HomeMy Public PortalAbout04-04-1983 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, APRIL 4, 1983
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 April 4, 1983 at the hour of 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building of
4 said City. Chairman Welch presided with the following members present:
5 Messrs. Elstro, Williams, Ms. Henry, Hankinson, Parker, Carter and Paust.
6 Absent: Mills. The following business was had, to-wit :
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8 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 21, 1983
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10 Councilman Hankinson moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as
11 published, seconded by Councilman Paust and on unanimous voice vote the motion
12 was carried.
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14 APPROVAL OF BILLS
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16 Councilman Hankinson moved approval of bills in the amount of $.897,199.47 .as
17 published in the agenda, seconded by Councilwoman Henry and on unanimous voice
18 vote the motion was carried.
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20 REMARKS BY CHAIRMAN
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22 Chairman Welch requested members mark their calendar for April 25 for the
23 regular monthly RP&L meeting at 7:00 p.m.
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25 REPORT BY GENERAL MANAGER
26 Request to Receive Bids for Distribution Transformers
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28 General Manager Irving Huffman noted bids were received a couple of years ago
29 for a large number of distribution transformers. - A formula was assigned ahead
30 of time to evaluate the bid price of the transformers and this method worked
31 well. ' He requested authority to receive bids for 208 transformers from 25 KVA
32 to 1000 KVA. The amount will be in excess of $300,000. This is a budgeted
33 item for this year.
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35 Councilman Williams so moved, seconded by Councilman Paust and on unanimous
36 voice vote the motion was carried.
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38 Indiana Municipal Electrical Association Meeting in Richmond
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40 ' The IMEA is holding a meeting next week in Richmond on Wednesday and Thursday.
41 There will be a tour of Richmond Power and Light and their SCADA facility.
42 Readings are now coming ' in from Peru, Greenfield and Frankfort with Tipton and
43 Crawfordsville connecting tomorrow and Anderson later in the week. Hopefully
44 by next week all the systems will be plugged into UP&L's computer, matcing it
45 possible to monitor all systems. This will be one of the latest systems and
46 will be a million and a half dollar system for a cost of $600,000 because of
47 the talent on board to be able to design and carry through a good system.
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49 Stack Repair on #2 Unit
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51. Mr. Huffman stated quotations are being received for repair on the stack of
52 Unit #2. It is quite a bit less costly to do the repair instead of buying a
53 new unit and the stack could be as good if not better than buying a new one.
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55 In response to Chairman Welch's question as to both generators being run and
56 turning power through IMPA, Mr. Huffman noted both units were being run; how-
57 ever, because of the I&M contract and interconnections there are restrictions
58 on running both units. The power can be sold in the public service area. At
59 this time there is so much excessive capacity at low prices it is to RP&L's
60 ' advantage to not run any generation and purchase the cheap power. We receive
61 capacity credit payments. As business picks up, cheap power will not be avail-
62 able.
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64 ADJOURNMENT
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66 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and passed the
678 meeting,was adjourned.
98 Chairmanch
71 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble
72 City Clerk