Minutes of the regular meeting of the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota held July 5, 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 June 21, 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

27176      Custom Aire Inc              Void              -384.00

27226      Acme Electric                Supplies          36.55

27227      Advanced Business Methods    Maintenance             72.36

27228      Almetek Industries Inc       Supplies                153.53

27229      Border States Electric       Inventory; supplies     41,330.69

27230      Dan Boyce                    Expenses                354.80

27231      CellularOne                  Communications          276.29

27232      City of EGF                  Transfer; rent          93,375.61

27233      Custom Aire Inc              Maintenance             175.00

27234      Dakota Supply Group          Inventory               670.95

27235      Eagle Electric               Contracted services     810.00

27236      Fed Ex                       Freight                 83.52

27237      Fert-L-Lawn                  Contracted services     2,432.46

27238      Firestone Stores             Repairs                 13.00

27239      Floan Sanders                Professional fees       1,463.00

27240      GF Thur-O-Clean              Contracted services     467.26

27241      GF Welding                   Supplies                34.70

27242      Hawkins Inc                  Wtr treat chemicals     3,027.71

27243      High Voltage Testing         Equipment               312.65

27244      Hugo’s #5                     Supplies                8.76

27245      LMCIT Ins Trust              Insurance               7,697.00

27246      Locators & Supplies          Inventory; supplies     915.58

27247      Lystads                      Supplies                53.96

27248      M & W Services Inc           Jun 17-30 meter reads   2,240.15

27249      Madison Nat’l Life Ins        Life insurance          246.80

27250      Midcontinent Comm Adv Sales  Advertising             636.00

27251      ND Dept Health               Permits & fees          5.00

27252      Northland Yard Service       Contracted services     622.00

27253      NW Serv CO-OP Wells Fargo    Health insurance        14,023.00

27254      Opp Construction             Contracted services     8,712.00

27255      Pitney Bowes Inc             Maintenance contract    705.00

27256      Power Equipment Shop         Supplies                37.86

27257      Pristine Hydrochemical       Wtr treat chemicals     5,204.50

27258      Resco                        Inventory               920.16

27259      Rydells                      Maintenance             48.26

27260      SimplexGrinnell              Contracted services     159.75

27261      Soberaski Inc                Professional fees       45,197.10

27262      Thatcher Co of Montana       Wtr treat chemicals     846.30

27263      Tri-Valley                   CIP billing             1,320.44

27264      Water & Light                Utilities               10,062.52

27265      X-cel Energy                 Gas utilities           16.09

           Payroll                      Total cost              57,448.97

                                                                           $301,833.28

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 authorize the purchase of the following items for the fiber optic project; Cisco Network Hardware from Network Center in the amount of $43,673.99, and Siemon Patch Panels and miscellaneous items from Reliance in the amount of $26,878.00.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

Discussion ensued on current health insurance policies, and the item was tabled to the next regular meeting for further discussion.

It was moved by Commissioner Gregoire second by Commissioner Vetter that the meeting be adjourned to July 19, 2005 at 5:00 P.M.

Voting Aye: Quirk, Gregoire, Vetter

Voting Nay: None

                                                     Lori Maloney

                                                     Deputy Sec'y