Minutes of the regular meeting of the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota held March 15, 2005 at 5:00 P.M.

Present: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Absent : None

It was moved by Commissioner Gregoire second by Commissioner Ogden that the minutes of the previous meeting of March 1, 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

26833     Acme Electric                Supplies                          155.94

26834     Almetek Industries Inc       Supplies                          845.49

26835     Ameripride Linen/Apparel     Contracted services               164.14

26836     APCO Willamette              Supplies                          224.02

26837     AWWA                         Dues; subscriptions               450.00

26838     Blooming Prairie Pub Util    Training & school                 530.00

26839     Border States Electric       Supplies                          366.00

26840     Dan Boyce                    Expenses                          7.96

26841     City of EGF                  Transfer; acct’g fees             279,521.68

26842     Commissioner of Revenue      Sales; use; grbg surchrg          34,875.00

26843     Computer Renaissance         Supplies                          104.99

26844     Custom Aire Inc              Mtce & repairs                    229.00

26845     Dakota Supply Group          Supplies                          11.40

26846     Paul Erickson                Expenses                          549.65

26847     Exponent                     Advertising; publishing           1,355.52

26848     Firestone Stores             Repairs                           65.70

26849     Forklifts of MN              Maintenance                       125.00

26850     Gaffaney’s                    Supplies                          134.97

26851     Galstad Jensen & McCann      Feb legal fees                    435.00

26852     GF Utility Billing           Water tests                        254.38

26853     Hardware Hank                Supplies                           203.08

26854     Hawkins Inc                  Parts                             958.34

26855     Hugo’s #5                     Supplies                          4.20

26856     John Henry Foster MN Inc     Supplies                          61.92

26857     Brian Johnson                Expenses                          326.50

26858     KBM Inc                      Professional fees                 21,186.85

26859     Keith's Lock & key           Supplies                          10.68

26860     Korterra Inc                 Supplies                          364.68

26861     Leighton Broadcasting        Advertising                       440.00

26862     LMCIT Ins Trust              Insurance                         12,656.00

26863     Locators & Supplies          Safety clothing                   547.78

26864     M & W Services Inc           Feb 25-Mar 10 meter reads         1,762.75

26865     Midcontinent Comm Adv Sales  Advertising                       660.00

26866     MN Dept Commerce             Alternate energy charge           131.31

26867     MN Section AWWA              Training & school                 125.00

26868     Northern Water Works         Supplies                          162.15

26869     PUR                          Dues; subscriptions                139.00

26870     Qwest                        Communications                    1,037.21

26871     PowerPlan                    Training & school                 1,050.00

26872     Radix Corporation            Maintenance                       136.50

26873     Resco                        Inventory                         2,264.46

26874     Service Bureau               Feb collection fees               376.94

26875     Sun Dot Communications       Communications                    205.53

26876     TDS Metrocom                 Communications                    42.20

26877     Tony Dorn Inc                Service agreements                200.77

26878     US Bank                      Fiscal agent fee                  805.00

26879     US Postal Service            Postage                           5,000.00

26880     Verizon Wireless             Communications                    12.25

26881     Basin Electric Power Co-op   Current                           119,254.39

26882     Water & Light                Utilities                         13,132.10

26883     WESCO                        Supplies                          95.85

26884     X-cel Energy                 Facilities/distribution           5,125.81

          Payroll                      Total cost                        58,760.00

                                                                          $ 567,645.09

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 a capital expenditure to install Cathotic Protection in the lime softening basins at the Water Treatment Plant.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Vetter second by Commissioner Ogden to approve the plans and specifications for the 2005 watermain replacement project, advertise for bids and set the bid opening for 10:00 A.M. on April 5, 2005.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Vetter second by Commissioner Gregoire to award the bid for the 2005 Miscellaneous Electric Distribution Construction project to North-Holt Electric in the amount of $177,706.65

Voting Aye: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Gregoire second by Commissioner Ogden that the Secretary now present the electrical material bids.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

The Secretary presented the bids as they were by item and tabulated by the consulting engineers, KBM, Inc.; KBM recommended them for award by the following resolutions:

Commissioner Gregoire, supported by Commissioner Ogden, introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:

BE IT RESOLVED by the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, that the bid of Border States Electric Supply Company as filed with the Secretary of said Commission for the furnishing of the following item numbers of the material bids opened March 7, 2005;

ITEM NUMBERS:    2, 4, 11, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, 29, 32 and 33 for electrical equipment and materials as set forth in the Advertisement for Bids published in the official newspaper, THE EXPONENT, on February 23 and March 2, 2005 and as fully set forth in the plans and specifications for the total bid price of Fifty-Six Thousand Forty-Three and 25/100 dollars ($56,043.25) be and hereby is accepted.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

The President declared the resolution passed.

Commissioner Gregoire, supported by Commissioner Ogden, introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:

BE IT RESOLVED by the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, that the bid of Burmeister Electric Company as filed with the Secretary of said Commission for the furnishing of the following item numbers of the material bids opened March 7, 2005;

ITEM NUMBERS:    8, 9, 10, 21, 23, 30 and 31 for electrical equipment and materials as set forth in the Advertisement for Bids published in the official newspaper, THE EXPONENT, on February 23 and March 2, 2005 and as fully set forth in the plans and specifications for the total bid price of Twenty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Fourteen and 70/100 dollars ($24,614.70) be and hereby is accepted.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

The President declared the resolution passed.

Commissioner Gregoire, supported by Commissioner Ogden, introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:

BE IT RESOLVED by the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, that the bid of Dakota Supply Group as filed with the Secretary of said Commission for the furnishing of the following item numbers of the material bids opened March 7, 2005;

ITEM NUMBERS: 1, 3, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 for electrical equipment and materials as set forth in the Advertisement for Bids published in the official newspaper, THE EXPONENT, on February 23 and March 2, 2005 and as fully set forth in the plans and specifications for the total bid price of Forty Thousand Fifty-Nine and 75/100 dollars ($ 40,059.75) be and hereby is accepted.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

The President declared the resolution passed.

Commissioner Gregoire, supported by Commissioner Ogden, introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:

BE IT RESOLVED by the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, that the bid of Rural Electric Supply Company as filed with the Secretary of said Commission for the furnishing of the following item numbers of the material bids opened March 7, 2005;

ITEM NUMBERS:    5, 6, 7, 13, 14, and 15 for electrical equipment and materials as set forth in the Advertisement for Bids published in the official newspaper, THE EXPONENT, on February 23 and March 2, 2005 and as fully set forth in the plans and specifications for the total bid price of Forty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Eight and 18/100 dollars ($45,538.18) be and hereby is accepted.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

The President declared the resolution passed.

It was moved by Commissioner Ogden second by Commissioner Gregoire to authorize the contribution of $1,000.00 to the Tri-Valley “Reach Out for Warmth” program.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire

Voting Nay: Vetter

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

Voting Aye: Quirk, Ogden, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

                                                     Bonnie Abel

                                                     Sec'y