AGENDA
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
(EXECUTIVE SESSION)
EWEB BOARD ROOM
JANUARY 2, 2002
5:30 P.M.
- ORS 192.660(e) to conduct deliberations with persons
designated by the governing body to negotiate real property
transactions (Mark Oberle, Right-of-Way
Manager)
WORK SESSION
6:00 P.M.
- General Manager's Goal Development (Randy
Berggren, General Manager)
REGULAR 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.)
- Election of Board Officers for 2002 (30
min.)
- Appointments of Commissioners to Committees
Representative to L-COG
Representative to Western Generation Agency
Representative to Northwest Energy Coalition
Representative to McKenzie Watershed Management Council
Liaison to Special Districts
Board Liaison to Telecommunications Project
Representatives to Master Plan Site Review
Subcommittee
- Approval of offer to purchase
property - Tom Buckhouse, Director of Facilities Services
(Presentation - 5
min./Discussion - 10 min./Action)
- Customer Survey Results - Lance
Robertson, External Communications Coordinator
(Presentation 10
min./Discussion - 10 min./Information)
- Items pulled from Consent
Calendar
Consent Calendar
January 2, 2002
RATIFICATION OF BOARD
CONSULTANTS
- Ratification of Board
consultants for 2002
- Ratification of
Board Consultants for 2001
- General Counsel -
Calkins & Calkins
- Independent Auditor -
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Independent Engineer -
Black & Veatch
- Consulting Engineer -
Black & Veatch
- Certified Public
Account - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Special Counsel - Cable
Huston Benedict Haagensen & Lloyd LLP
- Bond Counsel - Foley
& Lardner
- Financial Consultant -
Seagraves & Hein, Capital Advisors, LLC
- Consulting Actuaries -
Coates Kenney, Inc.
BUSINESS SERVICE
AGREEMENTS
- Telephone Services -
Information Services - Corporate Services.
Routine annual
renewal of purchase requisitions to provide various voice and data
telephone services from multiple providers. Leased circuits to
water and electric facilities as well as dial tone services are
included. Cost of these services is as follows:
- Touch America
$35,000
- MCI Worldcom,
$30,900
- Qwest,
$209,315
- These expenditures are
budgeted. Contact person is Gerald Betts, 484-2411, ext. 3345.
- Landslide Technology -
Leaburg Canal Slide Management - Electric Division.
Staff recommends
executing a contract with Landslide Technology for performance of
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) mandated Leaburg
Canal Safety inspection (Part 12, Subsection D) by an independent
consultant. The cost of the inspection is not to exceed
$95,000. Because Landslide Technology has an intimate
working knowledge of the Leaburg Canal and has been responsible
for slide management, in cooperation with EWEB since 1987, they
are uniquely qualified to develop the Part 12 investigative report
for FERC. Contact person is Catrin van Donkelaar at 341-8531 or
E-Mail Catrin Van Donkelaar