"Providing Hometown Reliability"
The Board of Public Works convened the regular session at 8:30 a.m. at the Marshall Municipal Utilities Business Office. Board members present were Chuck Hird, President; Ken Bryant, Vice President; and Spencer Fricke, member. Secretary Jim Heinzler was absent.
On a motion by Mr. Hird, seconded by Mr. Fricke, the following Board of Public Works officers were elected by acclamation for 2014:
Ken Bryant, President
Jim Heinzler, Vice President
Spencer Fricke, Secretary
Mr. Bryant assumed the chair.
The agenda was approved as presented. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as printed on a motion by Mr. Fricke, seconded by Mr. Hird.
Underground Facilities Director Monty Chase explained there is a short section of 4” main on Miami Street north of High Street and south of Mo. 240 Highway that has had many failures in the past and needs to be replaced with new 8” ductile iron pipe. This project is part of the Water Distribution Owner’s Supervised Plan. The project is expected to cost approximately $34,000 which is over the $30,000 budget amount. This is due to additional scope of work on both the south side and north side of the project. On a motion by Mr. Hird, seconded by Mr. Fricke, the Board approved replacing the water main on North Miami, High Street to 240 Highway, using in-house labor and equipment.
Administrative Services Director Ken Gieringer indicated copies of the fiscal year 2013 audit were distributed with the Board packets for the Board’s review.
General Manager Kyle Gibbs reported he had attended MPUA meetings recently where the topic of concern was energy transmission. IOUs are building transmission lines because a high percentage of their profit comes from energy transmission. Municipals need to group together and do similar projects to reduce transmission costs.
The MoPEP Pool members voted to sign a contract with the Black Oak Landfill near Lebanon, Missouri, for electricity generated from a proposed 3.8 MW diesel generator burning landfill gas.
General Manager Gibbs reported MMU has their first residential net metering customer using solar panels. The customer has sized the solar panels for 5.9 KW hours, which is approximately a third of the customer’s annual needs. MMU’s net metering policy and application will be revised to meet the 2007 revision of the Missouri net metering laws.
On a motion by Mr. Hird, seconded by Mr. Fricke, accounts payable were approved and warrants ordered issued from the following funds:
WATER OPERATING FUND $ 156,006.78 ELECTRIC OPERATING FUND $ 341,611.82 SEWER REVENUE FUND $ 80,106.42 INTERNET OPERATING FUND $ 53,065.78 NATURAL GAS OPERATING FUND $ 3,682.29 ELECTRIC CONSUMER DEPOSIT FUND $ 7,600.00 WATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENT FUND $ 64,800.00
The next Board meeting will be held Thursday, January 16, 2014.
On a motion by Mr. Fricke, seconded by Mr. Hird, the Board voted unanimously to adjourn the regular meeting at 9:02 a.m. to go into executive session to discuss matters under Mo Rev. Stat. Section 610.021 [1] (Supp. 2009) concerning legal, confidential or privileged information.
Roll call vote:
Spencer Fricke yes
Chuck Hird yes
Ken Bryant yes