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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; NOVEMBER 17, 1980
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 17, 1980 at the hour of 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building
4 of said City. Chairman Ahaus presided with the following members present:
III5 Messrs. Elstro, Williams, Hankinson, Welch, Parker,Carter, Mills and Paust.
6 Absent: None. The following business was had, to-wit:
7
8 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 3, 1980 -
9
10 Councilman Hankinson moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as
11 prepared, seconded by Councilman Welch and on unanimous voice vote the
12 motion was carried.
13
14 APPROVAL OF BILLS,., TRANSFERS AND INVESTMENTS PURCHASED
15
16 Councilman Carter moved to approve the following bills, transfers and investments
17 as corrected by the agenda received tonight, seconded by Councilman Hankinson and
18 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
19
20 APPROVE THE FOLLOWING:
21 Bills in the amount of $568,391.75
22 Bonds and Interest Coupons 35,437.50
23 1 Payroll 112,267.27
24
25 TRANSFER FROM CASH OPERATING FUND TO:
26 Cash Reserve Fund 52,961.58
27 Bond Sinking Fund 65,865.41
28
ill29 INVESTMENTS PURCHASED
30 * Cash Operating Fund 64,687.50
31 ** II vl IT275,000.00
32 * Depreciation Reserve Fund 85,312.50
33
34 * C.D. 's maturing 4/29/81, yielding 12.625% interest
35 ** U.S. Treasury Notes (Repurchase Agreements) maturing
36 12/18/80 yielding 13.0%
37
38 EXECUTIVE MEETING DATE
39
40 Chairman Ahaus announced the Executive Committee will meet Monday, November 24
41 at 7:00 p.m. at RP&L.
42
43 REPORT BY CHAIRMAN OF STREET LIGHT COMMITTEE
44
45 Chairman of the Street Light Committee Mills reported there was to be a man
46 from Indianapolis today to check the lighting on IR 70 at U.S. 35, 27 and
47 40 to get it in proper operating condition to turn them over to the City.
48 He read a letter dated November 10 to the Traffic Operation Engineer for the
49 State from RP&L enclosing statements of unpaid electric bills for lighting
50 of these intersections. Ten (10) meters for these intersections were set in
51 January 1980 and of this date no payments have been received for electric
52 service. RP&L advises that if these bills of $19,468.56 are not paid on or
53 before November 24, 1980 they will remove the meters and disconnect the service
III54 on November 26, 1980. A service charge of ten dollars ($10.00) per meter
55 will have to be paid before service is reconnected.
56
57 REPORT BY GENERAL MANAGER
58
59 General Manager Irving Huffman presented to City Attorney Ed Anderson the
60 proof of publication for a new computer. Mr. Anderson found the proof to be
61 in order. Councilman Mills moved it be accepted and filed, seconded by Council-
62 man Paust and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
63
64 The following bids were received and recorded:
RP&L Minutes Cont'd.
November 17, 1980
Page 2
1 NCR Computer System $219,435.75 + other charges
2 alternate 146,002.00 software 176,857.00
3
4 IBM $136,060.00 + monthly maintenance
5 of 861.50 and software rental
6 cost of 892.50
7
8 digital complete Computer System $190,105.80
9
10 Computer Management Systems $138,360.00 + monthly mainten-
11 ance of 1,395.00
12
13 Mr. Huffman noted a letter from Burroughs Corporation advising that our
14 present packages are interactive but not with the mixture of the application
15 requested; therefore, they cannot meet the specifications.
16
17 Mr. Huffman requested the bids be referred to him for tabulation, evaluation
18 and recommendation at the next meeting. Councilman Mills so moved, seconded
19 by Councilman Carter and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
20
'21 Mr. Huffman requested authorization to receive bids for distribution trans-
22 formers on December 15, 1980: He is requesting a blanket year-committment
23 bid. Councilman Mills so moved, seconded by Councilman Faust and on unanimous
24 voice vote the motion was carried.
25
26 Mr. Huffman statedmeetings have been held with I&M concerning negotiation
27 of RP&L's contract which looks very favorable *at this time. RP&L has been
28 in negotiations with General Public Utilities Service Corporation, which is
29 the parent holder of Three Mile Island and other companies, and through an
30 arrangement RP&L is selling I&M fifty (50) megawatts of powerstarting today
31 who are selling' it to Cleveland Illuminating who are selling it to GPUS.
32 This is the first time RP&L has been able to enter into a contract of this
33 type to sell capacity over and above peak time and any excess over and above
34 their needs.
35
36 ADJOURNMENT
37 -
38 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and passed the
39 meeting was adjourned.
40
41 Rick Ahaus
42 Chairman
43
44 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble
45 City` Clerk