HomeMy WebLinkAbout1963-01-29 Min - BoardTruckee, California
January 29, 1963
The members of the Board of Directors of the Truckee Public Utility
District met in al regular meeting at the office of the District on
Main Street, at 2:00 PM.
Upon roll call the following Directors were noted present:
C . Edmunds , J . McIver , P . H . Greenhouse and E . Aweeka
Absent: D . Horman
Also Present: F. Longo, P. Tonini, Mr & Mrs Henry Black and G. M.
Thompson, Mrs. Cecil Edmunds
The minutes of the regular meeting of January 8, 1963 were read.
It was moved by Director McIver and second by Director Aweeka the
minutes be approved as read .
Chairman Edmunds asked that the minutes of the Special Meeting of
January 15, 1963 be deferred till later in order to consider the
problems of those guests present.
Mr & Mrs Henry Black appeared before the board to present e_:r views
on being cut off Nov. 21, 1962. They stated the Manager did not keep
his word on the cut off. resulting in an outage which they alledged
1r..-:us:ed . ser_i.oU�s. food 1-ObgLge - Which she could: not afford',,:, -she estimated
the loss at $25.00. She further stated they felt their bill was ex-
cesdive that durring 'thier absence the electric consumption was as
great as when at home. Chairman Edmunds asked for a copy of bill,
Mrs. Black furnished copy of present bill and a copy of tth it bill
when they were receiving service from Sierra Pacific. It was noted
that the consumption of electricity was substantially the same at
both locations. Mrs Black stated their compensation was received at
irregular intervals, therefore, they could not meet deadlines for
payment and requested the Manager be instructed to not disconnect
service. She further suggested the board consider paying her $ 25.00
for her loses. Chairman Edmunds expressed the boards regrets for the
inconvenience suffered and offered the apologies of the board. They
thanked the board and left the meeting. Chairman Edmunds stated this
was an unus al situation and surrounding circumstances could not be parre-
lled, therefore if the board felt retribution were necessary he would
consider a motion. No motion followed therefore the matter was tabled.
Mr G . M. Thompson of the George E . Miller Company, appeared before the
board and explained the reason for the $275 ,00 additional billing
on Freeway Water Crossing project. First two positions were objected
to by Highway Engineers, necessitating extra work. Chairman Edmunds
guestioned the reason for not bringing to boards attention before this
time . Manager explained he had been attempting to get the State
Division of Highways to bear some expense incurred, but without success.
'- It was moved by Director McIver and second by Director Greenhouse the
additional expense incurred by George E . Miller & Company be authorized.
It was so carried*
The minutes of the Special Meeting of January 15, 1963, were read*
It was moved by Director McIver and second by Director Aweeka the
minutes be approved as read.