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Home My WebLink About1971-07-06 Min - Board JULY 6, 19 71 The meeting of the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by President Doyle in the Conference Room. ROLL CALL: Moore, present; Anderson, present; Stone, present; Loehr, present; Doyle, present. f r--� GUESTS PRESENT: Jean Silva, Sierra Sun Reporter. EMPLOYEES PRESENT: Cattan, Bliss. No errors, omissions or corrections, the minutes of June 11, 1971 and of June 15, 1971 were approved as written. BILLS FOR BOARD'S APPROVAL i Mr. Doyle thought the District should repair their own electrical work rather than job it out. Mr. Cattan stated we do when the men are not busy with construc- tion. No further discussion, a motion was made by Mr. Loehr and seconded by Mr. Moore that the bills be paid as listed, a copy of which is part of these minutes. ROLL CALL: Moore, aye; Anderson, aye; Stone, aye; Loehr, aye; Doyle, aye. RESOLUTION 7116, AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION 6701, $5 MINIMUM, DOMESTIC ELECTRIC RATES This resolution was presented at a previous meeting and tabled pending further study. The present electrical minimum on domestic rates is $3, and the District j proposes to increase the minimum to $5 so as to be consistent with the customers in new subdivisions who presently pay $5/month for 60 months. Mr. Cattan explained that the District loses revenue on subdivisions because of iron losses in the transformers, whether power is used or not, that the present $3 just covers the cost of billing, meter reading and mailing, that salaries have increased 7 1/2 a. N" Mr. Cattan feels the permanent residents should not be penalized and have to ' for those who have second homes, and does not recommend a rate increase. Most ' utilities and companies have increased their rates. 62 customers from 646 in Truckee and 501 customers from 834 in Donner Lake would be affected by this increase i part of the year. Water minimum was increased two years ago, and the electric portion should follow suit according to Mr. Cattan. Mr. Doyle stated he is against raising the rates. Mr. Moore felt the $5 would not hurt the majority because they use more than the minimum kilowatts each month. Mr. Anderson agreed with Mr. Moore. Mr. Stone is in favor of raising the rates but felt we should have a separate policy on electric service in trailer parks. Mr. Cattan agreed that trailer parks will have to be considered under a separate policy. Mr. Doyle said he felt a break j should be given to those who are all electric, but he agrees with the Manager's theory. After brief discussion, a motion was made by Mr. Stone and seconded by Mr. Loehr that Resolution 7116 increasing the monthly minimum domestic rate from i $3 to $5 effective 11/1/71 be adopted. ROLL CALL: Moore, aye; Anderson, aye; Stone, aye; Loehr, nay; Doyle, nay. Motion carried by a vote of 3 - 2. Mr. Stone requested that a newspaper release be prepared explaining the reasons for this increase (iron losses, increased operating costs., actual cost to maintain service to isolated residences.) Mr. Doyle reiterated he is against raising the rates because we are dealing with people, that prices cannot keep going up and up, that we should take a cut if necessary. Mr. Moore explained that we have not raised the rates, only the minimum. Mr. Anderson suggested publishing the kilowatt schedule. RESOLUTION 7103, WATER SERVICE IN PLACER COUNTY i This resolution will be tabled until the next meeting. i I July 6, 1971 Page 69 i JULY 6, 1971 - CONTINUED RESOLUTION 7118, UNDERGROUND POWER TO CONDOMINIUMS, ETC. , AMENDING RESOLUTION 67011 RULE XV, EXTENSION, PARA. 2 The resolution was read by President Doyle and elaborates on Rule XV, estab- lishing a definite policy on underground power to multiple dwellings and public places.. Mr. Cattan explained that Nevada County does not approve any condo- miniums, apartments, lodges, etc. unless they have underground service from the main line to the building(s) . The District now has six applications for consid- eration for underground service (Tahoe Donner, Donner Pines, Van Wetter, etc.) E The applicant will pay for cable from the overhead line to the pad and will s provide the pad mount transformer. Mr. Doyle inquired about underground to a single family residence, and Mr. Cattan said this policy is being prepared, will be a separate matter to avoid confusion. Discussion ensued regarding single-family undergrounding and multiple undergrounding in one resolution, and Mr. Cattan stated a drawing will be attached to the policy on undergrounding for single-family dwellings, and it will be less confusing to keep these two policies separate, that the District does the work for multiple/public dwellings whereas the owner of a single-family dwelling does his own work. No further discussion, a motion was made by Mr. Loehr and seconded by Mr. Stone that Resolution 7118, Underground Power to Condominiums, Lodges, Apartments, Club Houses, Mobile Home Parks or Other Public Buildings, Amending Resolution 6701, Rule XV, Line Extension, Para. 2 (b) , be adopted. ROLL CALL: Moore, aye; Anderson, aye; Stone, aye; Loehr, aye; Doyle, aye. MANAGER'S REPORT 1. TONINI TANK #2 BID: Bid opening is July 20. Jim Smith will prepare site. The bid is for the tank only as the District will provide the pumps. Mr. Loehr questioned whether all the jobs pertinent to this tank should all be under one bid, that he felt when a job exceeds $4,000, it should go to bid. Mr. Cattan felt that we did not have to group the jobs associated with this tank into one bid because the District was using its own personnel and materials, that we were not subcontracting jobs. He said all the pipe was already put to bid, that we are now just furnishing labor. Mr. Moore requested a report on cost to date on jobs related to the Tonini Tank #2 so that we could get the total picture on whether to do the work ourselves or to put the work out to bid. Mr. Stone mentioned that the District probably considers this work a project capital investment. 2. LAKEWORLD POWER REQUIREMENT.: Lakeworld has requested power for the lodge or 300 KVA pad mount transformers. We now have Resolution 7118 dealing with undergrounding for multiple/public buildings to apply to the lodge, condominiums and club house. Teichert was awarded the contract for the access road. It was noted only steel pipe was acceptable to the District, and that the water storage tanks would probably not be constructed this year. Mr. Cattan suggested to Lakeworld to check with the Fire Marshall on water supply to group housing. The District is charging $1/1,000' of water hauled. 3. DONNER STATE PARK: The District is laying the underground cable to the sewer pumping station. The state is paying for this line which only has one splice. Sierra Pacific is sending a man to explain underground construction to our electrical crew. 4. DONNER LAKE SUBSTATION: Cranmer Engineering was given the job for the sign of the retaining wall. S. PAINT: The office and warehouse will be painted with Lumber Life, Redwood r"* Frown. Mr. Anderson requested that the white fence west of the office be removed. Mr. Doyle inquired if the persons responsible for the outage in Prosser Lakeview Estates when a tree was felled were billed to cover our costs. Mr. Cattan replied yes. Mr. Doyle asked that a shield be ordered for Mr. Pleich's security light. No further business, a motion was made by Mr. Loehr and seconded by Mr. Moore: that the regular meeting be recessed and an executive meeti id. 1 ayes. Regul. , meeting recessed :19 P.M. r PAUL A. DOYLE, PRESI OF BOARD CAROLYN BL , RECORDI9G SECRETARY Page 70 July 6, 19 71