Minutes of the regular meeting of the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of the City of East Grand Forks, Minnesota held December 19, 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 December 5, 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

29138

MMPA

Energy/demand

409,757.95

29139

Rayme Prather

Overpay final bill

3.53

29140

Acme Electric

Repairs; supplies

101.00

29141

Advanced Engineering

Professional fees

143.05

29142

Ameripride Linen/Apparel

Contracted services

177.70

29143

AMRA

Dues & subscriptions

325.00

29144

Border States Electric

Supplies

65.98

29145

Dan Boyce

Expenses

411.69

29146

City of EGF

Transfer

279,191.07

29147

Commissioner of Revenue

Sales; use; grbg surchrg

38,602.00

29148

Dakota Supply Group

Inventory

3,677.45

29149

Diamond Cleaning Supply

Supplies

196.65

29150

East Grand Station

E-85 fuel

91.75

29151

Exponent

Advertising; publishing

799.36

29152

Floan Sanders

Professional fees

4,925.00

29153

GF Thur-O-Clean

Contracted services

467.27

29154

Gaffaney’s

Supplies

58.97

29155

Galstad Jensen & McCann

Nov legal fees

730.00

29156

Gopher State One Call

Nov locates

92.80

29157

GF Utility Billing

Water tests

250.00

29158

GF Welding

Supplies

330.53

29159

H2O Inc

Supplies

117.56

29160

Hardware Hank

Supplies

291.50

29161

Hawkins Inc

Wtr treat chemicals; supplies

6,494.56

29162

High Voltage Testing

Glove testing

110.88

29163

Interstate Power Systems

Repairs

975.66

29164

Integra Telecom

Long distance charges

9.50

29165

John Henry Foster Inc

Supplies

70.97

29166

KBM Inc

Professional fees

13,617.90

29167

Leighton Broadcasting

Advertising

440.00

29168

Lumber Mart

Supplies

41.50

29169

Lystads

Supplies

611.41

29170

M & W Services Inc

Dec 1-14 meter reads

2,049.75

29171

Midcontinent Comm Adv Sales

Advertising

672.00

29172

MN Dept Commerce

Alternate energy charge

317.30

29173

NERC

Dues & subscriptions

100.00

29174

O'Reilly Automotive Inc

Supplies

12.16

29175

PKM Electric Co-op Inc

Permits & fees

386.45

29176

Pamida

Supplies

80.41

29177

Peak Performance

Maintenance

348.01

29178

Pitney Bowes Inc

Supplies

346.60

29179

Pitney Bowes

Maintenance contract

705.00

29180

Postmaster

Permits & fees

160.00

29181

Qwest

Communications

1,469.31

29182

Qwest

Conference call

60.22

29183

PowerPlan OIB

Repairs

471.64

29184

Radix Corp/Stearns Financial Serv

Maintenance

136.50

29185

Resco

Inventory; supplies

88,814.93

29186

Rydells

Maintenance

28.24

29187

Service Bureau

Nov collection fees

490.19

29188

SimplexGrinnell

Contracted services

700.25

29189

Tony Dorn Inc

Service agreements

244.35

29190

US Postal Service

Postage

5,000.00

29191

Vision Companies

Professional fees

11,995.63

29192

Basin Electric Power Co-op

Current

112,959.86

29193

Water & Light

Utilities

14,714.40

29194

Wesco Receivables

Supplies

179.24

29195

X-cel Energy

Facilities/distribution

5,192.94

29196

Zavoral & Sons Inc

Repairs

1,035.00

 

 

Payroll

57,947.05

 

TOTAL

 

$1,011,850.57

 

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 Gregoire to approve the installation of new lighting in the softener/filter room at the Water Treatment Plant by Eagle Electric in the amount of $15,360.00.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

 

Discussion on the Midcontinent contract was tabled.

 

It was moved by Commissioner Gregoire second by Commissioner Vetter to approve the recommendation that Corey Thompson be appointed to the position of Information Systems Manager effective January 1, 2007 at the set salary for said position and will be eligible for advancement to the next salary step upon successful completion of the six month probation period in the new position.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

 

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Gregoire to approve the recommendation to the Civil Service to advertise for a Technician I position and update the job descriptions for both the Tech I and Tech 2 positions to include network maintenance and PC repair.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

 

It was moved by Commissioner Quirk second by Commissioner Vetter that the meeting be adjourned to January 2, 2007 at 5:00 P.M.

Voting Aye:  Ogden, Gregoire, Quirk, Vetter

Voting Nay:  None

 

 

                                                                                                            Lori Maloney

                                                                                                            Deputy Sec’y