AGENDA

EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
(EXECUTIVE SESSION)
EWEB BOARD ROOM
FEBRUARY 19, 2002
5:30 P.M.

 

  1. 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, and Tom Buckhouse, Director of Facilities Services)
 

WORK SESSION
6:00 P.M.

  1. Electric Utility Funding Options (Dick Varner, Fiscal Services Supervisor)
 

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
7:30 P.M.

  1. Agenda check (President Anderson)
  2. 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.)
  3. Items from Board members (5 min.)
  4. Correspondence (5 min.)
  5. Public input
  6. President's Annual Message (Dorothy Anderson)
  7. Groundwater Bond Resolution - Dick Varner (Presentation - 5 min./Discussion - 5 min./Information)
  8. Public Hearing on Groundwater Bond Resolution
  9. Groundwater Bond Resolution - Dick Varner (/Discussion - 5 min./Action)
  10. Annual benchmark survey/customer survey results - Lance Robertson, External Communications Coordinator (Presentation -10 min./Discussion - 20 min./Information)
  11. 2001 Audited Financial Statements - Cathy Bloom, Assistant Treasurer, and Shawn Holm, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, (Presentation - 20 min./Discussion - 10 min./Information)
  12. Items pulled from Consent Calendar  
 

Consent Calendar
February 19, 2002

 

  1. Minutes of the January 2, 2002 Executive Session, Work Session, and Regular Board Meeting; the .....

    BUSINESS SERVICE AGREEMENTS

  2. Barrett Business Service and Personnel Source - Customer Service - Customer Services Division. Additional Customer Service Representatives for Phone Center. Rate increases, high bills and anxiety over inability to pay have increased the call volume to a level where additional support is needed. The contract workers will cost approximately $45,000 for work through the end of June, 2002. Contact person is Dawne Howard, 484-2411, ext. 378.

  3. Umatilla Project Development Agreement Amendment - Electric Division. Authorize General Manager to execute the "First Amendment and Accession to the Umatilla Tribal Generating Project Development Agreement." This amendment 1) provides for the addition of the Port of Umatilla as a party to the "Umatilla Tribal Generating Project Agreement" signed on May 24, 2001 by and among the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company, City of Hermiston and Eugene Water & Electric Board, and 2) formally changes the Development Agreement title to "Wanapa Energy Center Project Development Agreement." See February 11, 2002 memo from Ken Beeson to Board of Commissioners titled "Umatilla Project Development Agreement Amendment." Contact person is Ken Beeson, 484-2411, ext. 3772.

  4. Lane County, Oregon - Reach Program; Universal Service Program; Rapid Assistance Program - Customer Service. Administration costs payable to Lane County for intake and program services per intergovernmental agreement. The breakdown by program is as follows: Reach 2000 program equals $140,000; EWEB Rapid Assistance Program equals $51,000; and the Universal Service Plan fee is $100,000. Contact person is Chuck Dalton, 484-2411, ext. 3305.

  5. Peacehealth - Employee Assistance Program - Human Resource - Corporate Services. This will provide employee assistance program services to EWEB employees/retirees, supervisors, and management. Services include individual/group counseling and mediation, professional training & development programs, and organizational consulting services. Contract amount is $20,000 per year for two years. Contact person is Jean Meyers, 484-2411, ext. 3015.

    OTHER ITEMS

  6. Legislative Letters Related to the Proposed Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard - Electric Division. Staff seeks Board consent for sending letters in support of the proposed Renewable Portfolio Standard in pending federal energy legislation. Staff has provided the Board with background information (see attached memo in packet) and the discussion points that would be addressed in the letters to Senators Smith and Wyden. Contact is Jim Maloney, 484-2411, ext. 3417.