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PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OFTHE
CITY OF RICHMOND.INDIANA.SERVING AS A BOARD': ;
IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION OF THE RICHMOND POWER&LIGHT PLANT
MONDAY.FEBRUARY 1.1992
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1 The Commas Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, serving as a Board in charge of the operations cd the
2 Richmond Power & Light Plant met in regular session at 7 p.m. Monday, February 1, 1993, in the Municipal
3 Building in said City. Chairperson Brookbank presided with the following Councilmembers in attendance: Elstro,
4 Lundy, Donat, McBride,Parker, Allen, Dickman and Hutton. The following business was had to-wit:
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6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JANUARY 21.1993
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8 Councilmember Lundy moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, seconded by
9 Councilmember McBride and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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11 APPROVAL OF BILLS. INVESTMENTS AND TRANSFERS
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13 Upon recommendation of the Finance Committee,Councilmember Allen moved to approve the following bills for
14 payment,seconded by Councilmember McBride and by unanimous voice vote the motion carried.
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16 Bills Already Paid
17 Payroll and Deductions 218,236.73
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20 Investments Purchased From,:
21 Cash Operating Fund 1,421,500.00
22 Bond Sinking Fund
23 Utility Bond Reserve Fund
24 Depreciation Reserve Fund 91,000.00
25 Insurance Reserve Fund
26 Consumer Deposit Fund
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Cash Reserve Fund 137,500.00
Group Insurance Fund
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30 Total Investments 1,650,000.00
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33 Transfer to City in Lieu of Taxes;
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35 Transfer from Cash Operating Fund to:
36 Payroll Deduction Fund
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38 Transfers from Depreciation Reserve to:
39 Cash Operating Fund
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41 Transfers from Consumer Deposit to:
42 Cash Operating Fund
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44 Transfers from Utility Bond Reserve Fund to;
45 Bond Sinking Fund
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47 Transfers from Cash Operating
48 Interest and Bond Principal.
49 Bond Sinking Fund
50 Cash Reserve Fund 137,500.00
51 Utility Bond Sinking Fund
52 Depreciation Reserve Fund 91,000.00
53 Insurance Reserve Fund
54 Consumer Deposit Fund
55 Interest and Bond Principal
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57 End of Month Petty Cash
58 Revenue Bonds
59 Interest Coupons Redeemed
60 Bond Coupons
61 Miscellaneous Bills Already Paid 1,424,467.01
62 Total prepaid invoices 3,521,203.74
63 Total Bills Not Paid 808,239.92
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65 Grand Total 4,329,443.66
RP&L Minutes Cont'd
February 1, 1993
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1 REMARKS BY CHAIRPERSON
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3 Chairperson Brookbank announced that the Board will meet only once each month on the last Monday of the
4 month in the RP&L service building.Councilmember Elstro said he felt that kind of decision should be made by a
5 vote of the Board members.General Manager Irving Huffman said thatthe meetings prior to the Council meetings
6 are the only avenue the public has to see what is being done. He•suggested Councilmembers give it some
7 thought and delve into it. Dickman suggested a compromise - having a meeting the first Monday as usual but
8 doing away with the third Monday. Huffman suggested Councilmembers have further discussion in two weeks
9 after they've had time to think about it. Chairman Brookbank announced that there will be a full meeting Monday,
10 February 22, in the RP& L service building.
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12 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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14 Frank Keal, 29 South 12th Street, had a question about the charges on his light bill. He said he had a facility
15 charge of$6.50 on his light bill at home, $8 additional for his wife's beauty shop which is in his home, and$20 for
16 his business,for a total of $34.50 per month, multiplied by 12, which, he said, means he'll be paying RP & L an
17 additional $414 per year and getting nothing in return. He added that he has paid RP & L almost $2,000 for last
18 year, putting him in a higher bracket by quite a bit. He said he doesn't understand, for example, how people on
19 fixed incomes or who are unemployed can stand this, adding that he feels RP & L is doing it only to get money
20 and the customer is getting nothing in return. He suggested Councilmembers discuss it further. He said he feels it
21 is not right and wanted to know why the customers have to pay, adding that he is appalled that the elected
22 officials would subject the public to something of this nature.
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24 Responding to Keal's comments, Huffman said since he had been advised that Keal would be at the meeting, he
25 took the time to look up'his personal account but did not realize he had a business. Huffman noted that in looking
26 at Keal's billing for his home, his bill for December was $71.12 but was for a shorter period of time in which he
27 used 1120 kilowatt hours. In January he used 1136 kilowatt hours, 16 more than in December,and his bill was for
28 $73.58. His bill went up$1.44 and he used 16 more kilowatt hours. His bill for January increased 2 percent over
29 December.
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31 Huffman explained thatthe Public Service Commission has taken an attitude that all utility companies promote
32 conservation and break out what is called a demand charge or facility charge, which is what it costs to serve a
33 customer,then make the energy charge separate. He added that RP& L doesn't have all_the facility charge added
34 yet because it chose to do it gradually. He explained to Keal that his bill reflects an increase but the energy
35 charge actually went down. He added that the customer is only looking at what went up and that is the facility
36 charge, but he's not seeing that the energy charge went down. He suggested that he get together with Keal and
37 the two of them go over Keal's bill together.
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39 Ezra Rogers of 920 South E Street also questioned his bill. Huffman had also gone into his file and reported that
40 Rogers had used 337 kilowatt hours in December and 386 in January,which was an increase of 49 kilowatt hours
41 and said the bill would naturally go up and did increase by $3.15. Rogers asked if the $6.50 charge was always
42 going to be there and Huffman responded that it will and there isn't anything RP & L can do about it. He added
43 that RP & L customers will be sharing a $2 million refund coming through the Indiana Municipal Power Agency
44 and that will be spread out over a one-year time frame.
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46 STREET LIGHT COMMITTEE REPORT
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50 REPORT BY GENERAL MANAGER
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52 Huffman apologized for getting out of order.
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54 ADJOURNMENT
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56 There being no further business,on a motion duly made,seconded and passed the meeting was
57 adjourned.
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63 Jane Brookbank,Chairperson
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ATTEST:
Myra Miller, Deputy Clerk
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