Motion by Lange, Seconded by Guthrie, to Allow the Bills As Presented. Ayes, All. Carried

May 10, 2016

The Board of Trustees met for their regular meeting Tuesday, May 10th, 2016, at 7 pm in the city meeting room. The meeting was called to order by Chairman DeShaw. Present were DeShaw, Guthrie, Lange and Melchert. Absent, none. Motion by Guthrie, seconded by Lange, to approve the agenda and the minutes of the April meeting. Ayes, all. Carried. The following bills were presented for payment:

ELECTRIC: PAYROLL LESS TAXES & INS $ 8,485.25 PAYROLL TAXES FED WH-SS-MED-IPERS 4,946.91 WELLMARK BCBS MAY HEALTH INS 2,360.13 MANCHESTER DENTAL KEMP DENTAL ASSISTANCE 1,746.70 JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL PAINT, BRUSHES, ETC 99.19 TRIPLE C GAS 105.80 RPGI PURCH PWR (341,440 kWh) 18,261.24 FLETCHER-REINHARDT CO LED ST LITES, GRD RODS, MTR BASES 989.63 CJ BACON & SONS POLE TRANSPORTING 732.00 BHMG PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 1,701.60 CITIZENS STATE BANK CASH MGT FEE & CK CHG 22.16 CITY LAUNDERING CO MAT & TOWEL SERVICE 79.68 CROP PRODUCTION SERVICES TRIMEC CLASSIC 35.66 COLEEN ANDERSEN LOGO APPAREL 60.00 LEADER PUBLICATIONS PROCEEDINGS & SIGNATURE 127.56 USPS APRIL BILLS 101.50 BOSS OFFICE REC BOOK & CALC RIBBONS 54.79 US CELLULAR MAY SERVICE 126.03 WINDSTREAM APRIL BILLING 168.39 TREAS STATE OF IA APRIL SALES TAX 899.00 IAMU OH WORKSHOP - COLE 340.00

WATER: US CELLULAR MAY SERVICE 126.04 60.9 WINDSTREAM APRIL BILLING 4 TREAS STATE OF IA APRIL SALES TAX 377.00 IAMU WTR DIST & LEAK WORKSHOP - COLE 110.00 JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL MOWER BATTERY (50%) 26.99 RIESBERG RENTAL INC MOWER BELT (50%) 22.72 HAWKINS INC AZONE 15 170.17 MUNICIPAL UTILITIES 3/21-4/20/16 PUMPING & PWR 546.90 KEYSTONE LAB INC SAMPLE ANALYSIS 12.00

METER: MUNICIPAL UTILITIES DEPS APP TO ACCTS 125.00

Motion by Lange, seconded by Guthrie, to allow the bills as presented. Ayes, all. Carried. May 10, 2016

Supt. Melchert reported to the Board on the following items:  The curb and gutter has been replaced along Chestnut St. near the park where the water valves were replaced. A section of sidewalk also has been replaced along Locust St.  Valves in need of repair due to plowing snow were briefly discussed. The supt. suggested installing cement using a sonotube form around them to offer some protection against damage.  Cole will be attending the Overhead Workshop at IAMU Wed-Fri of this week. Next week he will be gone Wed & Thurs to attend the Water Distribution & Leak Detection workshop at IAMU in Ankeny.  Completion of the UG project at Lenox Unit #5 is scheduled for Tuesday of next week.  Some of the painting in the powerplant is being cleaned up and redone as time permits.  Fransyl Equipment personnel performed the annual truck inspection this week. Some hoses were replaced. An air valve on the single man bucket truck is in need of further repair.

ComElec personnel stopped by on Monday to discuss the need to replace their equipment on the watertower. A service upgrade is scheduled for the very near future that will require the installation of new hardware and will require new holes to be drilled on top of the tower. Once the changeover to the new equipment is complete, the old setup will be removed and any unused holes will be properly sealed.

As provided by resolution, an annual electric rate increase is scheduled to go into effect with usage beginning June 20th, 2016. After discussing the rate changes being made to sewer and garbage with the city clerk, the secretary asked the Board if they wished to proceed with the electric increase this year. DeShaw pointed out that the budget for next fiscal year starting July 1st already included the revenues from the proposed increase. After a brief discussion, a motion was made by Guthrie, seconded by Lange, to not incorporate a rate increase this year. Ayes, all. Carried.

At this time, Chairman DeShaw suggested that the meeting move to the area between the powerplant and the community center. Supt. Melchert was then asked to review the new switchgear project. He explained the plans for the replacement of the current transformers with a larger 112.5 kVa 3-phase padmount, where equipment would be located and how the wiring would proceed from the exterior switchgear into the powerplant and be connected to the current switchgear controls being used. The group moved back to the meeting room.

Delinquent accounts were reviewed. Meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm.

Receipts for April 2016: Balance, 4/29/16:

Electric $54,413.22 $61,393.29 Water 5,638.69 96,413.90 Meter 150.00 7,524.00 Sales tax 1,293.11 867.29 MMG 4,512.12 156,701.68 Investments 35,000.00

______Secretary ______Chairman May 10, 2016