HomeMy Public PortalAbout09-19-1985 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, SERVING AS A BOARD
IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATIN OF THE RICHMOND POWER
& LIGHT PLANT, SEPTEMBER 19,1985
1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, serving as a Board in charge of
2 the operation of the Richmond Power & Light Plant, met in regular session September
3 19, 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: Councilmembers Elstro, Williams,
5 Hankinson, Parker, Lemoine , Brookbank and Bodiker. Absent: Whitesell. The following
6 business was had to—wit:
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8 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 3, 1985
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10 Councilmember Hankinson moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as
11 prepared, seconded by Councilmember Brookbank and on a unanimous voice vote the
12 motion was carried.
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14 APPROVAL OF BILLS, TRANSFERS AND INVESTMENTS
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16 Councilmember Lemoine reported the Finance Committee had looked over the bills already
17 paid, transfers made and investments purchased and on a motion by Councilperson
18 Hankinson, seconded by Councilperson Bodiker and on a unanimous voice vote the following
19 bills , transfers and investments were approved:
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21 Bills Already Paid
22 Payroll of 9/6/85 154,424.11
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24 Investments Purchased from:
25 Depreciation Reserve Fund 93,044.64
III26 Cash Reserve Fund 135,098.83
27 Cash Operating Fund 1,671,856.53
28 Total Investments 1,900,000.00
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30 Miscellaneous Bills Already Piad 69,747.96
31 Total Bills Already Paid 2,124,172.07
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34 Councilmember Lemoine stated that bills not paid were in the amount of 213,956.21.
35 Councilmember. Hankinson made a motion to pay these bills, seconded by Councilmember
36 Bodiker and an a unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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38 Grand Total of all bills approved was 2,338,128.28.
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40 REMARKS FROM CHAIRPERSON
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42 Chairperson Morris reminded the Directors of the regular monthly meeting on September
43 23, 1985 at the service building at 7:00 P.M. The deadline for agenda items is
44 Wednesday, September 18, 1985.
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46 Chairperson Morris stated that she attended the Monthly EMPA meeting with Mr.
47 Huffman last week. She noted that it was a very informative meeting being valuable
48 to her as Chairperson and extended her appreciation to Mr. Huffman.
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50 STREET LIGHT COMMITTEE REPORT
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52 Councilmember Esltro stated that he will have a report on the agenda for the September
53 23, 1985 meeting.
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55 REPORT FROM GENERAL MANAGER
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57 General Manager Huffman gave:an updated report on the research project proposed
58 by Environmental Energy Research Corporation. He stated that RP&L has been in contact
59 with Black & Veach who designed the boiler to get some information from them about
60 EER_and about what knowledge they have on other projects that have gone on in the
61 past where there has been an injection of some absorbant into the boiler to attract
62 the SO2 gases.
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64 EER has advised RP&L that it is there intent, if they are the successful bidder,
65 to use Black and Veach to do the engineering work as far as any changes that need
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3 Mr. Huffman stated that, in all probability, we would need to look at the electostatic
4 precipitator.as there could be a problem with the foundation holding the additional
5 weight of an injection. Some testing will need to be done on that foundation.
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9 ADJOURNMENT
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11 There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the meeting
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18 Lynn Nepote Morris, Chairperson
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