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Board Meeting Minutes

April 17, 2009

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

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

Environmental Services Director Ginny Ismay reported a small boat is needed for maintenance at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. A procedure for the safe use of the boat has been developed along with requirements for personal protection equipment. On a motion by Mr. Heinzler, seconded by Mr. Fricke, the Board approved the boat use procedure and the purchase of the boat, along with necessary personal protection equipment.

Director Ismay reported the new disinfection facility is producing bleach and the bleach is being fed instead of gas. MIOX is working on finding the cause of a few leaks around the generating units. The new lime feeder is installed but needs the electrical and controls installed.

Underground Facilities Director Monty Chase reported the 21” sewer main east of Lincoln is in poor condition and needs to be replaced or lined. There are several longitudinal cracks in the clay pipe and some of the joints have failed. On a motion by Mr. Heinzler, seconded by Mr. Fricke, the Board approved requesting proposals for rehabbing the 21” pipe from Lincoln east to the fourth manhole.

Administrative Services Director Ken Gieringer reported this month is the time for the annual recalculation of sewer charges based on winter water usage. The new calculations will go into effect next month.

Electric Distribution Director Jeff Bergstrom reported there are 26 transformers locations left to replace for the 4.16 kV voltage conversion project. These transformers are mostly three-phase banks that feed businesses around the square and outages will need to be scheduled in order to complete this work.

Director Bergstrom reported there have been problems for several years with the porcelain switches on poles cracking and causing fires. Polymer switches are now being used to replace the porcelain to try to avoid these problems.

Electric Production Director Jim Johnson reported replacement of the 5-B pulverizer baseplate has begun. Requests for bids on repainting the exterior metal siding of the Power Plant have been sent out and are due back April 30. North Point Boiler has repaired some of the tubes and areas of refractory around the burners on the Unit #5 boiler.

General Manager Kyle Gibbs reported the state is asking for a refund of the $350,000 MMU received from an economic development block grant to fund our natural gas pipeline for an ethanol plant on 20 Highway that was never built.

General Manager Gibbs reported on the tour April 16 of the Prairie State Power Plant, which is under construction.

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

	WATER OPERATING FUND		$	  175,124.95
	ELECTRIC OPERATING FUND		$	1,371,191.33
	SEWER REVENUE FUND		$	  194,280.88
	INTERNET OPERATING FUND		$	   11,691.44
	NATURAL GAS OPERATING FUND	$	    7,961.81
	ELECTRIC CONSUMERS DEPOSIT FUND	$	    4,750.00
	SEWER MAIN REPLACEMENT		$	   23,038.93
	WATER PLANT IMPROVEMENT RESERVE	$	   32,866.17

On a motion by Mr. Heinzler, seconded by Mr. Fricke, the Board voted to adjourn the regular meeting at 9:21 a.m.