AGENDA

 EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD

WORK SESSION

EWEB BOARD ROOM

500 E. FOURTH AVENUE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2005

5:30 P.M.

 

 

1.                  Second Quarter 2005 Budget and Financial Performance – Cathy Bloom, Assistant Treasurer (30 min.)

 

2.                  Second Quarter General Manager’s Goals status – Randy Berggren, General Manager (20 min.)

 

3.                  Long-term Contingency Plan check in – Randy Berggren and Debra Smith, Assistant to the General Manager (60 min.)

 

 

REGULAR BOARD MEETING

7:30 P.M.

 

 

1.         Agenda Check (President Farmer)

 

2.         Public Input

 

3.                  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.)

 

4.                  Items from Board Members

 

5.                  Correspondence

 

6.                  Board Agendas

 

7.                  Fall Rates Proposals  - Dick Varner, Fiscal Services Supervisor (Presentation – 10min./Discussion – 10 min./Information)

 

8.                  Public Hearing on Fall Rates Proposals

 

9.         Live Steam Museum – Tom Snyder (Presentation and Discussion – 30 min.)

 

10.       VEBA Trust Authority – Laurie Muggy, Human Resource Generalist (Presentation – 10 min./Discussion – 10 min./Action)

 

11.       Customer Service Credit/Collections Satisfaction Survey – Mark Freeman, Customer Services/Field Services & Cash Collections Supervisor, Lance Robertson, Communications Coordinator, and Rick Lindholm, Lindholm Consulting (Presentation – 15 min./Discussion – 15 min./Information)

 

12.       Items removed from Consent Calendar

Consent Calendar

September 6, 2005

 

 

MINUTES

 

1.                 Minutes of the July 19, 2005 Regular Board Meeting and Budget Workshop, the August 16, 2005 Executive Session, the July 26, 2005 Regular Board Meeting, and the August 2, 2005 Work Session and Regular Board Meeting

 

BUSINESS SERVICE AGREEMENTS

 

2.         American Tower – Microwave Radio Communications System, Building & tower Lease – Electric Division - $192,000. Contact person is Michael McElroy, 484-2411, ext. 3241

 

3.         Groundwater Solutions, Inc. – Technical & Engineering Services in Support of Water Rights for the Confluence Well Field – Water Division - $13,000. Contact person is Jay Bozievich, 484-2411, ext. 3237

 

4.         Premium Efficiency – Residential Heating System Duct-Sealing Services – Energy Management Services – Power Resources Division - $337,500. Contact person is Kathy Grey, 484-2411, ext. 3049

 

5.         Portland Energy Conservation Inc. (PECI) – “Savings with a Twist” program – Energy Management Services – Power Resources Division - $26,194. Contact person is Rob Roy, 484-2411, ext. 3093

 

6.         Strategic Safety Associates, Inc. – MoveSMART Safety Training Modules – Safety – Corporate Services Division - $38,400. Contact person is Doug Caven, 484-2411, 3104       

 

7.         Silke Communications – Microwave Radio Communications System, Building and Tower Lease – Electric Division – $132,000. Contact person is Michael McElroy, 484-2411, ext. 3241       

 

8.         Technical Systems Inc. – Leaburg Hazard Mitigation – Electric Division - $65,350. Contact person is Dean Ahlsten, 484-2411, ext. 3210     

 

9.         Quality Enterprises, Inc. – Carmen 115kv Right of Way Tree Removal and Brush Clearing – Electric Operations - $73,500. Contact person is Greg Gardner, 484-2411, ext. 3650

 

LAND MANAGEMENT

 

10.       Resolution for Easement on EWEB Property - Madison Middle School – Qwest requests a three-foot by three-foot easement on EWEB property for communications facilities to serve new Madison Middle School on Wilkes Drive in Eugene.