HomeMy Public PortalAbout01-05-1976 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, SERVING AS
A COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION OF THE
RICHMOND POWER & LIGHT PLANT, JANUARY 5, 1976
1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular
2 session January 5 , 1976 at the hour of 7:00 P.M. in the Council
3 Chambers in the Municipal Building in said City serving as a committee
4 in charge of the operation of the Richmond Power& Light Plant. The
5 following members were present:: Messrs. Ahaus, Austerman , Carter, Cornett,
111 6 Elstro, Merchanthouse, Mills , Paust and Williams. Absent: None.
78 Mr. Cornett nominated Mr. Ahaus to be Chairman of the Board of Richmond
9 Power & Light, seconded by Mills. Mr. Carter moved that the nominations
10 be closed, seconded by Mr. Mills and on unanimous voice vote the motion
11 was carried.
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13 Mr. Ahaus thanked the members and henceforth presided.
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15 Mr. Mills moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting, seconded
16 by Mr. Elstro and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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18 Mr. Merchanthouse moved to approve the following.bills , seconded by Mr.
19 Paust and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried:
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22 APPROVE:_THE FOLLOWING:
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24 Bills in the amount of $347,858.13
25 Interest Coupons. None
26 1 Payroll 66 ,883.76
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28 INVESTMENTS PURCHASED
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30 *Cash Reserve Fund $100 ,000.00
III31 *Utility Bond Reserve Fund 65 ,431 .30
32 *Consumers Deposit Fund 70,000.00
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34 *C. D. 's Maturing 12-20-76, yielding 7% Interest
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36 Mr. Ahaus stated that the following are new committee appointments:
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38 FINANCE COMMITTEE
39 James Carter, Chairman
40 Roger Cornett
41 Greg Merchanthouse
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43 EMPLOYEES RELATIONS-;
44 Kenneth Paust, Chairman
45 Kenneth Mills
46 Marion Williams
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48 STREET LIGHTING
49 Jack Elstro, Chairman
50 Kenneth Paust
51 Thomas Austerman
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53 SPECIAL STUDY
54 Greg Merchanthouse , Chairman
55 Kenneth Mills
III 56 Fredric Ahaus
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58 Board members were reminded to put January 12 and January 26 on their
59 calendar for orientation meeting at 7:00 at Richmond Power & Light
60 Service Building.
61
62 Mr. Irving Huffman , General Manager, presented Employee's Wages and
63 Benefit Proposal with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
64 Benefits of the contract will go to 115 union members and non—union
65 members and most management personnel , with the exclusion of the general
66 manager and members of the managing board.
RP&L Minutes
January 5 , 1976
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1 Mr. Cornett moved acceptance of proposal as outlined in letters by
2 Mr. Huffman , seconded by Mr. Williams, and on unanimous voice vote
3 the motion was carried.
4
5 Mr. Huffman asked acceptance to install a 2 ,000 gallon non-leaded
6 gasoline tank. Mr. Delucio was the low bidder on this tank.
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8 Mr. Mills moved to authorize Mr. Huffman to install gasoline tank,
9 seconded by Mr. Cornett and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
10 carried.
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12 Mr. Huffman advised the Board that Richmond Power & Light has trans-
13 ferred $720 ,000 for payments to the city in lieu of taxes. $442,451
14 is prior to June 30, 1975 and $277,548.98 after June 30, 1975. It
15 is necessary for the Council to pass a special ordinance authorizing
16 the $277,548.98 transfer.
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18 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and--
19 passed, the meeting was adjourned.
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21 Fredric Ahaus
22 Chairman
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24 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble
25 City Clerk