HomeMy Public PortalAbout09-15-1975 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, SEPTEMBER 15, 1975
1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular
2 session September 15, 1975 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. Mr.
5 Brown presided with the following members present: Messrs. Cornett,
6 Elstro, Geier, Hilton, Marino, Merchanthouse, Mills and Williams.
III 78 Absent: None. The following business was had to-wit:
9 Mr. Williams moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting,
10 seconded by Mr. Hilton and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
11 carried.
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13 Mr. Merchanthouse moved to approve the following bills , seconded by
14 Mr. Williams and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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16 APPROVE THE FOLLOWING:
17 Bills in the amount of $ 503,131 .12
18 Interest Coupons 150.00
19 1 Payroll 65,625.91
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21 TRANSFERS FROM CASH OPERATING FUND TO:
22 Depreciation Reserve Fund $ 91 ,000.00
23 Cash Reserve Fund 60,000.00
24 Utility Bond Fund 68,745.82
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26 Bruce W. Sumner, Business Manager, Local 1395, IBEW, presented the
27 following statement before the Board of Directors:
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29 Mr. Chairman:
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III 31 As representative of the employees of the Richmond Power
32 and Light Company we feel that we should bring to the attention
33 of this Council the situation at RP&L Co.
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35 After nine (9) meetings with RP&L Company's attorney Mr.
36 Reed Scism and going through the motions of negotiations very
37 little has been accomplished, even on standard contract language.
38 This committee feels that the bargaining is not being done in
39 good faith as required by our election agreement and public law
40 254, and feel that you as Councilmen should be informed of this
41 fact. Even though the City of Richmond has a competent attorney
42 the Utility has hired an attorney from Indianapolis and this
43 Committee would like to know if he has the authority to make
44 decisions and if not, who does? We are willing to meet with
45 whomever that person is. In the interest of the Utility, its
46 employees and this council as a representative of the employees
47 working for RP&L we request that you have the City Attorney,
48 Mr., Burton, check into these problems on negotiations and report
49 his findings to this Council as soon as possible. I cannot
50 stress the fact strongly enough that the people are very
51 unhappy with the way negotiations are being handled by the
52 RP&L Co.
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54 John Brown, Chairman of the Board of Directors, said they will study
55 the statement and take it under advisement.
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57 Irving Huffman, General Manager, reported that a pollution control
58 monitoring facility will have to be built in order to comply with
59 Indiana Air Pollution Control Board standards.
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61 A consulting firm will help to decide the place, instruments and other
62 requirements of the State Board.
RP&L Minutes
September 15, 1975
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1 If only one station is needed the cost will be approximately
2 $40,000.00.
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4 We do comply with all the other rules and regulations as set up
5 by the Board, Mr. Huffman said.
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7 Mr. Merchanthouse moved to continue with the idea of quarterly
8 rate comparison with the addition of Greenville, Dayton, Hamilton,
9 Middletown and Cincinnati , Ohio being included, seconded by Mr.
10 Marino and on a call of the roll the following was recorded:
11 Ayes; Elstro, Geier, Hilton, Marino, Merchanthouse, Williams and
12 Brown. Noes; Cornett and Mills. The vote being seven (7) to two
13 (2) in favor of the motion.
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15 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded
16 and passed, the meeting was adjourned.
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19 John Brown
20 Chairman
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22 ATTEST: Margaret Mellen
23 City Clerk