madison Nat’l Life Ins        Life insurance                    246.80

26814     MMUA                         Training & school                 247.50

26815     MN Dept Health (MDH)         Jan - Mar MDH fees                3,334.00

26816     Monarch Travel & Tour        Training & school                 414.40

26817     NW Serv CO-OP Wells Fargo    Health insurance                  13,320.00

26818     Orbeco Analytical System     Supplies                          106.42

26819     Pamida                       Supplies                          5.41

26820     Polk County Court Admin      Permits & fees                    100.00

26821     Mike Quirk                   Expenses                          517.79

26822     PowerPlan                    Repairs; supplies                 328.99

26823     Resco                        Inventory; supplies               2,020.34

26824     Rydells                      Maintenance                       75.76

26825     Service Bureau               Jan collection fees               411.03

26826     Stan’s Communications         Repairs                           81.38

26827     Dave Solarski                Safety boots                      75.00

26828     Duane Straus                 Safety boots                      75.00

26829     Swangler                     Supplies                          30.00

26830     Thatcher Co of Montana       Wtr treat chemicals               1,692.60

26831     Water & Light                Utilities                         683.40

26832     X-cel Energy                 Gas utilities                     6,226.36

          Payroll                      Total cost                        53,457.25

                                                                          $ 235,043.97

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

Voting Aye: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Ogden second by Commissioner Gregoire to authorize signing the MISO “Request for Termination of Market Participation Status” form.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Ogden second by Commissioner Gregoire that the meeting be adjourned to March 15, 2005 at 5:00 P.M.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

                                                     Bonnie Abel

                                                     Sec'y