Marshall Municipal Utilities

Board Meeting Minutes

May 27, 2008

The Board of Public Works convened the regular session at 8:30 a.m. at the Marshall Municipal Utilities Business Office. Present were Spencer Fricke, President; Charles Hird, Vice President; Mike Mills, Secretary; and Jim Heinzler, member. Also present was Dennis Stith of Shafer, Kline and Warren.

The agenda was approved as presented. On a motion by Mr. Hird, seconded by Mr. Mills, the minutes of the previous meeting were approved as printed.

Electric Distribution Assistant Director Doug Root reported the last remaining power station to be converted is located at W. B. Young. The pole-mount transformers need to be replaced with padmount transformers and the primary metering replaced with secondary metering. There is also a safety issue in that the service does not have 10 feet of clearance from the fence to the primary wire and transformers. On a motion by Mr. Mills, seconded by Mr. Heinzler, the Board approved proceeding with this project.

Environmental Service Director Ginny Ismay reported it has been over five years since the backwash tower at the Water Treatment Plant has been inspected. On a motion by Mr. Hird, seconded by Mr. Mills, the Board approved soliciting quotes on cleaning and inspecting the backwash tower.

The following bids were received May 15 for the construction of the disinfection facility at the Water Treatment Plant.

	SMI-CO Construction	$1,218,318
		Lee’s Summit
	Irvinbilt Co.		$1,379,800
		Chillicothe
	Foley Co.		$1,474,100
		Kansas City
	Huey Construction	$1,490,177
		Fulton
	Grimm Construction	$1,784,000
		Olathe, KS

On a motion by Mr. Mills, seconded by Mr. Hird, the Board accepted the bid for the Water Treatment Plant disinfection facility construction from SMI-CO Construction for $1,218,318.

A discussion was held on alternatives to fixing or replacing the CO2 tank at the Water Treatment Plant.

Electric Production Director Jim Johnson reported all the bags have been replaced in the #5 baghouse and most of the bags have been replaced in the #4 baghouse. Unit #5 is scheduled to go back on line June 9, 2008.

Underground Facilities Foreman Bobby Smith reported the 4” fire line tap for Mar-Saline Manor has been completed. The general contractors for the South Odell sewer project have not yet returned to complete the cleanup and landscaping work.

Administrative Services Director Ken Gieringer reported the electric meters for the automatic meter reading test project are being shipped from Canada and should arrive shortly.

Employee Relations Manager Megan Baldridge reported there is no available vehicle to assign to the Safety and Training Officer. Contracts with the State will be available in mid-June and will be reviewed for a possible vehicle purchase for this position. Other alternatives will be investigated in the meantime.

General Manager Kyle Gibbs attended a recent MoPEP meeting. The MoPEP Pool members rejected any action that caused a short-term increase in wholesale electric rates, and voted to reduce payments to all peaking units by 10% initially and 5% each year thereafter for another three years.

On a motion by Mr. Heinzler, seconded by Mr. Mills, accounts payable were approved and warrants ordered issued from the following funds:

	WATER OPERATING FUND		$	110,364.79
	ELECTRIC OPERATING FUND		$	735,623.00
	SEWER REVENUE FUND		$	 99,836.95
	INTERNET OPERATING FUND		$	 17,639.26
	NATURAL GAS OPERATING FUND	$	  3,315.20
	ELECTRIC CONSUMERS DEPOSIT FUND	$	  8,200.00

On a motion by Mr. Heinzler, seconded by Mr. Hird, the Board voted unanimously to adjourn the regular meeting at 9:22 a.m.