AGENDA
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
(WORK SESSION)
EWEB BOARD ROOM
NOVEMBER 20, 2001
5:30 P.M.
- Wind Energy Update - Jim Maloney, New Energy
Resource Project Manager (Presentation - 30 min./Discussion - 30
min./Information)
- 2002 Budget Review - Dick Varner, Fiscal
Services Supervisor (Presentation - 30 min./Discussion -
30 min./Information)
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
7:30 P.M.
- Agenda check (President Anderson)
- 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
- 2002 Work Plan & Budget - Dick Varner
(Presentation - 15 min./Discussion -
15 min./Information)
- Public Hearing on 2002 Work Plan & Budget
- Trojan Annual Budget - Ken Beeson, New Energy
Resource Projects Manager (Presentation - 10 min./Discussion - 5
min./Action)
- Low Income Programs - Chuck Dalton, Customer
Relations Manager (Presentation - 10 min./Discussion -
10 min./Action)
- Steam Rate Adjustment - Dick Helgeson,
Director of Water & Steam Divisions, and Dick Varner
(Presentation - 10 min./Discussion - 5 min./Action)
- City of Eugene Charter Review - Deborrah
Brewer, Intergovernmental Affairs Coordinator (Presentation -
15 min./Discussion - 15 min./Action)
- Items removed from Consent Calendar
Consent Calendar
November 20, 2001
- Minutes of the August 21, 2001 Work Session, the September 25,
2001 Special Board Meeting, the October 16, 2001 Special Board
Meeting
BUSINESS SERVICE AGREEMENTS
- E.D. Hovee & Company - Economic Analysis for EWEB
Master Plan. Authorize approval of a
contract with E.D. Hovee and Company, to prepare an Economic
Analysis of long-term options for EWEB's headquarters. This is the
next phase of the EWEB headquarters Master Plan Review and was
requested by the Board in September, 2001. E.D. Hovee &
Company is the successful proposer to EWEB's Request for proposals
to do an Economic Analysis. The Intent to Award has been issued.
At this time we need the Board's approval to sign a contact with
E.D. Hovee & Company, "not to exceed
$30,000," to run from November 1, 2001 through
March 1, 2002. Contact person is Deborrah
Brewer, Project Manager, ext. 3314, or 684-5814.
- Preferred Aerial & Crane Technology - Aerial
Inspections - Shop - Facilities Services.
This is for the inspection and testing of
aerial lift devices per OSHA requirements. This is to award the
contract to Preferred Aerial & Crane Technology for up to a
five-year renewable contract. Contract will be $ 8,100 per year or
$40,500 for the five-year contract (renewable yearly). Contact
Kevin McCarthy, 484-2411, ext. 3778.
- Tyndale Company, Inc. - Fire Retardant Clothing -
Electric Operations - Electric Division.
Award of the Fire Retardant (FR) Clothing contract
to the Tyndale Company, Inc. OSHA rule 1910.269 states that
employees "working on" or "near" exposed electric conductors or
equipment energized at 50 volts or greater shall wear flame
retardant clothing. The original purchase of FR Clothing was made
in January 1999. FR Clothing has a service life of approximately
three years. It is now time to initiate an ongoing FR Clothing
replacement program to ensure EWEB's employees are protected and
in compliance. Cost of the contract is $20,000 annually,
and renewable for up to five years, for a possible total
of $100,000. Contact is Dave Koski, ext. 3731.
- R.W. Beck - EMT Development - Corporate Services.
This $12,000 amendment to the $20,000
contract is to complete the EMT Team development work for 2001.
Contact person is Roseanna McArthur, ext. 3367.
BUDGET AMENDMENT
- Budget Amendment No. 8 - Residential and Business DSM
Resource Programs - Energy Management Services - Customer Services
Division. In June, as part of the
expanded effort to install as much customer conservation as
possible prior to this winter, EMS requested a one-time
conservation budget addition of $3.3 million and took action to
accelerate implementation of already planned activity.
This budget request is for $581,222 of the planned 2002
conservation budget that will be expended in 2001 as part of the
accelerated implementation. Contact person is Mat Northway,
484-2411, ext. 3765.