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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND , INDIANA,SERVING
AS A COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION
OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHTING ec POWER
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JUNE I , 1959
REGULAR SESSION CALLED TO ORDER AT 7: 00 PM IN CITY HALL WITH COUNCILMAN
_CRUM. PRESIDING . ALL MEMBERS PRESENT.. THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS ,WAS HrD , TO—WIT;
COUNCILMAN EASTMAN MOVED THE READING OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIIOUS MEI'ETING
BE DISPENSD WITH . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SMITHMEYER . UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE .
COUNCILMAN 'THOMAS MOVED BILLS IN THE Ab1.OUNT OF 3169,307. 46 BE ALLOWED AND
PAID. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALTERMAN . UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE.
COUNCILMAN CRUM REPORTED HE WAS ABSENT THE LAST MEETI NG BECAUSE OF A STATE
DENTAL 'MEETING .
MR. BECK REPORTED THAT THE GENERATION FOR MAY WAS 21% HIGHER THAS THAT OF
MAY OF 1958 AND THE PEAK LOAD FOR THE SAME PERIOD WAS 122% HIGHER THAN IN
1958. HE SAID THIS REPRESENTED A PEAK LOAD OF 41 ,300KW AND BECAUSE OF THE
r,} STEADY INCREASE SHOWN IN RECENT MONTHS HE WAS VERY ANXIOUS TO GET THE IN—
TERCONNECTION SUB—STATION IN OPERATION. HE SAID THE CONTRACT HAD BEEN LET
FOR THE FOUNDATIONS OF THIS SUB—STATION AND HOPED IT WOULD BE IN OPERATION
{pJ BY DECEMBER 1 , 1959.
AR . BECK SAID HE WOULD ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR A NEW DUMP TRUCK ISO THE BIDS
COULD BE OPENED ON JUNE 15 , 1959.
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REPORTING ON A BAD1BATTERY , MR . BECK SAID HE WOULD PREPARE SPECIFICATIONS SO
BIDS COULD BE RECEIVED AT 'A LATER DATE . HE 'SAID THE NEW BATTERY WOULD COST
APPROXIMATELY $3,500.00 AND WOULD REPLACE A BATTERY THAT WAS 18 YRS. OLD .
MR . BECK SAID HE WAS PLANNING TO ATTEND A MEETING IN INDIANAPOLIS ON JUNE
4tH TO DISCUSS WITH REMC OFFICIALS THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE ARISEN WHEN
CITIES ANNEX AREAS SERVED BY THE REMC. HE SAID THAT STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS
CONFLICT AND THE MEETING WOULC BE TO COME TO SOME .AGREEMENT THAT WOULD BE
FAIR FOR ALL PARTIES CONCERNED .
MR . BECK REPORTED HE HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET A PROPOSAL FROM THE PUBLIC
SERVICE COMPANY OF INDIANA FOR THE PURCHASE OF APPROXIMATELY 350 CUSTOMERS
IN • THE 'SOUTH RICHMOND AREA. HE SAID THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
HAS ORDERED LIGHTS INSTALLED IN THIS ARE A AT A COST OF 88,300.00, BUT
HE WOULD NOT PROCEED WITH THIS INSTALLATION UNTIL SOME AGREEMENT HAD BEEN
REACHED WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE CO .
INCLUDED IN THE BILLS WAS THE FOLLOWING TRANSFER ;
$18,977 FROM THE CASH OPERATING FUND TO UTILITY BOND FUND-CASH .
THERE ,B-E'ING NO FURTHER BUSINESS , THE MEETING ADJOUNED,
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CHAIRMAN
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