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Home My WebLink About1967-01-17 Min - Board�t Truckee, California The members -of the Board of Directors of the Truckee Public Utility District met in a regular meeting at the office of the t Distric t on Main Street at 7:30 P,M. Upon roll call the following Directors were noted present: Aweeka, Firpo, Rose, Waters, Doyle District Employees present: Longo,-Midyett Mintes of January 3, 1967 were read and approved subject to the following correction: Charles Prince Ford $2,541.29 Kleinman Cole $2,549.89 Directors Rose's question to manager on page 12 last paragraph should have read as follows: How much more water do we p require to operate the system than we are marketing? Manager advised we use twice as much as we market. STATEMENT OF TRUCKEE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT FUND Bank Balance 1/3/67 $12, 795 .10 Deposits to date 25,854.15 Bills approved 71062.68 Adjustments ( 13.30) Donner Lake Excavating Co. 30.00 Internal Revenue l , 249.10 Social Security l , 3 91.2 7 Maybelle Vahey 36.70 Dept. of Employment 483.23 10 239.68 v $ 28 , 4 09.68 JANUARY 15, 1967 PAYROLL OT GROSS NET Burdick 344.00 291.12 C at t an 425.00 344.05 Grow 55.80 279.00 246.23 Haltom 368.00 300.43 Hensley 10.42 260.26 196.66 Hublar - 187.50 151.07 Leamon 240.00 195.64 Midyett 212.50 169.82 Paulus 400.00 328.90 Ramirez 344.00 286.12 Silva 277.60 236.11 Tramley 280.00 226.68 Vieu 123.86 423.86 337.17 31310.00 $190:08$4041 .72 $3310.00 $25, 099.57 BILLS FOR BOARDS APPROVAL Brundidges 2.86 Bank of America 190.00 Buck's Texaco 106.91 Allied Automotive 25.96 A. Carlisle & Co. 34.82 The Credit Bureau 13.10 Charles Carveth 39.00 Wm. V . Dodge 12.50 Inland Chemical & Supply Co. 29.12 Kelco Supply Co. 4.96 Sierra Pacific 277.66 Sierra Sun 184.91 Truckee Donner Disposal Service 5,00 TRUCKEE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT Section 1. From and after the effective date of this Resolution, electric service shall be supplied by this district only in accordance with the Schedules of Rates contained in the publication in the District Office entitled: "Schedules of. .f; Electric Rates in Accordance with which Electric Service Will be Supplied, effective February 1, 1967 Section 2. Copies of all schedules in the publication referred to shall be made available to customers of the district upon their request,, and the entire publication shall be open to Apublic inspection in the District Office during regular business hours. The manager shall also supply copies thereof to the California Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Power Commission, and to other interested agencies. -= - Section 3, All such schedules may be changed or terminated at any time by this Board. Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect as of February it 1967 . Passed and adopted by the Board of Directors of the .,: . wpif k.. Truckee Public Utility District this 17th day of January, ,1967 s . by the following roll call vote: AYES: AWEEKAE S DO1►E , ROSE, WAT R , NOES: FZRPO ABSENT • NONE TRUCKEE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT f ATT T : w ` B tva 4V/ President of the Board of Directors Clerk and Ex-Offici Secretary BILLS FOR BOARDS APPROVAL -continued Truckee Tahoe Lbr. Co. Welchs Hardware Zellerback Paper Co. Osburns Super Service Graybar Burroughs Corp. Vincent Supply Co. Sierra Pacific Power Co. Delta Lines Western Union Telegraph U. S . Post Office Standard Oil Co, of Calif. F . Longo Bank Bal . $ 25 , 099.5 7 74.71 20.26 29.22 1.14 22.56 77.50 227,666 13,195.49 4.60 2.50 50.00 195.91 60.41 14 888.75 $10, 210.82 Moved by Director Rose and seconded by Director Firpo, approval b p , the bills paid and the bills for Boards a pp e paid as listed. . So carried, I. B. E. W. -LOCAL 1245 Manager reported he had written the National Labor Relations ' and they referred him to the State Of California- Board Industrial Relations Conciliation S Department of Service. . Mr. . Mitchell from the Dept. of Industrial Relations along with a Union representative will be at the Districts office Friday,Januaryp tative Manager advised he would et 20, 1967 at 10:30 A.M. g the ground rules and present them to the Directors at the next regular Board meeting. CONNECTION CHARGE ---, Manager had nothing further to report at this time, REVISED RATES George Cattan presented revised rates and explained each rate and the reasons for freezing H-1 and HC2 . The minimum rate h been altered to $1.50. as Director Firpo expressed opposition to the rate reduction at this time and felt the District should a off pay t has heir debts. Director Firpo stated the District would be scraping for moneyin five years. Manager did not agree with Dir. Firpo held sufficient funds to r _ p and adv seed reserves provide for District need. Manager reported in addition to the rate reduction he would like to apply a $5.00 connection fee and a non-payment fee of $5.00 when a customer is re -connected. In the past there has been considerable expense in revising rates. Manager spoke to Attorney McDonough and he advises g an Ordinance is not required. A rate reduction can be handled by a resolution of the Board. r"`i RESOLUTION #6 7 01 Moved by Director Waters, seconded by Director Rose - Resolution + #6701 - Revised Rates be adopted. Passed and adopted by the Following roll call Vote: AYES: Aweeka, Rose, Doyle, Waters Noes: Firpo Absent: None SIERRA PACIFIC CONTRACT Contract has been signed, effective as of February 1, 1967. Sierra Pacific will give us equivalent payment to compensate u-s for the effects of the retroactive rate reduction. Manager explained reasons for this change in plan. At a meeting, Monday with Plath, Campbell and Cromer the contract was signed and finalized. MANAGERS REPORT Water line installation has been completed to Hugh Cameron's property. Manager doss not have the final tabulation on the cost of the line as yet. COPYING MACHINE Manager requested authorization to lease the 3M Automatic Dry Photo Copier machine. The rental cost will be $25.00 per month plus 4(,, per copy. The lease can be cancelled with a 15 day notice. Manager reported the expenses of the District are going up, but revenue is also going -up. The District has sufficient funds to take care of the Expenditures. There will be a surplus in the electric department this year but not in the water. Director .Firpo could not see how the District was going to make out as they did not get the rate they went after, Chairman Aweeka stated the Board has done a good job in the rate reduction with Sierra Pacific and felt Director Firpo was wrong is saying that the District did not get the rate they went after as the District will continue to fight for further reduction. Manager advised Martin McDonough met with Mr. Phineas Indritz and it was been made a matter of record that the Bureau of Reclamation has shown discrimination to the Truckee Public Utility Dist. as we have been excluded in benefit of the Intert ie . Our position is being strongly supported by the California Farmers Consumers Council. Manager was given authorization to sign lease with the Gordon H. Huber Co. for rental on a 3M Automatic Dry Photo Copier, f PROGRESS REPORT: Electric Department -- Conversion. Last portion of Donner Trail to Smarts has been converted. Frpm Smarts to Gateway Motel will be completed next week. 57 has been completed physically and the balance should be completed by July. Referring to the profit in the electric department Director Rose asked are all labor costs considered in the electric profit and loss statement. Manager advised all labor costs are considered in the total expenses. Some of the labor costs are to be found in capital plant and improvements, Manager explained to the Board estimated costs and revenue at Donner Lake. Four Million kw hours sold annually including 100/4 line loses produces $101,000.00 with present customers at present rates. Four Million kwhrs will cost us $36,000.00 per year. If reduced by 10/ revenue will amount to about $90,000.00. we have $54, 000.00 remaining of which approximately $ 20, 000.00 will be used to amortize or pay for the system. $34,000.00 for expenses- $18 , 000.00 to operate and maintain system in present state. There remains $16, 000.00 to put back into the systeii for improvements. Manager reported the Consumers Deposits will not be transferred from Sierra Pacific to the District. Envelope billing will be put into effect as this should increase revenue returns., Director F irpo asked the amount left from the REA loan. There is $ 65 , 000.00 remaining which cannot be used for conversion. �Ve do not need to use the remaining $65, 000.00 at this time, but will be used for expansion in the furture. There being no further business to be , brought before the Board it was moved by Director Rose seconded by Director Waters the meeting be adjourned at 9 : 05 P . M. 0 4, aae Edward N . Aweeka, President M. Midyett , Recording Secretary