Minutes of the regular meeting of the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota held May 3, 2005 at 5:00 P.M.

Present: Quirk, Gregoire, Vetter

Absent : Ogden

It was moved by Commissioner Vetter second by Commissioner Gregoire that the minutes of the previous meeting of April 19, 2005 be approved as read.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

The following bills and payroll were recommended for approval:

CHECK #          VENDOR                       DESCRIPTION                   AMOUNT

26901     Custom Aire Inc              VOID                              -75.00

26991     Mandi Maloney                MMUA local scholarship award      100.00

26992     Noah Hodgson                 Overpay final bill                14.24

26993     Pearl Pederson               Overpay final bill                46.05

26994     Acme Electric                Supplies                          67.69

26995     Almetek Industries Inc       Supplies                          110.95

26996     AmericInn                    Training & school                 262.36

26997     Ameripride Linen/Apparel     Contracted services               164.14

26998     Batteries Plus               Supplies                          83.84

26999     Bert’s Truck Equipment        Supplies                          67.31

27000     Border States Electric       Inventory; supplies               3,499.68

27001     Dan Boyce                    Expenses                          65.72

27002     Burmeister Electric Co       Inventory                         1,111.33

27003     CL Linfoot Co                Repairs                           838.65

27004     Cannon Technologies          Repairs                           584.47

27005     CellularOne                  Communications                    187.09

27006     City of EGF                  X-fer; rent; qtrly chrgs          97,481.76

27007     Community Bank/RRV           Mar ACH charges                   53.67

27008     Custom Aire Inc              Maintenance agreement             874.00

27009     Dakota Supply Group          Inventory                         3,585.59

27010     Dakota Pump & Control Co     Parts & supplies                  3,019.87

27011     Soris Financial              Supplies                          181.05

27012     Edison Controls FCI Inc      Supplies                          41.98

27013     Floan Sanders                Professional fees                 1,702.13

27014     GF Thur-O-Clean              Contracted services               503.21

27015     Gopher State One Call        Mar locates                       12.15

27016     H2O Inc                      Supplies                          12.63

27017     Hansen Ford                  Maintenance                       26.22

27018     Hawkins Inc                  Wtr treat chemicals               997.39

27019     High Voltage Testing         Safety equipment                  226.44

27020     Home of Economy              Supplies                          172.53

27021     Hugo’s #5                     Supplies                          5.60

27022     Interstate Companies Inc     Repairs                           832.61

27023     J& W Instruments Inc         Supplies                          348.79

27024     Brian Johnson                Safety equipment                  53.37

27025     Keith's Lock & Key           Supplies                          12.81

27026     Locators & Supplies          Safety equipment                  341.42

27027     Lunseth Plumbing & Heating   Repairs                           345.86

27028     MBC Group/MN Bearing Co      Supplies                          278.18

27029     M & W Services Inc           Apr 15-29 meter reads             1,563.10

27030     Madison Nat’l Life Ins        Life insurance                    254.75

27031     MMTG                         Dues & subscriptions              6,921.33

27032     MN Dept Commerce             Miscellaneous                     221.57

27033     Monarch Travel & Tour        Travel & school                   424.39

27034     Nalco Company                Supplies                          318.76

27035     National Waterworks          Inventory                         6,773.40

27036     NW Serv CO-OP Wells Fargo    Health insurance                  14,023.00

27037     Jeff Olson                   Travel & school                   349.20

27038     Pristine Hydrochemical       Supplies                          1,368.20

27039     RDO Equipment Co             Repairs                           476.15

27040     Reliable                     Supplies                          86.46

27041     Resco                        Inventory                         7,330.50

27042     Ferrellgas                   Fuel                              20.00

27043     Thatcher Co of Montana       Wtr treat chemicals               846.30

27044     Tri-Valley                   CIP billing                       4,844.28

27045     X-cel Energy                 Gas utilities                     70.79

27046     X-cel Energy                 Digger dinner                     573.26

          Payroll                      Total cost                        55,151.79

                                                                            $219,855.01

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

Voting Aye: Quirk, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Gregoire second by Commissioner Vetter to award the Fiber Optic Cable Installation project bid to Arvig Communications in the amount of $191,190.47.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Gregoire second by Commissioner Vetter to deny Tri-Valley’s request for a donation to help fund their 40^th anniversary events.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Vetter second by Commissioner Gregoire to offer the DSC Utility Secretary position to Maren Swingen with starting pay at the 1^st step on the pay scale for the position. Karen Rose was placed in the first position on the Civil Service eligibility list and Heather Tysse was placed in the second position.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

It was moved by Commissioner Vetter second by Commissioner Gregoire that the meeting be adjourned to May 17, 2005 at 5:00 P.M.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

                                                     Bonnie Abel

                                                     Sec'y