12-07-21 Board Agenda

AGENDA
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
VIRTUAL MEETING

December 7, 2021

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	Topic	Objective	Start Time	Length
REGULAR SESSION Call to Order: 5:30 p.m.
1.	Agenda Check		5:30	--
2.	Items from Board Members and General Manager	Information	5:30	20
3.	Public Input (via Telephone) ^{Sign up to speak: Requests must be received before December 7 at 2:00 p.m. Please specify "public input" in your request. Speakers will be contacted with instructions for calling in to the meeting. All testimony will be summarized in the meeting minutes.}	Public Input	5:50	20
BOARD ACTION ITEMS
4.	Approval of Consent Calendar - A ^{(Minutes and Routine Contracts)}	Action	6:10	5
5.	Approval of Consent Calendar - B ^{(Non-routine Contracts and Other Consent Items)}	Action	6:15	5
6.	Items removed from Consent Calendar	Action	6:20	5
7.	2022 Proposed Budgets and Prices ^{Deborah Hart, Chief Financial Officer} ^{Adam Rue, Fiscal Services Supervisor}	Update	6:25	15
8.	Public Hearing on 2022 Proposed Budgets and Prices ^{Sign up to speak: Requests must be received before December 7 at 2:00 p.m. Please specify "public hearing" in your request. Speakers will be contacted with instructions for calling in to the meeting. All testimony will be summarized in the meeting minutes.}	Public Hearing	6:40	10
9.	2022 Proposed Budgets and Prices ^{Deborah Hart, Chief Financial Officer} ^{Adam Rue, Fiscal Services Supervisor}Resolution No. 2118 - 2022 Budgets Resolution No. 2119 - Electric Prices Resolution No. 2120 - Water Prices	Action	6:50	15
10.	Resolution No. 2117 - 2022 State Legislative Agenda ^{Jason Heuser, Policy/Government Affairs Program Manager}	Action	7:05	15
11.	Break		7:20	5
12.	Board Policy: SD15 Climate Change Policy ^{Frank Lawson, General Manager}	Direction	7:25	30
WORK SESSION
13.	2022 Organizational Goal Development ^{Frank Lawson, General Manager} ^{Rodney Price, Assistant General Manager}	Direction	7:55	30
GENERAL BUSINESS ITEMS
14.	Correspondence & Board Agendas ^{Frank Lawson, General Manager}	Review	8:25	10
15.	Board Wrap Up ^{EWEB Board of Commissioners}	Review	8:35	10
16.	Adjourn		8:45	--

CONSENT CALENDAR "A" - Minutes and Routine Contracts
MINUTES
1.	a. October 19, 2021 Work Session b. November 2, 2021 Regular Session
CONTRACTS
2.	The Saunders Company - additional funds for the Phase II Riverfront 42" Water Main Replacement Contract. $ $775,000 (Original contract amount $2,200,000. Resulting cumulative total $3,515,000) based on Formal Invitation to Bid. ^{Contact Person is Karen Kelley 541-685-7153}
CONSENT CALENDAR "B" - Non-routine Contracts and Other Consent Items
3.	CONTRACTS Altec Industries - for three Insulated Over-Centered Aerial Man-Lifts Trucks. $1,200,000.00 based on a Cooperative Contract. ^{Contact Person is Karen Kelley 541-685-7153}
4.	Elevate Technology Group - for Private Broadband Connectivity. $240,000 over 5 years based on Direct Negotiation. ^{Contact Person is Rod Price 541-685-7122}
5.	University of Oregon - additional funds for enhancing carbon sequestration and fire resilience in water and energy production systems research. $200,000 (Original contract amount $140,000. Resulting cumulative total $340,000) based on Direct Negotiation. ^{Contact Person is Karen Kelley 541-685-7153}
RESOLUTIONS
6.	Resolution No. 2121 - Electric Budget Amendment. ^{Contact person is Deborah Hart 541-685-7695}

CORRESPONDENCE
	2021 Audit Planning Annual Greenhouse Gas Report for 2020 Board Officer and Liaison Positions Draft Wildfire Mitigation Plan Update Electrification Study Reports (Phase 1 and Phase 2) Leaburg Canal Communication and Stakeholder Engagement Strategy Resolution 2034, Sale/Transfer of MGP Site Completed

^{EWEB Board of Commissioners reserves the right to add or delete items as needed, change the order of the agenda, and discuss any other business deemed necessary. Action items that do not require a public hearing may be moved up earlier in the meeting.}

^{An interpreter can be provided with 48 hours' notice prior to the meeting. To arrange for this service, call 541-685-7000.}

12-07-21 Board Agenda

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