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• CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, SERVING AS A BOARD
IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION OF THE RICHMOND POWER
& LIGHT PLANT, NOVEMBER 19, 1984
1 ,, The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, serving as a Board in
2 charge of the operation of the Richmond Power & Light Plant, met in regular
3 session November 19, 1984 at the hour of 7:00 P.M. in the Municipal Building
4 in said City. Chairman Whitesell presided with the following members present:
III 5 Councilpersons Elstro, Williams, Brookbank, Hankinson, Parker, Bodiker and
6 Morris. Absent: Lemoine. . The' followiiig business was had to—wit:
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8 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 5, 1984
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10 Councilperson Morris moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting
- 11 as prepared, seconded by Councilperson Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote
12 the motion was carried.
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14 APPROVAL OF BILLS AND INVESTMENTS
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16 Councilperson Bodiker moved to approve the following bills already paid and
17 investments purchased, seconded by Councilperson Elstro and on unanimous
18 voice vote the motion was carried.
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20 Bills Already Paid
21 Payroll and Deductions 11/2/84 148,038.28
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23 Investments Purchased from:
24 Depreciation Reserve Fund 977,179.00
25 Utility Bond Reserve 412,104.00
26 Cash Operating Fund 601,000.00
27 Cash Reserve Fund 121,500.00
28 Total Investments 2,111,783.00
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30. Miscellaneous Bills Already Paid 68,163.79
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32 Total of Bills Already Paid 2.2',327':;985c 07
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34 Councilperson Bodiker moved to approve bills in the amount of 433,610.05
35 for payment, seconded by Councilperson Parker and on unanimous voice vote
36 the motion was carried.
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38 Grand total of all bills approved for payment was 2,761,595. 12.
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40 REMARKS BY CHAIRMAN
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42 Chairman Whitesell reminded the members of the Board of the regular monthly
43 meeting at the Service Building on November 26, 1984 at 7:00 P.M. . Mr.
44 Whitesell also offered the congratulations and appreciation of the Board
45 of Directors to Mr. Robert Drifmeyer for forty (40) years of service to Richmond
46 Power & Light and directed Mr. Huffman to extend these sentiments of the
47 Board to Mr. Drifmeyer.
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49 STREET LIGHT COMMITTEE REPORT _
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51 Councilperson Elstro stated that the Committee was working on a request on
52 Dillon Drive.
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111 54 REPORT BY GENERAL MANAGER
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56 General Manager Huffman told the members of the Board that he would extend
57 their wishes to Mr. Drifmeyer and that he has several employees with forty
58 (40) years of service or more.
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60 Mr. Huffman stated that he has given the Board copies of the up to date budget .
61 figures, the monthly report and the 1985 proposed budget. The 1985 proposed
62 budget must be passed by the' end of the year and will be discussed at the
63 November 26, 1984 meeting. Mr. Huffman also included the projected sales
64 for Richmond Power & Light with the budget.
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RP&L Minutes Cont ' d
November 19, 1984
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1 Mr. Huffman told the Board that they are faced with one (1) item not included
2 in the budget and that is one-half of the condensor in Unit #1 that needs
3 retubed by the end of this year preferably before cold weather to allow
4 service to customers in a peak period and prevent having to purchase power
5 since it is cheaper to generate power.
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7 ADJOURNMENT
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9 There being no further business on a motion duly made, seconded and passed
10 the meeting was adjourned.
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12 Terry Whitesell
13 Chairman
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16 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse
17 City Clerk
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