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

Present:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Absent:   None

 

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Gregoire that the minutes of the previous meeting of October 17, 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

28993

Acme Electric

Supplies

103.06

28994

Advanta Bank Corp

Training & school

1,293.00

28995

AWWA

Dues & subscriptions

278.00

28996

Batteries Plus

Supplies

166.12

28997

Bearings & Drives

Supplies

101.47

28998

Border States Electric

Inventory; supplies

2,210.07

28999

Dan Boyce

Expenses

443.06

29000

Business Essentials

Supplies

156.69

29001

Central Door & Hardware Inc

Supplies

35.36

29002

City of EGF

Transfer; rent; acct’g fees

69,100.59

29003

Dakota Supply Group

Inventory; supplies

2,345.58

29004

Diamond Cleaning Supply

Supplies

151.55

29005

Display Sales

Supplies; X-mas lites

9,072.74

29006

Eagle Electric

Professional fees

2,828.08

29007

Engineering America Inc

Supplies

1,042.61

29008

Floan Sanders

Professional fees

1,151.00

29009

GF Thur-O-Clean

Contracted services

287.55

29010

Galstad Jensen & McCann

October legal fees

1,440.00

29011

GF Welding

Supplies

18.41

29012

Graymont Western Canada

Wtr treat chemicals

3,163.63

29013

Holweger Excavating

Professional fees

137,529.07

29014

Hugo’s #5

Rebate-CIP program

1,300.00

29015

Gary Hultberg

Safety boots

75.00

29016

IBM Corp

Qtrly maint contract

819.00

29017

Impressions International Inc

Supplies

80.50

29018

Insight Technologies

Network supplies

2,394.12

29019

Interstate Companies Inc

Supplies

644.14

29020

Integra Telecom

Long distance

7.45

29021

Lystads/Heartland Paper Co

Supplies

15.12

29022

M & W Services Inc

10/13-11/3 meter reads

2,529.35

29023

Madison Nat’l Life Ins

Life insurance

246.80

29024

MMUA

Training & school

700.00

29025

MN Dept Health

Permits & fees

23.00

29026

Network Center Inc

Maintenance agreement

3,595.13

29027

Radix Corporation

Maintenance

136.50

29028

Rydells

Maintenance

585.80

29029

SDI Limited

Maintenance agreement

132.00

29030

Scott's Electric

Professional fees

8,463.03

29031

Star Tribune

Advertising

2,385.38

29032

State of MN

Permits & fees

50.00

29033

TDS Metrocom

Communications

14.51

29034

Tony Dorn Inc

Service agreements

229.92

29035

Chad Troitte

Expenses

146.81

29036

Veit Environmental Inc

Maintenance

2,650.00

29037

Verizon Wireless

Communications

202.10

29038

Water & Light

Utilities

15,371.01

29039

X-cel Energy

Gas utilities

123.40

29040

Zavoral & Sons

Professional fees

3,100.00

 

 

Payroll

53,762.72

 

TOTAL

 

$278,937.71

 

It was moved by Commissioner Gregoire second by Commissioner Quirk 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 Gregoire second by Commissioner Quirk to authorize the donation of $1,000.00 to the Tri-Valley “Reach Out for Warmth” program. These funds are eligible for a 2 to 1 federal match.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk

Voting Nay:  Vetter

 

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Vetter to accept the bids of Frank Hageman and Residual Material for the sale of surplus wire.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

 

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

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

 

 

                                                                                                            Bonnie Abel

                                                                                                            Sec'y