• Telecommunication Phase II Development Status - Ken Beeson, Telecommunications Project Manager

• Agenda Check (Vice President Bishop)
• Approval of Consent Calendar (Items will be approved by one motion and without discussion. If discussion is required, specific items will be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered separately.)
• Items from Board Members (5 min.)
• Correspondence (5 min.)
• Public Input
• Umatilla Project - Jim Origliosso, Treasurer (Presentation - 10 min./Discussion - 10min./Action)
• Hyundai Update - Tom Buckhouse, Director of Facilities Services (Presentation - 10 min./Discussion - 10 min./Action)
• Master Plan Visioning - Deborrah Brewer, Intergovernmental Affairs Coordinator (Presentation and Discussion - 60 min./Information)
• Items removed from Consent Calendar

• March 21, 2000 Work Session and Special Board Meeting

PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACT

• Watson Wyatt & Company - Benefits Valuation Survey - Human Resources - Corporate Services. New business services agreement with Watson for consulting services for the benefits valuation survey project (see memo in Board packet). No previous contract. Contact person is Louise Bangs, 484-2411, ext. 3394.

Applies to 2000 Budget

Contract Amount - Job #19229 $49,400

 

• R.W. Beck - Rates Department - Fiscal Services - Financial Services. Back in December the Board approved a contract with R.W. Beck for $32,000 for the Electric and Water Cost of Service Analysis (COSA). At this time it appears that the total cost to support the COSAs is going to be more like $46,000. The increase in the contract is needed for three reasons: 1) R.W. Beck has had significant turnover in staff and no one currently on staff had an intimate knowledge of EWEB's COSA model. Also, the lead consultant assigned by Beck had a higher billing rate than the previous person; 2) Due to internal IS constraints, we chose to rely more on Beck to provide billing impact analysis work than we had originally planned; and 3) as a result of our consultations with the Board, we ran through several more iterations of rates than originally planned, which took more consultant time. Contact person is Dick Varner, 484-2411, ext. 3299.

Applies to 2000 Budget

Original Contract Amount - Job #19154 $32,000

Additional Contract Amount - Job #19154 $14,000

Total cost of Project $46,000

 

• Pauwels Electric - Spare Power Transformer - Electric Division. Bids have been solicited for the purchase price, cost of operation, and compliance with specifications was Pauweis Electric for the price of $402,000. Recent transformer failures at Jessen and Westmoreland Substations are the impetus for acquiring a spare. Repair of power transformers is costly and can require a 6-10 month turnaround. This purchase was not included in the 2000 budget but will be funded from a combination of capital Project monies: Job 14009, Substation Modifications & Additions; Job 14512, Feeder Capital Additions, and Job 14514, Facilities Relocation Distribution. Year-end projects indicate excess funds in these projects because of job deferments due to Right-of-Way conflicts and delays in county road widening projects, and savings in voltage regulator refurbishment costs.

Applies to 2000 Budget

Contract Amount - Job #20755 $402,000