HomeMy Public PortalAbout03-19-1984 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, MARCH 19,1984
1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, serving as a Board of Directors
2 in charge of the operation of the Richmond Power &Light Plant, met in regular session
3 March 19, 1984 at the hour of 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building of said City.
4 Chairman Whitesell presided with the following members present: Councilpersons:
5 Williams, Brookbank, Hankinson, Parker, Bodiker, Lemoine and Morris. Absent:
6 Councilperson Elstro. The following business was had, to-wit::
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8 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 5, 1984
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10 Councilperson Morris moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as received,
11 seconded by Councilperson Bodiker and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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13 APPROVAL OF BILLS, TRANSFERS AND INVESTMENTS
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15 Councilperson Bodiker moved to approve the bills already paid, investments purchased
16 and bond principal and interest payments, seconded by Councilperson Brookbank and
17 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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19 Bills Already Paid
20 Payroll 3/10/84 83,221.83
21 Deductions 64,241.91
22 Total Payroll 147,463.74
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24 Investments Purchased From:
25 Cash Operating Fund 450,000.00
26 Depreciation Reserve Fund 271,698.00
27 Utility Bond Reserve Fund 341,680.00
28 1,063,378.00
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30 ' Bond Principal & Interest Payments 9,422.50
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32 Total of all other bills paid 49,306.63
33 Total of Bills Paid 1,269,570.87
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35 Councilperson Bodiker moved to approve bills to be paid in the amount of $137,560.32,
36 seconded by Councilperson Morris and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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38 Grand total of all approved bills is $1,407,131.19.
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40 REMARKS BY CHAIRMAN
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42 Chairman Whitesell reminded the Board Members of the meeting at the Service Building
43 on March 26, 1984 at 7:00 p.m. Vice Chairman Morris will be in charge of the meeting
44 due to Chairman Whitesell being out of town.
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46 REPORT BY GENERAL MANAGER
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48 General Manager Irving Huffman requested permission from the Board of Directors
49 to recevie bids for three (3)500 KVA Transformers, T'he__transformers are-classified
50 in the Distribution Class. The bids will be evaluated on core losses and load winding
51 losses on a formula based on a thirty (30) year operation.
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53 Councilperson Bankinson moved to authorize the General Manager to receive bids for
54 three (3) 500. KVA Transformers, seconded -by Councilperson Earker and_on unanimous
55 voice vote 'lle-motiari was carried.
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57 Mr. Huffman told the Board that the Richmond Power & Light ran an advertisement
58 in the Palladium Item and the Graphic concerning the operation for the year.
59 This is a means of getting information to the customers. this information showed
60 the customers more than 71.38% are uncontrollable costs for- Richmond Power & Light's
61 revenue
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63 Councilperson Bodiker asked Mr. Huffman at what percent of capacity is Richmond
64 Power & Light operating. Mr. Huffman stated the plant is generating 60 to 65 per-
65 cent for retail sales. The peak load condition is 120 megawatt and the peak gen-
erating capacity is 93 megawatt.
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March 19, 1984
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III- 3 Chairman Whitesell presented a letter form the City Attorney Ken Barden asking the
4 Board's authorization to attend a Municipal Management Seminar on Cable TV at
5 the University of Wisconsin and asking hte Board of Directors to allow $350.00
6 toward the expenses. The seminariwill be April 4th to April6th.
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8 Councilperson Bodiker moved to allow Mr. Barden to represent Richmond Power & -
9 Light at this seminar and to approve $350.00 for travel expenses, seconded by
10 Councilperson Morris and on a voice vote with Councilperson Hankinson voting
11 no the motion was carried.
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13 Chairman Whitesell presented the recommendations of the study committee appointed
14 to review the State Board of Accounts Audit report and existing proceedures at
15 Richmond Power & Light. This Committee was chaired by Councilperson Morris with
16 Councilpersons Lemoine and Bodiker also serving. Controller Cathy Maness served as
17 an ex-officio member of the committee.
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19 The Committee report requested the Board take action at this time as outlined on
20 pages 4,5 and 6 of the report. Chairman Whitesell requested action by the Board
21 at this time in the form of motions on the three issues in question.
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23 Councilperson Hankinson questioned the matter of there not being a full board
24 present to act on these issues. He also asked when this couuuittee was appointed.
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26 Chairman Whitesell stated they were appointed at the January 23rd regular meeting.
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III28 Councilperson Hankinson told the Board members that they should wait for any action
29 until a full board was present.
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31 Councilperson Bodiker stated that it was his understanding that this document was to
32 be referred to the full board for the purpose of providing an ordinance as required
33 by the attorney to be drawn up as needed and that there was other action suggested
34 for the board to look at and take action on.
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36 Councilperson Bodiker moved that the full board take this document under advisement
37 and prepare the proper Ordinance needed with the help of the City Attorney and also
38 take those statements that were highlighted under consideration for setting down
39 policy, seconded by Councilperson Parker the motion passed with the following vote:
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41 Ayes: Williams, Brookbank, Hankinson, Parker, Bodiker, Lemoine, Morris and
42 Whitesell (8)
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44 Nays: None
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46 Absent: Elstro (1)
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48 Councilperson Williams stated that he would be glad when Richmond Power & Light
49 and the members of the Board of Directors would no longer be accused of wrong-
50 doings and he would appreciate the media printing any final results when these
51 criticisms are unjust.
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III53 Councilperson Parker moved that the following motion be adopted by the Board:
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55 I move that all future RP&L training sessions remain strictly training
56 sessions with a published agenda and that the agenda of all executive
57 sessions be published and amended only by unanimous consent of RP&L
58 Directors present provided there are 2/3 of the Directors present.
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60 The motion was seconded by Councilperson Hankinson and on the following vote the
61 motion was carried:
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63 Ayes: Williams, Brookbank, Hankinson, Parker, Bodiker, Lemoine, Morris and
64 Whitesell (8)
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Nays: None
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1 Absent: Elatro (1)
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3 Councilperson Morris asked Chairman Whitesell if the motion by Councilperson
1`. Bo diker precluded the Board from taking action on some of the recommendations made
5 by the Audit Sutdy Committee.
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7 Chairman Whitesell stated that the motion referred all the items to the full board
8 before action can be taken. He further stated that the full Board is now authorized
9 to begin work on the report by the Study Committee. Any business that needs immidiate
10 attention can be placed on the agenda .for the next executive or study session and
11 can be acted upon at that time.
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13 There being no further business on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the meet-
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