HomeMy Public PortalAbout09-21-1981 • PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF •RICHMOND, INDIANA, SERVING AS A BOARD
IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION OF THE RICHMOND POWER
AND LIGHT-PLANT;, SEPTEMBER 21, 1981
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 September 21, 1981 at the hour of 7 :00 -p.m. in the Municipal 'Build-
4 ing of said City. .- Chairman Welch presided with the following members present:
5 Messrs.. Elstro, Williams, Ahaus, Parker, Carter and Pabst. Absent: Hankinson
6 and -Mills. The following business was had, to-wit:
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8 -APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 8, 1981 ..
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10 Councilman Williams moved to approve the minutes from the previous meeting,
11 seconded by Councilman Carter and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
12 carried.
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14 APPROVAL OF BILLS
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16 Councilman Carter moved to approve the following bills as submitted,
17 ' seconded by Councilman Ahaus and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
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20 ...APPROVE THE FOLLOWING: . • •
21 _Bills in the amount of • $215,277.59
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23 REMARKS BY CHAIRMAN
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25 Chairman Bing Welch recommended the reading of an article-published in the
26 American Public Power of September/October, 1981 issue about RP&L and
27 . written by Ann- Cline, which with its national exposure should get RP&L
28 some attention.
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30 STREET LIGHT COMMITTEE
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32 Chairman of the Street -Light Committee Larry Parker relayed a request for
33 street lighting from• Irene Sheppard and Mrs. Brown at 525 and 529 Garden
• 34 'Avenue, and the committee is taking it under advisement.
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36 REPORT BY GENERAL MANAGER
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38 General Manager Irving Huffman stated that an area in Henley Hills was taken
39 in some time. ago by Council :-Resolution, being an area that RP&L does not
40 currently serve-: In recent legislative action, it was structured that we
41 could petition. and obtain newly annexed areas. - A -very small portion of
42 : Henley Hills was under REMC, but there were no customers. We are scheduled
' •43 for a. hearing before the. PSC on October 2nd on a petition to take over this
44 territory and the REMC has indicated verbally. to us that they have no ob-
45 ' jection. We have asked for a' written agreement from REMC to help support
46 our position with the PSG. .
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48 Councilman Ahaus moved to authorize the General Manager to enter into an
' 49 agreement with Wayne County R.E.M.C. -concerning the acquisition of the
• 50 territory and all matters thereto, seconded by Councilman Elstro. On a
51 call of the roll the following was recorded: Ayes: Eistro, Williams,
52 Ahaus, Parker, Carter, Paust and Welch. Noes: None. The.vote being
. 53 seven (7) -.t'o zero' (0) -in- favor of passage of the motion.
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55 JOHNSON STREET STATION REPORT •
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It 57 . General Manager Huffman remarked -that the Johnson Street station is down,
58 but there is still -some machinery,, the wall on the building has not been
• • • 59 completed and the grading is 'not done. However, until the project is com-
• 60 pleted, we will not release .their rather sizeable performance bond. There
61 is also a clause in the specifications calling for all subcontractors to
.62 -be..paid in full. It is possible- that the- seeding may not be done this
63 year. It may be a year -to really look good because some top soil has not •
64 been furnished yet: Very little extra expense has been incurred. There
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September 21, 1981
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1 was a purchase of some extra fill dirt which was obtained from the sewer
2. -. project at a very low price.
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4 'EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
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6 Chairman Welch announced the meeting will be held Monday, September 28 at
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7 the Service Building at 7:00 p.m. .
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9 ADJOURNMENT '
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11 There being no further business .on motion duly made, seconded and passed
12 the meeting-was adjourned.
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14 Bing Welch
15 Chairman
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17 ATTEST: Nancy V. Beach •
• 18 Deputy Clerk