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e e e e e e e three here yeah good afternoon I'll call to order the Public Utilities Commission meeting
for Tuesday March 25th 2025 uh the first item on our agenda is our consent agenda is there any questions on that I'll entertain a motion I'll make the motion to accept
the consent agenda or approve it second right I have a motion and second is there any further discussion if not all in favor say I I opposed motion carries um second item is our Employee of the Month yes commissioner
um Joe Weber is our employee of the month for February uh Joe is a first class journeyman um he's been employed with the no Public Utilities electric department for over five years he works well with his co-workers and is very safety conscious he's willing to help um
where he is needed and this was demonstrated when other communities were in need in need of mutual Aid Joe stepped up when called to go uh Joe is an asset to the electric uh department so congratulations to to Joe Weber
good I'll make the motion to recognize Joe Weber as employee of the month for February 2025 second all right we have a motion in a second is there any further discussion if not all in favor say I I I opposed motion carries thank you very
much Joel uh third item is there uh proposed grade changes for positions all right thank you commissioner shaa boomgarden Human Resources Director um so in 2024 the city and the Pu conducted a compensation
and classification study with flan Hood the findings were presented actually in a closed session for those that were here um in August of 2024 um the study recommends implementing exempt level grade changes
in mid 2025 or June 21st um is the effective date to reflect updated duties qualifications and departmental needs as well as address salary compression um these adjustments will help ensure the Pu remains competitive and attracting and retaining Talent while
also maintaining fairness and consistency across the workforce um the necessary adjustments have been budgeted for and these changes put wages about right at the median on average of comparable um positions and uh the city council has approved uh those changes at
a city council meeting does anybody have any questions I noticed the um the the accountant position went down in points but not a grade didn't go down a grade but went down in points correct there's a a range
of points so um yeah that's why it didn't go go down a grade it was still in the same grade 10 any other questions that'll take a motion on that I will make the motion to approve the proposed grade and point adjustments for
exempt level positions effect of June 22nd 2025 I'll second all right we have a motion in a second is there any further discussion if not all in favor say I I I opposed motion
carries uh next item is a purchase of a um a GMC truck uh yeah uh yes Commissioners uh this is for the gas Department uh this truck is budgeted it's uh replacing a 2016 Ford
F250 um this is for a new truck um from Christi manufacturing which was the state um State bidder and then it's also to rehab uh the box from the old unit and um put it on the um 2025
GMC so we're reusing the old box on this new new frame okay yep yeah I think um the quote in the back um breaks down there's some fiberglass work they're doing and then painting did we get a a a second bid or
not this time or um we don't need to get a second bid uh when we um when we pick the truck off the state bid because that the state does that competitive bidding for us okay okay I'll entertain a motion I'll make a
motion to authorize the city manager to accept the state bid from North Country GM for a 2025 GMC Sierra 3500 HD chassis only in the amount of $ 46,9 47 and a quote from chrisel manufacturing to
convert the box from the old unit to the new uh in the amount of $1,450 second okay we have a motion in a second is there any further discuss question not all in favor say I I I opposed motion carries uh next item on the
agenda is our carriers from uh December 24 good afternoon Commissioners um last month in February we had um also requested several um carryovers from 2024 for projects that were had not been completed um we are asking that one
additional item be carried over from 2024 for and that is $500,000 um for the completion of a scada upgrade in the Wastewater division is this different than the next item SK it is okay the next item it is
the next item got it yeah this was just one that was um overlooked so uh otherwise it would have been on the um last month's meeting okay I will make the motion to approve the year and budget carry carryovers for the
year ended December 31st 2024 I'll second them all right uh we have a motion in a second is there any further discussion if not all in favor say I I I opposed motion carries next up is our ska system for the wastewater treatment
plant yes um this item was part of the wastewater treatment facility infrastructure condition analysis um that was the report that basically looked at uh the Wastewater Plant um and did basically developed a plan for the
next 20 years for the replacement um this is for the SK system um it is old and Antiquated and needing updates so um we you can see um below there's several
items that had come before you um we had asked for acceptance for Bolton Ming in helping select the um scada integrator um and then we accepted the proposal from Bolton and mink for the consulting
services this is now the um the actual proposal from in control that will be doing the upgrade I see we're a little short where's the rest of the funding being pulled from about
47,000 um or was the oh so there so there's um there's 500 yeah that will just come out of reserves okay yeah we have adequate um funds in
there very good okay I'll take a motion if no got any more questions I'll make a motion to authorize the city manager to accept the proposal from in control Inc for the wastewater treatment plan supervisory
control and data acquisition scada in the amount of $797,500 and to enter into an agreement for materials and services on nupu standard consultant Services
agreement I'll second that all right we have a motion in a second um is there any further discussion if not all in favor say I I I opposed motion carries uh next item on our agenda is Airport Industrial Park line route
study yeah this is the preliminary design or preliminary line r routing to serve that area um kind of behind Walmart and Menards that new Industrial Park that we're working on filling out now we have obviously underground
feeders currently going up there at the distribution level they are pretty well maxed out if we lose one we have some very limited ability to back everything up over the last three long-term planning studies they've all recommended
to do something a little more um permanent up there on the hill and this is just the beginnings of looking in looking at that this would be like an overhead transmission line that may at some point ser a new substation okay that was my question yeah cuz we we've talked about long down
the road a substation up there and this is just a little precursor to that building towards that first phase sorry okay I'll make a motion to authorize the city manager to sign the proposal from power system engineering uh for the
preliminary route study for the airport industrial park in the amount of $88,500 second okay we have a motion a second is there any further discussion if not all in favor say I opposed motion carries last item on our agenda is our uh report of
claims take a motion on that I'll make the motion to accept the list of claims paid in the amount of 3,979 53726 second we have a in a second um is there any further discussion if not all in favor say I I opposed motion carries
last item is there any additional comments from our commissioners if not uh we're adjourned thank you everybody