HomeMy Public PortalAbout01-19-1981 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, SERVING AS A BOARD
IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION OF THE RICHMOND POWER
& LIGHT PLANT, JANUARY 19, 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 January 19, 1981 at the hour of 7 :00 p.m. in the Municipal Building
4 of said City. Chairman Welch presided with the following members present:
5 Messrs. Elstro, Williams, Ahaus, Hankinson, Mills, Parker and Paust. Absent:
6 Mr. Carter. The following business was had, to-wit:
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8 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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10 Councilman Hankinson moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as
11 prepared, seconded by Councilman Mills and on unanimous voice vote the motion
12 was carried.
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14 APPROVAL OF BILLS, TRANSFERS AND INVESTMENTS
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16 Councilman Hankinson moved to approve the following bills, transfers and
17 investments as corrected with the total dividend to the City of Richmond
18 to be $922,879.00, seconded by Councilman Ahaus and on unanimous voice vote
19 the motion was carried.
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21 APPROVE THE FOLLOWING
22 Bills in the amount of 676,394.95
23 Dividend to City of Richmond
24 Based an Property & Plant Valuation 768,350.00
25 Interest Earned on Investments 154,529.00 922,879.00
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27 COMMITTEES FOR 1981
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29 Finance Committee - Jim Hankinson, Chairman, Jim Carter, Rick Ahaus
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31 Employee Relations - Ken Paust, Chairman, Rick Ahaus, Marion Williams
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33 Street Light Committee. - Larry Parker, Chairman, Jack Elstro, Ken Mills
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35 Executive Committee - Jim Hankinson, Ken Paust, Larry Parker, 3 RP&L
36 management personnel, Chairman of the Board Bing
37 I Welch.
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39 DISCUSSION ON CITY LIGHTING
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41 Councilman Williams stated he felt the total City lighting system should be
42 examined as to any additional lighting or removing unneeded existing lighting.
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44 Mr. Huffman stated RP&L cannot go around the community with any kind of cost
45 effectiveness and remove lights. The rates are predicated upon the invest-
46 ment and the lights burning for so many years. Residential street lighting
47 is at a bare bone figure. The Public Service Commission looks upon street
48 lighting as a nice thing for a community but show a billing to the City so
49 that they know what they are obtaining and don't fall into the pits of
50 giving street lighting to the City. This allows for a cost comparison.
51 Street light billing to the City was $532,000 in 1980 as compared to $503,000
52 in 1979. The Commission must be satisfied as to the return RP&L in making
53 to the City.
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55 Chairman Welch noted we should become cognizant of today's cost. Can we
56 light the same area with fewer lights with higher intensity?
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58 Councilman Mills noted street light requests are scrutinized by both the
59 Street Light Committee and the Board of Works before the requests are
60 granted.
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62 REPORT BY GENERAL MANAGER
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64 TRANSFER DIVIDEND TO THE CITY
RP&L Minutes Cont'd.
January 19, 1981
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1 Based on the formula used for the past few years the dividend to the City is
2 $768,350 for the period of July 1979 to June 1980 payable January 1981.
3 Along with this one-half of the interest generated on the previous funds will
4 be transferred with the dividend which is an additional $154,529 for a total
5 of $922,879. The dividend is below the previous year because inventory is
6 factored into the formula. Because of the pending coal strike the inventory
7 is up, which will affect the 1982 dividend.
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9 Mr. Huffman presented a motion to transfer the dividend from RP&L to the
10 City in lieu of taxes. Councilman Mills so moved, seconded by Councilman
11 Parker and on a call of the roll the following was recorded: Ayes: Elstro,
12 Williams, Ahaus, Hankinson, Mills, Parker, Paust and Welch. Noes: None.
13 The vote being eight (8) to zero (0) in.favor of passage of the motion.
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15 REQUEST AUTHORIZATION TO RECEIVE BIDS FOR ONE NEW CAR ON FEBRUARY 2, 1981
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17 Mr. Huffman requested authorization to receive bids for a new car at the
18 February 2, 1981 meeting. This will replace a 1975 Ford Maverick.
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20 Councilman Elstro so moved, seconded by Councilman Mills and on unanimous
21 voice vote the motion was carried.
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23 REQUEST AUTHORIZATION TO RECEIVE BIDS FOR A NEW LINE CONSTRUCTION TRUCK ON
24 FEBRUARY 2, 1981
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26 Mr. Huffman requested authorization to receive bids for a new line construc-
27 tion truck on February 2, 1981. This will replace a 1965 truck, which is on
28 its second engine.
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30 Councilman Mills so moved, seconded by Councilman Elstro and on unanimous
31 voice vote the motion was carried.
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33 OPEN BIDS FOR SCADA SYSTEM
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35 City Attorney Ed Anderson examined proof of publication for a SCADA system
36 and found it to be in order. Councilman Mills moved the proof be accepted
37 and filed, seconded by Councilman Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the
38 motion was carried.
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40 Mr. Huffman stated these bids will be complex and a tabulation will not be
41 ready until January 28.
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43 The following bids were received and recorded: Advanced Control Systems
44 base system $307,906.00 with various options and additions; Brown Boveri
45 Control Systems, Inc. master station $203,948.00 with additions and alter-
46 natives. Neither bidder readily showed a delivery date.
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48 Mr. Huffman requested the bids be refered to him for evaluation, tabulation
49 and recommendation. Councilman Mills so moved, seconded by Councilman
50 Parker and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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52 REVIEW OF 1980 OPERATIONS
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54 Mr. Huffman noted an increase of 39,327,098 KWH's sold in 1980. He noted
55 this is up due to interconnection sales to GPU. Drop in industrial usage
56 can partly be attributed to conservative programs being done in industry
57 to reduce consumption of current.
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59 REPORT OF INTEREST INCOME FROM TEMPORARY INVESTMENTS
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61 Mr. Huffman presented a report of interest income from investments for the
62 12-month period ending December 31, 1980.
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64 DATE SET FOR MONTHLY MEETING
RP&L Minutes Cont'd.
January 19, 1981
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1 Chairman Welch set Monday, January 26 at RP&L at 7:00 p.m. for the regular
2 monthly meeting.
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4 ADJOURNMENT
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6 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and passed
7 the meeting was adjourned.
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9 Bing Welch
III 10 Chairman
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12 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble
13 City Clerk