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HomeMy Public PortalAbout11-06-2000 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND,INDIANA,SERVING AS A BOARD IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION OF THE RICHMOND POWER&LIGHT PLANT MONDAY,NOVEMBER 6,2000 The Common Council of the City of Richmond,Indiana,serving as a Board in charge of the operations of the Richmond Power&Light Plant met in regular session at 7 p.m.,Monday,November 6,2000 in the Council Chambers in the Municipal Building in said City.Chairperson Bing Welch presided with the following Councilmembers in attendance:Howard"Jack"Elstro,Etta J.Lundy,Bruce Wissel,Karl Sharp,Larry Parker,Paul Combs,Phil Dickman and Sarah"Sally"Hutton.The following business was conducted: ROLL CALL Nine present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the October 16,2000 meeting were approved on a motion by Councilmember Hutton,second by Councilmember Parker and were carried on a voice vote. APPROVAL OF BILLS,INVESTMENTS AND TRANSFERS Upon recommendation of the Finance Committee,Councilmember Hutton moved to approve the following bills for payment,seconded by Councilmember Dickman and the motion was carried by voice vote. Bills Already Paid: Payroll and Deductions July 21 and Aug.4 $242,392.74 Investments Purchased From: Cash Operating Fund 1,400,000.00 Bond Sinking Fund Utility Bond Reserve Fund Depreciation Reserve Fund 91,000.00 Insurance Reserve Fund Consumer Deposit Fund Cash Reserve Fund 181,875.00 Group Insurance Fund Total Investments $1,672,875.00 Transfer from Cash Operating Fund to: Cash Reserve Fund for Payment To City in lieu of taxes • Transfer from Cash Operating Fund to: Depreciation Reserve Fund For Property&Plant Transfers from Depreciation Reserve to: Cash Operating Fund Transfers from Consumer Deposit to: Cash Operating Fund Transfers from Utility Bond Reserve Fund to: Bond Sinking Fund Transfers from Cash Operating to: Interest and Bond Principal Bond Sinking Fund Cash Reserve Fund Utility Bond Sinking Fund Depreciation Reserve Fund Insurance Reserve Fund Consumer Deposit Fund Interest and Bond Principal End of Month Petty Cash Revenue Bonds Interest Coupons Redeemed Interest Coupons Redeemed Bond Coupons Miscellaneous Prepaid Invoices $ 286,750.12 Total Prepaid Invoices 2,202,017.86 Total EFT/Direct Deposit of Payroll: (76,193.90) Total Prepaid Invoices: 2,125,823.96 Total EFT Transfers: 2,243,286.96 Total Prepaids plus EFT Transfers: 4,369,110.92 Total Bills Not Paid: 813,650.93 Grand Total of Bills to be approved: $5,182,761.85 RP&L Minutes Cont'd November 6,2000 Page 2 REMARKS BY CHAIRPERSON Chairperson Welch reminded Councilmembers of the meetings on the budget hearings,scheduled for November 15 and the 27`h. UNFINISHED BUSINESS There was none. STREET LIGHT COMMITTEE REPORT Councilmember Elstro said there was no report. REPORT BY GENERAL MANAGER General Manager David Osburn told Councilmembers that RP&L had distributed copies of the budgets last week, adding that they should feel free to call RP&L if they had any questions. Osbum said the first item of business was to open bids for the pumping re-circulation system for the Zero Discharge Project and he presented a proof of publication for approval which Councilmember Parker moved to accept and place on file,second by Councilmember Lundy and the motion was carried on a voice vote.That said,he announced that no bids had been received and he asked for suggestions by the Board after saying he felt the time should be extended. Councilmember Parker asked if the same proof of publication could be used if the time is extended and City Attorney Bob Bever responded in the affirmative.Councilmember Dickman moved to extend the application deadline period an additional 30 days,second by Councilmember Combs and the motion was carried on a voice vote.Chairperson Welch said bids would be opened at the next meeting of the Board,which would fall on November 20. Osbum asked for the Board approval of the IBEW 1395 contract changes,noting that the negotiations committee had reached an agreement with the union on these changes.He said he also had sent Councilmembers a memo as to what those changes were,adding that Human Resources Director Jim Daugherty was present tonight to answer any questions they might have.He said the two-year contract contains a wage increase of 3.75 percent in the first year and 3.5 percent in the second.He added that the union had ratified that contract. Councilmember Lundy moved to approve the contract,second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a voice vote. That approved,Osburn said he could offer for approval Resolution No.3—2000 which sets salaries and wages for RP, &L.Councilmember Hutton asked if all of these also reflect a 3.75 percent and he answered that the same percentage was applied to the salaried employees with two exceptions which were brought about by employees going through classification steps.He said there were only a couple in that category.Councilmember Wissel said he noticed that these exceptions were not indicated here as they have been in the past.He said the range of those percentages were about 9 and 12 percent.He added that this is the last year this will happen,because the utility is migrating away from that process on the salaried employees because it always has created some confusion. Councilmember Hutton moved to adopted Resolution No.3—2000,second by Councilmember Dickman and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Osburn said arrangements for closing of the property which RP&L sold near Amcast had been made and Bever interjected that in order to facilitate the closing the land was apportioned off into four parcels on Williamsburg Pike. Councilmember Wissel moved to authorize the General Manager to sign any deeds or titles necessary to fulfill the needs of the land transaction,second by Councilmember Sharp and the motion was carried on a voice vote. A brief update on the fall maintenance of the Whitewater Valley Station was given by Osbum,explaining that last Friday,Unit No.2 went back on line without any problems.He said the No.23 cooling tower fan motor was rebuilt and cleaned and installed new super heater shields and in part of that work they found that the steam cooled spacer tubes were in extremely bad shape and they were in very bad shape,probably due for a failure at any time.He added that these are the kinds of things that they really hope to find in those outages because that might have forced a prolonged outage. NEW BUSINESS ADJOURNMENT There being no further business,on a motion duly made,seconded and passed,the meeting was adjourned. Bing Welch,Chairperson ATTEST: Norma Schroeder,Clerk