AGENDA
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
EWEB BOARD ROOM
500 E. FOURTH AVENUE
MARCH 20, 2007

EXECUTIVE SESSION
5:30-6:30 P.M.
  Start time Length
1. Pursuant to ORS 192.660(d)(e) General Manager’s Performance Evaluation

5:30

60 min.
 
WORK SESSION
6:30-7:30 P.M.
1. Annual Customer Benchmark Survey Results - Lance Robertson, External Communications Coordinator 6:30 60 min.
     
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
7:30 P.M.
1. Agenda Check (President Menegat) 7:30 5 min.
2. Public Input 7:35 5 min.

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.)

7:40 5 min.
4. Items from Board Members 7:45 10 min.
5. Correspondence 7:55 5 min.
6. Board Agendas 8:00 5 min.

7. Spring Water Rates Proposal – Patty Boyle, Senior Financial/Rate Analyst

 8:05 10 min.
8. Second Public Hearing on Spring Water Rates Proposal 8:15 10 min.
9. Spring Water Rates Proposal (action) – Patty Boyle, Senior Financial/Rate Analyst   8:25 5 min.
10. Wind Rate Proposal – John Yanov, Senior Financial/Rate Analyst 8:30 10 min
11. Public Hearing on Wind Rate Proposal 8:40 10 min.
12. Wind Rate Proposal (action) – John Yanov, Senior Financial/Rate Analyst   8:50 5 min.
13. GM 2006 Performance Evaluation (action) - Jean Meyers, Human Resources Manager 8:55 25 min.

14. Items removed from Consent Calendar

9:20  

Consent Calendar
March 20, 2007

MINUTES

1. Minutes of Jan. 10, Jan. 16, Jan. 31 and Feb. 26, 2007, Executive Sessions

 

BUSINESS SERVICE AGREEMENTS

2. IHS Consulting – Industrial Hygiene Consulting – Safety – Corporate Services - $160,000. Contact person is Doug Caven, 484-2411 ext. 3104.

3. Indus International – EWEB’s Complex Billing Requirements and BillGen Implementation Preparation – Key Accounts – General Manager’s Division - $23,380. Contact person is Mike Logan, 484-2411 ext. 3061.

4. Kearns West & Associates – Facilitation Services during the Relicensing Settlement Negotiations – Electric Division - $150,000. Contact person is Gale Banry, 484-2411 ext. 3413.

5. Ken Morgan Consulting – Consulting Services for Transformer Design Review and Factory Testing – Electric Division - $25,000. Contact person is George Zaczek, 484-2411 ext.3229.

6. Keri Green & Associates – Facilitation Services – Electric Division - $100,000. Contact person is Gale Banry, 484-2411 ext. 3413.

7. Miner & Miner – Software Implementation Services – Electric Division - $225,000. Contact person is Bill Fletcher, 484 ‑2411 ext. 3328.

8. Select Temp – Temporary Services – Power Trading – Power Resources - $35,000. Contact person is Dan Bedbury, 484-2411 ext. 3422.

9. Terex Utilities West – Trailer Mounted Cable Puller – Electric Division - $126,000. Contact person is Tony Toncray, 484-2411 ext. 3656.

 

RESOLUTION

10. Board Resolution No. 0710 – Photovoltaic (PV) Contracts and Purchase Rate – Power Resources Division.

Granting continued authorization for execution of Ten-Year Standard Offer contracts and setting purchase power rate for qualifying Photovoltaic (PV) system installations. Background memo, draft resolution, and proposed rate schedule provided in Board packet under Consent Calendar information, Agenda Item 3. Contact person is Mat Northway, 484-2411 ext. 3765.