Minutes of the regular meeting of the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota held March 7, 2006 at 5:00 P.M.

Present:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Absent :  None

 

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Vetter that the minutes of the previous meetings of February 21, 2006 be approved as read.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

 

The following bills and payroll were recommended for approval:

CHECK  NO

VENDOR

DESCRIPTION

AMOUNT

28109

Acme Electric

Supplies

21.87

28110

American Payment Center

Drop boxes

210.00

28111

Border States Electric

Inventory; supplies

420.59

28112

Dan Boyce

Expenses

621.16

28113

Brady Martz & Assoc

Professional fees

4,300.00

28114

Carquest Auto Parts

Supplies

24.32

28115

City of EGF

Transfer; rent, acct'g fees

85,988.76

28116

Dakota Supply Group

Supplies

623.72

28117

Jamey David

Expenses

553.05

28118

Diamond Cleaning Supply

Supplies

52.08

28119

Ethanol Products

Wtr treat chemicals

1,863.12

28120

Exponent

Advertising; publishing

1,619.88

28121

Fargo Water Equipment

Inventory

4,878.16

28122

Fed Ex

Freight

13.10

28123

Floan Sanders

Professional fees

5,000.00

28124

Gaffaney’s

Supplies

223.36

28125

Gopher State One Call

Jan locates

104.35

28126

GF Welding

Supplies

10.11

28127

Scott Gravseth

Expenses

73.00

28128

Graymont Western Canada

Wtr treat chemicals

3,192.50

28129

Hawkins Inc

Wtr treat chemicals

2,917.00

28130

Hugo’s #5

Supplies

140.08

28131

Jasper Engineering/Equip

Supplies

1,422.58

28132

Korterra Inc

Contracted services

506.50

28133

LMCIT Ins Trust

Insurance

9,707.50

28134

Locators & Supplies

Supplies

555.39

28135

Lunseth Plumbing & Heating

Maintenance & repairs

64.60

28136

M & W Services Inc

Feb 17- Mar 2 meter reads

1,332.65

28137

Madison Nat’l Life Ins

Life insurance

248.85

28138

Midcontinent Comm Adv Sales

Advertising

672.00

28139

MN Dept Health (MDH)

MDH fees

3,434.00

28140

MN Rural Water Assoc

Training & school

125.00

28141

MN Section AWWA

Training & school

800.00

28142

Nalco Company

Supplies

441.92

28143

National Waterworks Inc

Supplies

13.86

28144

NorthStar Telcom

Communications

21.34

28145

Orchard Oil Co

Supplies

98.32

28146

Pamida

Supplies

85.11

28147

Mike Quirk

Expenses

495.20

28148

PowerPlan OIB

Maintenance; supplies

1,704.41

28149

Reiten & Young Int'l

Supplies

21.42

28150

Reliable

Supplies

78.10

28151

Resco

Supplies

1,876.27

28152

Springsted

Professional fees

3,415.37

28153

Surplus Center Inc

Supplies

12.91

28154

US Bank

Fiscal agent fee

862.50

28155

Water & Light

Utilities

12,093.72

28156

X-cel Energy

Gas utilities

7,223.14

 

 

Payroll

51,622.82

 

TOTAL

 

$160,162.87

 

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:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

 

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Vetter to approve the plans and specifications for the 2006 watermain replacement project, advertise for bids, and set the bid opening for 10:00 a.m. on March 28.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

 

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Gregoire to award the bid for the 2006 Point Conversion project to North-Holt Electric in the amount of $98,885.50.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

 

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Gregoire to award the bid for the 2006 Red Lake River Bore project to Arvig Communication Systems in the amount of $21,327.80.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

 

It was moved by Commissioner Vetter second by Commissioner Quirk that the Secretary now present the electrical material bids.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, 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 Vetter, supported by Commissioner Quirk, 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 February 27, 2006;

             ITEM NUMBERS:         7-12, 14, 15, 19, 21, and 22  for electrical equipment and materials as set forth in the Advertisement for Bids published in the official newspaper, THE EXPONENT, on February 15 and 22, 2006 and as fully set forth in the plans and specifications for the total bid price of Fifty-Nine Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Five and 01/100 dollars ($ 59,165.01) be and hereby is accepted.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

The President declared the resolution passed.

 

Commissioner Vetter, supported by Commissioner Quirk, 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 February 27, 2006;

             ITEM NUMBERS:         1, 2, 3, and 13 for electrical equipment and materials as set forth in the Advertisement for Bids published in the official newspaper, THE EXPONENT, on February 15 and 22, 2006 and as fully set forth in the plans and specifications for the total bid price of One Hundred Two Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty and 50/100 dollars ($102,980.50) be and hereby is accepted.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

The President declared the resolution passed.

 

Commissioner Vetter, supported by Commissioner Quirk, 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 February 27, 2006;

             ITEM NUMBERS:         4-6, and 23-25  for electrical equipment and materials as set forth in the Advertisement for Bids published in the official newspaper, THE EXPONENT, on February 15 and 22, 2006 and as fully set forth in the plans and specifications for the total bid price of Twenty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Eight and No/100 dollars ($ 29,588.00) be and hereby is accepted.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

The President declared the resolution passed.

 

Commissioner Vetter, supported by Commissioner Quirk, 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 February 27, 2006;

             ITEM NUMBERS:         16, 18, and 20   for electrical equipment and materials as set forth in the Advertisement for Bids published in the official newspaper, THE EXPONENT, on February 15 and 22, 2006 and as fully set forth in the plans and specifications for the total bid price of Sixty-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Four  and No/100 dollars ($ 69,604.00) be and hereby is accepted.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

The President declared the resolution passed.

 

Commissioner Vetter, supported by Commissioner Quirk, 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 Westinghouse Electric Supply Company as filed with the Secretary of said Commission for the furnishing of the following item number of the material bids opened February 27, 2006;

             ITEM NUMBER:            17         for electrical equipment and materials as set forth in the Advertisement for Bids published in the official newspaper, THE EXPONENT, on February 15 and 22, 2006 and as fully set forth in the plans and specifications for the total bid price of Three Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Nine and no/100 dollars ($ 3,989.00) be and hereby is accepted.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

The President declared the resolution passed.

 

It was moved by Commissioner Vetter second by Commissioner Gregoire that the meeting be adjourned to March 21, 2006 at 5:00 P.M.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

 

 

                                                                                                            Bonnie Abel

                                                                                                            Sec'y