09-02-25 Board Agenda

AGENDA

EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD

ROOSEVELT OPERATIONS CENTER

TRAINING ROOM

4200 ROOSEVELT BLVD, EUGENE

September 2, 2025

The September board meeting will be held in-person and offer a live stream of the event in real time. Customers and the general public are welcome and encouraged to attend in-person or view the live stream. Visit the Public Meetings page for the Live Event link.

Members of the public wishing to provide input are invited to do so virtually or in-person. Please note that start times for agenda items are approximate. Attendees wishing to provide testimony during public input, or a public hearing are encouraged to be present when the meeting is called to order.

Public Input

In-Person (at the EWEB Roosevelt Operations Center located at 4200 Roosevelt Blvd.) - No advance sign-up necessary. Sign-up forms available upon arrival.
By Telephone - Complete the Sign up to Speak web form. Requests to speak by phone can be submitted any time, but not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day of the board meeting. Speakers will be contacted with instructions for calling in to the meeting.

Testimony will be included in the meeting's audio/video recording and noted in the meeting minutes. Both are made available on eweb.org following the meeting.

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The live stream will also be available on YouTube by the end of board meeting week. Visit eweb.org to access the link.

	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	10
3.	Correspondence (PDF) ^{Frank Lawson, General Manager}	Review	5:40	10
4.	Public Input: In-person or by Telephone ^{Members of the public wishing to provide input are invited to do so virtually or in-person. Speakers will have up to} ^{three minutes to speak. Please give your name, and your ward if known.} ^{In-Person: No advance sign-up necessary. By Telephone: Sign up to speak - Requests to speak by phone can be submitted any time, but not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day of the board meeting. 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
5.	Approval of Consent Calendar - A (PDF) ^{(Minutes and Routine Contracts)}	Action	6:10	5
6.	Approval of Consent Calendar - B (PDF) ^{(Non-routine Contracts and Other Consent Items)}	Action	6:15	5
7.	Items removed from Consent Calendar	Action	6:20	5
8.	Resolution No. 2516 – Authorization to extend with revised terms and conditions a Power Purchase Agreement with Seneca Sustainable Energy LLC and option to resell at near “market neutral” levels (PDF) ^{Frank Lawson, General Manager} ^{Brian Booth, Chief Energy Resource Officer}	Action	6:25	15
GENERAL BUSINESS ITEMS
9.	Current Year Legislative and Regional Policy Update & Upcoming Year Legislative Session Preview (PDF) ^{Jason Heuser, Public Policy and Government Affairs Program Manager}	Update	6:40	30
10.	Break		7:10	10
11.	General Manager Recruitment Process (PDF) (Allocated discussion time for this item may be extended to 90 minutes depending on need.) ^{Diedre Williams, Chief People Officer}	Direction	7:20	60
12.	Update: Rate Design Attributes and Considerations (Fixed vs. Variable Charges) (PDF) (Time permitting) ^{Frank Lawson, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer} ^{Adam Rue, Rates Manager}	Discussion	8:20	30
13.	Future Board Agendas (PDF) ^{Frank Lawson, General Manager}	Review	8:50	5
14.	Board Wrap Up ^{EWEB Board of Commissioners}	Review	8:55	10
15.	Adjourn		9:05	--

CONSENT CALENDAR "A" - Minutes and Routine Contracts
MINUTES
1.	August 5, 2025 Regular Session (PDF)
CONTRACTS
2.	Corrpro Companies, Inc. (PDF) - for a Transmission Main Corrosion Survey $461,000 based on a Formal Request for Proposals (RFP). ^{Contact Person is Karen Kelley 541-685-7153 / Mike Masters 541-685-7549}
3.	Day Wireless (PDF) - for the use of a cooperative contract to purchase an Avtec Radio Dispatch Console $270,000. ^{Contact Person is Karen Kelley 541-685-7153 / Scott Milovich 541-685-7408}
4.	Wildish Building Company (PDF) – for additional funds for Construction Services at Danebo Substation $192,000 (original contract $676,000, resulting cumulative total $868,000). ^{Contact Person is Karen Kelley 541-685-7153 / Tyler Nice 541-685-7419}
CONSENT CALENDAR "B" - Non-routine Contracts and Other Consent Items
5.	CONTRACTS Anixter, Inc. (PDF) - for Underground Separable Connectors $1,200,000 (estimated over 5-year period) based on Formal Invitation to Bid (ITB). ^{Contact Person is Karen Kelley 541-685-7153 / Tyler Nice 541-685-7419}

CORRESPONDENCE
	Bonneville Power Administration Power Cost Adjustment (PDF) Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with City of Eugene for Billing Services (PDF)

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.

This meeting location is wheelchair-accessible. An interpreter can be provided with 48 hours' notice prior to the meeting. To arrange for this service, call 541-685-7000.

09-02-25 Board Agenda

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