HomeMy Public PortalAbout10-21-1985 •
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, OCTOBER 21, 1985
1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, serving as a Board in charge
2 of the operation of the Richmond;Power & Light Plant, met in regular session.;October
3 21, 1985 at the hour of 7:00 P.M. in the Municipal Building in said City. Chairperson
4 Morris presided with the following members present: Councilma'nbers Elstro, Williams,
5 Brookbank, Hankinson, Whitesell, Parker, Bodiker and Lemoine. The following business
6 was had to-wit:
7 •
8 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCI'OBER 7,1985
9
10 Councilmember Hankinson moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as
11 prepared, seconded by Councilmember Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the motion
12 was carried.
13
14 APPROVAL OF BTTTS AND INVESTMENTS
15
16 Councilmember Whitesell reported the Finance Committee had inspected the bills already
17 paid and investments purchased and recommends approval as follows, seconded by
18 Councilmember Bodiker and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
19
20 Bills Already Paid
21 Payroll and deductions of 10/4/85 151,033.77
22
23 Investments Purchased from
24 Depreciation Reserve Fund 900,973.19
25 Bond Reserve Fund 34,461.20
26 Cash Operating Fund 700,000.00
27 Bond Sinking Fund 70,688.54
28 Cash Reserve Fund 463,999.54
I29 Total Investments 2,170,122.47
30
31 Miscellaneous Bills Already Paid 791,347.18
32
33 Total Bills Already Paid 3,112,503.42
34
35 Councilmember Whitesell reported the Finance Committee recommended that unpaid. bills
36 in the amount of 224,649.31 be approved for payment, seconded by Councilmanber
37 Bodiker and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
38
39 Grand total of all approved bills is 3,337,152.73.
40
41 Councilmember Whitesell informed the Board that per the request of Councilmember
42 Parker a form had been designed for the Board's signature for bill approval. The
43 form includes space to log information including the batch number and the voucher
44 number.
45
46 Ms. Maness stated she would seek approval for the form from the State Board of
47 Accounts, but that it will be utilized until the State Board of Accounts makes
48 their recommendations.
49
50 REMARKS BY CHAIRPERSON
51
52 Chairperson Morris reminded the Board of the regular meeting of the Executive
I53 Board on October 28, 1985 at 7:00 P.M. at the Service Building. She stated they would
54 begin discussion of the 1986 budget at this meeting.
55
56 Mr. Huffman stated that there would also be a presentation by Mr. Paul Reising of
57 R.W. Beck regarding oil fired gas turbin engine. He also said they will go over the
58 entire the budget and.work their way through it.
59
60 Chairperson Morris stated she wished to commend Richmond Power & Light's quick and
61 safe handling of the problem with the damaged sub-station at Round Barn Road.
62
63 REPORT FROM GENERAL MANAGER
64
65 General Manager Huffman informed the Board that one year ago the substation at Round
RP&L Minutes Cont'd
October 21, 1985
Page 2
1 Barn Road, but had been cleaned up last March. Mr. Huffman stated that to date they
2 had spent 355,000.00 on PCB removal and would spend another 200,000.00 through the
3 end of this year. Mr. Huffman said there would be 100,000.00 budgeted for 1986 for
4 continued clean-up of the PCB problem and probably after that it would take 50,000.00
5 per year.
6
7 Mr. Huffman stated that the transformer at the Round Barn Road substation would cost
8 220,000.00 to replace and they would have a temporary replacement there within two
9 (2) weeks. He said it would take one year to complete the new substation. He said
10 they still prefer to place a temporary station there for flexibility.
11
12 Mr. Huffman informed the Board that insurance companies are hesitant about PCB
13 liability. He said that PCB equipment must be disposed of in EPA approved landfills
14 as a total piece of equipment. He said the insurance carrier has asked RP&L
15 about their disposal procedures and they are assisting to educate the insurance
16 company.
17
18 Councilmember Whitesell asked about the insurance carrier on the individual damaging
19 the substation and Mr. Huffman indicated that if there is enough insurance coverage
20 it would apply toward the damange and our carrier would pick up the balance.
21
22 Mr. Huffman told the Board that the State had issued an edict on opacity monitoring,
23 but no guidelines were issued. He said that the guidelines developed by RP&L would
24 now be used by the State.
25
26 Mr. Huffman also informed the Board that RP&L is also in target with SO2 and
27 particulant monitoring.
28
29 Chairperson Morris asked if all PCB work would be completed in 1985 and Mr.
30 Huffman indicated that they will be checking areas in 1986 they do not know about
31 now.
32
33 ADJOURNMENT
34
35 There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the
36 meeting was adjourned.
37
38
39
40 Lynn Nepote Morris, Chairperson
41
42
43
44 ATTEST:
45 Mary Merchanthouse, City Clerk
46
47
48
49
50
51
52 •
53
54
55
. 56
57
58
•
59
60
61
62
63
64
65